I. PREPARATION II. WORK THE ROOM III. NETWORKING TOOLS IV. BUILD MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS V. BUILD AND MAINTAIN CONNECTIONS
If you are looking for more then a quick article on networking, take some quality time to review this slideshare deck. Yes, it is long, yet it is written as a complete workshop on how to network.
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“With the competitive nature of the job market in general, recent college graduates may have an experience deficit that shrinks their opportunity to compete with experienced job seekers.”
“Employers aren’t looking just for a degree. They want to know you are going to succeed in the job and that they won’t have to be hunting for your replacement in a few months.”
“How can MOOCs, (massive open online courses), help new college grads land a job?” by Dianna Sadlouskos
Your dream job is based on skill sets you can bring to the table. Yet as a college grad, your skills are mostly around the “what and why”. Not much has been provided in terms of “how” businesses use your skill sets.
Dianna provides numerous sites which provide online classes and the price is definetly right, “free”.
If you have gaps in some of your skill sets, (which we all do), perhaps a few on line classes will provide the edge you need to raise above the noise during the job search.
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“As I become more experienced and more successful in business, I’ve begun to realize that most successful people don’t make a lot of money because they are lucky or because they know the right people.”
“Nor do I believe that people are simply born destined to become wealthy.”
“Rather, I’ve come to recognize that many of these individuals make highly intelligent career decisions that lead them to get where they are. Here are 4 of those:” by Personal Branding Blog
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“When I was recruiting, my team and I could always tell when someone had done their homework on the company or not.”
“If they didn’t do the research, they were out.”
“In retrospect, it’s regrettable we even had to waste an interview on someone who didn’t investigate us and our mission thoroughly.” by Lea McLeod
At first it may seem Lea as a hiring manager is being too tough. Then again, when you walk into an interview, the job is yours to loose.
The article provides some great insight into what to do before setting foot inside any company for an interview. Especially with all of the tools and resources available to scope out what a company does and why they are in the business they are in.
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“The winners of the 2013 About.com Job Search Readers’ Choice Award for the Best Job site include Glassdoor.com in the top spot, followed by US.jobs, Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com and TweetMyJobs.com.”
“All of the top job sites provide a variety of resources for job seekers, including job listings, career and company information, career events, and more.” by Alison Doyle
Read more: http://jobsearch.about.com/od/rca/tp/best-job-sites-2013.htm
Your dream job has numerous characteristics and matches your skills and capabilities.
As you review job search sites, keep your dream job in mind. Every search tool has limitations on how it was designed and where it is pointed. Plus the odds are not any one job search site will be able to meet all of your needs.
An example, if you are looking for the top job search site for students, consider www.CollegeTopTalent.com or one of the other top 5 sites of 2013 here: http://jobsearch.about.com/od/rca/tp/best-job-sites-students-2013.htm
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“More and more sales people are using social media to help them prospect and develop new business. It’s certainly an avenue that I use for my client development. Used wisely and effectively it’s a great tool to enhance your business development efforts.”
“Allow me to propose this: Are sales people who utilize social media more successful than others, OR is it that consistently successful sales people almost always use the smartest techniques and are ahead of the curve?”
“Social media should be used to create awareness, build thought leadership and inform your prospect but it shouldn’t be applied when actually selling to your prospects. I would actually argue that sales people don’t outsell their peers using social media, but, on a level playing field, they out-prospect them, they out-perform them on their pre-call intelligence.” by Monika D’Agostino
Read more: http://www.business2community.com/social-media/sales-social-media-you-0511867
I like how Monika builds on the Forbes article and uses practical experience to drill into the why and how around social selling. Aligning the need to use consultative sales skills with social selling and to use the right tools, skills and capabilities at the right time.
In Monica’s words, social selling is more about business development, not about the sale. As buyers, we are always looking for competent people when we have questions. And definitely not those who simply want to take over the conversation. How we act on social sites needs to present our consultative skills, not a “know it all” attitude.
Social media is also a great place to pick up on your industry to listen in on the general needs of today. Various tools are available, such as www.socialmention.com, which allow you to setup saved searches specific to your keywords, sources, and industry needs. Crossing all of the main social sites and allowing you to configure which ones you want to monitor.
It is apparent few companies are actually training their sales people how to use social media to help improve the customer experience. Leaving them up to their own to learn how to use the new social tools being deployed. The good news, many of the tools are easy to learn and are low cost or free to use.
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“In today’s complex and highly competitive marketplace, it is more important than ever to take the reins of your career.”
“Your “brand” is you, it’s your way of telling the world what you stand for, your values, your expertise and why should people care.”
“Developing and maintaining your personal brand will allow you to not be trapped into thinking you can only be or do one thing.” by Megan Marrs
If you are looking for the beginning around “how” to build your personal brand which matches your dream job. Read on. Megan does a great job describing where to start and how to think about the steps you need to use to build your brand. http://www.nwitimes.com/business/using-personal-brand-to-advance-your-career/article_b05adbc6-b467-528e-a12e-950b6ab44cc9.html
Most articles I find struggle with the building blocks around branding and where to begin. Granted, you want a clear picture of what it is you want to build. But putting all the pieces together is easier said than done.
As you read the article, think about your brand and your personal dream job. The two are in alignment providing you have a clear path of where you want to end up.
Odds are your best capabilities are some of the things you enjoy the most and can develop the fastest. These are part of who you are and can certainly help grow your career in the direction of your dream job.
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