Interviewing And Resume Building

Your job searchYour job search

Presented by:

Bruce FieggenVice President of Project Management

Thursday, August 27, 2009

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• Who’s looking for a job?• Where are jobs advertised?• How to make a good resume• Where should you post your resume?• Networking• The Phone Screen• The Interview• After the Interview

AgendaAgenda

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• 9.5% unemployment?

• …or more

Who is looking for a job?Who is looking for a job?

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Where are jobs advertised?Where are jobs advertised?

• Paper

• Career Site

• Job Boards

• Organization Sites

• Career Fairs

• Universities

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Your ResumeYour Resume

• What is the purpose of a resume?

• Getting an interview

• Exaggerate

• Explain in the interview

• Lots of key words

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The Job Description StyleThe Job Description Style

Operations Quality Manager / Quality Systems Manager at Stryker Howmedica Osteonicso Re-design of the Process Validation procedure and system o Process Validation system management, and training o Review and approval of process validation protocols o Management of Documentation Control and Change Control systems o Management of Design Control System

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• So What?!

• Maybe you sucked at that job, that’s why you’re in the job market

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• Review and approval of process validation protocols…

• …took so long reviewing and never approved anything so they fired me

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The Impact Statement StyleThe Impact Statement Style

• Reviewed and approved process validation protocols, maintaining a consistent 2-day turnaround, while adding FDA perspective

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• Three elements to the Impact Statement Style

• P

• I

• R

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mpact

esult

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• Problem is usually implied

• Documents require review, projects hit snags, something needs to be done

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• Impact is what you did about it

• May be only one word but make it a power word and place it first in the sentence

• Reviewed

• Created

• Designed

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• Result is the part lacking in most people’s resumes

• Try to make this a number of some kind

• This is the reason the last company hired you

• This is what makes you special

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• Resolved major product and process failures pinpointing and permanently eliminating root causes

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WorkshopWorkshop

• Create one Impact Statement and share with the class

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The ParagraphThe Paragraph

Ultimate responsibility for all strategic training and development programs and processes throughout the global organization. Directs the headquarters based Training and Development team. Manages the training activities of subject matter experts in manufacturing, sales, marketing, engineering, quality system, IT, and other cross-functional areas. Develops and delivers international sales and product training programs throughout North America, South America, Europe, South Africa, China, Japan, India, New Zealand, and Australia. Facilitates and/or conducts corporate training programs, such as Leadership Development, Front Line Supervision, Tools for Profit, Project Management, and the Microsoft Office Suite of programs. Team leader for HR Personnel and Training within the corporate project Operational Excellence.

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The ParagraphThe Paragraph

Did you get that?

Or was it just one big, black, block of text?

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The Impact StatementThe Impact Statement

• Designed a 5000 sq. ft., full service Corporate Training Center to centralize learning and demonstrate an organizational commitment to workforce development

• That’s what she was most proud of

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The One Page ResumeThe One Page Resume

• Only if you have no relevant experience

• If you’ve worked three relevant co-ops, go ahead and move halfway onto the second page

• Don’t fill up the second page until you’ve been in the industry 5 years

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Where do you post your resume?Where do you post your resume?

• Monster

• Dice if you’re in IT

• Six-figure jobs

• Career sites

• Where are you most likely to get a job?

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NetworkingNetworking

• 75% of jobs are obtained through networking

• Use networking groups– LinkedIn– University– Organizations

• Build your own network

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The Network InterviewThe Network Interview

• No job on the table

• No pressure

• Less than 20 minutes

• Get more names

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Phone ScreenPhone Screen

• They are looking for a reason not to get you in for an interview

• Don’t give it to them

• Switch to a land-line

• No distractions

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Company ResearchCompany Research

• Read their Web Site

• Who’s who?

• Find recent articles

• Formulate at least two questions

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The Actual InterviewThe Actual Interview

• Dress for success

• Early is on time

• Keep your hands free

• Firm Handshake

• Who talks most…loses

• Be honest

• They are looking for fit, not just abilities

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The Thank-you letterThe Thank-you letter

• Less than 20% of people I interview send one

• So use it to stand out

• It makes a difference

• E-mail is fine

• Why?– Answer those questions you flubbed during

interview

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NegotiationsNegotiations

• The time to negotiate is before you accept the offer

• Nobody gives you their final offer first

• Negotiate more than just money– Vacation– Benefits– Start date– Sign-on bonus– Review date

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Questions?

Thank You!

Bruce Fieggen

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