The Cure for Career Confusion
Many job seekers have misconceptions about the role of a recruiter and how to work with them.
This report will help you:
After completing the research strategies shown in Step 1 for all preliminary career ideas, use the more advanced research strategy shown in this video training session to further research the job and career ideas that appeal (or might appeal) to you.
The benefits of completing the research strategy discussed in this instructional video include:
By completing this research and emailing the assignments to me, we will be able to: 1) evaluate the preliminary job and career ideas; 2) identify additional job and career options; 3) discuss how you can gather any additional information you need to be confident that you are making the right career choice; and/or 4) (if it’s clear one or more of the career ideas are right for you) discuss the steps you must take to make your career transition.
Watch this training video to learn two easy research strategies to get insights into the career transitions other people have made to get into jobs / careers that appeal to you… as well as what they do AFTER they leave the jobs that appeal to you.
While salaries vary widely at different companies, here are my favorite resources to get a sense of typical salaries for jobs and careers, industries, and geographic areas you are researching:
In this video, I explain the information on the Job Summary Profiles and how you can use that information to help you research job and career ideas, so you have the information you need to make the best decision about how to move your career forward.
You might have watched this video before our second career clarity session, but I’ve included it here again for your convenience.
The instructional video included in this module shows you clever ways to research job and career ideas at companies that appeal to you.
An informational interview is an opportunity to gather insightful career recommendations and job search advice from qualified professionals by asking the right questions.
I highly recommend using informational interviews to ‘reality test’ your thoughts and assumptions about the different job and career options.
Unlike a job interview where a company employee asks the questions and the conversation is about the employer’s needs, in an informational interview you get to ask the questions and the focus of the conversation is about your career needs.
Informational interviews are appropriate for everyone regardless of where they are in their careers or their current employment situations.
You can use informational interviews to:
(1) Discover career options that match your skills, interests, and personality
(2) Assess career ideas
(3) Gather insider information to help you find the right job at a specific company
(4) Find unadvertised job openings that have little or no competition
(4) Get advice and recommendations on how to land a job in a specific field or industry
(5) Improve your interviewing skills and prepare for upcoming interviews
If you don’t know about informational interviews, simply do an online search of the term – many colleges have websites that discuss them in detail, including sample request letters and questions to ask at informational interviews.
I also have a free/public website with lots of great content on informational interviews. The site is www.InformationalInterviewArticles.com
Your current task is to build your resume’s Skill Menu.
To help you, listen to the skills menu portion of our resume coaching session recording which is customized to your situation. If you need more information, watch this training video.
In this action step you will create the basic content you’ll need for the Work Experience section of your new resume. Do this right and your resume will build your credibility and best position you for a career transition. Two downloadable samples are provided.
In addition to helping you create a winning resume, when you use this strategy you will be much better prepared for your job interviews because you’ll know the best way to talk about work experiences.
In this module you will: