Managing Your Career
March 25, 2011
Agenda
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Today’s Job Market
Managing Your Career
Your Career Goals
How to Present Yourself
Finding Your Next Job
Interview Tips
Resources
Today’s Job Market
• Unemployment rates
– 8.9% National
– 12.4% California
– 12.9% Sacramento
• College Graduate Unemployment Rates
– 4.3%
• Ave time to find a job is improving slowly
• Still competitive job market
Managing Your Career
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If not you, then who
Be proactive
Be different
Job hunting is a contact sport
Your Career Goals
• Long term
– Where do you want to be in 5 yrs
– What fits your talents and interests best
– Get others opinions
• Geographic preferences
• Planning horizon – how long will you work
Presenting Yourself
• Resume resources
– www.corporatewarriors.com
– www.visualcv.com
– www.gigtide.com
• Tips
– No typos
– Focus on accomplishments
• What, how, results
– Tailor to the specific job
Finding Your Next Job
• Create a Linkedin Profile
– www.linkedin.com
– Link to your personal network
• College connections
• Prior companies
• Every connection you can think of
• Job Boards
– Be careful, people want what they can’t easily get
• Indeed.com, simplyhired.com, linkup.com
• Business Journal Book of Lists
Finding Your Next Job
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Recruiters – do’s and don’ts
Target who you want to approach
Make a list of 100+ companies
Do your research
Intro email followed by a phone call
Create your intro presentation
Practice on others
Mail vs email
Interview Tips
• Prepare well ahead of your interview
• Do your homework
– Website, articles, news, competition….
• Write our your accomplishments
– A few paragraphs on each
– Do at least 5-6
– Only present what matches their needs and interests
• Prepare a list of strategic questions to ask
– You will be measured on the quality of your Q’s
Interview Tips
• Arrive 10 minutes before your interview
• Bring extra copies of your resume
• Dress slightly better than you think
– Sport coat and tie or business suit
• Good handshake
• Look them in the eye
Good Questions to Ask
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How long have you been with the company
What attracted your originally
What keeps you here
What do you see as critical success factors for
someone in this position
• How will you measure my success in
– 3 mos, 6 mos, 1 year
• If I perform above expectations, what growth
opportunities might there be
Post Interview
• Ask for next steps in the process
• Send a thank you note – no typos
– Bring with you and mail it today
• Follow up
Resources
• www.lorenaslist.com
• www.ere.net
• Hire With Your Head: Using Performance-Based
Hiring to Build Great Teams
– by Lou Adler (Author)
Dave Sanders
WorldBridge Partners
dave@worldbridgepartners.com
(916) 860-2128