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Activating Your Activating Your Job SearchJob Search
10 Lessons to get to YES!10 Lessons to get to YES!
Career ConnectorsFebruary 4, 2015
Kevin R. DumcumEmployment Specialist
Central Arizona Shelter Services
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Homeless? At Risk?Contact CIR
Phone: 211 www.cir.org
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Activating Your Job SearchActivating Your Job Search
Ten Lessons to Get to YES!
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Lesson I: Lesson I: Recognize that job loss is Recognize that job loss is traumatictraumatic
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Lesson II: Lesson II: Understand how companies Understand how companies thinkthink
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Lesson III:Lesson III:Control your own career pathControl your own career path
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Lesson IV:Lesson IV:Take care of yourselfTake care of yourself
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Lesson V: Lesson V: Decide what you really wantDecide what you really want
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““What Color Is Your What Color Is Your Parachute”Parachute”
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““Strengths Finder”Strengths Finder”Myers-Briggs Type IndicatorMyers-Briggs Type Indicator
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Onetonline.orgOnetonline.orgCareerOneStop.orgCareerOneStop.org
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Lesson VI: Lesson VI: Try everythingTry everything
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Workforce Connection Workforce Connection centerscenters
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Goodwill Career CentersGoodwill Career CentersBurton Barr / Ocotillo LibraryBurton Barr / Ocotillo Library
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Agencies that help Agencies that help overcome barriersovercome barriers
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Lesson VII:Lesson VII:
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Create profiles on the Create profiles on the major job boardsmajor job boards
…But be prepared for spam…But be prepared for spam
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Create/update online profilesCreate/update online profiles…But limit time spent online “networking”…But limit time spent online “networking”
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Headhunters and Headhunters and Staffing FirmsStaffing Firms
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The Hidden Job MarketThe Hidden Job Market
Percentage of job openingsnot publically advertised:
40% 70% 95%
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Employment networksEmployment networks
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Find networking eventsFind networking events
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Lesson VIII:Lesson VIII:VolunteerVolunteer
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Lesson IX: Lesson IX: Expect rejectionExpect rejection
No
Not yet
Over qualified
Under qualified
No
Changed our minds
No
Funding pulled
No
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Keep moving forwardKeep moving forward
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Lesson X: Lesson X: Success breeds successSuccess breeds success
YES!All you need is one
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I. Recognize that job loss is traumatic
II. Understand how companies think
III. Take control of your own career path
IV. Take care of yourself
V. Figure out what you really want
VI.Try everything
VII.Find all the jobs
VIII.Volunteer
IX.Expect rejection
X. Success breeds success
V. Figure out what you really want
VI.Try everything
VII.Find all the jobs
VIII.Volunteer
IX.Expect rejection
X. Success breeds success
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Kevin R. Dumcum
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