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In the summer months, the centers of continents heat up, drawing moist air from the cooler ocean leading to the most significant rainfall on the planet. In the spirit of the symbiotic relationship between the ocean and the jungle – this summer I am taking a huge leap (and hopefully a splash) into unfamiliar territory – television.
I know there is a truly interested audience out there for a show that can follow average and not-so-average Americans in their search for work. One of the hottest topics since 2008, resume building techniques and job searching tips are some of the most talked-about items in the news and on the internet.
Imagine a talk show that focuses on this very theme including: job search, negotiation skills, promotion techniques, improving communication issues in the workplace, and exposing corporate hiring practices to the world so that Joe/Jane Job Seeker can better understand what happens behind the scenes to get his or her resume to the right person and not in another incoming email pile. A potential one stop forum for people needing assistance with any and all workplace conflict resolution, career advice, interview preparation, resume writing…anything and everything relating to career development. A place where successful celebrities and business personalities from chefs, to creative entrepreneurs, to CEO’s could share their stories of success and maybe even uncover some of the things they might have done differently. A completely different category in the talk show world where you can learn how to get any job or move up in the one you have and access a personal career coach right on your computer or television.
On the heels of the release of my third book, TEN SECRETS TO GETTING PROMOTED, I put on my life jacket, fins and oxygen tank (no pun intended) and have entered the Oprah / Mark Burnett contest for my OWN show on her new network. CAREER CONFIDENTIAL
If you share my vision, please, take time to vote…as many times as you can! …and share this link with your friends and family that could benefit from a show like this making it to a regular time slot.
Come join me for a swim into the vast ocean of career development. YOU have the ability to help me help them (and you!), so please…link, listen, VOTE and SHARE!
http://myown.oprah.com/audition/index.html?request=video_details&response_id=2386&promo_id=1
Oceanic facts from: http://oceanmotion.org/html/background/climate.htm
Carolyn Thompson
Tags: Career Confidential, career development, careers, coaching, communication, conflict resolution, internet, interviewing, Job Search, jobs, negotiation, news, Oprah, OWN, promotion, resume preparation, resume writing, show, skills, success, talk-show, techniques, television, unemployment, work
Old dogs CAN learn new tricks! Every day, we are challenged with new issues which are opportunities to learn something about ourselves.
As a seasoned recruiter who has trained thousands of people, I had a meeting today about time management purely because I felt like things were slipping through the cracks and I needed to grab hold before everything collapsed around me. (It’s not just me, right?)
Whether you are a job seeker planning your personal marketing strategy, a business person trying to gain market share, or an executive recruiter looking to capitalize on the resurgence in the hiring market, remember these tips when planning your day:
1. You need to plan! Fail to plan, plan to fail! As a member of the Pinnacle Society (www.pinnaclesociety.org”) we discuss our business strategies for success openly and the number one indicator of success is your ability to plan!
o Where will you call and why?
o What do you have that is of interest or need for someone?
o Who should you contact or ask for and why?
§ Find names on linkedIn
o What’s in it for them?
o Don’t forget to ask for referrals!
2. Block out your activities in one or two hour chunks.
o Your calls will sound fresher if you are remain interested and are not bored with your subject matter.
o Work all the angles you need to work each day, not one per day. For example, if you are a recruiter that works job orders and makes marketing calls, do some of each every day. You’ll find you’ll cover a lot more ground with renewed enthusiasm if you get to the end of the first page of calls and can check that off your list and move onto your next one.
o Only plan 75% of your time.
§ You need to be flexible to deal with interruptions and the results of your hard work!
3. Think outside the box!
o In my office we look for CPA’s every day. Sometimes, looking for the names of CPA firms turns up candidates we didn’t find doing a search for “CPA”.
o If you are looking for a job, don’t just search for job titles; create a list of target companies and research them for related positions they may be advertising. If they have ads for positions in and around your field, they would likely have a job for you somewhere, sometime…you just need to find out who reviews the resumes for that department and mail them a copy of yours via priority mail. They will get it!
4. As a business person looking to expand your client base as the economy begins to recover, start with your clients from the past three years before trying to earn someone’s trust you’ve never worked with before.
o A check in call is a powerful thing. Find out how they are doing and how your services may be of assistance in their economic recovery.
Even if you aren’t an old dog, it is never too early to pick up on what the slightly wizened canines have to offer! Visit my website www.carolynthompson.net for webinars on these topics!
Carolyn Thompson
Tags: business strategy, candidate search, check in call, clients, economy, executive recruiter, executive recruiters, flexibility, follow up, hiring, Job Search, job seekers, job titles, lnkedin, mail, marketing calls, new tricks, recruiter, searching, success, time management
Season’s Greetings from the Jungle!
This week I did two interviews about holiday job search, which got me thinking about the seasons of the jungle. Follow the links to see more.
http://watch.ctv.ca/news/top-picks/holiday-jobs/#clip243570
http://money.cnn.com/2009/12/04/news/economy/job_seasons/index.htm
A little research turned up that the jungle has two distinct seasons; wet and dry. During a dry season, the days are hot and sunny, the vegetation becomes sparser, and watering holes dry up forcing animals to look elsewhere. Conversely, during a wet season, the air quality improves, freshwater quality improves, and vegetation grows significantly. The wet season is also referred to as “green season.”
Today, I got a call from one of my long time coaching clients who has been working two part time jobs to make ends meet since her husband’s death a few years ago. She has gone back to college to complete her degree and worked very hard to obtain the necessary computer skills to compete in today’s job market. She has an excellent background in customer service, community project management and has been working diligently to network and expand her personal sphere of influence. Exactly the right things to get that competitive advantage in your job search!
For the past year, she’s been on many interviews and has been passed over for countless positions she was well qualified for; moving from one dried up water source to the next, not because she couldn’t do the job, but because she has over 20 years work experience in total, and was considered overqualified. Many of the jobs she applied for required a bachelors or “equivalent” experience, and she lost out time and again to recent college grads with less life experience than she had, but she kept plugging away through her dry season.
TODAY, I got the call I’ve been waiting for. She got a job offer! In the salary range she was targeting! With benefits! I was so proud of her! Her comment to me was that once someone else showed they believed in her, she began to believe in herself.
She was the last person on my mental list of people who have been looking for some time that would be great employees! Now she will be enjoying the prosperity and growth of her green season.
If you have friends or family out there looking for work, let them know you believe in them. It will really help them find a new job!
For information on personal executive coaching, visit my website www.carolynthompson.net. I have a spot open now that my client found a job today!!!
Carolyn Thompson
Tags: believe, coaching, computer skills, continuing education, dry, economy, education, education vs experience, Job Search, networking, overqualify, success
