Archive for July, 2009

During this call, I provided a quick overview of the online career community, a job campaign update, and actions the participants needed to take. During the Q&A session, I explained how the participants could create their own job market and maximize their success with job postings.

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Episode II: “How to Use LinkedIn Like a Headhunter” of the Career Factory Talk Shows is tonight at 8PM-9PM CST. Ron Nash, author of “How to Find Your Dream Job; Even in a Recession”, is the guest speaker.

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Now is the time for job seekers to position themselves for the last round of employment during the Fall of 2009. Once the holiday season arrives, job seekers (who are still available) may have to wait until after the beginning of 2010 to land their next opportunity. Feeling this urgency myself as a job seeker, I want job seekers to join me on Monday, July 20^th as we work to have our dream jobs created for us. To accomplish this, we will focus on two areas: job postings and hiring managers.

There are 5+ alternative ways you can apply to suitable job postings instead of applying blindly. These techniques can tremendously increase your application to interview conversion rate. I have provided three of these techniques in the training center wiki. The other 2+ techniques are reserved for participants of the “8 Weeks Till Our Next Job” campaign.

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Episode I: “How to Create Your Own Job Market” of the Career Factory Talk Shows is tonight at 8PM-9PM CST. David Perry, co-author of “Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 2.0”, is the guest speaker.

This episode will be interactive with plenty of time for participants to ask David career/job search questions. I encourage all job seekers or interested individuals to participate.

You can participate by dialing 347-838-9326 and selecting the option to speak with the host (if you will like to ask questions). You can also email your career search questions to kac@kenrickchatman.com as well.

With 14.5+ million Americans searching for work (and monthly net job losses), this is probably the most difficult time since the Great Depression to acquire a career/job. Likewise, as a fellow job seeker, I have created a free or charitable online community to unite job seekers and career experts – to help as many individuals possible land their next opportunity. Below is more information for the Career Factory weekly talk shows, the online career community (July 15^th completion date), and the “8 Weeks Till Our Next Job” campaign.

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