Unemployment Survivors Guide Part 7: Top Recruiter and Business Development Perspective
We conclude our
#UenemploymentSurvivorsGuide series with a 1 on 1 interview with a
professional recruiter to learn more about how we should be
targeting roles, preparing our resumes, engaging our networks and
conducting the interviews, along with some info about what happens
behind the scenes at a recruiting firm.
Unemployment Survivors Guide Part 6: Networking on Social Media
This #UESurvivalGuide is designed to provide tools and resources to optimize your journey so that you can glean expert advice from industry leaders and avoid stumbling in the dark on your own. Our series started out with how to build your foundation in this time with your finances and health insurance. Then, we took a turn towards an introspective view of what makes you brilliant. As Matt Gagnon shared, your gifts make you unique. Other people don’t have your gifts, and so the world is counting on you to show it and share it. Help other people by utilizing your gifts, just like you need other people to utilize their gifts to help you. Our purpose in life is to serve others. That is what networking is all about.
Unemployment Survivors Guide Part 5: Updating Social Media Profiles
This #UESurvivalGuide is designed to provide tools and resources to optimize your journey so that you can glean expert advice from industry leaders and avoid stumbling in the dark on your own. As an integrated and marketing management professional, I understand the power of an online presence. How companies present themselves online make a lasting impression on their customers, competitors and overall market place. Their core online branding element is its website. They own this space and have complete control over what is included.
Unemployment Survivors Guide Part 4: Updating Your Resume
This #UESurvivalGuide is designed to provide tools and resources to optimize your journey so that you can glean expert advice from industry leaders and avoid stumbling in the dark on your own. My expertise within marketing typically falls within branding, design and content. I’ll touch on all those within this article on resumes, but we will all rely on other expertise to provide insights into what hiring managers, recruiters and other critical gatekeepers look for to get you in the “Yes” pile and out of the Recycle bin.
Unemployment Survivors Guide Part 3: Building Your Personal Brand
This #UESurvivorsGuide is designed to provide tools and resources to optimize your journey so that you can glean expert advice from industry leaders and avoid stumbling in the dark on your own. Unlike the previous couple of articles, this one will include many of my own perspectives, but do not fear, it also includes the input from other, more well-known professionals on the topic.
Unemployment Survivors Guide Part 2: Health Insurance Options
#UESurvivalGuide is designed to provide tools and resources to optimize your journey so that you can glean expert advice from industry leaders and avoid stumbling in the dark on your own. Survivors come out of ordeals stronger on the other side. You are a survivor and can do this. We are going to provide the education and tools you need to not merely survive, but come out stronger and better than before. This guide assembles elements and sources to educate and provide you with the necessary information to do what is best for you and your respective families.
Unemployment Survivors Guide Part 1: Start with Your Finances
You're unemployed – now what? You have two primary choices. You can choose pain and rejection, feelings of hopelessness and helplessness. However, there is a better option. You can take this time to do what you can to minimize the immediate impact and utilize the time and resources at your disposal to find the strength to keep going, as well as rediscovering your purpose to come out of this possibly better and stronger than before.