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Total Access ClubCareer Confidential Coaching Club

with Peggy McKee

Today’s Agenda

• Presentation – 5 Tips for Getting a job Interview Next Week

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When you’re in a job search

Phone Calls!

Interviews!ACTION!

Job Offer!

• Take Control

• Influence the # of Phone Calls

• Influence the # of Interviews

The Idea is to Be PROACTIVE & AGGRESSIVE

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5 Things You Need to Start Today!

1. Make Yourself Attractive Online

2. Make Your Network Effective

3. Brand Yourself to Boost Appeal

4. Use your Previous Managers

And…

Take the most direct route

to the job interview!

1. Polish Your LinkedIn Profile

• Evaluate Your Headline

– Job Title

– Company

– Or better yet…

• Use a Descriptive Term That Incorporates Keywords

– Statement of Brand

• What You Do

• Problems You Solve

• Highlight Your Unique Qualities

Evaluate Your Headline

–Statement of Brand

•What You Do

• Problems You Solve

• Highlight Your Unique Qualities

Polish…Polish…Polish

• Evaluate Your Summary

– Review Job Listings on Job Boards

– Use Their Terms to Describe Your Skills

– Pack the Summary With Current Keywords

– Make Your Profile Search-Friendly

• Edit Your Job Summary

– Do Not

• Upload Your Entire Resume

– Do

• Summarize Your History

• Hit the Highlights

• Use the Correct Keywords

• Quantify Accomplishments

Job Summary is not Resume

• Make Sure You Have a Photo

– A Photo Helps Others Feel That

• They Know You

• They Can Connect With You

– No Photo

• Fake Profile

• They Won’t Read Your Information

• Groups Won’t Let You In

Picture “Matters”

A RECOMMENDATION IS

POWERFUL!

• Get at Least One Recommendation

–Write One For Someone Else

–LinkedIn Will Ask Them to Return the Favor

Get Recommendations

2. Tell Your Network You’re Looking

No one will tell you about an opportunity if they don’t

know you’re looking!

Shout it from the rooftops!

• Tell Everyone

– Your LinkedIn Contacts

– Your Facebook Friends

– Your Social Circle

– Your Church…

3. Check Your Brand

Your Image is Your Brand

4. Call Your Previous Managers or Bosses

• Who Knows Your Work Best?

– Previous Managers

– Previous Bosses

• Call Your Previous Managers or Bosses

• Boost Your Morale!

• Maybe they’ll Know Someone Who is Hiring

Or…

Are You Feeling Brave?

Did You Have A Job End Badly?

Call Your Previous Managers

or Bosses And Ask For The Truth

• What Were My Weaknesses?

• What Were My Strengths?

Think…Personal Improvement!

Sell Yourself!

5. Contact Someone Who Can Hire You

• Quickest Way to a Job Interview?

– Look For Companies That You Would Like To Work For

– Look For Work That You Do

– Look For The Person That Would Be Your Boss Ask them what

they need!

• Find the Name of the Hiring Manager

• Find the Name of Their Boss

• Find the Name of Their Boss’s Boss

• Get Their Email Addresses

• Send Your Cover Letter in the Email

• Attach Your Resume

• Follow Up With A Phone Call

5 Tips for Getting a Job Interview Next Week

1. Polish Your LinkedIn Profile2. Tell Your Network You’re Looking3. Check Your Brand4. Call Your Previous Managers and

Bosses5. Contact Someone Who Can Hire You

You will quickly start to see results in your job search!

Best of Luck!

Thank you for attending!