Monster Secrets An Insider’s Guide to Getting the Job

Monster SecretsAn Insider’s Guide to Getting the Job

Dan DeMaioNewtonDecember 2009

Agenda

• Current Local Labor Situation

• What’s Going on with Unemployment

• Monster Secrets– Insider Insights to

Getting the Job

The Latest from the Unemployment Front

The National Economy is Stabilizing.

Overall Job Demand in Boston is Still Under Water.

Overall Job Demand in New England has been Fairly Flat Over the Past 4 Months,

but is Still Greater than It Was in 2003!

12 of Top 28 Top Metro MarketsShowed an Increase in Job Seeker Demand in

November 2009.

New England Has 4 of the Top 10 States for Talent Demand.

Planning and Developing Good Habits

1• Is Education an option?

A Recruiter’s View of the World

• Calendar of unique local job-related events– Networking Groups– Career Fairs– Seminars– Workshops

• Discussion Forums– Hidden Jobs Exposed– News for Job Seekers– Better Job Hunting Articles– Phantom Job Seeker– Recruiter News– Success Stories– Tools for Networking Group Leaders– The Lighter Side

• Social and Professional Profiles, Endorsements, and Member Objectives

• Job Seeker News feed• Job Seeker-related videos• Dan’s Job-Seeker-related presentations

What is Your Resume Saying?

What is Your Resume Saying?

Please help us get 1,000,000 Resume Clouds

Create and share your Resume Cloudon BetterJobsFaster.org

Invite others to participate on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn

How to Use It

1. Register: Members have the ability to fully engage. Non-Members can view content, but not engage.

2. Participate: Share job leads, create events, engage with others, ask questions

3. Learn: Set up your RSS feeds to be proactively notified of updates. Read on you mobile phone, Online, and emails

4. Move Ahead: Take advantage of frontline hidden jobs to create your own path.

• Find out and share what really works

• Find out and share what is a scam

• Help job seekers get the most for any investments in time and money

• Help Job Seekers Get Better Jobs Faster

Monster Secrets

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Career Snapshots

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Career Snapshots A research tool that

standardizes thousands of job titles and allows

users to research occupational

descriptions and data.

Career Mapping

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Career Mapping

A patent-pending, career exploration tool

developed froma decade of resumes.

Career Benchmarking

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Career Benchmarking An assessment tool

that helps candidates measure themselves

against othersin their industry, location or job.

Introducing

Monster Power Match

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Next Steps

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1. Go to www.Monster.com and Try PowerSearch.

2. Send me your feedback ([email protected])

The Power of the LinkedIn JobsInsider Widgethttp://www.linkedin.com/static?key=jobsinsider_download

1. Search Monster.com for jobs2. View a Job3. LinkedIn Tool Shows Connections to the company through

People You Know!

Shows how to connect to the person at the Company who can help you get the job

Optimized to reach out through your network to the Insider.

Streamlined to communicate through your connections to the right person.

Recruiters and Resume SearchRecruiters Search on:

• Keywords• Most Recent Employer• Zip Code Radius• Most Recent Job Title• Most Recent Job

Description• Schools Attended• Desired Salary Range

(Default: Per Year)

• Education Level• Experience Level• Work Status• Job Type• Industry• Occupation• Resumes Posted Within

Past Month (Default)

First Impressions: What a Recruiter Sees

Resume Naming Mistakes• Using your Name Only

• Sounding Desperate

• Telling Nothing

• Dating Yourself

• You are only a Title

• Typos

• Too Cute

Resume Stars• Function / Company / Industry / Salary

/ Relocation preference • Show Them Where You Want to Be• Recruiter can “See” the Candidate and

Wants to Learn More

Improve Your Chances

http://tools.seobook.com/keyword-tools/seobook/#

Outthink the Recruiter

• Never forget the #1 way people find jobs.• Find any way to get to the hiring manager.• Compliment the Recruiter and recognize their

challenges• Build and Reinforce Your Social Networks• Design your resume to have maximum hooks

– Use the 10/3/3 rule– It’s all about what you WILL and CAN DO, not

what you’ve done• Take 5 minutes for jobs you want to research the

company so you can embed hidden hiring factors• Eliminate everything that may give the recruiter a

reason to disqualify you• Write your resume incorporating as many key

words and phrases as appear in the job posting• Be quantitative whenever possible• Be Ruthless with Resumes: 2 Pages or Less

Managing the Job Search: Actions and Attitudes

• Actions– Refresh your resume at least once a month.– Invite people to go for a walk.– Acknowledge feelings and recognize them as

simply that. Then take action. Do not be distracted

– Consider starting your own blog (Wordpress.com)

– Attend Workshops and Seminars in your field• Attitudes

– Handle Staffing Agency calls quickly, but firmly

– Be assertive, not arrogant, and stay in contact with the HR recruiter

– Be friendly and open to new ideas– Always try to be helpful to recruiters. They

are connectors. Be a connector for them.

Keep America Working Tour

Monster Presents the Free for Employers

• Learn the New Rules of the Game from Industry Experts

• See Monster’s New Career Tools

• Make Career Connections

Free for

Job Seekers

• 104 Career Fairs• 52 Cities

City DatesBoston, MA 11/17 New York, NY 11/13Norfolk, VA 12/17Falls Church, VA 11/18King of Prussia, PA 12/18Philadelphia, PA 12/16Richmond, VA 12/15Whippany, NJ 11/10

Northeast

City DatesFort Lauderdale, FL 11/05New Orleans, LA 11/02

Southeast

City DatesColumbus, OH 11/30Detroit, MI 12/01, 12/08 Indianapolis, IN 12/11 Kansas City, MO 12/02 Minneapolis, MN 12/10Omaha, NE 12/03St. Louis, MO 12/04

Midwest

To Learn More and Connect Job Seekers: www.monster.com > Keep America Working Link

or, http://resources.monster.com/job-fairs/

What Can You Do?

• There is no longer a stigma associated with unemployment• Volunteer • Build Your Personal Brand - the Wave of the Future of

Work• Group together and start a Business• Attend Conferences, Seminars, and Workshops

– Boston Business Journal– Conference Alerts: http://www.conferencealerts.com

• Talk issues, not a job• Be patient• Minimize all expenses, and be gentle with yourself• Be like a Willow: Bend, but Never Break• Reach out to others. Everyone needs something.• Use 2 factors in evaluating an opportunity:

– Ability to Make a Difference– Opportunity to Have Fun

• Don’t worry about taking a step backwards to move forward

Final Pearls of Wisdom• Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

- Theodore Roosevelt

• Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that drove us to exploration. And it took a depression to teach us the real value of a job.

- Victor Hugo

• All Happiness comes from thinking of others. All suffering comes from thinking of one’s self.

- Dalai Lama

• Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

- Dalai Lama