The document provides career management advice, outlining trends in flexible and contract work, the importance of staying current through continuous learning and maintaining an up-to-date LinkedIn profile to showcase one's skills, credentials, and network. It recommends strategies for career development like keeping abreast of industry trends, obtaining certifications, engaging on LinkedIn, and positioning oneself as a specialist in a high growth field like IT or healthcare.

1. WHY AND HOW TO
MANAGE YOUR CAREER
By Mary Fain Brandt
February 9, 2017

2. The job market got a makeover
Trends:
–Consulting
–Contract
–Project

3. Climbing the Corporate Ladder

4. Trend: Outsourcing
• HR
• IT
• Government
• Healthcare

5. Trend:
• Flexibility
• Control of our schedule
• Control of our career
• Control of our money

6. Then vs. Now
• Jack of all trades
– Required/needed in the 90’s
• Specialist
– Is what they want now
– How are you positioning yourself as a specialist?

7. Is your job a Dinosaur?
• Will it become instinct in the next 10 years?

8. What can you do?
• Stay current on Industry Trends
–Workshops
–Online Classes
–Certifications
–Talks (like this one)
–Be relevant

9. What you should do…
• Create a Master Resume
–Update every year – yes every year!
• Keep you LinkedIn Profile current
–Review every 3-4 months and add
new projects, positions, volunteer
• Keep growing your network
•It will serve you in the future

10. LinkedIn: Learn to Love it
• Easy as 123, abc…
–Profile
–Network
–Engagement

11. • Over 460 million users!
• 93% of Recruiters
• It’s your own Website/Branding Stage
• 10 million searches on LinkedIn everyday
• 2 new members join EVERYDAY every second
• If LinkedIn were a country it would be the 4th
largest country in the world
• Average income of users is $112,00+

12. Fill it ALL out
• Overlooked
sections:
–Volunteer
–Projects
–Publications

13. Volunteer Section
• Supervise a team?
• Organize and planning?
• Leadership?
• Conflict Resolution?
• Where you responsible for inventory or a sales team?
• Skills learned from volunteer gigs are relevant. Add these to
your skill section but also mention these in the description of
your volunteer work.
• Get involved with:
– Student Chapters
– SHRM
– Business Society
• What other groups might you volunteer with?

14. Ways to showcase your Credibility
• Publish on LinkedIn
–Write about the industry trends
• Videos on YouTube
–Do a how to video
–Answer a question
• Speaking Gigs

15. Top growing industries
• IT and Healthcare

16. Top “Salary Growth” Jobs
• Physical Therapist
9.7%
• Recruiter 7.8%
• Web designer 6.2%

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