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How to survive – and thrive – in your Transition

How to survive – and thrive – in your Transition. Tom Dannemiller tcdannemiller@yahoo.com. North Coast Calvary Chapel Career Transition Workshop. So who is this guy anyway?. In transition since 1991 Engineer by training Held executive positions in Product development Sales

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How to survive – and thrive – in your Transition

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  1. How to survive – and thrive – in your Transition Tom Dannemiller tcdannemiller@yahoo.com North Coast Calvary Chapel Career Transition Workshop

  2. So who is this guy anyway? • In transition since 1991 • Engineer by training • Held executive positions in • Product development • Sales • Manufacturing • Owned a small business • Consultant • On the board of a non profit

  3. Transition Resume • Longest transition – 2 yrs • Everything that you are concerned about has happened to me • Now • I have the job I want making the money I want • I have time for my family, and to give back

  4. What is Transition • Moving from one Stable place to another • Everything is Temporary

  5. The Employment Situation is Improving – Though not for Everyone

  6. It Helps to Have an Education

  7. Reasons for longer transitions • Bad economy • Technology change • Outsourcing • Structural unemployment

  8. How do we take advantage of this transition opportunity?

  9. Take a moment

  10. Take stock

  11. Manage Your Situation • Financially • Needs vs wants • Options for short term cash • Pray

  12. If you have family members • Talk with your spouse • Shared plan • Talk with family and others directly affected • State the facts • Explain changes • Ask for help

  13. Upsides of transition • Time • Focus • Hurry is a waste of time in transition

  14. Evaluation • Think about why you lost your job • Hard assessment of your • Job performance • Skill set • Attitude • If you came up lacking, Why? • What can you do about it?

  15. Do you want your job back? • Were you happy in your old job? • Did you like your lifestyle? • Did you like who you were in that job? • Were your family relationships what you wanted?

  16. Dream • What are you doing? • Environment • People • Pace • Commute • Time • Money

  17. Is your dream job even a job? • Consulting • Entrepreneurship • Non profit • Portfolio employment

  18. Can you Freelance ? • oDesk • Elance • Gigwalk • It is not just for Creatives anymore.

  19. Gap Analysis • What prevents you from getting there? • Skills? • Circumstances? • Location? • Are you the person you saw? • What was different about that person? • Catalog the gaps – this is what to work on

  20. What Now? • Now the fun starts! The life plan • Research options • Where do you want to work? • What do you want to do? • How do you want your life to change? • Back to school? • Grants in aid?

  21. What Now? • Feed your body and your soul • Exercise • Prayer • Read the Bible

  22. What now? • Feed the mind: Upgrade your skills • Study trade publications • Study the market for your industry • Learn something new • Take a class • Learn new software • Upgrade your Microsoft skills • Increase your internet presence • Linked in • Klout • Blog

  23. Start now – It will not get easier

  24. How I spent my week

  25. The Oddball • Of my last 6 jobs in 16 years • I did not apply for 5 of 6 • 5 of 6 did not exist before I got there • 2 of 6 jobs I never interviewed for • 3 of 6 my references were not checked • Are you an oddball?

  26. Food for Thought • There are 63 companies in SD county with 500 employees or more • There are 3175 companies between 50 and 500 employees • There are over 25,000 companies between 5 and 50 employees

  27. Food for Action • The larger the company the more sophisticated and rigid the screening process • The larger the company the better trained the interviewers

  28. So….. • Most companies have less effective hiring processes • Most interviewers are not well trained or confident Therefore…. People rely on referrals • How do I get referred?

  29. Networking • Networking is helping people • Find a way to make yourself useful • Find a problem that you can solve • Coach • Intern • Consult

  30. Networking • Get yourself in front of people who can help you • Invest if needed • Professional organizations • Trade groups • Meeting with other unemployed people is useful, but not as effective.

  31. Networking • Invest in relationships • Build trust • Help with no expectation of return • Look through your address book • Call just to say hi Don’t ask for a job Don’t ask for a reference. See how you can help them • Repeat consistently

  32. Elevator Speech vs. Brand Statement • Elevator speech • 20 seconds to tell who you are and what you are looking for

  33. Elevator Speech vs. Brand Statement • Brand Statement • 7 words (or less) to make people curious and engage in conversation

  34. Forbes 3 Questions • Interviewed top recruiters • Heidrick & Struggles • Cornerstone International • Korn Ferry • Can you do the Job, • Do you want to do the Job. • Can we tolerate working with you?

  35. Be Not Afraid

  36. Contact Us • Tom Dannemiller • tcdannemiller@yahoo.com • 760-519-2230 • Donna Dannemiller • ddannemiller5@gmail.com • 760-419-6211

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