Sweet Job Tips: Job Search 101 - Part 1of 4 - New Job Search Approach and Results in 2012

 I thought it would help to start the year with job tips that take us all back to basics. There is a lot to be said for revaluate what has been working and more importantly.

Now is a natural time to look at the past year's efforts and result in your job search and decided how to change your job search strategy and get more traction and results in your job search!

Job Search Tips 101

1)   Get focused on what type of job you are looking for.

2)   Create a new resume or update /edit a pre-existing resume for your current job search campaign.

I am firm believer in multiple versions to serve various job opportunities that you are considering.

Create customized resume to focus on the skill set that are listed on the job listings that you are applying for.

Also less is better on the length of your resume for your initial submissions. You can take the longer version to the actual interview.

I will be getting into more details on this in my blog and future Tele Seminars.

3)   Create a list of target companies/industries that you would like to work for. I am suggesting you start with 100-200 companies and all their contact information.

Gather all the appropriate contact information you will need to follow up on during your job search campaign.

I am advising creating this information in Microsoft Excel if you are familiar with that software.

Create different spreads sheets for different industries.

I will be getting into more detail on this in my blog, Tele conferences and the suggested reading job search products listed on www.TheJobSearchExperts.com

Next week I will cover "Job Search 101- Part 2.

Don't forget to visit the following web sites to help you with your job search:

CLICK BELOW NOW

www.AskTheJobSearchExpert.com

www.JobSearchSuccess2012.com

www.GreatInterviewQuestionsBlog.com

I look forward to working with you in your job search.

Eleanor

Eleanor Anne Sweet

Executive Job Search Expert  tm

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Job Search Advice: Target Companies and Contacts: How to Find, Manage, Research and Succeed With Them

*Target Companies: How to Find, Manage, Research and Succeed With Them*

Re: Virtual Training this Monday (RSVP please) This coming Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at 9:00-10:00 AM CST, I will be hosting a Tele-Seminar Training session, and I hope you are able to join me as my guest. If you would like to create MORE success in your job search and learn some simple tips and strategies for improving the impact of your job search, I invite you to ask me your most pressing questions during the live Q&A, and RSVP for Sweet Job Search Advice Tele-Training, happening this Monday, August 23th. The 60 minute session will consist of tips and strategies to define, find, and research your target companies more in depth. Let's talk about how to use the various resources to help uncover the important information on your target companies, networking leads and executives. Pass the word on to 3 of your friends with the link at the bottom of this page. Thank you!

Take 60 Seconds and Get Registered! Date: Monday, August 23rd, 9:00 am - 10:00 am, CST RSVP:Click Here To Register for Monday's Event COST: A gift from me to you. No-cost for the LIVE call ($12 value) After you register, you'll find out how to get phone access and join us for the LIVE Tele-Class Read On if You Can't Make It... If you can't make the live call this coming Monday, go ahead and get registered anyway, and when you do, you'll get information on how to access the Tele Seminar recording. That way you can listen to all the valuable content we discuss and learn new ideas to create greater success in your job search campaign and have a better 2010! After you register, you'll find out how to get phone access and join us for the LIVE Tele Seminar. Here's the registration link again:  RSVP: Register Now - Click Here I hope to hear from you on the call. Dedicated to your Job Search Success!! Eleanor Anne Sweet, President www.TheJobSearchExperts.com The Experts in Job Search Solutions. tm  PS Quick Links Event Next Monday Monday, August 30 9:00-10:00 am CST Marketing Yourself: Your Portfolio Your UPS Your Pitch

Job Search Advice: How to Do Informational Interviews and Broadcast Letters

This coming Monday, August 16th, 2010 at 9:00-10:00 AM CST, I will be hosting a Tele-Seminar Training session, and I hope you are able to join me as my guest. If you would like to create MORE success in your job search and learn some simple tips and strategies for improving the impact of your job search, I invite you to ask me your most pressing questions during the live Q&A, and RSVP for Sweet Job Search Advice Tele-Training, happening this Monday, August 16th. The 60 minute session will consist of tips and strategies to help uncover hidden jobs in the job markett!.. Let's talk how to use the Informational Interviews and Broadcast Letter  the help uncover the hidden jobs. Pass the word on to 3 of your friends with the link at the bottom of this page. Thank you! Take 60 Seconds and Get Registered! Date: Monday, August 16th, 9:00 am - 10:00 am, CST RSVP:Click Here To Register for Monday's Event COST: A gift from me to you. No-cost for the LIVE call ($12 value) After you register, you'll find out how to get phone access and join us for the LIVE Tele-Class Read On if You Can't Make It... If you can't make the live call this coming Monday, go ahead and get registered anyway, and when you do, you'll get information on how to access the Tele Seminar recording. That way you can listen to all the valuable content we discuss and learn new ideas to create greater success in your job search campaign and have a better 2010! After you register, you'll find out how to get phone access and join us for the LIVE Tele Seminar. Here's the registration link again:  RSVP: Register Now - Click Here I hope to hear from you on the call. Dedicated to your Job Search Success!! Eleanor Anne Sweet, President www.TheJobSearchExperts.com The Experts in Job Search Solutions. tm



PS

Event Next Monday

Monday, August 23

9:00-10:00 am CST

Target Companies:
How to Find Them, Manage Them,
and Succeed With Them!

Job Market Still Tight: "So What Do I Do Now?"

Job Search Market Update: The job market still continues to be tight as evidence by all the statistics such as unemployment, GDP, consumer confidence, etc. The good news is that it has to get better. I predict that we will continue to see a slow improvement going into the the fall. The labor market will continue to be conservative going into the first part of 2011.(Don't forget we have the holiday season to get through) 

The momentum should start to pick up speed the early part of 2nd Quarter.(After all the experts analyse the holiday sell through) 

The reason for all of this is the consumer is still feeling gun shy from all the false starts and ups and downs of all the artificial mechanisms such as the stimulus checks for clunckers, first time home buyers, refrigerators etc. While the stimulus package was supposed to help, this writer believes that it has hurt the consumers confidence in terms of seeing a true positive consistent economic recovery. This in fact has not happened. In turn organizations are vary morally and financially to make the commitment to hire people if they too can not see a true positive consistent economic recovery. This country needs the consumer confidence to drive this recovery.

Job Search Tips: Be creative. Continue to "mine" the job marketplace every type of way you can.Find out where the job growth is currently.

Assess if some of these job opportunities are somewhat aligned with your past experience. Can you leverage that background into some of these current growth areas?

If not does it make sense for you to go back to school and get some type of education to help you transition your professional background into one of these growth areas or an area that will broaden your current background in a way that makes professional sense.

Job Search Action Item: Indeed. com has a very nice resource that is worth looking into:

Job Trends

Example: Twitter Job Trends "Twitter" is the #1 job trend - the fastest growing term over the last year - beating "Cloud Computing" into second place and "iPhone" into third place. The top 10 trends are to the right or you can see the trend for any words or phrases by entering them in the search box above. Scale: Absolute - Relative Indeed.com searches millions of jobs from thousands of job sites. This job trends graph shows the percentage of jobs we find that contain your search terms. Find Twitter jobs Feel free to share this graph Insert the code below into any webpage to include this graph: <div style="width:540px"> <a href="http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends" mce_href="http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends" title="Twitter Job Trends"> <img width="540" height="300" src="http://www.indeed.com/trendgraph/jobgraph.png?q=Twitter" mce_src="http://www.indeed.com/trendgraph/jobgraph.png?q=Twitter" border="0" alt="Twitter Job Trends graph"> </a> <table width="100%" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:80%" mce_style="font-size: 80%;"><tr> <td><a href="http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends" mce_href="http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends">Twitter Job Trends</a></td> <td align="right"><a href="http://www.indeed.com/q-Twitter-jobs.html" mce_href="http://www.indeed.com/q-Twitter-jobs.html">Twitter jobs</a></td> </tr></table> </div>

Email to a friend From my email address To email address Send me a copy Comments (optional) Post on your blog/website Insert the code below into any webpage to include this graph: <div style="width:540px"> <a href="http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends" mce_href="http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends" title="Twitter Job Trends"> <img width="540" height="300" src="http://www.indeed.com/trendgraph/jobgraph.png?q=Twitter" mce_src="http://www.indeed.com/trendgraph/jobgraph.png?q=Twitter" border="0" alt="Twitter Job Trends graph"> </a> <table width="100%" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="font-size:80%" mce_style="font-size: 80%;"><tr> <td><a href="http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends" mce_href="http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends">Twitter Job Trends</a></td> <td align="right"><a href="http://www.indeed.com/q-Twitter-jobs.html" mce_href="http://www.indeed.com/q-Twitter-jobs.html">Twitter jobs</a></td> </tr></table> </div> Top Job Trends Twitter Cloud Computing iPhone Facebook Corporate Social Responsibility Blogger Pediatrician Hospitalist Social Media Speech Language Pathologist

 With this tool you also have the ability to insert other job titles at the top of the page.

See: http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends

Job Search Mental Health Tip: Take Sunday off and do an old fashion hot dog barbecue with your family. I have listed a good simple recipe that you can make with your family for mental health.

Click Here To Download Your Job Search Recipe

I am dedicated to your success with your job search!

Good luck with your job search,

Eleanor

Eleanor Anne Sweet

www.TheJobSearchExperts.com

Sweet@TheJobSearchExperts.com

Ph: 847-304-4500

The Experts in Job Search Solutions.

PS

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Click Here To Register for Monday, August 2, "How to Revitalize Yourself and Your Job Search"

Job Opportunities

Job Search Market Update: Companies that will be assisting BP and the oil cleanup will offer job opportunities that would not have been available if the disaster had not happened.  If the additional deep drilling is allowed, the growth for people with these industry support related skills may be needed to offer backup and additional labor needed for the industry.

Preliminary census data shows that "Many baby boomers and young adults are still in a holding pattern," said Mark Mather Associate Vice President, Population Reference Bureau (non-profit organization). "They are staying close to big cities where most jobs are located, waiting for the economy and housing market to bounce back before they make their next move."

Top 10 cities with the largest  population growth between July 1, 2008 - July 1, 2009 are:

1) Frisco City, CA

2) Cary, NC

3) McKinney, TX

4) New Orleans, LA

5) Alexandria, VA

6) Clarksville, TN

7) Arlington, VA

8) Round Rock, TX

9) Murfreesboro, TN

10) Lewisville, TX

Source: Washington Examiner: Haley Peterson

Job Search Tips: Analyze the 10 cities listed above and see if there are any potential job openings for you. Finding a job in these cities should be easier than a city that is not as healthy economically.

Look into job openings for biologists, chemists, project managers, engineers, technicians, laborers, environmental specialists and general clean up workers. Other companies may take a proactive approach and have job openings in these areas in addition to BP. Another company to research in this line of work would be Granite Environmental. They have manufacturing facilities across the US.

Job Search Action Item: In the greater Chicago area this past week-end 500,000 people lost power. I was one of those people. We were without power Friday - Sunday. As I result our normal weekly Monday Audio Tele Class has been rescheduled to this Thursday, June 24, 9am-10am CST. "Secrets to the Job Search for the 45+ Crowd". Click Here to Register/RSVP

Job Search Mental Health Tip: Trying smiling more. Research studies show that people feel happier when they smile. Use this technique to cheer yourself up, pretend you are happy and see how it has the potential to elevate your spirits. I even try to remember to smile while I am driving. When you start looking around it is amazing how many people are driving and walking around with a sour expression on their face.

Also when you smile it will make you appear younger. When you frown you are using more muscles which creates more wrinkles.

Have a great day. Smile and make someone happy!

Persistence is one of the main keys to a successful search.

Eleanor Anne Sweet

www.TheJobSearchExperts.com

The Experts in Job Search Solutions. tm