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SELF-PROMOTE USING A POWERFUL PITCH

You meet important job search contacts every day. The people you meet when you complete routine tasks, such as shopping or taking your children to the local ball field, may know the person you want to meet or they may have friends or family working in the industry you are targeting. Plan to use the first 30 seconds of every initial face to face meeting to deliver a brief “infomercial”. Start with a smile and make eye contact before you deliver the introduction you have prepared.

Don’t worry about looking too pushy. People generally like to talk about their jobs and most are more than willing to provide assistance to folks looking for opportunities in their field. In addition, since employers tend to hire qualified people that are recommended by their employees, by using this opportunity to advance your career, you have also provided an occasion for the person you are meeting to gain recognition in their workplace.

Prepare a 15-30 second sound bite that highlights your uniqueness in a pleasant, but persuasive, manner. You will grab the attention of more listeners when you prepare your introduction based on the question “What’s In It for me?” from the perspective of potential employers. For example, what have you done to improve revenues, increase production, or reduce costs at your present or past jobs, or through your association with any volunteer or leisure-related organizations?

Be concise, but make the first minute count by offering information that you have determined will interest the person you are meeting. Think of the benefits you offer your clients, customers, co-workers, and supervisor. If you are not sure, ask them, you will discover that they rightfully value actions that you take for granted.

A script is an extremely helpful tool to use when you are making calls, meeting peers at an industry tradeshow, or preparing for an interview. Verbal profile statements should communicate three key pieces of information: your name, your area of expertise and related accomplishments. For example

I am OCCUPATION NAME OR JOB TITLE who is interested in finding employment with companies that specialize in SPECIFY. Having worked (or studied) for COMPANY OR SCHOOL NAME the past NUMBER of years, I have expertise in TWO OR THREE KEY AREAS.

Cold calling can be effective, but taking time to contact the people in your existing network may be less intimidating and can bring about the same results. Practice your speech with friends and family, or record it on your answering machine, and listen to it.

Plan to practice your introduction the next time you meet a new contact. Then, plan to tweak sections that you found too chatty or sentences that did not flow. In time, you will find using your power introduction effortless and the associated rewards beneficial as you manage your career advancement.

Brenda Koritko is the author of I Manage Me Career Planning a timely ebook providing techniques to help you achieve your immediate career goals with benefits throughout your career. http://www.imanageme.com

Are you looking for a job or waiting for a job?

Are you looking for a job -- really looking? Or are you simply waiting for employment to fall into your lap?
If you're like about 75% of the job seekers I've met over the past nine years, you're probably doing too much waiting and not enough searching.
Stop.
Now.
Instead, here are two ways to be more proactive -- and much more effective -- in your job search.

1) Stop waiting for job leads to appear. Start making your own.

Here's a real estate analogy that directly relates to your job search. (Trust me.)

Where would you rather buy a 3-bedroom house, in Japan or the United States?

Considering the price would be about $2 million in Japan vs. about $200,000 in the US, you'd likely opt for an American home. And why is Japanese real estate so pricey? Mainly because only about 15% of Japan is habitable. The remaining 85% of land there is too mountainous to build on. So prices are driven into the stratosphere by the intense competition for prime real estate.

Well, the traditional employment market is just like Japanese real estate.

Advertised job openings -- those listed on the Internet or in newspaper classifieds -- are only about 15% of the market. Yet, this is where about 80-90% of job seekers spend most of their time looking … so the competition is fierce. And, like Japanese real estate, you are far less likely to find what you want.

It's far better to spend most of your time looking for jobs that are not advertised, since you'll have less competition.

And how can you find unadvertised job leads? The two best ways I know are:

1. Calling employers to ask for an interview
2. Networking more effectively

Since so many people get networking so wrong, I'll tackle that one next …

2) Stop waiting for people to hand you job leads. Start networking right.

Here's a recent email from an unhappy job seeker with a common -- and completely wrong -- negative attitude about networking:

Past experience has shown that most people will only help you when it directly benefits them, such as when there is an incentive hiring plan. For many years, I have tried to keep in touch with numerous people I knew very well. Most refuse to even answer. No returned emails, calls, etc. If people won't even answer, they certainly will not help you. I would speculate that 98% of the time when I contact past acquaintances, I get the cold shoulder.

Jim, Pennsylvania

Like most job hunters who network unsuccessfully, Jim is asking the wrong questions. And getting the wrong answers. And not getting hired.

Instead of, "Why won't anyone return my calls or give me job leads?" Jim (and you) should ask, "How could I give people a reason to contact me with job leads?" This simple change in mindset will make all the difference. Try it and see.

Here are more questions to ask yourself if your networking is not panning out.

- How can I make networking a two-way street, and do something that benefits the people I want job leads from?
- What news/tips/advice/suggestions could I give to people in my network FIRST, which would ethically obligate them to help me in return?
- Who else could I be networking with?
- How many new people have I met this week who could give me job leads AFTER I help them out in some way?

I've said this before, and I'll say it again: Networking is like skiing. If you give up and say, "It didn't work for me," it's because you weren't doing it right. Period.

Here's hoping these two ways to uncover job leads and network better will help you get hired fast. Now, go out and make your own luck!

Kevin Donlin is President of Guaranteed Resumes. Since 1996, he has provided job-search help to more than 10,000 people. Author of "51 Ways to Find a Job Fast -- Guaranteed," Kevin has been interviewed by USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, CBS Radio and others. Don't miss out. Learn more about his Instant Job Search System.

I Hate My Job: Do What You Love Or Love What You Do?

Just by observation and the feedback I get, I must say there are more people out there who say "I hate my job" more than “I love my job”. Perhaps what is more frustrating is that most of these people do not really know what they want, spend too much time talking and complaining rather than acting upon their dreams or aren’t even ready for the changes that will take place when they change jobs. Or think about changing jobs.

Passion: Follow Your Passion
Sure, the first thing conventional wisdom or common sense career advice will tell you is to follow your passion. Especially when you are one of those who complains about “I hate my job” constantly. The cliché advice is that when you do what you love you need not work another day of your life. That is true. But it is also true that many people put here aren’t exactly working out their passion but is enjoying every minute of it.

Let’s face it, the only reason why we read about people living out their passion as what we know as "work" is because it is an interesting story to tell. Everybody loves motivating stories like that so the media features them - the investment banker who became a scuba dive instructor full time, living in a chalet facing the beach and drinks juices with little umbrellas in them! More romantic so to speak.

The problem is that when you complain about “I hate my job”, and when you read stories like that you fail to see what is the process that person living his passion went thorough in order to get there. It could take years and years of hard work, href="http://www.career-success-for-newbies.com/seven-habits-highly-successful-people.html">conviction and patience. Not including lots of disruption in life that a 800 word magazine article does not cover.

So, before you say “I hate my job and I want to live my passion” again, let’s stop and think what you are ready for. Now, I am not saying that you cannot, should not and will not live your dreams. In fact, I encourage you to. I am merely saying, please be ready for a lot of uncertainties that will come along with discovering yourself and what you love doing.

Passion and Vocation
There is nothing wrong with pursuing your passion and making that passion your work. One thing you need to think clearly about is the fact that, just as there are many facets to your live – you may have many passions too. So, which one are you going to pursue and which will give you the kind of monetary returns you are willing to sacrifice for? Passion and vocation are very different things. One is perhaps, for the ease of discussion a hobby - the other is work. Let’s be clear about it each time you say, “I hate my job”.

If you want to pursue your passion as work - what have you done about it? Let’s make sure your dreams meets with action. That’s what is real. If you want to own an online store to sell cell phone accessories, what have you done about it? Have you researched enough? Have you tried getting a part time job in a store to get some experience? Spend some time doing some experiments and test to see if you like it. Test to see if your commitment matches your conviction before you say, “I hate my job.”

Sometimes you maybe good at something but you do not have passion for it. But one can find new passions. Have you tried loving what you do? Millions of unsung heroes who do not get featured in magazines and books out there love what they do. What they do may not be what they have a passion for, but they gradually learned to love it and love the role of that work in their lives. And one may add, their role of at work and the role of that work to the community that they serve.

Pursuing your passion as work takes sacrifice. Sure, it is cool to say you are pursuing what you love. But remember that the price of being cool is a lot of sacrifice that you may not even see now. What is the price you are willing to pay to see your dreams or passion to fruition? Those are some of the things they do not write into those cool career-changing articles that you read. Are you read for those sacrifices?

Career success can mean many things to many people. What does it mean to you? You need to find that meaning before you say, “I hate my job.” Perhaps you never did learn to love your job in the first place. Or perhaps, you have been too myopic on your view of what work should be and is to you. Try a different route and see if it works. Do not just sit and complain. Do something about it and remember that change takes conviction, time, patience and hard work.

You can be the person that gets featured in career success articles but remember it takes a lot more that just saying “I hate my job.” It takes action to meet with dreams; conviction to meet commitment, time, patience and working hard to make sure hard work pays off.