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COACHING SESSIONS

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  • CAREER TRANSITION

    • How much enthusiasm do you have for what you do

    • Assessing your talents, strengths, core competencies and marketable assets

    • Industry strengths

    • Corporate culture

    • Finding your passion / Doing what you love

    • Personality tests / Career builder assessments

  • LEVERAGING and DIFFERENTIATION

    • Capitalizing on a skill to influence an outcome

    • Directing the employer's focus

    • Presenting your expertise to advance your search and get noticed

    • Setting yourself apart from the crowd

    • Defining your value proposition

    • Recognizing the skills that uniquely define you

  • PROFESSIONAL RESUMES and COVER LETTERS

    • Starting with a vision

    • Prioritizing your value proposition

    • Understanding your strengths and accomplishments

    • Career synopsis and relevant history

    • Titles, bullets and 'gates'

    • Education, dates and degrees

    • Relevance of your cover letter

    • Defining the three critical paragraphs

    • How to state your worth and accomplishments

    • Your call to action

    • Creating continuity to ensure your success

  • ONLINE JOB/CAREER SITES

    • Should I still buy the Sunday paper?

    • Not every site was created equal

    • Rating the sites

    • Performing keyword searches

    • Setting up job agents and alerts

    • Automating the process

    • Keyword density in your resume and cover letter

    • Posting your resume and cover letter

    • Creating visibility and opportunity

    • Issues of confidentiality if you are still employed

    • Seeking both advertised and unadvertised positions

  • RECRUITER RELATIONSHIPS

    • Importance of establishing recruiter relationships

    • Candidate screening

    • Lengthy searches

    • Resume inaccuracies

    • Networking

    • Who recruiters work for

    • Tapping the hidden job market

    • Referrals and Human Resources

    • Leveraging your potential

  • TAPPING THE HIDDEN JOB MARKET

    • Importance of being exposed to this sector of the market

    • Strategies for tapping the hidden market

      • Posting to the job sites

      • Establishing recruiter relationships

      • Attending job fairs

      • Networking

    • Diminish your competition while quickening your job search

  • NETWORKING YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS

    • Defining your network

    • What networking accomplishes

    • Opening doors that didn't exist

    • Networking your way to success

      • It’s not who you know

      • It’s not about asking someone for a job

      • Communicating your value proposition

      • Asking the question that propagates the process

      • Two-way street

    • Networking events

    • Setting up Introductory / Exploratory meetings

    • Top ten lists

    • How to build a lifetime network of support

  • INTERVIEW PREPARATION and SUCCESS

    • Knowing yourself and your core competencies

    • Reviewing your background and qualifications

    • Understanding your strengths and weaknesses

    • Defining your short-term and long-term goals

    • Reasons for seeking a new job or career

    • Obtaining details on the interviewer

      • Their personality

      • Their position within the company and who they report to

      • Are they a decision-maker or screen

    • Understanding the position

      • Why it exists

      • How long it’s been open

      • Expected fill date

      • Responsibilities and expectations

      • Opportunities for growth and advancement

    • Researching the company and industry

      • Who are its competitors

      • Percent of marketplace they own

      • Publicly held or privately owned

      • Past performance

      • Stagnating or growing industry

    • Preparing answers to typically asked questions

    • Preparing questions of your own

    • What constitutes appropriate dress

    • When to arrive for your interview

    • Handshakes, eye contact and posture

    • Verbal skills

    • Establishing rapport / Building chemistry

    • Reflective mirroring: body language, voice tonality, hand gestures

    • Positive influencing

    • Should you smile during the interview

    • How to respond to the salary question

    • Best question you should ask to close the interview

    • Best ending statement for the interview close

    • Asking for the offer

    • Sending a thank you and other follow-up after the interview

  • INTERVIEW QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

    • Rehearsing answers to typically asked questions

    • Rehearsing the questions you will be asking

    • Role playing

  • OFFER NEGOTIATIONS

    • Fear has no place; you are expected to negotiate

    • Opportunity to receive more; a higher amount is always available

    • Capitalizing on what you bring to the table

    • Optimal strategy for biggest return

    • Elevating your entire package

      • Salary

      • Bonuses – signing, performance-based

      • Vacation time

      • Stock options, profit sharing

      • Stipulated performance-based increases

    • Negotiated package becomes new benchmark

 


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