Rethink Your Job Search

What does this p r eso c on tain ? View US metro areas that are shrinking or growing ec onomic al l y A n ov erv iew of tod ay ’s hiring market Und erstand how these hiring trend s wil l imp ac t y ou r j ob searc h W hat d o y ou need to d o; or rather, d o d if f erentl y 2

R ec ession an d its im p l ic ation s Searching for jobs in these areas can take more time than y ou might be ex p ecting; how ev er…. 3

R ec ession an d its im p l ic ation s I f y ou are fl ex ibl e enou gh, try to l ook for op p ortu nities in these areas 4

H ir in g F or ec ast Dec 2008 d d 5

H ir in g F or ec ast Dec 2008 /d 6

H ir in g F or ec ast Dec 2008 K d 7

H ir in g T r en ds 2 0 0 8 -2 0 0 9 8

H ir in g T r en ds M ore Less S p e c if ic G e ne r a l D e l ibe r a te B ig ba ng P oc k e ts Ac r os s th e boa r d V a lu e P r e miu m S u s ta ina bil ity Ambition 9

How do these hiring trends impact you C rit eria G ood Recessionary H ow ev er… T im es T im es C on t rol ov er More L ess Tho u gh em plo yer s c o nt r o l t he i n t erv i ew p roc ess pr o c ess, yo u r k no w ledge o f t he pr o c ess c an help yo u w in C h oi c e of em p l oy ers More L ess O ppo r t u nit y t o b e m o r e fo c u sed o n c ho ic e o f em plo yer s C h oi c e of c om m u t e More L ess O ppo r t u nit y t o w o r k fr o m ho m e in c ase o f glo b al / r em o t e o ppo r t u nit ies C h oi c e of rol es More L ess O ppo r t u nit y t o play m u lt iple r o les du e t o ‘D o m o r e w it h less’ C om p et i t i on L ess More The playing field is leveled b ec au se no w even t he b est c andidat es ar e in t he sam e int er view line-u p 10

T he T r adition al J ob S ear c h 11

T he T r adition al J ob S ear c h Step 1: “L et’s s ee w h o i s h i r i n g r i g h t n o w ” Step 2 : “H er e’s m y r es u m e! ” Step 3 : F o l l o w u p, h o pe a n d pr a y 12

T he T r adition al J ob S ear c h H ow d o I k now w h o’s h ir ing ? W h o d o I s e nd my r e s u me to? H a s my r e s u me be e n r ou te d to th e r ig h t p e r s on? H ow c a n I c onv inc e th e r e c r u ite r th a t I ’m th e r ig h t p e r s on f or th is j ob? W il l th e y l ik e my r e s u me ? W il l th e y c ons id e r me to be a “g ood f it”? W il l th e y c ons id e r me f or a p h one s c r e e n or a n inte r v ie w ? 13

D isadv antages: T raditional J ob S earch H op e is th e s tr a te g y N o c ommu nic a tion w ith c omp a nie s th a t Y O U w ou l d l ik e to w or k f or C h a l l e ng ing to h a v e a d ir e c t c onv e r s a tion w ith a r e a l ma na g e r th a t is l ook ing to e mp l oy N o op p or tu nity to h ig h l ig h t s p e c if ic s k il l s a nd e x p e r ie nc e th a t r e l a te to th e op p or tu nity H ig h c omp e tition s inc e th e p os ting is a l r e a d y on th e inte r ne t / ne w s p a p e r s Y ou d on’t w h e r e y ou a r e in th e j ob s e a r c h p r oc e s s 14

T hin k D if f er en t! 15

W hat does C areerT iger prov ide you? C ap ab il ity to real l y u nd erstand al l y ou r skil l s, c omp etenc ies and ex p erienc e D ef ine y ou r market - d ev el op a l ist of target ind u stries and c omp anies E stab l ish d irec t c ommu nic ation with c omp anies that y ou c hoose H ighl ight y ou r p oint of v iew, skil l s, id eas and ex p erienc e specifically to y ou r target c omp anies T ap into j ob op enings that may not hav e b een p u b l ished K now ex ac tl y where y ou are in the j ob searc h p roc ess 16

Y ou r A l l ies F ri end s a nd rel a ti v es T h ei r em p l o y ers a nd c l i ents H ea d h unters Current & F o rm er R ec rui ters em p l o y ers P l a c em ent F ri en d s Current & a g enc i es F o rm er c l i ents E m p l o y ers R ecru i t ers Allies & C l i en t s M y So ci al Search N et w o rk E n g in e& B lo g s P ers o na l S o c i a l I nternet S ea rc h N etw o rk J o b S ea rc h P ro f es s i o na l B lo g s S o c i a l N etw o rk 17

T he new J ob S ear c h M odel P ro s p ect C o m m u n i cat e I n t erv i ew N eg o t i at e D ay 1 ' ' ' ' G am eP l an E m ai l D e f ine y ou r GamePlan P ho n e ma r k e t 18

C ar eer T ig er - S am p l e L esson Don’t s e nd y ou r r e s u m e ! 19

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