Job Search Fundamentals Webinar

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Job Search FundamentalsWebinar

• February 23, 2009
• By Kathryn Ullrich
• Associate Director of Alumni Career Services
• UCLA Anderson School of Management
• Questions or feedback on alumni career services?
  Contact
• alumni.career.services_at_anderson.ucla.edu or
  310-825-8216

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Overview
Alumni Career Services provides the resources for
alumni to manage professional success. This
presentation shares steps of a Job Transition and
some resources available.

• Self Assessment
• Define and articulate your brand
• Research and Targeting
• Define your target industry and role, long term
  and short term
• Determine a target list of companies and people
• Networking
• Resume Writing
• Interviewing, Getting an Offer/Making a Decision,
  Negotiating

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Self-Assessment
Job fulfillment comes from playing to your
strengths, interests, core values and culture
fit. Whether you take 5 minutes/weeks/months,
take some time for self-reflection.
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Self-Assessment
Use self-assessment of your accomplishments and
value to define your personal brand.

• Idendify accomplishments using PAR/STAR/SOARS
  these become anecdotes for your resume and during
  interviewing (Problem, Action, Results or
  Situation, Tasks/Obstacles, Actions, Results,
  Skills used)
• Identify your personal brand through
  understanding your characteristic, features,
  skills, talents, knowledge, interests,
  differentiation, value.
• SELF-ASSESSMENT RESOURCES
• Birkman
• CareerLeader
• MBTI (Do What You Are by Tieger)
• Strength Finder 2.0
• http//alumni.anderson.ucla.edu/career/

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Research and Targeting
Determine your long term career and short term
job objectives the strategic plan for your
career.
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Research and Targeting
Determine the industry/positions that would hire
you then identify target companies and people
within those companies.
Enterprise Software In Financial Services
Services Companies
Billing/Payments/eWallets
Fair Isaac MSCI Barra Oracle Pega
Systems SAP S1/Edify
Clickshare Digicash Ebay Billpoint,
Paypal eCharge EntryPoint iBill iPin Passport Qpas
s Trintech Trivnet WebCash Xoom
Accenture ADP Bearing Point Experian First Data
Corp Visa
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Research and Targeting
Use research and targeting to take a rifle
approach instead of the shotgun approach that
most job seekers use.

• RESEARCH AND TARGETING RESOURCES
• Companies
• Business Journals Book of Lists
• Chamber of Commerce
• Industry reports Investment bank, Gartner
• Professional associations, trade
  magazines/websites/newsletters
• Rosenfeld Library
• Hoovers
• Wetfeet, Vault
• ReferenceUSA, Factiva, LexisNexis
• People
• UCLA Anderson database
• LinkedIn
• ZoomInfo

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Networking
Networking is the ability to connect, create,
build and maintain relationships. Your network
will continue to grow and give beyond job search.

• Who
• Friends, colleagues, classmates and other UCLA
  Anderson, professional associations, non-profit,
  activities everyone you meet
• What
• Practice your 15, 30, and 60 second pitches and
  tell everyone
• Im looking for an entertainment business role
  like VP Corporate Development or VP Business
  Development leveraging ten years of Disney
  experience.
• Share your longer pitches if they are ask for
  more information
• How
• Practice listening and getting the other person
  to talk
• What do you hear about trends in this industry?
• Who do you consider experts in this
  industry/space (company or people)?
• Buddy system Id like to introduce you to Jane
  who is an expert in

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Networking
Use networking to learn information about an
industry or company and extend your network of
individuals aware of your brand.

• Informational interviewing
• Use to gather information on industry trends,
  your fit within an industry/role, other companies
• What is it that you want to learn from this
  meeting?
• What can you share that takes the conversation to
  an interesting business discussion?
• Take job search out of the equation during
  informational interviews!
• Listen to others about their work and be
  genuinely interested
• Identify ways to assist the other person
  networking is a game of karma
• NETWORKING RESOURCES
• Networking events, professional associations,
  non-profit organizations
• LinkedIn, Yahoo Groups
• Quintessential Careers, The Riley Guide, Weddles
  Association Directory
• http//alumni.anderson.ucla.edu/career/

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Resume Writing
Resumes describe your experiences and should be
tailored to the context of a job specification.

• Resume objectives 1) generate interest and get
  an interview, and 2) provide background
  information during interviewing/decision process
• Sections of a resume tailored to job
  specification and your brand
• Contact information Name/phone/email/address
• Objective and/or summary
• Experience
• Education
• Additional
• Rules of thumb
• 1 page of resume per 10 years of work experience
• A recruiter spends 10-15 seconds reading your
  resume
• Targeted cover emails should briefly describe
  you/your brand and why you are fit
• RESUME WRITING RESOURCES
• http//alumni.anderson.ucla.edu/career/
• In Search of the Perfect Job by Clyde Lowstuter
• UCLA Anderson experienced resume book

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Interviewing to Offer Negotiating
Additional resources are located on the UCLA
Anderson Alumni website for Interviewing, Making
a Decision and Negotiating. Start with interview
preparation and practice.

• Interviewing requires
• Preparation
• Answer sample interview questions
• Prepare for difficult questions/explanation of
  transitions
• Behavioral/case/other interview formats
• Practice
• Positive attitude (go back to PAR/STAR/SOARS)
• Then practice, practice, practice
• INTERVIEWING/NEGOTIATING RESOURCES
• http//alumni.anderson.ucla.edu/career/
• Mock interviews with career coaches
• Salary.com, Glassdoor.com

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Questions

• Questions or feedback on alumni career services?
  Contact
• Alumni.career.services_at_anderson.ucla.edu
• 310-825-8216