Explorer week 5

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step 5 searching
seek to serve

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Review
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1. What are the 6 items of Marketing Materials?
2. What is the tool you can use to determine the
most used keywords?
3. What does PBS stand for and what are the 3
elements?
4. How is today’s resume different than your first
resume?

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Questions?

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3-Part Search Strategy
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All-the-Time Praying
“Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall
find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.”
MATTHEW 7:7
1-800-Dear-God
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Tracking Your Network
Tools
• Outlook Contacts
• Rolodex
• MS Excel
• Networking Log
Track the discussions to build rapport
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Reasons for the hidden job market?
(Show pie chart)
The Hidden Job Market
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Reasons for the hidden job market?
Prefer employee referrals
About to replace the current person
Not reveal competitive strategy
Others?
> 50% is hidden (I heard 85%)
The Hidden Job Market
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Increased success
with employee referral?
• 42x (I heard 50x)
• 4,200% better chance
• Why?
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Networking Tips
• Spend 50-85% networking on-the-ground
• Get informational interviews (page 45)
• Seek personal referrals
• Always be prepared
• Help others! Netweaving
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Netweaving
• Put their interests higher or just as
high as yours
• Try to give before you receive
• Do not take more than you give

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Four Ways to Connect
• In-person
• Phone
• E-mail
• Social Networking (LinkedIn, Twitter)
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Connect Four More Ways
Job networking groups
American Job Centers
Career and Job Fairs
Recruiters
Industry associations (two advantages)
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For Networking
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Networking
• Maintain a calendar
• Set a goal of number of new people to meet
• Deepen the connections
• Learn to network

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The Basic Elevator Pitch
• Hi, my name is ____________
<Insert Name>
• I am a ___________________
<Insert Title>
• I am known for ____________
<Insert Tag>
• I am seeking a new position in ________
<Insert Geography or Industry>
• But enough about me,
who are you and what do you do?

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Business Card

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Online Searching (page 49)
15-30% of your search time
Job boards and search engines.
(Industry specific job boards)
Social media.
Email.
Resume posting.
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Crossroads Career®
Job Connection
Free postings for employers.
Approved by Crossroads Career ministries.
Easy search keywords and ZIPs.
Track jobs and auto searching.
Free resume posting.

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Other Leading Job Sites
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Posting Your Resume
• Keyword rich resume
• Leverage industry specific job boards
• Re-post every 3 weeks (page 50)
• Do not pay extra to “boost resume” or mass
distribute
• Use job board alerts

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List opportunities to pursue
(page 51)

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Remember… (page 51)
…opportunity does not necessarily equal God’s
will.
Pray and use discernment!

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Questions?

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Extras

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• Most people do not like networking. Learn to
do it and practice it.
• Job seekers concentrate too much on on-line
applications and cut self off from people
• Miriam Salpeter for Twitter Job search advice
“Social Networking for Career Success”

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Meet
Know
Like
Trust
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Dig Your Well Before
You’re Thirsty
The Only Networking
Book You’ll Ever Need
by Harvey MacKay
Resources
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How to Work a Room:
Your Essential Guide to
Savvy Socializing
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Face to Face:
How to Reclaim the
Personal Touch in a
Digital World
by Susan RoAne
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The Heart and Art
of NetWeaving
by Robert Littell