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Sacramento Professional Network
Business Cards for the Job Hunteraka Networking Cards
aka Resume Highlights Cards
aka The Mini Resume
Sacramento Professional NetworkHire Experience!
Overview
• Share information on business (networking) cards and spark ideas for your job hunt
• Provide a context to discuss how SacProNet.com can be used as a collaborative tool
• Propose the 15 minute (maybe 30) format for presenting job hunting information
• And as a volunteer organization– Take what you want– Leave what you don’t– Provide feedback and enhancements if you want to
Sacramento Professional NetworkHire Experience!
Business Cards as the Mini Resume
• Can use key components from your resume• Can use the front and back of the card• They are the currency of the business world
– a resume says job hunter (nuisance, pest)– a business card says colleague or peer– may help even the playing field if only slightly
• Core tool for networking and finding the hidden job market
• Part of an overall marketing campaign – brand yourself
Sacramento Professional NetworkHire Experience!
Additional Benefits
• Limited space forces you to focus on the key things you want to say about yourself
• Less physical space leaves less room to provide potentially damaging information – like gaps in employment
• Focuses more on who you are and what you want to do, less on what you did
• It is another kind of “in” that can help bypass the traditional HR weeding out process
• At our experience level business cards are appropriate – conveys professionalism, seriousness
• May provide relief for a hiring manager or recruiter overwhelmed with resumes
• Can carry cards with you at all times
Sacramento Professional NetworkHire Experience!
Samples
Front
Back
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More Samples
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Even More Samples
Sacramento Professional Network “Hire Experience” SacProNet
John PlanePresident
www.sacpronet.comCell 916-201-3333 [email protected]
John [email protected]
Cell 916-201-3333www.linkedin.com/in/johnplane
www.SacProNet.comResume Committee Chair
Vernon MillerProject Director
Finance and Information Systems
Folsom, CA 95670phone: (916) [email protected]
MBA – FinanceMCSE, MCDBA
combining diverse business and technical knowledge to achieve project success
Selective Accomplishments
Skills and Knowledge Areas
Built and managed IT project teams of up to 20 people in a variety of development environments and across multiple industriesRescued a government transportation asset management system project, reducing operating expenses by over $1.2 million annuallyMigrated an e-commerce startup focused on electronic exchanges to a lower TCO platform saving $1.5 millionDeveloped a professional services organization for a startup providing B2B and B2C electronic billing solutions
Aptitude for leading technical talentTechnical: ERP, business intelligence and reporting, database
management and web applicationsIndustries: Financial Services, Government, Transportation,
e-Commerce, Manufacturing, Data Processing
Sacramento Professional NetworkHire Experience!
Couple of “Out There” Samples
Sacramento Professional NetworkHire Experience!
Specifications / ChecklistsItem Description
Card size 3.5” x 2”
Font type and size Arial, Times New Roman, Verdana
Weight 80 pound (standard) to 100 pound +
Finish Smooth (most popular), linen, laid
Material / Tactile (feel of card) Cover stock, glossy, plastic?
Basic contact information Name, phone, email, web
Marketing information – what you want to say about yourself
Title, slogan, skills, industry, function, accomplishments, education, objective?
Graphics / logo / image / pictures Optional
Color B&W, 1 color, full color
Quantity Ranges from 50 up to 1,000
Reference checklistBusinessCards.doc on website for a detailed list
Sacramento Professional NetworkHire Experience!
Design and Buy Online
Online Only• VistaPrint:www.vistaprint.com• Zazzle:www.zazzle.com• Moo:www.moo.com
• Plastek Cards
www.plastekcards.com
Environmentally friendly:
• GreenerPrinter:www.greenerprinter.com• Pixxlz:www.pixxlz.com
Local and Online
• FedEx Office:
www.fedex.com/us/office/• Office Depot :
www.officedepot.com• Office Max:
www.officemax.com• Staples:
www.staples.com
Sacramento Professional NetworkHire Experience!
Make Your Own
Requirements• Computer• Software
– Word– Publisher– Avery DesignPro– Visio– Photoshop– PaintShop Pro
• Printer– Laser – b&w– InkJet – color
Templates• Microsoft
office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/
• Avery Stock – a Standardwww.avery.com
– 5371 – laser– 8371 – inkjet color– 8871 – inkjet color
Examples and templates are posted on the website
Sacramento Professional NetworkHire Experience!
Combination
• Design your own on your own computer / software– Word– Publisher
• Take file to local printer for printing– Flash drive– Email
• Printer will do final formatting• May receive a file back for future use• Fast turn times
Sacramento Professional NetworkHire Experience!
Electronic Business Cards (EBC)• vCard format
– Virtual card– Internet standard for exchanging business cards– .vcf – virtual card file format / extension
• Using Microsoft Outlook– Create an entry in Contacts with your own information– Add it to your email signature– Recipients can automatically load your information into their contacts from the
attached .vcf file• Training
– Microsoft website – http://office.microsoft.com/training/– Search phrase: “create and use your own electronic business card”
• Alternative media– Mobile / Cell / iPhone– Twitter– Web
Sacramento Professional NetworkHire Experience!
Comparison MatrixCategory Buy Make Combo vCard
Cost Free + Shippingup to
$30 / hundredfull color
No shipping
Toner, paper costs
Avoid shipping if done in store
Average $20 to $30 / hundred – full color
No cost
Material Quality As high as you want to pay for
Relatively low
Also limited by what your printer can handle
Relatively low
Referred back to online services for better stock
NA
Print Quality High Depends on your printer High NA
Customization High
Many online templates
Full * Full * Limited
Note: if you create your own cards you will have the benefit of being forced to test / refine your computer skills.
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Ideas for Using Business Cards
• Networking events• Meetup groups
– www.meetup.com– Search for local professional networks
• Include with all correspondence, including bill payments back• Include with hand written thank you notes following interviews• Place on bulletin boards at restaurants, supermarkets,
libraries, and your children's schools?• Place a stack in your local dry cleaner?• Business card magnets?• Have them with you all the time, use them anywhere and
everywhere
The SacProNet Website
HTMLCollaboration
Store FilesJob Training
Job Search
Company Websites
Social Media
Links To …Events
eMailGroupsMessaging
CombinationJob Postings Resumes
Conduct SacProNet Business
AttendanceMeeting Minutes
On Website
www.sacpronet.comA Starting Point
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Collaboration
• We work mostly in Microsoft Office – leverage it• SacProNet.com can provide a central storage area for
member contributed content• Members can also go to the website and download
these files for their own use• Files posted:
– Presentations– Templates– Checklists– Samples– Links
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Where on the Website?
Menu: Member > Job Resources > Business Cards or URL: http://www.sacpronet.com/businesscards
Sacramento Professional NetworkHire Experience!
Proposal - The 15 Minute Presentation
• Monday morning presentation format– Get in– Quickly share ideas– Get out– Get a job
• Standardize (brand) all SacProNet.com presentations on a common theme or template
Sacramento Professional NetworkHire Experience!
Subjects for Presentations• Personal website
– Get content ideas from Corporate Warriors – www.corporatewarriors.com• Groups – meetup / trade / user• Use of social media in the job search• Online resources for the job search• Networking• Finding the hidden job market• How to use career events• Job training / continuing education• How to use SacProNet.com• Cover letters• Resumes• Working with recruiters• State employment• Unemployment insurance