1. I have a killer resume, now what? Tips on being your own Headhunter Paul DeBettignies, Managing Partner

2. Why should you listen to me?

• Over a decade recruiting in IT

• Prominent blogger on Recruiting/HR, Career and Business topics

• Co-Founder and Coordinator of Minnesota Recruiters

• Contributor to RecruitingBlogs.com

• Creator of BeYourOwnHeadhunter.com

3. If you remember nothing else, remember these two things

• Doing a job search SUCKS

• Finding a job is a job

4. Who Are You?

• Marketing of you

• 10-second pitch or sound byte

• 30 second elevator pitch

• Business cards

• LinkedIn profile

• Email address, get a professional one

5. I love the GOPHERS!

6. Dont

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8. Plan your day. Plan your search

• This is a process

• Plan the upcoming day

• Set daily and weekly goals

• Keep track of resume submittals, phone calls, email, which resume sent

9. People hire people. . .

• Who ask questions. Seek advice not help

• Who reach out. Who do you know who?

• Who appear resourceful. Network gravity

10. Who is in my network?

• Linkedin has 30M users

• Facebook has 150M users. Average age 25. Fastest growing demographic is 55+

• Ning groups

• Start a job blog

11. Where should I look?

• Big job boards

• Niche and local job boards

• Newspapers

• Trade, Professional, Association web sites

• Aggregators

12. What do I know about THEM?

• Research potential employers using:

• Google, Yahoo, Hoovers

• Local newspapers

• Press Releases

• Business magazines

• Your Mission?

• To find information you can use in email

• and phone calls

13. Zero in on your target

• Find a contact name

• Target hiring managers, senior management and recruiters

• Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner can be the best times to call

• Google names, industry terms and titles

• Have a name but not an email address

14. Make Email Contact, part 1

• Focus needs to be on what you can do for the company. What need you can fill?

• When possible send email to [email_address] rather than [email_address] or [email_address]

• Name your resume attachment as smith.doc rather than resume.doc

• Use up to date anti-virus software, do not send an infected resume

• Send resume in MS Word or RTF format

15. Make Email Contact, part 2

• Check your e-mail twice a day

• If you send an email late at night, check your e-mail in the morning to see if it bounced back

• Grammar, spell-check every e-mail

• Include your name, phone number, email address and LinkedIn URL in the footer

16. Dont be scared of the phone

• Rehearse your call, script if you need one

• Have a primary and secondary objective

• Use industry buzzwords

• DO NOT EVER use the words entry level

17. Maintain Contact with Follow-up

• Be polite and persistent, not pushy

• Keep the call/email brief and to the point

• Is more information needed?

• Thank you card, letter and email

• Keep a copy of the resume sent near the phone

18. Dead End & Getting Desperate?

• Offer to do an internship

• Volunteer with a non-profit or other community organization

• Shadow for a day

• Are you addressing the need of the employers?

• Take a part time or consulting gig

• If not now, when can you contact again?

19. Whew, Victory. Now What?

• Send an email to those you have been in contact with

• Is your new company hiring other positions?

• Start looking for your next new job

• Keep track of and nurture your network

20. You should know. . .

• Keep a routine

• Until you know otherwise, assume the company has a position for you

• Advertising one position may be a sign of other jobs

• Company career pages not always current

• Don't get caught in analysis paralysis

21. Important Links

• JibberJobber Career management tool

• Alltop HR and Alltop Careers Blog aggregator with lots of useful content

• Quintessential Careers Templates, advice, articles

• Job-Hunt.org Lots of local an national links

• Dan Schawbel Personal branding guru

• Emurse Can host your resume here. Search engines love the site

• LinkUp Only jobs from corporate career pages

• Indeed

• Simply Hired

• Twin Cities Business magazine Lists of lists

22. Thank You!

• Paul DeBettignies

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