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LAYOFF TO
JOB SEARCH:Navigatingthe Jungle
Maureen Nelson, M.A.One Stop Career Link
AGENDA
What this Class Is/Is Not
Introductory Activity: On the Path
Big Game Hunting: 3 Important Cycles
Using a Map to Find Your Way
Staying on Course: Strong Currents
Survival of the Fittest!
Postcards from the Edge
A Hero’s Welcome & Evaluations
What This Class IsA pointer toward resources to…
Help you move beyond negative effects of a layoff
Figure out what you want to do
Get organized
Overcome isolation
Fill in gaps on your resume
What This Class Is Not
We will not be covering…
Career exploration
Resumes
Interviewing
Draw a picture ofwhere you were,where you are,and where youwant to be
ACTIVITY: On the Path
10
IntroducingGuide & Team
Name
Your Path:Your one-minute “story”(how long since you worked, are youtemping/ volunteering/ schooling/ caretaking?)
Kind of job you’re looking for
What you hope to get out of todayor one question you want answered
Big Game Hunting
The Career Development Cycle
Change Management Cycle
Job Search Cycle
Career Development Cycle
Goal Setting
Work/Life Balance
Workplace Relationships
Mentoring/Being Mentored
Professional Development
Identify…• Interests• Skills• Values• Personality Types• Preferred Work Conditions• Blocks and Barriers
Brainstorm Job Titles
Industry Research
Investigate Job Listings
Target Local Employers
Real World Exploration — Info Interviews — Prof Assns Evaluate Research
Prioritize Needs
Target Objectives
Decision Making
Create Action Plan
Networking
Résumé/Cover Letters
Interview Skills
Salary Negotiation
Support System
Self-Assessment
CareerManagement
Job Search Tools
CareerResearch
Goal Setting
Layoff?
New Job?
Promotion?
Career Change?
— In same industry
— In new industry
Change Management
Change Management Cycle, or
The Six Stages of Change
Loss
Doubt
Discomfort
Discovery
Understanding
Integration
“Change is walking naked into the land of uncertainty.”
Robert QuinnDeep Change: Discovering the Leader Within
Where are you?
Loss
DoubtDiscomfort
Discovery
Understanding
Integration
Fear
Shock
Anger
Anxiety
Hope
Future-focused
Bruised
Ego
Confidence
DevelopingPsychological Resilience
How do you bounce back from life’s disappointments?
How do you learn to hear “no” and keep going?
What plans do you have if your job search is a long one?
Realize job loss is normal:It happens to everyone
Has a layoffor firing
ever resultedin an
unexpectedpositive effect
for you?
Job Search Cycle
2: Look for job openings
1: Create resume and cover letter
3: Apply to companies
[Repeat Steps 3 & 4 as needed]
4: InterviewGet offer!!
How to Shake It UpApproach companies you want to work for — even if they’re not advertising openings
How would you look for work if you couldn’t use the job boards?
Expand your network by attending job clubs and using Linked In, Spoke, etc.
Guerilla Job Hunting (3 free chapters)http://www.perrymartel.com/GM4JH.html
Use unusual tools & approaches(Visit the shamans)
ACTIVITY: A Visit to the Shamans
“What would make it fun?”
“UseYour Six
Thinking Hats”
“Give yourself a Whack on the
Side of the Head”
“Hide Your Resume”
“Take a snapshot/
Tell a story”
15
Debrief:A Visit to the Shamans
15
Break: 10 minutes
What if you don’t know what you want to do next?
Where’sthe map of
my life??
Using A Map(Assessments)
To Find Your Way
Values
Interests
Skills /Abilities
Personality
Sources of AssessmentsPrivate career counselors
College career centers(if they serve the public)
Books, e.g., Llewellyn and Holt’sThe Everything Career Tests Book*
Internet, e.g., EDD website
* Covers work environment, suitability to runninga business, management, work/life balance
The Classic Assessments
Value Search
Self-Directed Search
Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Strong Interest Inventory
Campbell Interest & Skill Survey
SkillScan
Values: MyPlan.comhttp://www.myplan.com/assess/values.php
Interests and Skills: CA EDDhttp://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/
?PAGEID=3
See Step 1: Self-Assessment
Occ Matches: O*NET Descriptorshttp://online.onetcenter.org/find/descriptor
Use drop-down menu and buttons
Personality: MBTIMyers Briggs Type Indicatorhttp://www.humanmetrics.com/See Jungian Typology Test
Personality:Keirsey Temperament Sorterhttp://www.keirsey.com/
For both: 16 possible types
Battery: PESCO11 assessments in one
Available through One Stop
Alternative: Deep QuestionsFigler, Bolles, Nemko, et al
“35 Most Revealing Questions About You” from Cool Careers for Dummies
Staying on Course:Strong Currents
Staying Organized
Binders
File folders
Excel charts
Calendars
Datebooks
Journals
Online tools
Your computer
Survival of the Fittest!Counteracting Isolation
JOB
Counteracting IsolationEnlist others in your job search
Linked In and other networking sites
Avoid Silicon Timesuck
Join “job clubs”
Volunteer: TALK to people
Take classes: TALK to people
Attend professional meetings
Attend business events
Networking
“In Mail”
Online resume
Work samples
Links to sites/blogs
Recommendations
Company research
Interest groups
Q & A’s
Job Hunters’ GroupsOne Stop’s Job Search Strategy Group
Experience Unlimited Success Teams
Grace Works / Grace Cathedral
Job Forum, SF Chamber of Commerce
Groups at Jewish Vocational Service
Bay Area Career Center
MeetUp.com
Postcards from the Edge:What did you do during
your big safari into unemployment?
(Employers want to know)
Filling in the Resume GapsUpgrading skills / taking classes
Freelance work
Volunteering
Leadership in professional organizations
Presenting / speaking
Writing articles
Caretaking
Traveling
A Hero’s Welcome!!
You made it home (or you will soon)
Good luck to everyone!
About Your PresenterMaureen Nelson is Senior Career Counselor at Oakland PIC One Stop.She previously worked at the GoodwillOne Stop Career Link in San Francisco.She has led workshops and written articles on career topics for over 10 years. She blogs on Take Charge of Your Career.
Before becoming a career counselor, Maureen worked in publishing. Maureen was voted “Author with the Most Impact” by the National Career Development Association in 2008. She has a master’s degree in Career Development from John F. Kennedy University and is co-author of Getting Your Ideal Internship.
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