"10 Secrets for Career Change Success"
Discover why midlife is the PERFECT
time to change careers!
"Exactly what I needed to take the stress and chaos out of my job search!"
Did you know...?
†Lee Hecht Harrison study
People
who work with a Career Coach find jobs 15 - 46% faster than those who don't!†
who work with a Career Coach find jobs 15 - 46% faster than those who don't!†
Is it time to get serious about YOUR job search?
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Career Strategy Session with
Kim Avery,
The Midlife
Career Change Coach.
Your free 30 minute session will focus on YOUR goals, and a strategy to pursue them with confidence!
Career Strategy Session with
Kim Avery,
The Midlife
Career Change Coach.
Your free 30 minute session will focus on YOUR goals, and a strategy to pursue them with confidence!
†Lee Hecht Harrison study
Online Job Hunting
The internet is a wonderful tool for online job hunting. From the comfort of your own home, you can refine your career interests, identify your skill set, explore potential employers, prepare a winning resume, launch a strategic job search, and learn how to interview well.
However, the wise job seeker always keeps this statistic in mind:
Only 4% of job seekers who use the internet
as their sole job search strategy get a job.
as their sole job search strategy get a job.
Only 4%. Researching information online is invaluable but only as one tool in a successful and strategic job search.
Six Keys to Successful Online Job Hunting
Following the job search ladder of success shows us six specific areas where the internet can help you jump start your new career.
1. Identify Individual Interests and Aptitudes
The internet can give you access to a host of useful online career assessments. You can learn more about your personality, interests, skills, and values. Taking time out now to better understand yourself will ensure a better job fit later.
Key resources:
Career Assessments
Free Career Assessments
2. Explore Industries
It is easier today than it has ever been to uncover industry information and learn about a company's activities, trends, and issues.
Key resources:www.industrylink.com
www.forbes.com/lists
www.manta.com
3. Prepare
Throughout your job search continue to update, improve, and customize your essential documents. Craft a winning resume and an expert cover letter. Set the stage for effective networking by preparing a sample networking letter to an acquaintance and a sample networking letter to a stranger.
Having these basic tools in place with allow you to move ahead with confidence.
Key resources:
Resumes
Cover Letters
Sample Networking Letter
Sample Networking Letter to a Stranger
4. Launch
A strategic job search begins with a job search plan. Once that is in place you are ready to use the internet to access job search secrets, free online job search sites, job postings, and to expand your network.
Key resources:
Job Search Plan
Job Search Secrets
Free Online Job Search Sites
Networking
5. Interview
Everything you have done in your search so far was to get you to this pivitol point - the job interview. You are now ready to meet face to face with your potential employer.
Prepare carefully by practicing your interview answers, reviewing common questions, and learning how to handle a behavioral interview. This is your time to shine.
Key resources:
Interview Answers
Common Job Interview Questions
Behavioral Interviews
6. New Job
Congratulations. Your online job hunting has helped you land that terrific new position. But this is not the time to sit back and relax. We have learned the hard way that in this job economy, there is no such thing as true job security.
Take a few minutes to review the vital steps to recession-proofing your career, so that the job you now have is the job you will keep.
Key resources:
Recession Proof Your Career
Career Planning
Job Security
The Competitive Edge
Recession Proof Career Quiz
Happy online job hunting!
For more great resources, follow these links:
Job Search Plan
Job Search Secrets
Free Job Search Sites
Job Search Readiness Quiz
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