Aim: Planning Your Career Change
From a general sense of the next career step you would like to target there are a number of key activities and skills that characterize successful candidates. In short, They know how to affect a precision targeting in all relevant channels with the least effort. How about you
These five on-line training courses offer a live, moderated interaction with highly successful specialists on each topic via video interviews. The five Aim sessions comprise these topics:
• The Published Job Market
• The Unpublished Job Market
• Marketing Campaigns
• Responding to Inquiries
• Maintaining Focus
The Published Job Market
This may be the first thing that candidates think of when they think of career change…all of those help wanted ads on job boards, recruiter sites, newspapers, etc. Winnowing through these options can be extremely tedious if you don’t have expert guidance eon how to focus your effort. That’s what this segment concentrates on: more results for less effort.
The Unpublished Job Market
Many jobs are never actually announced. Sometimes through serendipity your resume crops up at exactly the right place and time with the best possible background… Granted, it is hard to orchestrate chance, but we can greatly improve the odds by helping candidates to better understand this extremely important set of channels and to actively harness them for your search.
Marketing Campaigns
Most candidates fail to see themselves as products that require proper packaging and explanation. Also, repetition can be key. This session surveys the marketing options you might want to consider and helps career changers home in on the best approach or approaches for their particular purposes. We will also touch on tools and resources to help make this a manageable task.
Responding to Inquiries
Do you remember that feeling… when a could-be employer responds with interest and curiosity? Do you stand there blinking like a deer in the headlights, or are you prepared to filter and respond to these inquiries when they come in? Our expert reviews the range of responses and helps candidates interpret and respond appropriately.
Maintaining Focus
Many searches require dedication… more like a mountainous hike than a casual stroll in the park. How can you be mentally prepared for the journey and remain upbeat and energized no matter how long it takes, always fresh and optimistic? That is the focus of this session. There are, in fact, tried and true techniques for maintaining a positive mental attitude and gaining benefits from every single contact along the way.