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June 2009
We've had a beautiful weekend and I hope you took the time to do something that was perfect for you. It's so easy to get caught up in never ending work, or worry and struggle to get a job if you are out of work, but you still need time for you. It's been a busy month for me again - as you can see below 7 times on the radio, including one 45 minute appearance, and I've contributed to two articles which have appeared in print and more should be out next month.
I've enjoyed using Twitter, it's quite liberating to just write a short post, and it's so immediate. In Mid May we were at our first festival of the season and we were hit by a mini tornado. I tweeted about it and within a couple of hours was phoned by a journalist and on Radio 5 live!
Alongside promoting How to Get a job in a Recession I've also been finalising my next book - Wining Interview Answers for First Time Job Hunters. This book, plublished by Trotman will be out in August and is targetted at school leavers.
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Quote
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'All of us do not have equal talents, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talents'
- J F Kennedy |
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Last month I said I was going to start a virtual (and actual) job club. There are not enough hours in the day for me to get this started, so this is going to be delayed. I can't do everything I want to do so I'm having to prioritise, with a forthcoming holiday - We're going travelling around Scotland, including going to Rockness, I'm now booking clients in my diary for later on in June.
In this months issue:
I hope you have an enjoyable June,
Kindest
regards,
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Twitter
I'm now getting into Twitter, and trying not to make too many tweets. I've had to unfollow some people as they seem to tweet several times an hour. If you would like to follow me, I'd be be happy to follow you. Denise Taylor wasn't available so I have opted for Amazing People instead and you can find me at: http://twitter.com/amazingpeople
Twitter can also help you to find a job. I blogged about this and you can read it here
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Networking to get a new job
Most people look for a job online and in newspapers, but that's what most people do, so it's the most competitive way to get a job. When I work with graduates and people seeking to change careers I suggest that they
- Do online research
- Undertake fact finding interviews
- Undertake unpaid work experience
Research has found that as more people go into higher education it is getting even harder to gain entry to the professions – it really is a case for many of “who you know”.
Unpaid work experience is now the route in to so many jobs, particularly but not only into media jobs. Undergraduates seek out internships, and career changes seek out some work experience. You need to find people willing to take you on and you can often get this via people you know, or who know people you know. In well to do areas getting a weeks work experience is a sought after prize in a raffle.
But there is another way…
You need to be proactive to find people to talk with and who may help you. I personally act as a connector with people I work with. Having worked with so many people for so many years I know many people and because I have helped others in the past, they are also willing to help others. It is very informal and I think that’s the benefit of this.
Sometimes it is also how you can help others, and the ‘what goes around comes around’ concept so see how you can help others through your connections and it can come around and help you too.
There is a way you can help yourself, and I talk people through how to do this. You can read more in my Networking for Career Success eBook and the Informational Interviews eBook and you can also read about this in my new book.
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Featured
Product: How to get a job in a recession
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Order the book and get all the forms included in the book as a downloadable PDF for free, You just need to forward me your Amazon receipt. The eWorkBook is sold for £5 on my web site. The workbook means you don’t need to write in your book, and you can print out as many copies of each form as you need.
Review of the book:
Denise's informative, friendly and easy to read style means this book isn't heavy going but manages to cram in more information, hints and tips than you thought possible in a book of this size.
It is clear from the start, Denise is speaking from years of experience and shares this with the reader. From reading this book, I understood more about the job hunting/recruitment process and what I needed to do to be ahead of the game than I ever got from speaking to friends, family and reading articles on the web.
This book is an investment in your future. However, buying the book will not get you a new job, it isn't magic! Denise makes it clear that job hunting takes effort and although the requirements on you are clear as you read the book, she can't do the work for you!
Having read the book as soon as it arrived in the post, it is now a key reference book which I can 'dip into and out of' as I work my way thorough the different recruitment stages. I am sure I will be referring to this 'manual' for many years to come.
Read more praise for the book at: http://www.howtogetajobinarecession.com/advancedpraise.html |
If you have bought the book I'd appreciate you either putting a review on amazon or voting for the reviews you think are best - thank you x
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Who are you? Would reflection help?
This article follows on from a blog posting (see below) which was written after reading an article in The Times - How losing your job can become a journey of discovery
For so many people, (including me and you?) our job is a key aspect of our lives - we are defined by the work that we do.
To lose our jobs is a rejection, and for people that have been successful it can be hard to accept. Psychotherapists will talk about abandonment and childhood. Who are we when we are no longer the job role?
A lot of support available, such as with Outplacement Consultants and career coaches will ignore these underlying elements, and indeed much of the work I do with clients is future focused. But sometimes people want to focus on the past, to understand why they are the person they are and learn acceptance.
This isn’t something many of my clients want to do with me - taking the time to explore deeper is going to take time and cost more, but for some people taking more time to explore who they are adds great insight to a typical career coaching programme.
As I’ve moved into my more recent phase of my life I’ve been interested in exploring deeper why I’m the person I am, and have moved from having a coach to a therapist. I'm finding it helpful to explore deeper issues.
We can spend so much time doing and striving and sometimes this is so we switch off the inner voice inside us that seeks something different. It can also be down to another voice that tells us to achieve, maybe the only love someone got as a child was from having done well at school so seeking out this reward again.
My academic record and career history means that I'm seen as successful but I, like many others, want to be known from more than our career. Interestingly as I'm exploring this with my therapist, I'm working with some clients who also want to take the time to reflect.
There's an interesting exercise you can do if you want, to write your obituary.
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What do you think people will write about you when you are dead?
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What would you like them to write about you?
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If it's different what are you going to do?
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In
the Media in May
Articles
Sky Careers - Bad Careers Advice and how to recover from it
Sunday Mercury - You're Hired
Radio - you can access some of the interviews via the links
26 May 2009 - Commenting on unemployment figures and job search on the Dean Sullivan Show, City Talk Radio
16 May 2009 - Radio 5 Live, discussing the mini tornado at Bearded Theory Festival
7 May 2009 - Motivating staff at work on The Paul Jacobs Show, City Talk Radio
6 May 2009 - Job hunting tips on the Dean Sullivan Show, City Talk Radio
5 May 2009 - Guest on the Steve Kitchen lunch time show on Radio Gloucestershire
Plus 2 sessions on the Radio Gloucestershire Mark Cummings Breakfast Show on the 15th and 18th May |
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What
Denise did last month
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- Wrote 27 entries on my blog
- 120 tweets on Twitter
- 30 client sessions
- Started marketing my book - How to get a job in a recession
- Completed the manuscript for my second book - Winning Interview Answers for First Time Job Hunters
- Went to Bearded Theory Festival and Wychwood Festival
- Started to learn Poi (it's harder than I thought!)
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