HFCN - Helping Friends Career Network ~ Jobs, Careers, Success, Transformation: December 2007

16 December 2007

CAREER PORTFOLIO: Key Words: Working to your Advantage..

Many decisions are made about one's future based upon the content of your career portfolio, so what have YOU done for you lately?
Empires have been built around "Search Engine Optimization" whether it applies to gaining hits from a search engine it is the website content that creates opportunities, or eliminates opportunity.

Rejected resumes do not always tell the full story, so your recruiter might employ a variety of tools to assess your complimentary skills to their needs.

Here are some ideas for being a good opportunity agent with your career portfolio. More matches for your job search or candidate search... Key Words are necessary to paint a picture, and the subject matter expertise makes a difference in the opportunities you might appear to shine for.

KEYWORDS APPLICATION :

Cover Letter - highlight skills, value, why me?
Career Summary - introduces your skills/ideal job
Social Network Profile - highlights where and what of your experience.
Social Networking Endorsements - others words describing your excellent qualities

STEPS TO OPTIMIZE:

Identify the job opportunities you are most interested in. Observe across two or more high level categories, the terminology they use to describe what success looks like for you and where you have experience, model those keywords that apply for the market you most want to apply for.
Consider the extra opportunities you might be interested in entertaining. Summarize those skills that best position you for crossover opportunities in other areas that might be using a common set of skills in a more interesting way.
Bring your best. The secret is not in verbosity but clarity. Review your resume for generic skills that can be made more specific to your advantage. Where have YOU brought needed solutions?

MORE RESOURCES: Career Portfolio Optimization:

We have blindspots in our skills. Have your friends involved in offering feedback.
Cover Letter Tips for Selling You to Employers by Business Marketer, Bill Thompson's
Key words for Resume Tips by JobHunt.org
Social Networking Traps by CareerBuilder.com
Job Searching through Social Networking by About.com
Letter of Recommendation Center by About.com
Social Networking Job Search Tips by Helping Friends Career Network
Feng Shui your Career Search by Helping Friends Career Network
Career Success, Yes You Can

14 December 2007

Bringing your Best Interview. "Don't Dream it's Over".. Just Get outta the 80's!

We worked hard for the money... Did it satisfy our souls?

WARNING: Failure to apply these could be
dangerous to your career resilience and cost a
fortune in working an uninspired 9 to 5 to
keep in stock of contrasting lycra, funky
legwarmers and socks.

Options exist for living, creating, and being your best professional self!

Here are 4 simple strategies to project a professional image, that creates opportunities, and extracts you from the 80's.. That was yesterday, but life today goes on. What form would you like your career to take today?

I Emanate Enthusiasm. Claim your Career Advantage now. Forget about those romantic "Wasted on the Way" notions of "Manic Monday". Register and choose to be "Alive and Kicking", reflecting on the positive attributes that inspire. "Sweet dreams are made of this... Keep your head up- movin' on".. Look at all my friends who did and got what they deserved!
I Value And Deliver Business Benefit. What have you done for me lately? But enough about me, what are you going to do for me? "I'll be more together, stretched by fewer thoughts thast leave me..:" if I Relax and remember what it is I do that delivers value that interests you. "Vacation" and Whats in it for me benefits can't happen until they see themselves hiring you. Your mission is to sell yourself. Be sure to set the stage as someone they want to hire, before you can begin to think or jump to negotiating benefits.
Be Prepared For The Interview Everybody wants to rule the world.. but few are prepared to take the steps. You'll be wrapped around their finger, if you come prepared to present your best self and give the impression of being prepared and interested. While you see a chance, take it! You do this by being a student of your trade, an interviewer that wants to learn more about this company.
Don't You, Forget About Me... Don't you forget that interviews are not to get jobs, they are to determine possibilities. Your role is to know your value, to sell yourself, and to know your product.. Your objective at the end of the interview is to answer your questions, know your fit, and uncover the mutual benefits to working together. Being unforgettable takes focus.

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Well Connected, Time to Get LinkedIn: Business | Jobs | Recruiting Professionals |
Don't Lose that Number, Use Plaxo: Business | Recruiting Professionals |

07 December 2007

Claim your Career Why wait, the advantage is NOW?

Helping Friends Career Network accepted invitation to participate in a new recruiting networking-- that introduces thrilling new Human Resources, Recruiting 2.0 Technology, expand partnerships, creates more matching opportunity, with standard client and candidate confidentiality.

Exciting buzz is highly motivated recruiters, flexible technology, and professionals bringing collaboration to your career benefit! The technology invitation allows us to advance and match more opportunities with appeal to a wider market.

We feel recruiting works best as a partnership, not a 'proprietary trade secret'. The technology and industry requires us to work together. Developers in applicant tracking and job boards are starting to really get, and implement for that exchange. It will take a few months to get training for all our recruiters on this network functionality now, however it is available and some of our candidates and clients started receiving the benefits on December 6!

Developers are working on a new technology that will extend functionality to include our newly established, and radically growing community of Recruiting Professionals!

Job Seeker Questions:

How do I register for jobs, not yet posted?Register or update your profile to include your desired career preferences, current resume, keywords, and linkedin endorsements or letters of reference.. This helps us to help you.. so we know and can get a running start to reach you for opportunities of interest! Right now is the best time to do that, because we have a bank of job opportunities that now are not visible from our database, but offers us the ability to offer YOU more! Jobseekers interested in wider visibility into jobs, should complete their candidate profile with specifics of salary expectations, geographic preferences, references, etc. then contact your recruiter or myself to be considered for some of our exciting resume marketing programs being implemented now-- our mutual expertise, this technology and your career objectives is winning recipe!
I'm in a RUSH for the next job: We do our best to help all our candidates to find work, as much as possible. If you need to find your next career quickly, help us to help you. Complete your profile, and have ready references or a linkedin profile, then reach out to your recruiter and request as "HOT" evaluation to be prioritized for "extra jobs marketing care" when the next recruiting agent is available. When accepted as an eCandidate, we are able to network your resume to our hiring managers, recruiters and headhunters with open jobs in your area.
I've got a good 'gig' but interested in what might be better: Let us know what "interesting" is to you. If your profile is complete, your recruiter can market you for opportunities that peak your interest.
What are the Jobs Networking Resources for the LinkedIn Recruiters? Helping Friends offers a free LinkedIn Jobs Network for recruiters, hiring managers, and jobseekers to share information. There is a LI2 HFCN_jobs Yahoo Group Links Library full of member tips and resources.

Claim your Career Why wait, the advantage is NOW?

Helping Friends Career Network accepted invitation to participate in a new recruiting networking-- that introduces thrilling new Human Resources, Recruiting 2.0 Technology, expand partnerships, creates more matching opportunity, with standard client and candidate confidentiality.

Exciting buzz is highly motivated recruiters, flexible technology, and professionals bringing collaboration to your career benefit! The technology invitation allows us to advance and match more opportunities with appeal to a wider market. Recruiting works best as a partnership, not a 'proprietary trade secret'. The technology and industry requires us to work together. Developers in applicant tracking and job boards are starting to really get, and implement for that exchange. It will take a few months to get training for all our recruiters on this network functionality now, however it is available and some of our candidates and clients started receiving the benefits on December 6!

Developers are working on a new technology that will extend functionality to include our newly established, and radically growing community of Recruiting Professionals!

Job Seeker Questions:

How do I register for jobs, not yet posted?Register or update your profile to include your desired career preferences, current resume, keywords, and linkedin endorsements or letters of reference.. This helps us to help you.. so we know and can get a running start to reach you for opportunities of interest! Right now is the best time to do that, because we have a bank of job opportunities that now are not visible from our database, but offers us the ability to offer YOU more! Jobseekers interested in wider visibility into jobs, should complete their candidate profile with specifics of salary expectations, geographic preferences, references, etc. then contact your recruiter or myself to be considered for some of our exciting resume marketing programs being implemented now-- our mutual expertise, this technology and your career objectives is winning recipe!
I'm in a RUSH for the next job: We do our best to help all our candidates to find work, as much as possible. If you need to find your next career quickly, help us to help you. Complete your profile, and have ready references or a linkedin profile, then reach out to your recruiter and request as "HOT" evaluation to be prioritized for "extra jobs marketing care" when the next recruiting agent is available. When accepted as an eCandidate, we are able to network your resume to our hiring managers, recruiters and headhunters with open jobs in your area.
I've got a good 'gig' but interested in what might be better: Let us know what "interesting" is to you. If your profile is complete, your recruiter can market you for opportunities that peak your interest.
What are the Jobs Networking Resources for the LinkedIn Recruiters? Helping Friends offers a free LinkedIn Jobs Network for recruiters, hiring managers, and jobseekers to share information. There is a LI2 HFCN_jobs Yahoo Group Links Library full of member tips and resources.