Finding all the right published openings Pt . 1

Understand how many jobs exist at your income level

The Internal Revenue Service tells us that 3% of all Americans report income above $150,000. That means 4.65 million jobs exist at this income and above. But on average, they open up only once every 4 years… because this is how often people change jobs. So, in any given week, there are about 21,000 jobs that become available at this income level.

But these are spread among all 50 states, over 200 industries… and all occupations. So, when executives look for a job at $150,000 or $250,000 or more… what are their chances?

How many jobs are out there in the locations where they live… in their career field… and their industries of interest? Relatively few at any one moment. If you are seeking from $50,000 to $100,000… or $101,000 to $150,000, you will experience a similar challenge. Again, the problem is that the jobs are in all 50 states, 200+ industries and in all professions.

(Originally posted on Robert  Gerberg‘s site) Be sure to check out sites from great companies like ERI Personal Marketing and SET Personal Marketing. Or visit SET’s Youtube Channel or ERI’s Youtube Channel.

Making sure you have superior resumes Pt. 8

This third resume makes it easy for you to respond quickly to emerging situations you read about. It positions the text on the right-hand side of the page so you can write handwritten notes and dispatch a resume without a cover letter. Clients consistently tell us that executives respond well to their notes, which cited events that were signals of emerging jobs.

(Originally posted on Robert  Gerberg‘s site) Be sure to check out sites from great companies like ERI Personal Marketing and SET Personal Marketing. Or visit SET’s Youtube Channel or ERI’s Youtube Channel.

Making sure you have superior resumes Pt. 1

Using multiple resumes can bring you much greater response.

This chapter by itself could significantly alter the results of your job search. Here’s why I say this. Over the last 10 years we’ve learned what really works and what doesn’t. In this discussion I will share this with you. 

To appreciate the importance of superior resumes, let’s first talk a little bit about the competition, and why it has devastated so many talented people. And keep in mind that when you look for a new job, you are reduced to how you look on paper.

Today, the number of resumes in circulation exceeds the imagination. GE receives 800,000 resumes a year & but they only hire about 4,000 people. That’s 1 out of every 200. Other well-known firms say they get over 1,000 resumes for every opening. And, when it comes to submitting your resume to an attractive ad & you should know that employers are now getting hundreds of candidates. Leading recruiters, like Korn Ferry and Heidrick and Struggles, now claim to receive more than 1,500 resumes a work day & 30,000 each month.

Unfortunately, despite the enormous competition, many people create a resume, show it to some friends or family members and then assume it’s fine. Ann Landers is famous for many quotes, but one applies here. Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

 

(Originally posted on Robert  Gerberg‘s site)For additional information, check out Robert J. Gerberg Jr.’s LinkedIn, follow on Twitter, friend on Facebook, watch the videos or read additional blogs.

Sell Your Transferable Skills & and You Will Dramatically Expand Your Marketability Pt. 11

Experience factors

Achievements in international
Acquired operations
Aggressively managed new inventories
Applied leading-edge technologies
Authored major business plans
Avoided chapter 11 filings
Built cross-functional teams
Built loyal teams
Built self-sustaining teams
Built strong marketing alliances
Built strong technical alliances
Chaired civic or social organizations
Chaired multifunctional teams
Closed millions in consumer sales
Closed millions in corporate business
Closed under-performing operations
Coached winning teams
Conceived innovative promotions
Conducted major seminars
Consulting firm experience
Corporate officer level achievements
Designed efficient systems
Developed strategic alliances
Developed new systems
Directed diversification
Directed startup
Division officer level achievements
Enhanced corporate image
Entrepreneurial experience
Established new standards
Experience with market leader
Experienced at change management
Experienced at cost control
Experienced in growth firms
Experienced with regulatory agencies
Formulated top policies
Fortune 1000 experience
Handled strategic planning
Have had P&L responsibility
Helped clients grow revenues
High-tech experience
Implemented sweeping changes
Improved customer relations
Improved productivity
Improved sales / profits
Increased shareholder value

(Originally posted on Robert  Gerberg‘s site)For additional information, check out Robert J. Gerberg Jr.’s LinkedIn, follow on Twitter, friend on Facebook, watch the videos or read additional blogs.

Sell Your Transferable Skills & and You Will Dramatically Expand Your Marketability Pt. 10

200+ skills & experience factors that employers want. Which ones describe you?

Skills & capabilities cont.

Highly articulate
Highly charismatic
Highly competitive
Highly professional
Highly social / outgoing
Highly organized
In-depth technical knowledge
Industry leader
Innovator / imaginative
Inspire others to top performance
Instincts for what will sell
Introduce change smoothly
Intuitive decision maker
Know international markets
Knowledge of key markets
Likable, friendly
Loyal
Make forceful group presentations
Meet demanding objectives
Motivator
Natural leader
Operations-oriented
Perfectionist
Perform against tight deadlines
Persistent
Personal contacts for new business
Plan major conferences
Precise thinker, logical
Problem solver
Proven record of success
Public speaker
Quick thinker
Recognized authority in my area
Relate easily to people at all levels
Reliable / responsible
Remain calm under pressure
Resourceful
Risk taker
Seasoned competitor
Self-motivated
Sense of command
Sense of humor
Shirt-sleeve approach / hands-on
Simplify complex problems
Skilled at governmental affairs
Skilled at union relations
Skillful / seasoned negotiator
Sophisticated
Source of ideas that work
Special visual and design taste
Strong at consumer selling
Strong at corporate selling
Strong executive image / presence
Strong group communicator
Strong social skills
Strong theoretical grounding
Strong verbal communicator
Successfully promote new ideas
Superior sales closing skills
Superior writing skills
Synthesize diverse ideas
Tactician / strategic thinker
Troubleshooter / problem solver
Verbally persuasive / compelling
Versatile
Very personable & good-natured
Very positive / upbeat
Visionary
Well-respected
Willing to try new approaches
Win cooperation at all levels
Work alone or as part of a team

For additional information, check out Robert J. Gerberg Jr.’s LinkedIn, follow on Twitter, friend on Facebook, watch the videos or read additional blogs.

Who is Robert J Gerberg

Robert J. Gerberg is among America’s top authorities on professional career hunting. Over 7 million copies of books and programs he has created are currently in circulation. His ideas have been monu-mental in helping millions of people throughout the world looking for a better career. In more than 25 years he has authored dozens of books and media presentations.

Included publications are; The Professional Job Hunter’s Guide, The Professional Job Changing System, An Easier Way to Change Jobs, Sixty Great Letters Which Won New Jobs, $100,000 and Above—The New Realities of Executive Job Hunting, 15 New Rules for Job Hunting Success and many others. He has also published complete job hunting programs. These include The Career Advancement Series… a package of 28 small booklets on vital job hunting subjects. In addition he has authored programs that have consisted of six to sixteen audios… supplemented by eight specialty publications. These include TAPIT, The Personal Marketing Program, The Executive Job Changing System and others.

Over the years, hundreds of thousands of these programs have been used in outplacement and job hunting assistance programs by institutions ranging from the U.S. Marine Corps and the CIA through major universities, associations and numerous Fortune 1000 corporations.

Initially with GE before becoming a U.S. Air Force officer, Bob Sr. was briefly with Honeywell before starting his career with major food companies, including positions as VP of Marketing Services and Assistant to the Chairman of a Fortune 500 firm. Active in the career field for over two decades, he licensed a system for executive job searches to career firms worldwide… from 1987 to 1997.

With the emergence of the Internet, he was the architect of a new approach to finding positions… a system now used by all divisions of the firm’s parent company.

Through JMAC (Job Market Access Center) the firm focuses on pioneering technology break-throughs that make job hunting faster. Other divisions include an e’cruiting division, a global professional resume writing service, and the world’s premier firm specializing in management of job campaigns and senior executive out-placement.

These divisions are contacted by more than 1,200,000 professionals each year. And, over 35,000 complete profiles for our e’cruiting division each month. Here, they detail their credentials and search activity. More than 15,000 people are also engaged in private discussions each month. These first-hand experiences are the basis for the many statistics cited in this text.

Mr. Gerberg has a B.A. from Colgate University, a year of studies in the United States Air Force, an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and advanced studies at MIT, sponsored by PepsiCo.