Creative Ways To Find Job

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A Road Map to
Finding a Great Job
(Even in the Worst Econom
PRESENTER: S. Gonzalez
EVENT: Oral Exam & Presentation
LOC.: 10281 Kidd St.
Riverside, CA 92503
DATE: June 30, 2010
TIME: 3:05 p.m.
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Clarity Check
Audience
Expectations
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Agenda
• Public Assistance Stats (Statewide)
• Job Search Techniques
• Understanding your Marketability
• Developing a Plan-of-Action
• Top 10 Create Ways to Finding a Job
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FIRST, THE GLOOMY NEWS…

* Between September 2007 and September
2008, Caseloads Increased:
+15.47% for Food Stamps;
+14.94% for General Assistance;
+5.89% for CalWORKS and,
+5.24% for Medi-Cal
*Source: The California State Association of Counties (CSAC) and

The County Welfare Directors Association of California (CWDA)
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The number of San Bernardino

County residents receiving public
assistance increased from one in
five to one in four, and two-
parent families on assistance
increased by nearly
Source: The California State Association of Counties (CSAC) and The County
Welfare Directors Association of California (CWDA)
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In Contra Costa County, monthly

to their Employment and Human Services
visits
Department increased from 16,400 to 23,000 a
month – a 40 percent increase.
In Solano County,
of the applicants for CalWORKS
reported that they have never
received assistance before.
Source: The California State Association of Counties (CSAC) and
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In Riverside County…
Over 40 percent of the
applicants were requesting
assistance for the first time.
There was a 161 percent

increase over two years in
requests from two-parent
families.
Source: The California State Association of Counties (CSAC) and

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Now, The Sunny News

There is an infinite
number of creative
and effective ways to
find a new job!
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DELIVERY MODEL
Technology
Target Marketing
Planning •Job Sites
•Direct
•Self Assessment •Internal Reference EOBT
•Knowledge, Skills, •E Recruitment System Negotiating
•Abilities •Campus
Job Searching
•Screening
Design Stage •Job Listing
•Resume •Predictive Index Joining
•Cover Letters •Chamber of Commerce
•Online Profi les
Interviewing
•Final Interview
•Networking
•Offers
•Medical Check up
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Create
…
A Target List of Companies:
Create a Wish List of companies fo
which you want to work and target
these in your job search. Find
Information on the web and on the
companies’ websites.
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Establish Critical Contacts…

Reach out to companies once you hav
the list; Use LinkedIn’s companies
section as a tool to find company
information.
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Networking
Follow up by phone with 3
companies that you have already
emailed. Call the person you
emailed the previous week and
restate how your background can
add value.
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Plug Into…
Meet with one person each week who
can connect you to others. Call or
email the person you met with the
pervious week and thank/remind
them.
Meet with people who are also out of work
and exchange ideas on what is working and
not working in your job search.
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Leverage
Employer’s
Needs
Your
Needs
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Social Media
• Flickr
• LinkedIn
• JobMob Facebook Page.
• Twitter
• YouTube – Job contests like Diddy’s Assistant search.
• Brand yourself with a MySpace page related to your expertise
and have your page show you job alerts
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Creative Idea
#10 Do
Volunteer Work
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Creative Idea
#09 Temp
(Don’t Pass Up Temporary Work)
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Creative Idea
#08 Propose a Job
(Offer a Solution, Write a
Business Plan)
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Creative Idea
#07 Pay to be heard
(If you have something unique to offer,
offer to pay a company representative $50
for 10 minutes of their time.
What usually happens? They don’t take the
money and you get more than 10 minutes
to sell yourself to them.)
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Creative Idea
#06 Give Ideas Away
(If you have a business idea for a company
give them a call or write a letter and give it
to them. No strings attached. Use it as a
way to start dialogue.)
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Creative Idea
#05 Handwrite
a Letter (to a
Critical Contact)
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Creative Idea
#04 Reverse
Interview
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Creative Idea
#03 Wear Your
Resume
(Screen-print T-shirts; Car
Magnets, etc.)
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Creative Idea
#02 For the next holiday,
Design a Greeting Card that
Folds out Into your Resume.
Print a supply and send them to every
friend, colleague and business you know.
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Creative Idea
#1 Offer a
Finder’s Fee.
Ofer a free travel package or cash as a fnder’s fee for
anyone who can hook you up with a job. Promote your
fnder’s fee on a personal website, Facebook and/or other
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Staffing Organizations Model
Organization
Vision and Mission
Goals and Objectives
Organization Strategy HR and Staffing Strategy
Staffing Policies and Programs

Support Activities Core Staffing Activities
Legal compliance Recruitment: External, internal
Selection:
Planning Measurement, external, internal
Employment:
Job analysis Decision making, final match
Staffing System and Retention Management
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FIRST, THE GLOOMY NEWS…

*Source: The California State Association of Counties (CSAC) and

The number of San Bernardino

In Contra Costa County, monthly

There was a 161 percent

Source: The California State Association of Counties (CSAC) and

Now, The Sunny News

Establish Critical Contacts…

Organization Strategy HR and Staffing Strategy

Staffing Policies and Programs

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