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Monster Secrets An Insider’s Guide to Getting the Job. Dan DeMaioNewton December 2009. Current Local Labor Situation What’s Going on with Unemployment Monster Secrets Insider Insights to Getting the Job. Agenda. The Latest from the Unemployment Front.
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Monster SecretsAn Insider’s Guide to Getting the Job Dan DeMaioNewton December 2009
Current Local Labor Situation What’s Going on with Unemployment Monster Secrets Insider Insights to Getting the Job Agenda
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?
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? 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 • Register: Members have the ability to fully engage. Non-Members can view content, but not engage. • Participate: Share job leads, create events, engage with others, ask questions • Learn: Set up your RSS feeds to be proactively notified of updates. Read on you mobile phone, Online, and emails • 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
Career Snapshots Career Snapshots A research tool that standardizes thousands of job titles and allows users to research occupational descriptions and data. 20
Career Mapping Career Mapping A patent-pending, career exploration tool developed froma decade of resumes. 21
Career Benchmarking Career Benchmarking An assessment tool that helps candidates measure themselves against othersin their industry, location or job. 22
Next Steps Go to www.Monster.com and Try PowerSearch. Send me your feedback (dan.demaionewton@monster.com)
The Power of the LinkedIn JobsInsider Widgethttp://www.linkedin.com/static?key=jobsinsider_download • Search Monster.com for jobs • View a Job • 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 Search • Recruiters 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)
Resume Naming Mistakes • Using your Name Only • Sounding Desperate • Telling Nothing • Dating Yourself • You are only a Title • Typos • Too Cute