ALL ABOUT YOU AND WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE FOR YOUR JOB SEARCH

Brought to you by Connie Hampton,

Biorecruiter and Job Search Strategist

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*We are dedicated to helping

bioscience professionals find

the best job for their talents

and bioscience companies

find the best people for

their jobs.

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*All About You Course

*And the Invisible Disabilities Association

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*I’m going to ask you some questions…

*Participation is preferred!

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*True or False:

*The first thing you should do

when you discover that you will

need a new job is spruce up

your resume

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*Well, kinda

*A resume is an ad

designed to get you the

interview at one

particular company

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*True or False:

*A LinkedIn Profile is the best

place to be

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*True

*Most recruiters and

many hiring managers

check out your LI

Profile

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*To be find-able

*To be known

*To be remembered

*To be liked

*To be trusted

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*What information you need to gather

before you write your resume or profile

*How to create professional profiles that

will draw the right employers and

recruiters

*How to easily create resumes for each

job that will make it through the “black

hole” of the online application process

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*“To be remembered, liked and trusted” This nugget of job seeking advice to my mind is what really distinguishes Connie’s approach and the quality of her advice. It is one of many followed by a rich experience set that, in combination, gives her a very strong and systematic approach to providing genuinely helpful advice to job seekers. Connie helped me more in two sessions than my entire eight months of assistance from Right Management. She is an incredible value. If you want to launch an efficient, focused and ultimately successful search, you can’t do better than to contact and work with Connie. – Chris Lehman, Biotech Financial Strategist

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*Life is too short to

bumblebutt through

your career.

*Choose a direction and

go for it!

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*Writing a resume is hard.

*Do you have a “thing” about bragging or not

bragging?

*What should you talk about?

*What should you NOT talk about?

*How can you write your resume to get the job?

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*What name will you use?

*What contact info will you use?

*What is your tagline/headline/what you want

to be known for?

*What have you done?

*Where and when did you do it?

*What do you want to do next?

*What are your dragon-slaying stories?

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*Make a list or start a spreadsheet of all of the things you do in your current job or want to do in your next one.

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*This will allow you to rate each task, skills, expertise, process, etc. to discover what job you really want next.

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*These are the things you know that you know.

*Add synonyms because every company has

their own “internal language”.

*Check the job boards for jobs you think you

might want (or do want but are too far away)

to gather more keywords.

*Add these new ones to your spreadsheet if you

really do “own” them.

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*Computers are dumb.

*They run on very fast matching (i.e. keywords)

*If you don’t have the right keywords in your

resumes and profiles, your resume or profile

will not come up in a search.

*The humans that read your resumes or profiles

also use keywords to recognize “members of

their tribe” – people who know the same things

they do.

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*LinkedIn Profiles are an easy place to start because they walk you through the process of editing your profile

*G+ About page can be filled with items that you copy and paste from LinkedIn

*Most other profiles (FB, Twitter, LabRoots, Quora, etc.) can also be improved by using what you write for LI

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*Once you have graded your keywords and know which ones are the ones you want to use in your next role, open your LinkedIn Profile.

*The first place to use one is in your LinkedIn Headline – Fill in this sentence:

*Ah, YourName. S/He is the one who: (this will be your LinkedIn Headline)

*You get 120 characters. How many top keywords can you use there? Will these attract the right people?

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*Your LinkedIn Summary or G+ Story is the place

to use your very best dragon-slaying story, but

you will need one for each “Experience” or

“Job”.

*As you edit your LI Summary, LinkedIn will tell

you what keywords you are using and if they

are strong or not.

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*A dragon-slaying story is one where you tell us

what the problem was (what dragon was

threatening the kingdom), what action you

took (how you approached it and slew it) and

what the result were (the villagers were able

to raise their 100s of sheep without fear).

*Use your keywords appropriately and in full

sentences.

*A list of keywords is NOT a dragon-slaying story

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*No company hires unless they have a

problem they can’t solve with the people

they are currently paying. No kingdom

hires a dragon-slaying knight if they have

no dragons.

*Your resume needs to be about how you

can solve THEIR problem.

*And no one hires just because you need a

job.

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*Resumes are advertisements designed to get you an interview

*Not your whole working life on one or two pages

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*If you apply online, your resume goes first to

an Applicant Tracking System.

*The ATS only matches the keywords that were

in the job description.

*If you have not used the keywords from the job

description, the ATS can’t recognize you.

*You will get a computer-generated email that

says “thanks for sending your resume”, but no

human will look at it.

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*Don’t send your resume to a job that requires

or desires a lot of keywords you don’t “own”.

*It just wastes your time and makes you

depressed!

*And don’t send a generic resume, (not

optimized for keywords) to every job you can

find. That is just sending it out on the ocean

waves like a message in a bottle.

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*Know what you offer, what you want and where

it is!

*Be find-able online by using the same great

professional “headshot” on every profile and

the same keywords – the ones you want to

describe your next role

*Write a fresh resume for each job you apply

for, using the keywords that they will

recognize.

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*Please join us for the course

“All About You”. I will show

you how to easily manage

each of these steps.

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*Save your seat when you visit

http://networkpolishkit.com/top-job-search-

strategies-sp

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*1: All about you:

*How to know what you bring to the table

*How to know what you want to do next

*How that is expressed in keywords

*2: How to be visible online: LinkedIn, G+,

Labroots, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

*3: Discover the titles that your niche uses to

describe what you want to do. And what else

to do with Job Boards, IFTTT, LinkedIn

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*You will never have to wonder again

about what job you could take next

*Hiring managers and recruiters will

be able to find you easily online to

offer you interesting and appropriate

jobs

*You will know what jobs and

companies are NOT right for you

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*Delivered to you, this could cost

$500

*Even group classes are more than

$300

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*Bonuses – Bonuses – Bonuses* Each one worth your entire investment

*Bonus 1: Review of your LinkedIn and other

Profiles

*Bonus 2: Review of your resume template

*Bonus 3: A private, 1 hr consulting session

*Bonus 4: Access to all slides and transcripts,

replays and tools as long as you need them.

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*Connie gave me clear direction and a plan that

made sense. She has the ability to listen,

understand the situation and sum it up quickly,

and provide recommendations for moving

forward. Connie was a valuable resource and I

highly recommend her for anyone in search of

a new position, career or contact.” (via

LinkedIn)

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*Normally $497

*One Investment of Only $97

*Register here:

http://networkpolishkit.com/all-about-you

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*She always has great updates on finding a job,

keeping a job and networking with people. This

is really good for everybody who is looking for

a job. 8/11/14 on LinkedIn

*Really helpful tips for identifying where to go

next in your career (and how to make career

choices instead of 'job' choices)

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* I have been doing well on my networking and following some of your guidance and check list points earlier in the year but have to say recently workload has taken over! One of the big challenges is location (glad to see it on your list) as the Bay area is where I want to be but there are just not that many companies and opportunities around here. I get calls for jobs on the East Coast or Mid-West, not so much for the Bay. In addition it appears that the Bay is a very small ecosystem where jobs are found primarily through connections. That makes your guidance and check list all the more important!

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*Only $97 for 4 sessions

*http://networkpolishkit.com/all-about-you

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*Use your phone, voice or

text, or 3X5s in your pocket,

to write down what you do

all day. Do it for a week and

harvest your skills, expertise

and keywords.

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*Dedicated to empowering you to

never need a recruiter again

*connie@networkpolishkit.com

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