Breaking Work

Today I’ll be speaking with Janna Kefalas….Janna is a Certified Professional Career Coach and former recruiter who helps frustrated job seekers find a job they love. She works one-on-one with clients, providing them job search and networking strategies that tap the hidden job market. Aside from career coaching, she has a background in recruiting and HR in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors. -Tell me first, of your last few clients how are they landing jobs…? -What are the most common mistakes unemployed job seekers make? -What are the first steps you need to take when you're unemployed? -How do you address your unemployment status on LinkedIn? -How do address it on your resume and cover letter? -What steps should you take to find the right opportunities? -How can you stay up-to-speed in your industry? -How can you use social media in your search? -How can in-person networking help your search? -How do you stay motivated when your search is slow-going? -Favorite story?

Today I'll be speaking with Janna Kefalas….Janna is a Certified Professional Career Coach and former recruiter who helps frustrated job seekers find a job they love. She works one-on-one with clients, providing them job search and networking strategies that tap the hidden job market. Aside from career coaching, she has a background in recruiting and HR in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors. -Tell me first, of your last few clients how are they landing jobs…? -What are the most common mistakes unemployed job seekers make? -What are the first steps you need to take when you're unemployed? -How do you address your unemployment status on LinkedIn? -How do address it on your resume and cover letter? -What steps should you take to find the right opportunities? -How can you stay up-to-speed in your industry? -How can you use social media in your search? -How can in-person networking help your search? -How do you stay motivated when your search is slow-going? -Favorite story?

Brian Howard is a Certified Career Management Coach, a Certified Job Search Strategist, a Certified Professional Resume Writer, and an actively practicing executive recruiter. He has helped thousands of job seekers over his 24 year recruiting career. It is from this experience and knowledge that he wrote The Motivated Networker. He’ joins me on the phone now from Kansas City MO Of your last few 2 clients who landed jobs...how did they get them? (tell us the story of how they found the job & got hired) In your book, The Motivated Networker you provide a definition for networking that I’d like you to comment on. You defined networking this way: Professional networking is developing and maintaining reciprocal relationships with other professionals that over time could result in career or business opportunities. The power of your network is measured by the number and quality of relevant relationships you have. 2. You write about a Networking Mentality and you identify several attitudes that can make your job search networking more effective. Can you talk about those attitudes? 3. It’s a well-accepted fact that networking is one of the most effective methods to land a new job. ...why is networking so effective? 4. In your book, you talk about two levels of networking connections – one is your “Cabinet”, the other is your “Sales Company.” Can you talk about both, starting with your Cabinet? What is a Cabinet? 5. What is your Sales Company? 6. What are somethings a job seeker needs to do to prepare for successful networking? Elevator speech, exit strategy...what lse 7. In your opinion, what are some fertile networking groups?

Brian Howard is a Certified Career Management Coach, a Certified Job Search Strategist, a Certified Professional Resume Writer, and an actively practicing executive recruiter. He has helped thousands of job seekers over his 24 year recruiting career. It is from this experience and knowledge that he wrote The Motivated Networker. He' joins me on the phone now from Kansas City MO Of your last few 2 clients who landed jobs...how did they get them? (tell us the story of how they found the job & got hired) In your book, The Motivated Networker you provide a definition for networking that I'd like you to comment on. You defined networking this way: Professional networking is developing and maintaining reciprocal relationships with other professionals that over time could result in career or business opportunities. The power of your network is measured by the number and quality of relevant relationships you have. 2. You write about a Networking Mentality and you identify several attitudes that can make your job search networking more effective. Can you talk about those attitudes? 3. It's a well-accepted fact that networking is one of the most effective methods to land a new job. ...why is networking so effective? 4. In your book, you talk about two levels of networking connections – one is your "Cabinet", the other is your "Sales Company." Can you talk about both, starting with your Cabinet? What is a Cabinet? 5. What is your Sales Company? 6. What are somethings a job seeker needs to do to prepare for successful networking? Elevator speech, exit strategy...what lse 7. In your opinion, what are some fertile networking groups?

Recruiter Pete Radloff joins to talk about mistakes that he looks for on resumes that will kill your chances of getting an interview. This is a MUST listen! Bio: Pete Radloff has 15 years of recruiting experience in both agency and corporate environments, and is the Principal Technical Recruiter at comScore, as well as a Lead Consultant for exaqueo. Pete’s experience stretches across several areas of talent acquisition, including recruitment and sourcing, social media, employment branding, recruitment operations and the training and mentoring of recruiters. He's known for his pioneering sourcing techniques, exceptional knowledge of the college market and his honest writing in numerous recruiting publications. You can find him on twitter @pjradloff -I think the key phrase in all that is “all resumes look alike” right? -What/s the first thing that turns you off….(missspellings) -Bolding without borders…? -One page lifetime? -How do you feel about those who get creative and add logos, headshots or other unique designs to their resume? -What’s the most memorable resume that has ever come across your desk...can you describe it? -Who’s better at writing resumes...recruiter or a resume writer? -How can job seekers make sure their resume is seen by a human when applying online? -Last words of advice?

Recruiter Pete Radloff joins to talk about mistakes that he looks for on resumes that will kill your chances of getting an interview. This is a MUST listen! Bio: Pete Radloff has 15 years of recruiting experience in both agency and corporate environments, and is the Principal Technical Recruiter at comScore, as well as a Lead Consultant for exaqueo. Pete's experience stretches across several areas of talent acquisition, including recruitment and sourcing, social media, employment branding, recruitment operations and the training and mentoring of recruiters. He's known for his pioneering sourcing techniques, exceptional knowledge of the college market and his honest writing in numerous recruiting publications. You can find him on twitter @pjradloff -I think the key phrase in all that is "all resumes look alike" right? -What/s the first thing that turns you off….(missspellings) -Bolding without borders…? -One page lifetime? -How do you feel about those who get creative and add logos, headshots or other unique designs to their resume? -What's the most memorable resume that has ever come across your desk...can you describe it? -Who's better at writing resumes...recruiter or a resume writer? -How can job seekers make sure their resume is seen by a human when applying online? -Last words of advice?

Jeff Kavanaugh is a Managing Partner and also leads campus recruiting efforts at Infosys (one of the world’s largest IT consulting firms with over $9bn a year in revenue) and is also an Adjunct Professor at The University of Texas. He's a part-time farmer, history buff, and tennis fanatic. But his real passion is consulting.

We’re going to talk about how today’s college grads can better prepare themselves for entering the job market.

- You meet with hundreds of new grads each year...What ar

Jeff Kavanaugh is a Managing Partner and also leads campus recruiting efforts at Infosys (one of the world’s largest IT consulting firms with over $9bn a year in revenue) and is also an Adjunct Professor at The University of Texas. He's a part-time farmer, history buff, and tennis fanatic. But his real passion is consulting. We’re going to talk about how today’s college grads can better prepare themselves for entering the job market. - You meet with hundreds of new grads each year...What are the traits you look for in new hires? - How do you look for these traits? favorite questions….? What are the best ways to train critical thinking skills? - What are the most common mistakes you see in recent grads? - If you were giving advice to your 20 year old self, how would you prepare for the current job market? - Do you think unpaid internship are a good idea for young people? - How can young people figure out the best career direction? Future jobs..robots - What do you teach in your UT class to prepare students for the job market? - Why do you think the educational system doesn't prepare students well?

Robert Moment. Robert is an interview coach and author. He specializes in job interview coaching ideas, tips and strategies that help ambitious people get hired for jobs and make more money. He is the author of several books including InterviewTips and soon to be published, How to Answer Interview Questions…

Listeners should stay tuned to the end of this podcast for details on how to get a free copy of Roberts new book. We’ll be giving away a few copies.

1. Lets start by Defining Personal Branding?

Robert Moment. Robert is an interview coach and author. He specializes in job interview coaching ideas, tips and strategies that help ambitious people get hired for jobs and make more money. He is the author of several books including InterviewTips and soon to be published, How to Answer Interview Questions… Listeners should stay tuned to the end of this podcast for details on how to get a free copy of Roberts new book. We'll be giving away a few copies. 1. Lets start by Defining Personal Branding? 2. What are the key benefits of Personal Branding? 3. How can you gain visibility and credibilty with Personal Branding? 4. How can you get more job interviews and job offers using Personal Branding? 5. How do you use Social Media for Personal Branding? 6. What are some of the Do's and Don'ts of Personal Branding? 7. What are the keys to Personal Branding success? 8. Can you share some tips for building a strong online Personal Brand? 9. What is the first step our listeners can take to start building their Personal Brand? 10. Last words of advice for our listeners on Personal Branding ?