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Sacramento Professional Network

Sacramento Professional Network. Business Cards for the Job Hunter aka Networking Cards aka Resume Highlights Cards aka The Mini Resume. Overview. Share information on business (networking) cards and spark ideas for your job hunt

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Sacramento Professional Network

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  1. Sacramento Professional Network Business Cards for the Job Hunter aka Networking Cards aka Resume Highlights Cards aka The Mini Resume

  2. Overview • Share information on business (networking) cards and spark ideas for your job hunt • Provide a context to discuss how SacProNet.com can be used as a collaborative tool • Propose the 15 minute (maybe 30) format for presenting job hunting information • And as a volunteer organization • Take what you want • Leave what you don’t • Provide feedback and enhancements if you want to

  3. Business Cards as the Mini Resume • Can use key components from your resume • Can use the front and back of the card • They are the currency of the business world • a resume says job hunter (nuisance, pest) • a business card says colleague or peer • may help even the playing field if only slightly • Core tool for networking and finding the hidden job market • Part of an overall marketing campaign – brand yourself

  4. Additional Benefits • Limited space forces you to focus on the key things you want to say about yourself • Less physical space leaves less room to provide potentially damaging information – like gaps in employment • Focuses more on who you are and what you want to do, less on what you did • It is another kind of “in” that can help bypass the traditional HR weeding out process • At our experience level business cards are appropriate – conveys professionalism, seriousness • May provide relief for a hiring manager or recruiter overwhelmed with resumes • Can carry cards with you at all times

  5. Samples Front Back

  6. More Samples

  7. Vernon Miller Project Director Finance and Information Systems combining diverse business and technical knowledge to achieve project success Folsom, CA 95670 phone: (916) 826-9867 miller.vernon@sbcglobal.net MBA – Finance MCSE, MCDBA Selective Accomplishments • Built and managed IT project teams of up to 20 people in a variety of development environments and across multiple industries • Rescued a government transportation asset management system project, reducing operating expenses by over $1.2 million annually • Migrated an e-commerce startup focused on electronic exchanges to a lower TCO platform saving $1.5 million • Developed a professional services organization for a startup providing B2B and B2C electronic billing solutions Skills and Knowledge Areas • Aptitude for leading technical talent • Technical: ERP, business intelligence and reporting, database • management and web applications • Industries: Financial Services, Government, Transportation, • e-Commerce, Manufacturing, Data Processing Even More Samples Sacramento Professional Network “Hire Experience” SacProNet John Plane President www.sacpronet.com Cell 916-201-3333 planeaj@aol.com Front Back John Plane planeaj@aol.com Cell 916-201-3333 www.linkedin.com/in/johnplane www.SacProNet.com Resume Committee Chair

  8. Couple of “Out There” Samples

  9. Specifications / Checklists Reference checklistBusinessCards.doc on website for a detailed list

  10. Design and Buy Online Online Only • VistaPrint: www.vistaprint.com • Zazzle: www.zazzle.com • Moo: www.moo.com • Plastek Cards www.plastekcards.com Environmentally friendly: • GreenerPrinter: www.greenerprinter.com • Pixxlz: www.pixxlz.com • Local and Online • FedEx Office: • www.fedex.com/us/office/ • Office Depot : • www.officedepot.com • Office Max: • www.officemax.com • Staples: • www.staples.com

  11. Make Your Own Requirements • Computer • Software • Word • Publisher • Avery DesignPro • Visio • Photoshop • PaintShop Pro • Printer • Laser – b&w • InkJet – color • Templates • Microsoft • office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/ • Avery Stock – a Standard • www.avery.com • 5371 – laser • 8371 – inkjet color • 8871 – inkjet color Examples and templates are posted on the website

  12. Combination • Design your own on your own computer / software • Word • Publisher • Take file to local printer for printing • Flash drive • Email • Printer will do final formatting • May receive a file back for future use • Fast turn times

  13. Electronic Business Cards (EBC) • vCard format • Virtual card • Internet standard for exchanging business cards • .vcf – virtual card file format / extension • Using Microsoft Outlook • Create an entry in Contacts with your own information • Add it to your email signature • Recipients can automatically load your information into their contacts from the attached .vcf file • Training • Microsoft website – http://office.microsoft.com/training/ • Search phrase: “create and use your own electronic business card” • Alternative media • Mobile / Cell / iPhone • Twitter • Web

  14. Comparison Matrix Note: if you create your own cards you will have the benefit of being forced to test / refine your computer skills.

  15. Ideas for Using Business Cards • Networking events • Meetup groups • www.meetup.com • Search for local professional networks • Include with all correspondence, including bill payments back • Include with hand written thank you notes following interviews • Place on bulletin boards at restaurants, supermarkets, libraries, and your children's schools? • Place a stack in your local dry cleaner? • Business card magnets? • Have them with you all the time, use them anywhere and everywhere

  16. The SacProNet Website www.sacpronet.com A Starting Point Links To … On Website Combination

  17. Collaboration • We work mostly in Microsoft Office – leverage it • SacProNet.com can provide a central storage area for member contributed content • Members can also go to the website and download these files for their own use • Files posted: • Presentations • Templates • Checklists • Samples • Links

  18. Where on the Website? Menu: Member > Job Resources > Business Cards or URL: http://www.sacpronet.com/businesscards

  19. Proposal - The 15 Minute Presentation • Monday morning presentation format • Get in • Quickly share ideas • Get out • Get a job • Standardize (brand) all SacProNet.com presentations on a common theme or template

  20. Subjects for Presentations • Personal website • Get content ideas from Corporate Warriors – www.corporatewarriors.com • Groups – meetup / trade / user • Use of social media in the job search • Online resources for the job search • Networking • Finding the hidden job market • How to use career events • Job training / continuing education • How to use SacProNet.com • Cover letters • Resumes • Working with recruiters • State employment • Unemployment insurance

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