The Job Search: "It’s lonely out there – and scary too." This is the reaction that most displaced employees have when suddenly finding themselves out of work. For many, the task seems like “Mission Impossible”.

It's discouraging, isn't it? As you are probably aware, you share this plight with many of your fellow displaced workers. Don't be too hard on yourself. It's rough out there right now. It's probably worthwhile to get a more complete idea of the current employment situation.

 

 

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The good news is that solid professional help is available. ​TAG provides counseling services designed to take you from where you are today to success in obtaining the "Job of their Dreams." I tell each of my clients that this is a custom tailored approach that can include some -or all- of the following:

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In depth assessment of where you are.


This exercise will help you get clear on such items as:

    -Are you “crystal clear” on your objective?

    -Do you know exactly the job you are seeking?
    -Will you be pursuing multiple different jobs at the same time?
    -Are you seeking something completely different from where your "experience

     base" is?
    -Do you currently have a job search plan in place?
    -Are you totally satisfied with it?
    -Is it written, prioritized and dated?
    -What results have you been getting:
       -How many interviews with different companies?
       -How many multiple interviews with one company?
       -Are you satisfied with the number of interviews you are going on?
       -What are the parts of your job search that are going well?
       -What are the areas where you feel you need improvement?
       -What parts of the job search make you feel most uncomfortable?

Development of a Job Search Plan.


This is customized activity based on the results of your assessment. In some cases, the job search plan will have to be built “from scratch”. In other cases, all that will be needed are some minor modifications and help with the parts of the job search that are causing discomfort. Some of those things might be

     -Executing a contact plan

     -“Tweaking” the resume to make sure your accomplishments come through

     -Practice interviews.

In all cases, however, it is important that all the key aspects of the job search are addressed. Some of the items to be addressed will be:

• An in-depth, results-oriented, prioritized, dated, written job search plan.
        -Key Point about the Job Search Plan: This must be your plan. I will provide

         advice and counsel but, in the end, you have to “own” it. For this reason,

         discussion and disagreement will be encouraged – actually demanded!

         If you agree to something you don’t believe in and to which you are not

         completely committed, failure is assured.
• Continuous activities designed to help the job seeker get crystal clear on "you"
• Fine tuning one – or several – resumes designed to have positive impact on the person to whom it is sent
• Development of a contact list of at least 80 pair of eyes and ears to help in the job search
• Development of a crisp professional phone presentation to give to each and everyone on your contact list
• Insuring that your resume incorporates on paper all the things you have reviewed with your contacts on the

   phone
• The "care and feeding" of your contacts
• Identifying and committing to at least 3 and no more than 4 methods of job hunting.
• Reviewing and fine tuning your methods for researching a company prior to contact and prior to the interview
• Practice, practice, practice with me on both the job interview and the contact phone presentation, several of

  which will be videotaped.
• Anything else necessary to insure success – and I’m sure there will be plenty more

• Regularly scheduled one-on-one meetings.

In these meetings we will jointly review the plan, discuss obstacles encountered and ways to overcome these obstacles and, where necessary, revise and revamp your plan. We will also spend time finding ways to increase the effectiveness of the job search and do whatever is necessary to move steadily toward the objective – the “Job of your Dreams."

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Major Point:

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In addition to the above, I will provide two other services that I think are critically important in accelerating success in the job search:
• Motivator / Cheerleader - I consistently tell my students, "I have a much higher opinion of you than you have of yourself." I will strive to help you continually feel better about yourself both as a human being and as a resource for any company that is lucky enough to hire you.
• "Nudge!!!" - I call this the “Jiminy Cricket” factor. I will serve as your conscience, task master and general all around pain in the neck. Once you have committed to doing something, I will endeavor to use all my powers of persuasion, pleading and, yes, nagging to insure that you follow through.
 

                                                           

                                                                Consulting Fee:        $600