How To Find Your Next Job - Day 1

How to Find Your Next Job Part 1 September 23, 2010

Agenda Introductions, Welcome and Overview Assessing Your Skills Bridging the Skills Gap Identifying the Best Opportunities Understanding Company Culture Selling Your Skills as a Service Testimonial / Discussion Assembling Part 1 of your Career Plan Wrap-up and Preview of Tomorrow

Career Plan Explore YOU with skills assessment Understand Occupation and Opportunities Identify Transferable Skills Career Training, Education and Experience Putting YOU on paper Networking and a Mentor Presenting You Tracking Progress

Assessing Your Skills Read previous performance reviews Ask for feedback Document key task, activities and accomplishments for each position Think volunteer and day-to-day life, not just professional Understand what you like versus dislike

Finding Your Occupational Profile CareerOneStop.org Browse Occupations (left hand corner) Select Specific Occupation Select State – Missouri or Illinois Occupational Profile will Display Recommend viewing in Printer-Friendly Version

Sections of Occupational Profile Description Wages – try not to focus on this section Trends Growth Openings Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Tasks & Activities Tools & Technology Education & Training

Assess Your Skills Highlight All you LOVE to do. Highlight in a different color all those you CAN do. Highlight in a different color all your STRENGTHS (based on others feedback). Mark those that you can do but need to improve.

Position Yourself Where are your GAPS? Can you or will you close the GAPS? What training do you need? Update skills to close gaps

Companies Who Hire CareerOneStop.org Under MORE RESOURCES select America’s Career Infonet Select Employer Locator Select location, occupation Research Companies Watch on InDeed.com

Positions & Postings MissouriCareerSource.com Search by Job Titles NOT keywords READ Carefully Typically three sections Company Info Position Description Position Requirements Find Key Points

Job Search Resources Sample Job Application http:// bouncebackstl.org/wordpress/?p =966 Application Tracking System (Job Search Log) http:// bouncebackstl.org/wordpress/?p =606

Why Explore Corporate Culture? Helps you understand yourself Increases your potential of getting hired Ensures right match with skills and personality Greatest opportunity for success when in the job Everyone is unique so don’t go with others perception, create your own!

What is Corporate Culture? Shared values and practices of the employees May not match published culture The company’s personality How people do their work Culture sets how we behave

What is Corporate Culture? Sub-cultures can exist Industries have culture too The culture can change over time Values Ethics Beliefs Personality Traits

Understanding Impact Ignoring the culture or working against culture will lead to failure There isn’t a RIGHT or WRONG culture, just a right or wrong FIT Company Values, Beliefs and Ethics must be compatible with Individual A company with unethical or illegal business practices; or sick culture will self-destruct.

Research A Company’s Culture Company Website Public Relations Materials People in your Network The CEO or Owners Corporate structure Rankings Public filings Wetfeet.com & glassdoor.com

Questions to Ask What is the energy of the company? What is your leadership style? How do people solve problems in the organization? Is the company innovative? How? Support for professional growth? Education Reimbursement Additional Responsibilities Rate of turnover?

Questions to Ask Employee morale? Style of dress? Length of work day? Support for work/life balance? Ease and frequency of communication internally? Why is there an opening? What happened with the person who previously had my position?

Words that might describe an Organization Driven Aggressive Friendly Engaged Defensive Passive Responsible Tough Fair Active Analytical Open Productive

Selling Your Skills As A Service

A Few Statistics! Small firms – 52% of sales 50% of private sector output Small business exports 96% of all US goods Small business receives 35% of all federal contracts In 2007 there were an estimated 21.7 million self-employed Department of Labor & US Census

Contractor vs Consultant Specific Skill or Role Limited Focus Work at the direction of others Fills skills void Strategic / Leadership Advise and provide direction on effort Multitask Multiple Projects at one time

Self-Employed Independent Contractor OR Service Company 1099 You are the PRODUCT Price your PRODUCT Conduct Market Research Market the PRODUCT

“Pros” & “Cons” Flexibility Preview multiple companies Increase experience Pay per hour No benefits Travel No job security Constantly marketing self

Assemble Your Career Plan List of STRENGTHS List of Accomplishments that show strengths List of Transferable Skills List of Occupations and Job Titles List of Company’s who HIRE those jobs

Assemble Your Career Plan Training/Education Plan Detail Job Application Job Search Tracker Setup File System

Resources Bounce Back St. Louis: Bouncebackstl.org MERIC (MO Economic Research and Information Center): Missourieconomy.org Bureau of Labor Statistics: Bls.org Careeronestop.org www.business.gov/industries/self-employed/

Resources Wetfeet.com & glassdoor.com Investor Relations - http://www.irin.com/cgi-bin/main.cgi http://www.corporateinformation.com/ Personality Tests: http:// www.similarminds.com/personality_tests.html

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