Ivy Exec Webinar: Effective Resumes for Career Transitions · 2011-11-11 · Ivy Exec Webinar: Effective Resumes for Career Transitions Presented by Rachel Shelton, CPRW Lead Resume

1 Want more info? Go to IvyExec.com/Resume or email us at [email protected] April 7, 2011

Ivy Exec Webinar:

Effective Resumes for Career

Transitions Presented by Rachel Shelton, CPRW

Lead Resume Expert, IvyExec.com

April 7, 2011

Building Your Resume with On-Line Tools and Other Sure-Fire Job Search Mistakes Brad Attig ∙ Director of Talent Development ∙ Ivy Exec

2 Want more info? Go to IvyExec.com/Resume or email us at [email protected]

About Brad

• Director of Talent Development at Ivy Exec

• 13 years in executive search and career

development - 4 years as Founder of MyRetailCareer.net focusing on Mid. to Sr. Level

Executive Career Development

- 8 Years as Director of Business Development for Retail Placement Solutions

• 15 Years in Retail Management for Companies

Including Macy’s and Target


I’m going to look for a lot of interaction tonight so please ask questions…

• Discuss the rumor that “the resume is dead!”

• We might interject some humor to learn how not to interview

• We will review the 10 mistakes job seekers make

• I’ll tell you 10 things you need to do in your job search

Objectives of this Webinar


Poll

Where are you in your career?

1. Just Graduating

2. 1-5 years

3. 6-10 years

4. More than 10 years


Poll

What is your education level?

1. Bachelors

2. M.B.A

3. Masters

4. PhD

5. More than 1 Post Grad Degree


A Question for You

What does a resume and Mark Twain have in common?


This Famous Quote

The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated!


What the So-Called Experts Say

The resume is dead…the Internet has killed the traditional job application.

Vestiigo founder and CEO Tim Ryan

The Resume Is Dead. Long Live The Online Profile!

Glassdoor.com Kevin W. Grossman


• Video

• Social Media

• Blogs

• Google®

• Logical Employment Profiles

• Personal Web Sites

• LinkedIn®

• Visual CV®

What Will Replace the Resume? (RIP)


A Recent LinkedIn InMail to Me

Hi Brad,

I'd like to thank you for the relevant information I have found in your webinar.

Also, I would like to suggest an idea that may challenge one of your points. I would welcome your feedback on it.

I recently made the decision to exclusively use LinkedIn as my resume. My goal is to concentrate my efforts on one single platform, instead of using all kind of different formats and languages as I used to be doing. Over the previous years, I have found LinkedIn to be in a league of its own, providing obviously a powerful platform to gather your professional contacts, communicate with your professional network regarding all your needs and opportunities; adding up recommendations, groups, etc. It is also possible to extract your profile in a pdf version and use it as your cv, as long as you make sure to synthesize your information on 2 pages, although I've found my industry to be very receptive if you simply send the link to your profile...If need be to highlight something specific to a job opportunity, I use an email as a cover letter.

As a significant investor in LinkedIn, my bet is that LinkedIn will become the international reference in terms of CV.

Any thoughts?

JF


Thoughts & Questions


Google “Create Resume On Line”


Create Your Resume in 15 Minutes


The Visual CV


Visualize.me


The LinkedIn Resume Builder


1. It’s entirely up to you to tell your story

2. Not one of these sites help you with

understanding what your resume should do

3. By simplifying the process they simplify the

results

4. They either underwhelm or overwhelm

What did all those resumes have in common?


The Video Resume

• If you are in an industry that will “get” it and your

video resume is professionally produced and on

topic and if the viewers have no technological

problems and you fit the “company mold” and you

don’t offend anyone in any possible way and you

have a really, really good reason to make a video

resume and a compelling script, then by all means

go for it.

• If you didn’t just say yes 8 times, skip it.


Questions?


Humor Time


1. Start the job search process by updating and

circulating their resumes

2. Rush to the classified ads and Internet job

sites

3. Immediately call everyone they know and

begin "networking“

4. Contact search firms to sell themselves as a

"perfect candidate"

10 Mistakes Job Seekers Make


5. Start interviewing with any company that

shows interest in them

6. Stress their strengths and experience in hopes

that they'll convince an interviewer they're a

great catch

7. Rationalize past failures and problems

8. Exaggerate the value of their experience (and

their compensation)



9. Fantasize about how terrific the next job will be

10. Rush to accept the first bona fide job offer they

get

Michael Goodman, Senior Management Consultant,

Specializing in Marketing Strategy

Author of "The Potato Chip Difference"



1. Prepare yourself mentally

2. Take a hard look at your finances

3. Take inventory & do a full, honest SWAT

analysis

4. Set realistic and achievable goals and

review them daily

10 Smart Things A Job Seeker Can Do


5. Develop a job search strategy with

professional help

6. Treat your search as your job

7. Network to build relationships not to find a

job

8. Focus on self-improvement



9. Volunteer and stay relevant

10. Be positive



The Absolute Truth

Your resume is the single most important financial document you will ever own…

Martin Yate, New York Times Bestselling Author


Poll

Do You Think LinkedIn Will Replace the Resume?

1. Yes

2. No

3. Unsure


A Recent LinkedIn InMail to Me

Hi JF,

Thanks for attending my recent webinar.

I admire your evangelistic commitment to LinkedIn and you pose an interesting idea. My thoughts on this topic run in a different direction however. Throughout my career, I’ve focused on helping people achieve their goals. I’ve learned that in many cases, when one approach doesn’t deliver the desired results, that one should change the approach rather than the goal.

I often use an archery analogy when talking about job searches. I believe that one needs several different bows and a full quiver of arrows. Each type of bow serves a purpose as does each different type of arrow. The same is true here. LinkedIn doesn’t replace the resume, it augments it, as can a blog, personal website, other social media and maybe even a video resume. There are certainly organizations and people that are fine with a job seeker using a LinkedIn profile and there are those that will not be.

The resume is still the single most important document today in a job seeker’s quiver. It isn’t the only arrow but it’s the most trusted one.

Regards,

Brad


Questions?


Some of my Thoughts

• If you can afford a professionally written resume

it will be the best investment you make in

yourself

• The opportunity cost of using a bad resume can

run in the tens of thousands of dollars

• More and more job seekers are getting

professional assistance making the job search

climate hyper-competitive

• Good enough doesn’t cut it anymore


Some of my Thoughts

• You can of course, get away with sending a bad

resume to a less desirable company but is that

really your objective?

• If you cannot afford to have your resume done

professionally seek help elsewhere. Oftentimes,

State Career Centers, local libraries, and some

job fairs have assistance available

• Remember that job search expenses are usually

tax deductible but check with your accountant


Charlotte Weeks is an internationally-

recognized resume writer

and career expert who

specializes in providing

senior level professionals

including C-Suite

executives, high-ROI

resumes. Charlotte is a

contributor for The Wall

Street Journal, NBC, FOX,

CNN, Yahoo! and she is

the outgoing President of

the National Resume

Writers' Association.

Kim Mohiuddin has been a professional

writer her entire life. Kim

has been featured

in Yahoo News, NBC

Chicago and Time Out

NY. Her resumes have

been highlighted in

multiple publications; most

recently she had 4

resumes published in the

new edition of David

Noble's “Gallery of Best

Resumes.”

The Ivy Exec Senor Resume Writers


The Ivy Exec Elite Resume Package

The Elite Package is a comprehensive evaluation of your career and accomplishments which includes gaining a complete understanding of your career goals and strategy.

• Starts with a scheduled interview with your certified senior resume writer.

• Gain valuable insight on how to articulate your skills and accomplishments when interviewing.

• First draft in 5 to 7 business days and a final product 2 to 3 business days later after you review the draft.

• Cover letter and on-line profile update included.

• An Executive Biography and other documents are available as well.

• 30 minute career session with Brad Attig, Director of Talent Development (that's me).

• Priced at $995. To set up a 15 minute appointment to discuss the Elite package with me please go to www.ivyexec.clickbook.net


Questions?


Thank you!

To set up a 15 minute appointment to discuss your career needs with me please

go to www.ivyexec.clickbook.net

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Ivy Exec Webinar: Effective Resumes for Career Transitions · 2011-11-11 · Ivy Exec Webinar: Effective Resumes for Career Transitions Presented by Rachel Shelton, CPRW Lead Resume