SmartHire®
Career Talent Strategies
Western Canada
July 2008, Issue 5
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Hot Jobs
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Opportunities currently listed on
our Job Board for Professionals include:
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"The
most intense competition between firms is in the marketplace: the
marketplace for customers and the marketplace for talent."
Jo Owens,
Management Stripped Bare
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Email or call Dona @ 1-888-773-7884 to get the "Preview" username and password!
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Introspective
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How do you ensure you stand out as the best candidate?
Step back and look at yourself - have you branded yourself? If you were the employer, would you pick
you? Honestly? And, if you have multiple opportunities in front of you, how do you
choose?!
This newsletter is designed to provide some assistance.
Enjoy!
Dona
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Branding Yourself
in a Buyer's Market.
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In the buyer's job
market today, how can you become more successful in your current career while
you pursue a new career opportunity that matches your skills and interests?
Nick Papadopoulos (Coach Nick), President and Head Coach of Sky's The Limit, a
professional coaching consulting firm, recommends a sales and marketing
approach to one's career.
Branding is a proven sales and marketing strategy that executives can use to
enhance their careers within their organizations or to impress upon potential
employers the value they offer. According to Coach Nick, "When it comes to
branding yourself, you're the seller and your professional contacts are the
buyers. Your personal brand is how you look, what you say, how you say it.
It's the image, emotion and thought that you evoke in those you meet."
So just how do you go about branding yourself? Branding yourself is analogous
to the type of branding that a marketing executive performs when branding a
company's product or organization. You have to apply the same methodology,
mindset and approach to branding yourself, because you are the product that's
being promoted and launched.
Register today
to create a brand - YOU!
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 Would You
Hire Yourself?
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By Audrey
Field, CRW, B.A., B.Ed.
There are many
crucial actions, some more subtle than others, to elevate your attempts to
secure the ideal job. Aligning these six considerations will benefit you during
your employment search or advancement.
1. The Paper Trail
Even in this electronic age, sending or hand delivering a hard copy document is
recommended. So, the first point of contact with a decision maker will not be
you; it will be your résumé. We're not focusing on résumé content here, rather
the appearance. Is the document folded or crumpled? Did you scratch out an old
phone number and pen in a new one? Busy employers do not want to try to
decipher text through coffee cup rings, grease marks or smudged text. Quality
paper carries smells, so be careful if you smoke or wear strong perfume or
cologne. Stand out the proper way.
2. Looks Count
Be cognizant of how you look. This obviously refers to wardrobe, manicure and
hair during interviews for men and women. I applaud those individuals who care
enough about their appearance that they look fantastic when they are not
pounding the pavement. Remember what they say about never knowing who you will
bump into while waiting in a supermarket line. So, dress up and look the part
of a busy, employed person and you will be soon.
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 Winner's
Quandry
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by Peter
Weddle
It's happened to many of us. You work hard at finding a new or better job. You
send out hundreds, maybe even thousands of resumes, and finally, you get a
response. The interview goes well for what seems like a perfect match: you
really like the employer, and its recruiter says they really like you. You'll
be getting an offer shortly, they promise, and so you wait.
But while you do, another employer contacts you and you go through the same
drill all over again. Although you don't quite have the same enthusiasm for
this organization, they actually deliver: you get an offer as you walk out the
door. Not unreasonably, they also ask that you give them your answer in a week.
Meanwhile, you still haven't heard from the first employer-the one you really
want to work for-so what do you do?
I call this situation "the winner's quandary." Here's my suggested
game plan for how you handle it.
First, call the hiring manager at the employer from which you haven't yet
heard. If at all possible, call that person on their direct phone line. Second,
use the following outline either in a voice mail message, if the manager fails
to pick up the phone, or in your conversation with the manager, if you actually
connect with them:
Step 1: Restate your interest in the opening for which you interviewed
and the contribution you believe you can make to the hiring manager's team.
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Partner with us! Allow the recruitment team at SmartHire® to work with you to create your brand and put opportunities into your palm.
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Dona Plewis
SmartHire
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