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IN THIS ISSUE:
• A (True) Story of Job Search Effectiveness In The Holiday Season
• The Secrets To Getting The Interview With Social Media Marketing
• The Perfect Holiday Gift To Help Change The Equation for Yourself and Those on Your Gift List
• 4-week Special Event at NYPL
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SELF-RECRUITER®
The Secrets To Getting The Interview With Social Media Marketing
In my lecture series on Job Search, I often hear,
“I’ve sent so many resumes, but I’m not getting called for interviews.”
First, we do need to take a serious look at our Job Search ‘sales materials’, which include:
• a Resume that creates a ‘desire’ about what you offer as a unique candidate;
• a LinkedIn profile that is more like a 3-dimensional sales brochure ‘all about you’ that drives the reader to one singular conclusion: “It’s going to be the best business decision that I’ll make today –if I choose to hire this individual!”;
• a Cover Letter that positions and presents our best, most sellable achievements that would be of specific interest to the hiring manager; and
• a ‘Pre-Cover Letter‘ email that is compelling enough to catch their attention –motivating them to open our Cover Letter and Resume.
But, we need to do even more in this tough job market to get their attention.
After all, there are 1,000s of resumes competing for their attention. Making it worse, many times your resume may be reviewed by someone other than the hiring manger –someone without the background to understand or see your value.
Change This Equation Of Diminishing Returns, By Changing The Rules
These are rules that we did not agree to in the first place, and ‘playing by these rules’, ones that are set up to stop your value from being communicated, does not work to your advantage, nor to the advantage of the company for which you want to work, as they may miss the very best new-hire (you!).
You can use Social Media Marketing techniques to ‘soft market’ yourself and raise your profile in the minds of the deciders at your desired company.
Here are the steps:.
The 6 Steps: [Read More]
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SELF-RECRUITER® 4–Week Special Event:
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S
JOB SEARCH CENTRAL
John Crant of SelfRecruiter.com and The New York Public Library's JOB SEARCH CENTRAL join together for a rare 4–week special event.
This Self-Recruiter® featured program series includes everything needed to get your Job Search on track in 2011 (Job Search, Resume, Networking with LinkedIn, and Interviewing), and it's all in one place at the NYPL!
THE SELF-RECRUITER® SERIES FOR JOB SEARCH
January 13 PROGRAM 1
Organizing & Managing Your Job Search
January 20 PROGRAM 2
Resume Renovation
January 27 PROGRAM 3
Building your Professional Network with LinkedIn &
How to Use It for Your Job Search
February 3 PROGRAM 4
Self-Recruiter® Interview Checklist:
Preparing Before & Follow-up After Your Interview
As a recognized expert on Job Search (in amNY, as featured in The Wall Street Journal, FINS.com, and many others) John shares the Secrets that Executive Recruiters Use to showcase and spotlight their candidates - secrets that you can use for yourself to be seen as a standout in your own job search.
NYPL's new JOB SEARCH CENTRAL facility specializes in assisting individuals in all things related to Job Search and houses an expanded collection of books on every subject imaginable that would be of interest to those in career transition (including my very own title).
Visitors also have access to many premium databases, free of charge, that will help them in their Job Search efforts. It's located at the NYPL's SIBL Science, Business and Industry Library at 188 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 (34th Street & Madison Avenue in New York City's midtown). John's upcoming lectures at the NYPL will each be featured at 6 p.m. on their respective dates.
Space is limited. No advanced reservations available, so be sure to Arrive Early to be assured entry! Check out my full Calendar. |
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SELF-RECRUITER® Special Event:
RAINBOW | PUSH Wall Street Project
Welcomes the Self-Recruiter® Series'
John Crant as a Featured Panelist
By special invitation from the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.,
John Crant is honored to join the 14th Annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit
"A More Perfect Union: Time to Rebuild America"
Wall Street Project
CAREER DEVELOPMENT, RETRAINING AND RETOOLING PANEL + Breakout Sessions
 RAINBOW | PUSH WALL STREET PROJECT ECONOMIC SUMMIT
Friday, January 14th from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers
811 Seventh Avenue at 52nd Street, NYC | Subways: C E | 1 2 3 | B D F M | N R Q
Event Details
Event Registration |
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A (True) Story of Job Search Effectiveness In The Holiday Season
There’s a common myth:
‘Nothing happens’ before and after a holiday, so why bother!
As Job Seekers, we fall into this trap numerous times per year as holiday weekends pop up all year long. Easter, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and on and on with lesser holidays –each tempting us to ‘throw in the towel’ for most of a week or even two (one before, one after). The December holidays, no matter which ones we celebrate, seem to deem the whole month a loss, and that loss seems to carry over a number of days into the New Year. So by the time we are eating the last few turkey leftovers, like my great lunchtime sandwich yesterday, it’s clear in our minds that we really have only 2 weeks to make some magic happen, so I ‘may as well wait’ until the new year. Bah humbug, to quote Ebenezer!
Like most, these myths do have some basis in reality. Yes, managers and HR professionals, like everyone else, do take off extra time before and after a holiday when they can. But many do not, and that presents and opportunity for the job seeker ‘on a mission’.
As You Sow, So Shall You Reap
Need motivation to ‘take back control’ in your job search?
READ MORE
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The Perfect Holiday Gift To Help Change The Equation for Yourself and Those on Your Gift List:
Resume + LinkedIn Package
Give the Gift that can truly make the difference this Holiday Season: A make-over of the 2 most important presentation pieces for the Job Seeker on your Gift List.
Just purchase the Resume+LinkedIn option, and I'll include 90 minutes of free coaching time with your gift purchase (the coaching time is a $250 value by itself, so it's a great bonus). It's a great way to give that Job Seeker in your life the extra edge.
Just Select:
Resume + LinkedIn Renovation package: $550.
(purchase will automatically include 90 minutes free coaching)
Resume + LinkedIn + 5-Hour Coaching Package
Give the Gift that can truly make the difference this Holiday Season: A complete make-over of the 2 most important presentation pieces for the Job Seeker on your Gift List, and a full coaching package to help them be their very best!
Just purchase the Resume+LinkedIn+5-Hour Coaching option, and I'll include 2 hours of additional coaching time, free, with your gift purchase. It's a great way to give that Job Seeker in your life the extra edge with a total of 7-hours of coaching time in addition to a new resume and new LinkedIn profile.
Just Select:
Resume + LinkedIn + 5-hour Coaching package: $1345.
(purchase will automatically include 2 hours additional, free, coaching)
See
"What Others Are Saying"
REAL Comments, Thoughts and Feedback from Clients and Attendees of The Self-Recruiter® Series.
Check it Out and SHARE it across your network! |
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Newsletter Reader Bonus – watch it now:
SELF-RECRUITER® Special Filmed Event:
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S
JOB SEARCH CENTRAL
Building your Professional Network with LinkedIn &
How to Use It for Your Job Search
Watch it NOW,
share it –and be sure to COMMENT on the NYPL.org site, at:
http://www.nypl.org/audiovideo/building-your-professional-network-linkedin-and-how-use-it-your-job-search
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QUICK START: FREE DOWNLOADS
Guide to Organizing Your Job Search
This package includes all of the forms in the Self-Recruiter® Job Search Project Management Toolkit. Don't miss out on this download that just might help you uncover your next career challenge.
Guide to Resumes
Developing your resume into a new, more effective selling too gets easier with the Guide to Resumes. Edit and reformulate yours into a resume that really gets noticed.
Self-Recruiter® Interview Checklist
Success during an interview depends on how well you prepared beforehand. Be sure to check out the Self-Recruiter® Interview Checklist to help avoid the potholes waiting for you throughout your interview process.
Resume Samples
On the road toward creating a more effective resume, be sure to see these resume samples to improve your resume's visual look. Read the blog post, "How to Make Your Resume work for You!" Avoid format mistakes, by watching our video podcasts, "Resume Renovation" & "Headless Horseman".
Downloads NOW... |
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Don't Miss My December Special:
90 Minutes of Free Coaching*
It's time for a your fresh new beginning.
* Purchase both a Resume Renovation and a Linkedin Renovation package during October and receive 90 minutes of free coaching with John Crant.
Purchased a Resume Renovation or LinkedIn Renovation package in the past from Self-Recruiter®? YOU qualify too! Just purchase the 2nd package during October (Resume or Linkedin for you) –and you'll receive the 90 minutes of free coaching too!
Purchases qualify automatically!
Don't just 'keep waiting' for change to happen–
John Crant
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THE SELF-RECRUITER® YouTube CHANNEL
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SelfRecruiter.com announces the launch of its new video channel featuring Job Hunting self-help videos. Each new video added to the channel focuses on just one area that the job seeker needs to understand to get noticed in this tough job market. Our first featured videos at launch:
In Suffering After a Layoff, the viewer learns how they can overcome the difficult blow to their ego and confidence after a layoff happens to them.
In Resume Renovation, the viewer learns how to make the difficult cuts necessary on their resume in order to be seen as a standout during their job search. They also learn how to create a resume that survives the 3 Second Resume test: that’s a resume where the value jumps right off the page and cannot be missed.
In Headless Horseman, the viewer learns how to avoid sending resumes that end up headless! Those are resumes that seem faceless, because they are nameless after poor choices are made in regard to resume file format.
In Why Haven’t They Called Me!? I’m Perfect!, the viewer learns about what a typical interview process may look like and how long it may take, from a question sent in to the Ask, Self-Recruiter advice blog.
See ALL of the Self-Recruiter® Job Hunting videos at
www.selfrecruiter.com and at
www.youtube.com/selfrecruiter
where you can Comment and Subscribe! |
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Suffering After a Layoff |
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Resume Renovation |
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Headless Horseman
(Don’t Send A Word Doc as Your Resume!) |
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Why Haven’t They Called Me I’m Perfect! |
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John Crant
Author of Self-Recruiter: Changing the Rules: How to Be Your Own Recruiter & Ride the Economic Crisis to Your Next Career Challenge. Copyright © 2009 by John Crant
212.372.9878
john@selfrecruiter.com
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