Surviving the Job Famine

Surviving the Job Famine: ADDIE for Job SearchingSurviving the Job Famine: ADDIE for Job Searching

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verview An Organized Approach to the Job Search

ADDIE

Put it into Practice, Developing Finesse

Resources

Questions


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arketing Yourself

When looking for a job, gig, clients:

What is your first step?

What things do you consider?

Where do you look for help?

How do you promote yourself?

How do you stay motivated?


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arketing Yourself

Set Yourself Apart – The best “YOU” you can be

Take the time to look professional.

Keep a positive attitude.

Use a warm, courteous and professional demeanor.

Practice good communication skills.

Expand (and work) your networks.

Be persistent.

Practice finesse.


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arketing Yourself

Finesse

1 finesse (noun)

2 finesse (verb)

Pronunciation: \fə-nes\ 1 : refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture 2 : skillful handling of a situation : adroit maneuvering 3 : the withholding of one's highest card or trump in the hope that a lower card will take the trick because the only opposing higher card is in the hand of an opponent who has already played.


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ethod It’s all about differentiation, and there is a method:

ADDIE for Job Searching

Analyze

Design

Develop

Implement

Evaluate


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nalysisMarket Analysis - know your audience

Understand the business demographics.

Which companies are likely candidates for your work?

What are the concerns of every company right now?

Profit through cost reduction

Profit through revenue increases

Federal and/or state compliance and regulatory issues (risk)


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nalysis: Your G

oals What sort of work do you want?

How do your skills and personality fit to your goals?

Excellent technical communicators sometimes find disconnects:

Between skills and goals

Between personality and goals

Between perception of the role and reality


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nalysis: Your S

kills Your skills analysis: Your job is to figure out how you

can impact revenue, reduce expenses or avert risk by ensuring compliance, and to tell your story.

How you can help them sell product.

How you can save them expenses.

How your work ensures federal/state/HIPPAA/ISO/SOX compliance.


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nalysis: Brainstorm

What should you think about (and what can you do) when it comes to improving revenue?

What should you think about (and what can you do) when it comes to cutting costs?

What should you think about (and what can you do) when it comes to compliance and regulation?


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nalysis: Using Y

our Netw

orks Each company has huge amounts of information

published about them:

Networking

Public Library

Business Journals

Arizona Republic business section

Internet


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nalysis: Using the W

eb Research on the Web is fast.

Participate in discussion groups.

Use sites such as LinkedIn to gather manager names and titles. Find commonalities that allow you to more easily introduce yourself and build your connections.

Look for annual reports, financial reports, management hierarchy, organization charts, company addresses and phone numbers.

Cross validate e-mail conventions. It is a deductive process that takes effort and persistence.

Download Internet pictures of potential connections so prospects have a name and face.

Store it all in an online application and add to it daily.


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esign: Your S

trategy Your strategy should include:

Several versions of your resume to fit the different markets you are targeting.

Cover letters to match your “outreach” potential and roles.

Warm e-mails to introduce yourself.

An electronic portfolio (perhaps to leave on a thumb drive).

Online presence such as your own website, blog, profile on LinkedIn, etc.


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evelop Design resumes that are tailored to your prospective

employers.

No errors. NONE!!

If someone does find an error, do not make excuses and do not get defensive.

E-mails should be customized to your research, define your value and ask for a brief introduction.

Spell check.

Make sure your e-mail is coherent!


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evelop Create an informal script for “warm” telephone calls.

You want warm, professional, friendly, respectful and assertive (not aggressive).

Compile an electronic portfolio.

Practice your scripts and demo of your portfolio.

Keep your online profiles, websites and blogs current.


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plement

Send your tailored e-mail. Do not send mass or group e-mails, and don’t bother responding to mass advertised job listings.

Your primary purpose is to get an introduction that leads to an interview.

Expect no response to your e-mail 9 out of 10 times.

Follow up the 9 with a phone call. DO NOT give up.

Set a timeline for each target.

Set your expectations in increments: introduction, interview, portfolio review, meetings with team members, HR and so forth.


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plement

During your meeting, remember:

Due to the analysis process, you have a solid understanding of yourself and the company and how you’re a good fit.

You’ve had time to practice and are prepared.

CAUTION: “You are interviewing the company as much as they are interviewing you.”

Use your compiled research as other “cards” to gain the information you need.

It impresses your interviewer. It solicits more of the “right” kind of information.


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valuate Expect to make adjustments in your job search.

This cycle is iterative. It takes time, work, patience and persistence.

Do not skips steps. Skipping steps, especially during the analysis part, will cost you somewhere down the line.

Ask yourself: Did you execute steps with finesse? Or did you somehow make the interviewer uncomfortable with the fit of your skills to the company needs?


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esultsWhy use ADDIE? Results.

This gives you a feeling of focus and control.

It sets you apart from the throngs of applicants.

You grow professionally and personally.

You’re more likely to get the opportunity you want.


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esults ADDIE is a proven method.

You’ll be organized and prepared. It’ll show in interviews.

You will prove your value each step of the way, allowing you to be selective.

There is a method to the madness. It is not fast, but it is sure.


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utting it into Practice

Role playing exercise


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esources

To learn more, visit these Websites:

Nothing To Do? Here's What To Do! www.docntrain.com/view-resource.php?id=31

30+ Websites to Visit When You’re Laid Off www.mashable.com/2009/02/19/laid-off-sites/

Career Toolbox: 100+ Places to Find Jobs www.mashable.com/2008/12/16/find-jobs/

Job-Hunting? Writers, List Additional Skills! www.mlvwrites.com/2009/02/writers-more-skills-than-writing.html

Top 10 Tools for Landing a Better Job www.lifehacker.com/5157794/top-10-tools-for-landing-a-better-job


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uestions & C

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ents Questions & Comments


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onclusion

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