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The
Executive Connection SM
a publication of The Virtual Executive
Coach SM
"Vision + Accountability = Success!"
www.virtualexecutivecoach.com
June, 2010
In This Issue:
1. Preview
2. Executive Summary
3. Are CareerBuilder and Monster Worth It?
4. Helpful Hints
1. Preview
The Executive Connection explores the creative and analytical
process of business development, team-building, and executive
development. We are an interactive community of executives
and small business owners who desire to network with like-minded
high-performance executives to enhance our knowledge,
skills, and aptitudes in the competitive business world.
Published monthly, the Newsletter offers coaching suggestions
around the topics of: business development, financing,
marketing, networking, incorporations, mergers, human
resources, governmental regulations, and tax laws. Topics
are presented from the perspective of Keith Barton and
represent only his ideas on creating and running your
business.
Because we are an interactive community of executives
and business owners, other viewpoints are welcomed and
may be printed in future monthly newsletters with permission
from Keith Barton.
2. Executive Summary
June, 2010
Dear Executive Connection Subscriber,
This month's newsletter features: Are CareerBuilder and Monster Worth It?
3. Are CareerBuilder and Monster Worth It?
Fortune 500 has an interesting article this month by Jena McGregor who quizzed
senior-level job seekers who spend three hours daily on job boards, only to get little
feedback and even fewer offers. Generally these two behemoth sites are "where everyone
goes after a layoff." However, fewer than 13% of those on these sites received offers
which is not a good return on your time investment-time you could spend networking
with people in your LinkedIn network, church, civic group, or family and friends.
McGregor offers four strategies for getting back into the workforce:
- Use the aggregators simplyhired.com
and indeed.com:
These two URLs search thousands of job boards and employer sites for free.
Both tell you what LinkedIn contacts you have at a company posting a job
from your alma mater to like interests.
- Make yourself reachable:
Half of those seeking jobs never respond to emails.
Todd Barone of Integris Consulting Group suggests
signing up for professional association directories:
CPA associations, non-profit executive directors,
professional trade organizations.
- Look for leads:
Try to find someone in the company that is a LinkedIn
acquaintance to offer an introduction for you; this
saves time from breakfast group meetings and Chamber
of Commerce meetings who are more interested in offering
free workshops than networking jobs for you.
- Watch for sales pitches on the "big boards":
Most of which are multi-level marketing scams. If you get contacted generally
they want an initial investment and you might find yourself buying into a franchise
you know nothing about.
Seventy-five percent of Monster's job seekers already have a job.
Companies seeking mid- to
senior-level executives follow passive leads which targets people who have jobs who may want
to move to a different corner office. These "job switchers" greatly inflate Career Builder and
Monster's stats in finding jobs for folks who just want a better job.
Ninety percent of all job leads do not come from job boards--they
come from social contacts. Forget Facebook which is a
time waster of minutia that no one reads; look for upstart
company, Brightfuse
which has three million users (compared to LinkedIn's
55 million).
Another interesting
article in the same Fortune issue by Ken Dychtwald who
has made himself an expert on boomers and aging. As any
career coach will tell you, the task is not simply rewriting
your resume, but rewriting your life.
He has three suggestions:
- Reframe what work means to you.
Do you want to turn a hobby into work after retirement from the corner office?
Perhaps you want to start volunteering at a local charity and use your new network
to parlay into a part-time job.
- Don't play the youth game.
Use your gray hair (or no hair) and conservative dress to advertise that you're
older, wiser, and more selective about your future time contributions to society.
SCORE (Senior Corps of Retired Executives), SBA workshops, helping at a local job fair
are interesting ways to meet people and offering your talent gratis. Stress your good
judgment in managing others, brainstorming and business development skills.
- Target industries with older clients:
Like adventure
travel, luxury cars, lifelong learning seminars, retail
for seniors, retirement seminars and coaching.
If you don't mind some shameless marketing look at my
book, Retirement is for Sissies, available on
Amazon.com
or BN.com
on how to turn your retirement years into fun and profit
while living below your means with less stress and more
time for family and friends.
Helpful Hints:
- Go to a retirement seminar at your local college or university for job leads,
lectures, and new networks of people your own age. Many alumni groups offer these
services online.
- Go to an SBA seminar on how to start a business with governmental assistance.
Minority-owned businesses receive tax breaks and incentives that minimize risk.
- Hire a career coach, who specializes in retirement issues; I'm available but go
visit www.coachfederation.org
for a listing of career coaches who can offer insight
into job strategies for redesigning your personal
and job goals after retirement.
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About Keith Barton, Ph.D
Dr. Barton received his Ph.D. in 1972 from the University
of Texas at Austin and has been a practicing therapist
for over thirty years. He is a graduate of MentorCoach
and is accepting new clients.
He has been an adjunct professor at the University of
South Carolina, consultant to Fortune 500 companies in
executive development, founded and managed Texas Community
Living Ventures, Inc., in 1986 for providing group home
services to persons with mental retardation. Keith founded
and has been running a clinical practice in Northwest
Houston since 1990.
He writes part-time with the goal of completing one novel
a year. His desire to coach others derives from his passionate
interest in helping others become attuned to their creative
powers of storytelling.
Dr. Barton has training in coaching, cognitive and family
therapy and health psychology. He has published articles,
made presentations and conducted workshops about:
Small Business Development
Employee Wellness Programs
Anxiety and achievement
Stress management
Self-esteem
Communication skills
Leadership styles
Core values in the workplace
Executive Development
High-performance groups
Physician support groups
Writer support groups
© 2010 The Virtual Executive Coach SM
and Keith Barton.
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