career the chazin group bullet proof your career in turbulent times presented to: october 22, 2008

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The Chazin Group

Bullet Proof Your CareerIn Turbulent Times

Presented to:

October 22, 2008

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Today’s Discussion

• Your Dream Job Awaits• Your Mission Statement• Defend Your Current Job• When It’s Time to Leave• Leverage Recruiting Firms• Work a Job Fair

The Chazin Group The Chazin Group

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Today’s Discussion

• Expand Your Social Network• Informational Interviews• Know Your Worth• The Interview

• A Final Thought


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Your Dream Job Awaits


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Preparing For A Career Change

• Start Building Your Dream Job– Visualization Exercise


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Your Dream Job

• Make Your Life’s Passion Your Work• Turning Hobbies Into A Successful Future• Likes & Dislikes• Be Your Own Boss


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Your Mission Statement


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Define Your Life Goals

• What do you want to get from your career• Understand your financial goals• What lifestyle are you seeking


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Your Core Values & Beliefs

• What principles do I choose as a foundation for my life?

• What would I like to accomplish and contribute?

• What would I like to be? • How do I fit into my family and

community? • What are my strengths?


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Why We Need a Mission Statement!

• Ensures a greater chance of career success

• Steven Covey refers to crafting a mission statement as "connecting with your own unique purpose and the profound satisfaction that comes in fulfilling it."

• Michael Goodman: a personal mission statement is: “an articulation of what you’re all about and what success looks like to you.”

• “People with goals succeed because theyknow where they are going. It's as simple asthat." Earl Nightingale


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The Five-Step Process

• Identify Past Successes• Identify Core Values• Identify Contributions• Identify Goals

• Your Personal Mission Statement


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Some Examples

• "My personal mission is to live completely, honestly, and compassionately, with a healthy dose of realism mixed with the imagination and dreams that all things are possible if one sets their mind to finding an answer.”


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Some Examples

• "My personal mission is to take time every day for reflection, to realize what I learned, what I should learn more about to say thank you, to give myself a pat on the back while looking into what I need to improve upon.”


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Resources

• FranklinCovey Mission Builder; www.franklincovey.com/missionbuilder/index.html

• Laurie Beth Jones, The Path: Creating Your Mission Statement For Work & For Life

• Richard J. Leider, The Power of Purpose: Creating Meaning in Your Life and Work


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Defend Your Current Job

• Engage Your Boss in Frank Discussion• Go Higher Up…If Needed• Tap Into the Gossip Mill (All Levels)• What’s The Press Saying?• Seek Additional Responsibility• Consider Lateral Moves• Serve on Cross functional Teams• Sell Yourself UP & ACROSS

Reading the Tea Leaves… Reading Between The Lines


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When It’s Time to Leave

• Negotiate an Equitable Severance– You Get What You Negotiate

• Engage the Services of an Outplacement Firm

• Seek a Select Few Recruiters


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When It’s Time to Leave• Deal With The Loss Then Move On• Develop a Professional Bio• Your Personal Marketing Plan

– Identify Top Industries– Determine Top Firms in Each Industry– List Your Core Competencies– Identify Your Ideal Job Titles


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• Utilize Every Available Resource Only 10-15% of Jobs Get Advertised Online Resources

oCareerBuilder, Monster, Yahoo! Hot JobsoLinkedIn

Classified AdvertisingoNJ.comoNYT.comoCraig’s List


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When Its Time to Leave• Don’t Forget the Jobsites

By Functiono Sales Jobso Marketing Jobso Accounting & Finance

Job Aggregator Siteso SimplyHired.como Indeed.com

Executive Levelo Korn Ferryo Christian & Timberso 6FigureJobs


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When Its Time to Leave

• Company Research Sources Hoover’s Online SEC (www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml) DNB.com Business.com SearchSystems.net (public records

dbase) PR Newswire


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When Its Time to Leave

• Company Research Sources ThomasNet.com CNNMoney.com

(http://money.cnn.com/news/crc) www.vault.com/companies/

searchcompanies.jsp www.learnwebskills.com/company


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• Your Resume “Forever” – Success Stories

• You Are a Product:– Features & Benefits:

• Core competencies• Experience• Skills & Qualifications• Education• Certifications

• Resume & Cover Letter LAST!


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Get The Resume Ready


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Resumes That Get Read• The Five-Second Rule• Success Stories• Highlight Your Experience• C.A.R• Customize By Job/Industry• Include Industry Buzzwords• Quantify … Say It With Numbers• Can It Be Scanned?• As Long As It Needs To Be


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Dust Off The Cover Letter


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Cover Letters That Get Calls

• OPEN: How About A Headline?• Target With Research• Address Their Needs• You Are a Set of “Solutions”• Canned Letters Get Canned – Be

Unconventional!• CLOSE: I Will Call You…Then Do It!


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Leverage Recruiting Firms

• Limit to 4-5• Provide Your Marketing Plan• Leverage Against Each Other• Recruiting Ins & Outs• Show No Loyalty• Kennedy Information “Red Book”of Executive Recruiters


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Work a Job Fair

• Research Participating Firms• Perfect Your Elevator Speech• Resumes, Marketing Plans & Bios• Dress to IMPRESS!• Focus On Your Industry• Attention to Detail• The Curtain’s UP!• Your Are a Product: How Will YouMeet Their Needs?


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Cultivate a Lifeline

•Networking Is Reaching Out To: Family Friends of Family Friends of Friends Friends of Friends of Friends, Etc! Keep a Tracking Form Including:

Name & Org. Tel. # & Email Who They Referred You To Comments


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Cultivate a Lifeline

• The Informational Interview Understand What People Do What They Enjoy Most/Least How They Got Into the Industry Great Networking Source Fine Tune Your Selling Skills DON’T Ask For a Job! DO Ask For Referrals! Send Thank You Immediately


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Know Your Worth• Research A Suitable Salary Range

Numerous Sites Abound SalaryCalculator.com Salary.com SalaryExpert.com Payscale.com/salary-calculator

By Industry Experience Level Geography Bureau of Labor Statistics Anecdotal Through Networking


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Interviewing• Interviewer Is NOT an Expert, so…• YOU Control the Process• Get Ready…The Curtain’s Up• Focus On…EVERYTHING!• Rehearse Your Core Competencies• Apply The ‘Mirroring’ Technique


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Interviewing• Know Your Interviewer• Interview the Interviewer• Salesmanship in Print• Ask For The Sale• Understand The Follow-Up Process

• Practice, Practice, Practice


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Questions?


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PerspectiveTaxes have risen; our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income; the savings of many years in thousands of

families are gone.

More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return. Only a foolish

optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase

of…profits. These dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach usthat our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to

Ourselves and to our fellow men.

Our greatest primary task is to put people to work.

This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously.

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First Inaugural Address March 4, 1933

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The Chazin Group

Thank You!

career the chazin group bullet proof your career in turbulent times presented to: october 22, 2008

Documents

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career change

career todays discussion

chazin group bullet

personal mission statement

current job

job fair

dream job visualization