Focus on what you can give versus what you can get

I was listening to some of my motivational tapes and this subject came up, and I started thinking how true this can be when looking for a new career.

Of course people want work; they want a paycheck, they want to be productive.

The key is you will receive this if you genuinely give of yourself. If you do, it will come across to the people that want to hire you. They will unconsciously feel that you have interest in them the company and that you have a desire of serving them.

For that service, you will receive the work, the paycheck, and the opportunity to contribute and be productive.

So before you call for a position, or an interview, review in your mind what do you have to offer? How you can benefit this company? This position? What skill, characteristics, and abilities do you have to give?

By reviewing and focusing on those attributes, you will come across as giving of yourself without expecting a return.

Dennis

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Hiring Manager 'just not that into you

Maybe it’s not the recession.

Maybe you just have a “I am everything attitude”.

Hiring managers see right through the pay me now, I will show you what I “bring” to the table later.

There is a fine line between cocky and confident, especially when presenting yourself for positions.

The hiring managers are trying to find people that fit the position. They are looking for all the skills and price range, and someone that will work with their current staff well.

Coming in with “I am everything attitude” or "this position is under me," might make you come across as to good for the company and turn off Hiring managers.

So you know you have all the skills, you probable are over qualified, so how can you present your skills??

If you haven’t noticed, you are being rejected. – just not directly.

You don’t change or feel you need to change.

However, by changing your approach, YOU CAN OPEN DOORS.

There are ways to improve your chances to obtain a job!

Dennis

***COACHING SESSIONS
Coaching is available through any combination of in-person, telephone, or email support.

Are you prepared to navigate the current job market? If you would like to increase your chances and give yourself a real chance to win the next position. I have developed a simple easy to use and affordable product that I sell for $4.99 send me an email and I will tell you more at dennis@apvantage.com

Email me or call Dennis Scherer for more information!
630-571-6025

Recruiter P.H.D.

I understand that things are awful, that the economy is not doing well, that you might have financial struggles. I want to see you succeed.

One way to succeed is not to utilize recruiters, human resource personnel, or any hiring personnel, as your therapist.

Lately, I have been getting calls for positions we have posted and I can tell by their words and their tone that they are frustrated, tired, depressed and stressed.

I understand those feelings. But when you call or get a call regarding a position, you need to keep your personal situation separate from your professional wants and needs.

If you are being contacted and connect with some one this is your opportunity to impress.

You will improve your situation financially by getting back to work.

So, going forward in your search, when you get these calls “act” positive and "focus" on the task at hand, which is to get a new position.

I can tell you that it is one of the most disheartening things I have to do is to tell someone that is not sounding positive that there isn’t that many available positions, or that they are not qualified.

I have been working with a variety people one on one to help them with their psychology regarding their work search and they have seen improvements dealing with their search and just their life attitude in general.

I know it can be rough but if you find you can focus on what you want and strive for it , soon it will come to you. It will take a full time effort, If you find yourself down you might want to search out some help or some groups to get you through these times.

Dennis

***COACHING SESSIONS
Coaching is available through any combination of in-person, telephone, or email support.

Are you prepared to navigate the current job market?

Email me or call Dennis Scherer for more information!
Dennis@apvantage.com
630-571-6025

Total of 2.6 million jobs lost

Below is the latest results from the Labor Department.

I don’t believe it will be getting better anytime soon. So, the question I have for you is what are you going to do to make your self outstanding?

There are companies still hiring, and in the future they will hire again. Are you going to be prepared to stand out above the rest of the crowd? Realize it is a big crowd. Are you going to put in a full day effort, every day?

I read a statisic that less then 10% of people find jobs on the classified ads, this includes Monster, Careerbuilder, and the internet postings. Let us say the statisic is wrong and 15% of people find jobs online. That still leaves 85% of the job openings being filled in other ways.

Do you how those other 85% of others are getting noticed? Do you know other ways of being hired besides internet? If you are getting calls on your resume or even interviewing, are you getting hired? Why not?

As a career coach I will ask you, when would now be a good time to get yourself some help? Do you buy a book, join a club, get advice, or hire a coach? I have had people tell me I can’t afford it. Well, you can’t afford not to have it.

I hope you have found my blog useful, and maybe I can help you one on one in the near future.

Dennis



BREAKING NEWS
updated 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The U.S. unemployment rate bolted to 7.2 percent in December, the highest level in 16 years, as nervous employers slashed 524,000 jobs. The labor market is expected to remain weak as mass layoffs continue.

The Labor Department's report, released Friday, underscored the terrible toll the deepening recession is having on workers and companies, and highlights the hard task President-elect Barack Obama faces in resuscitating the flat-lined economy.

For all of 2008, the economy lost a net total of 2.6 million jobs. That was the most since 1945, when nearly 2.8 million jobs were lost. Although the number of jobs in the U.S. has more than tripled since then, losses of this magnitude are still being painfully felt.

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Election Day

The choice is between two candidates. The choice started off as many more. I am curious what made us choose these two. What is going to make us choose out of these two.

So what made the difference? Is it something you want to move toward or something you want to move away from? Is it what you hear? Is it what you see? Is it what you feel?

Do you make your choice on their past performances?

Do you make your decisions based on some one else’s opinion, your family, the media?

Do you make your decision because that’s the way we have always done it?

So how did they impress you? Or is it that the other choice is not as impressive?

So what is it that makes you make that choice?

The reason I bring this up is that this is the same decision making process that hiring managers go through when they are deciding who to hire.

More then likely something about one of these candidates made you feel good. Made you feel you are making a good decision.

Just something to think about when you are campaigning for a new position.

Dennis

Please, keep the resume

If you are going to send a resume this bad, don't bother calling to follow up!

OBJECTIVE:
My objective is to find me a form of employment, I have certain skills in allot of fields that might be useful in the area of the job that i am applying for. I currently am in school for certifications that are needed to get me a better form of employment. I was employed from January of last year to December of this year. The reason that i am not employed anymore is because the owner decided to go back in to his old country to live out his retirement days. Now i'm back out looking for me another form of employment, My duties at the job in which i was previously employed was Technician,take phone calls,salesman. The reason that i had so many titles is because the owner found out that i could do other duties that came useful in the envoirment of work. I was okay with it, and i know if my previous boss was still here in our country i know he would highly recommend me. I am a easy guy to get along with, and get along with others. I always leave room to learn something new so i am willing to sit and listen to what my instructure is telling me because i know when i get out in the field i don't want to make any mistakes.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
I have made many accomplishments in my life. My latest personal accomplishment I have just learned how to install an engine inside of a car. This is my latest accomplishment. These are some of the accomplishments that I have achieved. I now know how to install cable lines through an entire house, I have learned how to type not excellent but really well now, i have no idea how much i can type a minute now but if i had to guest i'l say about 40 maybe 50 words per minute, this is just a educated guess. I can really do almost anything with my hands. Theres always room to learn new things. I hope that the form of employment that will hire me teach me new things to learn or the things that i already know help me and the employer. An accomplishment that I really need to try and get is the ability to write a good resume. Right now i go to college part time to try and accomplish certifacations to show employers what i am able to do,instead of employers going off word of mouth.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Technician,Salesman,Customer Service,Stock.
My duties was to install and rearange the store for the owner to see fit. I installed cable lines, Installed televison wall mounts. I also installed electrical outlets and ran lines for the electrical outlets. I built walls for the inside of the store to block off what the owner did not want the customer to be able to see. I took all phone calls no matter what I was doing, that was my responsibility to answer the phone and deal with the people. I had to interact and socialize with all the customers that came inside the store to get whatever. I also was the salesman i had to sale most of the items in the store because i was in charge of three departments in the store,Clothing,Housing,Accessories, I was in charge of these areas because the owner saw how well i reacted wit people, and how I was able to talk with the customer like we was friends known for years. Since these was the departments with the most population in the store and how i was able to handle it I was put in charge. There was other departments also those was just the departments i was chosen to run.

EDUCATION:
I currently go to a community collge so that i can get credits so tha i can go into a University. I have a long way to go until that will com up so i am seeking employment so that i can work myself through college. My field of study is left open because currently while i'm in this community college i'm taking classes like Math classes and English classes because these classes offer the most credits and if i get enough credits when I go into the University then they will benifit me there. I currently hold a 3.6 gpa at this school and hoping that this will all help out for me in the long run.

INTERESTS:
My interests are to reintroduce myself to the working world. I just go to school and do nothing else except for personal things like installing my new TV or doing some car work or something like that. It's no need for me to be sitting around the house in a world that we live in today. I feal like that the demand for certain items and also other things that Americans want is in high demand, I want to be that person that brings it to them or calls for that certain item that they want. I feal that the demand in our society for certain things are very high and it is better to me to be out working in this fast paced world other then sitting on my couch waititng until i have to go to school. I only go to school twice a weak, all the rest of the weak i feal that i am letting life past e by. I am used to working , being in the work field and i would like to stay in that field.

KEYWORD SUMMARY
I am a indivusual that would like to reintroduce myself into the workforce. I go to school two days out of the weak in the evenings. I would like to be a part of this fast paced world that we all currently live in. I have certain skills that vary by which catogory in which my skills will be needed. I can do allot of things with my hands, I would like to think that I am almost excellent with using my hands. I am also good with my min. I would like to say that I am also almost excellent with using my mind and I am able to sit down and learn something new I have no problem with learning somwthing new. I am a cool gut to get along with, rarely in trouble, almost never in trouble. Nevr in trouble with the law I have a clean name and I am also a clean person well dressed and well spoken.