1. Top Ten Strategies, Decisions, and Actions to Amplify Your Job Search and Career Path Richard C Ross NGP [email_address]

2. Top Ten Decisions You Need to Make

Will you relocate?

What are you worth?

Will you take an interim job/will you contract?

Can you travel?

What will you need to do financially?

What is your objective/what could you invoice?

References?

Are you looking for a new job or a new career?

What is your target job and title?

How do you define success?

3. How to deal with a recruiter

Understand how they work

Call them back

Understand their terms

How did they find you

Insist on bcc for client presentations

Dont let them present you without your approval

Limit references and set the rules

Ask for status updates

Remind them that you are still alive

Remember they represent the client

4. Top Ten Ways to Build Your Contact Database

Family

Minister

Neighbors

Linked In, Face Book and Twitter

Professional Associations

References

Stock Brokers

CTSG

Former bosses

Find the Library and learn to use ReferenceUSA

5. Top 10 Ways to Prepare for an Interview

Confirm the location

Ask about the dress code

Know who you are meeting or to ask for

How many meetings or how much time

Drive out a day early to be sure you can find the office

Have references, extra resume copies and a portfolio

Prepare notes, questions, have the job description

Be ready to accurately complete an application (dates are important)

Research the company and interviewers

Practice the top 10 interview questions

6. Top Ten Cover Letter Rules

Send a cover letter

Use a RE:

Where you got the information about this job

Tell them why you are sending your resume

Bullet 4-5 specific reasons they should hire you

Summarize

Action at your earliest opportunity

Meet with me so that we can discuss how I will become immediately productive

Keep it short and make it effective not memorable

Include your contact information

7. Top 10 Worst Cover Letters

Mr. Cross

Dear Human Rescues

Please add this to your stack

your job with Comcast

No resume attached

Posted on Monster

Manger

I would appreciate the opportunity to review my qualifications

More than seven (8) years of general experience, of which more than four (5) years is in analyzing, designing and testing client/server applications

POSITION DESIRED: Profreader

8. Top Ten Interview Questions

Tell me about yourself

What are your strengths/weaknesses

How much does an iceberg weigh

Tell me about a time you were successful

Greatest accomplishment

Why should we hire you/why are you interested

Where do you want to be in 10 years

What would your previous manager tell me about you

What is your dream job

Why were you fired

9. Top Ten Interview Strategies

Look the part

Be on-time

Do research and be prepared

Ask the magic question early

Understand the process

Answer the question that is asked

Give specific examples

Show enthusiasm

Listen

Close dont be afraid close to a plan of action

10. Seven Deadly Sins of Interviewing:

Pride: An excessive love of self

Sloth: Laziness, idleness and wastefulness

Greed: An excessive quest for money and power

Gluttony: The desire to consume more than you need

Wrath: Feelings of hatred, revenge or denial

Lust: The desire to do what you want, not do what you should

Envy: The desire for what you don't have now

11. Top Ten Ways to Magnify your Efforts

Tomorrow starts every night plan your day

Break your day into 2 halves you now have 10 days/week

Call a friend to get you going

Make your first call by 7:45AM

Stick to a schedule

Use motivators

Take a long lunch

Tell your family about your schedule so they dont apply their agenda

Create goals: yearly, monthly, lifetime have someone hold you accountable

Reward yourself

12. Ten Things you should do before you lose your job

Network

Create network contact list

Clean your computer

Without violating agreements, get a few samples of your work

Get a review

Understand benefit policies

Get a copy of your employee record

Read the employee handbook, benefits, 401k retirement

Know all the phone numbers in corporate

Become indispensable

13. Top Ten Ways to Dismiss Yourself From Consideration

Arrogance/lack of interest

Jokes/Profanity/Political Statements

Job Upgrade attempt

Too much information

Lying on a resume

Slow responses

Alienating the recruiter

Using corporate resources

Not being prepared

Not qualified

14. Are you Wishin or Wantin a job?

Lets find out . . .

15. Creating a Target List

Its free

Proven results

There are companies in the Nashville area that you have never heard of that might be interested in your skills, experience and talents.

Reference USA is the keys to the kingdom

Rick Ross [email_address] 16. Top Ten things when youre Wishin:

You visit the Internet daily to find a job and send resumes

You send resumes even if youre not exactly qualified

Youre talented and someone will call you

A recruiter will find a job for you

Ill stretch my resume

I just want a job

You cant wait for the Sunday paper because you have always found a job from classifieds.

Hes holding out for a management position

Your lawn looks great and the house is clean

Ive never had to network before and I always found a job

17. Top Ten things you do when you are Wantin:

You have created a target list of at least 50 companies that would be able to use your skills, experience and talents

You posted your resume/attending events/out and about

You are not afraid to tell people that you are a free agent

You can state definitively what you want to do

You have written your goals down

You are tracking your progress

You know its up to you to find a job

You are using all of your resources

You could invoice for your skills/can create a job

You understand the reasons that employers hire

Your Linked In profile is worth visiting (articles, contributions to groups, presentations)

18. Whats the difference betweenwishinand wantin ???:

Wishin eventually gets a job and usually settles for a job.

Wantin always gets a job and its almost always an upgrade.

19. In Epitoma

There are jobs, there is tough competition; you will need to do things that make you uncomfortable to get to your objective

Dont take rejection personally

Engage your family with efforts, struggles and progress

Get out everyday

Have some daily quiet time

Ask God for his help

Get rid of your anger and resentment

Once you have been through this and get a job, you will never fear being fired again.

Its Gods time and its on time every time.

Patience, persistence and prayer!