Ultimate Course for Helping Job Hunters

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Ultimate Guide for Job Hunters Presenter: Diana Silveira, Novare Library Services

description

Presented in 2 parts to SEFLIN Members. A class to help librarians help job-seekers.

Transcript of Ultimate Course for Helping Job Hunters

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Ultimate Guide for Job Hunters

Presenter: Diana Silveira, Novare Library Services

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Creating Resumes

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15 seconds

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The BasicsO Contact Information

O PhoneO AddressO EmailO Website/LinkedIn/etcO QR Code

O SpellingO GrammarO White space

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FontsO Header – 18

PointO Rest: 10-12O Choose Only

1*

Georgia

Times New Roman

Tahoma

Arial

*Unless Applying for a creative job like marketing , design, etc

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LanguageO ConfidenceO Action VerbsO Be SpecificO how you did what you did O why it made a difference to your

employer and customers.

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Content

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Brainstorm1. List Everything 2. Review Job you are applying

for3. Open a new document and

copy over highly relevant or impressive experience

4. Creative action-oriented statements for each

5. Forget the objective – add a one sentence pitch

6. Create a good looking document

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What Order?O Highlight your most relevant skills

and experience first and then work your way down to other pertinent information.

O Include: Contact Info, Summary of Core Qualifications, Relevant Work Experience, Relevant Volunteer and Other Experience, Education and Honors & Awards.

http://goo.gl/8xcuc

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Leave these offO ObjectivesO Personal DetailsO Too Much FormattingO Every JobO List of tasks for every jobO Long List of Irrelevant SkillsO “References Upon Request”

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Spin ItO “Supervised 2 people” v “Lead

Marketing Team”O “Managed $100,000 budget v

“Managed marketing budget”

Quantify when possibleUse industry keywords

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Don’t Lie

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Avoid the Trash

O Make sure you meet basic requirements

O Pay attention to spelling and grammar

O Don’t bind, fold or other wise complicate your resume

O Use White paper

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“And, it should go without saying, but "one spelling error

and I'm out"

- Joanna Thomas, a human resources professional at an

agency in Burlington, VT.Source: http://goo.gl/wLT6O

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Proofing

O Extra EyesO Read from the bottom up

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Cover LetterO Short and straight-forwardO Mention the NAME of the companyO Same font, font size and formatting

as resume

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Resources

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Career Transitions

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Career Assessment Tests

Click icon to add picture

Investigative

ArtisticSocialEnterprising

Realistic

Conventional

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Introduction to LinkedIn

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LinkedInO Post ResumeO Gather RecommendationsO State AwardsO Professional OrganizationsO Connect to past connections and newO Join Groups – Professional and Job-HuntersO Link to Slideshare and Twitter*

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AssignmentO Join LinkedinO Join Groups that are relevant to you

professionallyO Follow a company or two

Bring in job online site!

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Next Week

Creating Resume in Word and other option

Utlilizing the cloud

More LinkedIn

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[email protected]/dee987

delicious.com/dee987/jobs

Diana Silveira

www.learnsurge.comwww.novarelibrary.com

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Ultimate Course for helping Job-hunters

Dates: January 24 and January 31Time: 1-2pm

Instructor(s): Diana SilveiraTitle: The Ultimate Course for helping Job-hunters

Description: This two-part class help prepare you to assist job seekers in your library.

The course will focus on:the new rules for creating effective resumes how to create a resume using MSWord and how to customize a resume for online job applicationshow to utilize LinkedIn and other online job resourcesassisting users on saving their resume in an accessible method (Cloud-computing/USBs, etc)

Between classes, attendees will each be asked to work on a project useful to them - or one suggested in class. One-on-one assistance with the instructor will be provided during this time.

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Ultimate Course for helping Job-hunters: Part 2

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Other Helpful LinkedIn Groups

What sites do you recommend?

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Linkedin Jobs

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Follow Specific Companies

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LanguageO Language:

100 most powerful resume wordsO Software is reading….

O software systems programmed to look for specific keyword

O list any technical skills relevant to the job position up front

http://goo.gl/5OgnP

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Tips for ResumesO Consider File Format. Save in pdf,

doc, rtf. O Users will be C/P into emails and

online applications. O Keep points to the PointO Keep a version in txt without

formattingO It will be scanned – so keep graphics

to a minimum

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Keep a Version in the Cloud

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OptionsO DropboxO SkydriveO Google Docs*

O Alternatives to Cloud:O USB

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Online Job Resource Sites

O Careerbuilder.comO Monster.comO Indeed.comO usajobs.govO South Florida Workforce

recommends EFM --Employ Florida Marketplace

O http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/fgils/work.html

O LinkedIn

What sites do you recommend?

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Interview TipsO Prep – Research CompanyO Have questions!O It starts the moment you enter – first

impressions countO Practice questions (Career Transitions,

a friend)O Emphasis good qualitiesO Watch/Practice Positive Body LanguageO Follow-Up

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Quick TipsO Know your audienceO Watch body languageO Watch your tone – inflect, show

enthusiasmO Smile… but not like a psychoO Bring some relevant canned storiesO Watch “I” and “We”O Dress conservative with a little flair

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Questions

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[email protected]/dee987

delicious.com/dee987/jobs

Diana Silveira

www.learnsurge.comwww.novarelibrary.com