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Week 21: Personal Job Search Update
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Posted by: Mark Cummuta in Best Practices Topic: Personal ManagementBlog: CIO Job Search: A Real Life Chronicle
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I'm in the process of writing a blog entry about searching for a job during an economic downturn. I've interviewed experts around the country for their advice on this topic, and my conversations with them have led to a slew of new networking contacts and job interviews for me. Since I've been busy researching this article on techniques for conducting a job search during a recession and with new job interviews, I wanted to bring you up to speed on the status of my own job search.
I am meeting with potential clients and proposing a number of short- and long-term consulting projects. I have also found new opportunities for public speaking engagements and am working to build and expand on them. To keep my leads pipeline full, I continue my online and offline networking efforts, which include attending IT, management and industry events, and staying in touch with my executive recruiting contacts, helping them where I can, and asking their advice as needed. And of course, I am pursuing my own targeted research and marketing to specific firms.
In addition to my article about successful job search tactics during a recession, I have also started working on another article about my experience working with a professional resume writer. I hope to be able to show my resume both before and after our work, as well as statistical results.
These numerous, exciting opportunities are keeping me very, very busy! There’s nothing like multiple phone calls, emails and interviews every day to prove that your job search project plan is working. Better still, it’s a great way to get your job-winning confidence back!
I’ve heard from several people around the country who say they are also seeing results from the job search project plans they've created. If you’re job search is getting responses, share your story!! I’d love to hear what’s working for you.
Thank you again for all of your comments and ideas!
Mark
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I also am on a "Job Hunt" and it is producing discouraging results. Your comments regarding the professional Resume prepartion brought up a nagging issue within me. Perhaps you or other readers could chime in, especially the Hiring Managers.
More than one recruiter has given me dire warnings against the professionally prepared Resume. "Don't do it!", they reproached me. "It is the kiss of death" or "Hiring Managers can spot them a mile away, and trash them first" is repeated. I don't want to start a detailed discussion on all the good or bad points. I would like to hear about actual experiences,(not the opinions or textbook answers please) from those who have had a recent experience, positive or negative, to get a feel for what is working.
Also, I would like opinions on "long" Resumes. I know the conventional wisdom, but with 30 years experience, (Gasp heard..."but there really were punched cards?"), the length of my Resume does show my age and is 4 pages. "Too long" screams one. "What do you mean?, Its great!" says another sincerely. And, my favorite: "The client has a "young" corporate culture, and is seeking to maintain that image" another hints (nudge nudge, wink wink.)
All I know is I am still looking and spending too much time on CIO.com...
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I am a professional resume "transformer" who works on her own and often fixes resumes that have been done by outplacement firms. The quality of what you get is very dependent on the individual and his/her philosophy. I learned under the tutelage of Kate Wendelton at "The Five O'Clock Club" in NYC - see their website at www.fiveoclockclub.com. They have many jobsearch resources including very good books.
Advice: minimize early jobs as much as possible (company, title only), even leaving the earliest off the resume. Re years of experience (i.e. age) don't put year degree received if it indicates age. Use the top of page one to highlight - with bullets - the key things you offer to the hiring manager. NO paragraphs - bullets of 2-3 lines are best. And leave out self descriptors such as "bottom-line oriented" and "out-of-the-box thinker" ... hiring managers see this all the time and don't believe it anyway. Show accomplishments and the results achieved.
Good luck.
It takes more than a typo-free resume these days to get interviews.
Resumes are almost always pre-screened by databases. That's bad news for people who send static resumes (cover letters usually get stripped).
But, for job seekers who "game the system", pre-screening databases can give career changers an unfair advantage. This advantage is amplified, because so few use these techniques. For more information, see my blog post http://recareered.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-to-rig-careerbuilder-and-other-job.html.
My practice is to write resumes and coach using Resume Search Optimization and Web 2.0 tools to get resumes at the top of search results. In addition, I help get subject matter experts found before ads are written and recruiters are called.
If you'd like a free resume consultation, just email your resume to me at phil.rainmakers@gmail.com, and I'll schedule a time to talk.
http://recareered.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-to-rig-careerbuilder-and-other-job.html
Phil RosenbergPresident, reCareered & Rainmakers Global
Email: phil.rainmakers@gmail.com
Web: www.reCareered.com
Blog: http://reCareered.blogspot.com
LinkedIN: www.linkedin.com/in/philrosenberg
Facebook: http://profile.to/philrosenberg/
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