Workforce MAPS Workshops and Employment Program Day Four

Workforce MAPS Workshops and Employment Program Day Four: Success and Sources

Session Topics • Marketing Tools for a Successful Job Search • Building your Personal Brand • Resume and Cover Letter • Networking

Marketing Tools for a Successful Job Search

What are my TOOLS? • • Social Media and related activity Profile Pic Cover letter/Introductory Email Tell Me About Yourself- Quick Pitch and longer monologue for interviews and networking. • Portfolio • Personal Website

Tell others about YOU! Your Marketing Tools ►Develop a resume. ►Develop a monologue. ►(this is your “Tell Me About

Application Pitfalls ►Do use pen- black or blue (NO PENCIL) ►Print legibly or type ►Contact references ►Use Master Application ►Fill out completely ►Be neat ►Ask questions ►Avoid mistakes ►Avoid a messy application (no grease or footprints please) ►Don’t abbreviate ►Don’t leave blanks ►No White out ►Don’t lie!!!

Online Applications ►Filling out job applications

Professional Portfolio • Samples of best work, certificates, and letters of recommendation • Required in professions where applicants must demonstrate competency and mastery: • Art, Education, Graphic Design, Theater and Journalism/writers

Building your Personal Brand

Online Applications • Work. In. Texas. com- your state application online should be filled in with attention to detail and free of errors. • Indeed- Create an Indeed Resume and let employers find you. With an Indeed Resume it is easy to apply to jobs posted on Indeed, even from your smartphone or tablet. • Other Employment Applications

Social Media Do’s and Don'ts Do the following Avoid the following • Maintain your account and update daily • Promote yourself and accomplishments • Present yourself in a respectful manner. • Remain neutral on hot topics (religion, politics) • Don’t post useless information and memes • Don’t come off as bragging too much. • Don’t let your account languish with old info. • Don’t post things that are not appropriate.

Website & Blogs • You can create your own personal website to promote yourself share your resume and truly create a market brand but it is time consuming. • Blogs can provide you with useful advice from other job seekers such as interviewing tips and market trends for your industry.

Social Media • Good- Facebook, Instagram, Google+ • Better- Twitter, Jobster • Best- Linked In, The Ladders • Let’s get you started with Linked In!

Resume and Cover Letter

Your Resume: A Snapshot of You! • Your Resume is a marketing tool you use to entice employers to consider hiring you to fill their employment vacancy. • You only have one chance to get the employers attention and make a big impression. • It is important to make your resume: • The BEST!

Types of Resumes ►Chronological ►Functional – a resume organized by your employment history in reverse chronological order, with company/job titles/accomplishmen ts/dates of employment. – a resume organized by skills and functions; bare-bones employment history often listed as a separate section. Functional is best for those new to the job market.

Cover Letter • Limit your letter to a single page. • Tailor your letter to each job opportunity • Demonstrate some knowledge of the organization to which you are applying. • Whenever possible, address each employer by name and title. • Adhere to rules of grammar. • Check spelling

Job Seeking in the New Millennia How can I really myse SELL lf to t his emplo yer?

Networking

Networking ►What is Networking? ►Connecting with others about your desire to find work and what you have to offer. ►Give network contacts copies of resume.

Get Active- Network Hi, I’m here to see if you have any job openings. Is the person that does the hiring available ?

Connecting With Others ►Employers are looking for people that are ready willing and able to work and learn. ►Being able to connect with others is a big part of securing a job and keeping it! ►Use the form in your workbook to create a personal statement you can memorize. ► Practice with a partner.

Remember Jim? • After doing some self discovery and assessing his job values he started looking for work in another industry that was based on his likes and values. • He networked with friends about his interest in working in nature and his friends directed him to Texas Parks and Wildlife. • He adjusted his resume to highlight skills that would help him get his new job as a Park Ranger.

Here we see Jenna… • She was referred to a part-time job at an ambulance company by her Adult Education Instructor, where she used her excellent interpersonal skills, showed for work early and never called in sick. • She was offered a fulltime job as a receptionist and has done really well. Her employer couldn’t be happier with her performance.

Joe also found a job! • Well, sort of…his grandmother (part of his network) loves to brag about his recent graduation and his accomplishments. She is a member of several social groups. • At one of her meetings she mentioned him in front of the right person who offered Joe an internship that could potentially lead to a great paying job at a technology company. • Do you think he will get hired?

Getting Hired

Thank you for a great week! Always Remember: M – Measure and Meaning A – Attitude and Altitude P – Purpose and Patterns S – Sources and Success