Graduates[Job Seekers] - Eat That Frog - Don't be a Cookie Cutter
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Presentation for Women in Engineering Shell What's Next Conference - University of Waterloo, Ontario - Oct 5, 2013 - Graduates your job search is about YOU - show potential employers your personality and who YOU are - not just 1 in a crowd. Attendees from UWaterloo, Ryerson and UWO.
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Graduates[Job Seekers] - Eat That Frog - Don't be a Cookie Cutter
- 1. A Brave New World Awaits – Ready to EAT a FROG ? Shell What’s Next Conference University of Waterloo Oct 5, 2013
- 2. The Hole in your Job Search – or why don’t they want to hire…
- 3. Are YOU taking a COOKIE CUTTER APPROACH TO YOUR JOB SEARCH ?
- 5. Create a Master Resume – The Portfolio of your Professional Life.
- 6. Generate a Targeted Resume – From Your portfolio
- 7. Standout from the crowd
- 8. What Managers look for in hiring New Grads (assuming you can get past the gatekeeper/HR or ATS) 1.Can apply scientific and engineering principles in the identification and solving of problems 2.Understand risk and the analysis of what can has gone wrong and how to prepare solutions 3.Effectively and efficiently communicate, in person, written – formal and informal – to peers and lay persons 4.Show confidence without arrogance and comfortable in their own skin not what they think others want them to be. 5.Shows the desire to walk before they can run, and prepared to help others for the betterment of the discipline, industry and business. Standout from the crowd
- 10. 1. List and know your Top 10 work values & qualities 2. Get a personality assessment completed (MBTI, True Colors, etc…) 3. Professional Photo - not a ‘selfie’ or from party, wedding, funeral… 4. Create a punchy and recognisable ‘Headline’ 5. Find and utilize ‘Key Words’ used for your target profession, industry, company 6. Do not make yourself ‘Private’ and hide behind firewalls, security settings, drawn curtains 7. Know what you don’t like as much as what you do like. 8. Communicate (written & verbal) professionally and confidently
- 11. EVERYONES HAS 4 phases of a Job Search
- 12. INSPIRATION
- 13. PERSPIRATION
- 15. DESPERATION
- 16. Take a winning approach YOU know YOU Best – SELL YOURSELF
- 17. FOOTPRINTS ARE THE KEY TO YOUR SUCCESS
- 18. Your Electronic (Social] Footprint is YOU and Should show you professionally Your Resume must be a Targeted focused snapshot of YOU
- 19. not just yours! Time is EVERYONES enemy… • Assign 10-15 minutes per day to reviewing and updating your resume • Update and improve your professional [social] footprint – LinkedIn, Blogs, Association and/or Interest Group discussions, Twitter, Facebook, etc...
- 21. Eat That FROG!
- 22. Eat That FROG! What is your FROG? – Eat it first In the words of Brian Tracy – if you Eat That Frog [the task/action that you always put off ] FIRST – then the rest of the day will only get better…. So what is your Frog – the thing that is stopping you move forward to success? is it Procrastination? – Eat It Self-Doubt? – Eat It Job/Task you don’t like to do ?– Eat It Creating your Master Resume/Portfolio? – Eat It Writing a Targeted Resume? – Eat it Enhancing your Social Footprint? – Eat it
- 23. Final Thought – There is an Iin TEAM Show the TEAM you are the I
- 24. THANK YOU ANY QUESTIONS? @ Vizualize Me – John Rose FOLLOW, CONNECT, LIKE, or CHECK ME OUT @ LinkedIn with me – John Rose CPC
Editor's Notes
- Get you to stop using the Cookie Cutter approach…** Fact: 66,000 undergrads currently studying STEM subject in Canada (Source Engineering Council Canada – Ottawa)Approx; 10,000 graduating in 201425% un or under employed rate for graduates in 2013Congratulations – your are ahead of your colleagues who have not attended this conference – one step closer to success for you
- People say they don’t have enough time – Guess what that is BS – what they mean is = I am lousey at time management and prioritizing – as students you know the value of good time management – now I want you to utilize your time better….I want you to allocate 10 mins (15 ideally) per day to developing professional presentation. So in 1 month you will spent 5 hours (7.5) focusing on your future. This will be time wisely spent than practicing on solving the conundrum that is a Rubik Cube…
- I wish I had done this when I was your age, and at this stage of your career. Instead I left it until I was about to enter mid life career change and exuded blood, sweat and tears – and no that was not the name of the pop group at the time – they were a little bit earlier…honestThink of all the things you can and will add to your portfolio, lets get some ideas from you:
- List your Top 10 work valuesGet a personality assessment completed (MBTI, True Colors, etc…)Professional Photo - not a ‘selfie’ or from party, wedding, funeral…Create a punchy and recognisable ‘Headline’Find and utilize ‘Key Words’ used for your target profession, industry, companyDo not make yourself ‘Private’ and hide behind firewalls, security settings, drawn curtainsKnow what you don’t like as much as what you do like.Communicate (written & verbal) professionally and confidently
- Here is the FROG – Eat it In the words of Brian Tracy – if you Eat That Frog that you always put off – then the rest of the day will only get better….So what is your Frog – the thing that is stopping you move forward to success… is it Procrastination – Eat It Self-Doubt – Eat It Job/Task you don’t like to do – Eat It