Russ Haines is a Certified Professional Résumé Writer and a career coach.  He has appeared on ABC Action News as a  subject matter expert and works closely with Jobing.com, WorkNet Pinellas conducting seminars and workshops to help unemployed professionals secure employment.

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How much does it cost to learn how to find a job? 

How much does it cost to learn how to find a job?  $1000.00 a week for a $52,000 a year job.  It equates to how much salary you are not earning!

How long does it take to be hired?  About 30 minutes.

How long does it take to find a job?  Avg. 6 weeks for every $10,000 in desired salary, $50,000 will take 30 weeks.

How long does it take to get in front of key people?  One week if you know how to find and contact these individuals.

If you haven’t had any serious meetings/interviews and you have been looking for more than 6 weeks you could use some help.

Developing and executing a job search strategy is key to meeting people and finding the job in the shortest amount of time possible.  Everyone who wants to work will find a job; how long do you want to be out of work?  The main reason it takes as long as it does to find a job is that the majority of job seekers  learn how to find a job through trial and error.

First Lesson is the Résumé, many books, blogs, websites, friends and business people offer advice on how to write a résumé.  From a generic point of view, the advice or steps are accurate, however most self-written résumés read more like an obituary and look like the thousands of other self-written résumés. 

Second Lesson is the proper use of the résumé, when do you send it and to whom do you send it?   This may seem to be a simple problem to solve, however the résumé being used incorrectly can close more doors than it opens.  How many opportunities did you miss and what is the real cost of an average résumé or a great résumé being used incorrectly?

Third Lesson is the Cover Letter, this document needs to be more than an introduction, it must pique interest, motivate the reader to want to talk to you or read your résumé.  Many job seekers also need to learn when a cover letter should be sent with a résumé, sending the cover letter with a résumé at the inappropriate time will close more doors than it opens and will extend your job search.  Along with cover letters is the proper construction and use of the thank you letter.  If your thank you letter doesn’t say more than thank you, you will be closing doors.

Fourth Lesson, the job interview, and how many first interviews have you had?  How many second interviews have you had?  The delta between the two is very telling; in general you should be called back for a second interview 90% of the time.  If this is not the case, job interview skills may need to be sharpened.  Job prospecting skills may also be a problem, however at this point it will take a number of missed opportunities to determine where the problem lies.  How much time, lost wages and loss of real dollars are you willing to pay to learn this lesson?

Fifth Lesson, networking skills. Virtually every self-help, book or blog touts the importance of networking.  There are a number of networking forums dedicated to job seekers.  These include leads groups that cater to small business owners searching for new business.  There are chambers of commerce meetings, professional association meetings that can be helpful to the job seeker if they know the secret to mining these opportunities.  Learning where to go and what to do can be a costly lesson. How much time and effort will be expended to learn proper networking techniques through trial and error.

Sixth Lesson, research skills.  Research skills as it relates to a job search are critical to conducting and efficient job search.  What resources are available to find company, industry information and where do you find this information? 

How do you use this information to move your job search forward?  Learning the answers to these questions will shorten the amount of time it takes to find a job.  There are a number of resources available at no cost that can provide the information you need to be prepared for a job interview.

These are the basics steps, tools and skills necessary to find a job.  Mastering these skills sooner rather than later (trial and error)  will reduce the overall time to find a job as well as lower the overall cost of being unemployed.  Contact me to find out how you can learn these skills and get back to work sooner rather than later.  Make an investment in yourself to learn how to find a good job in the shortest amount of time possible.

ATTENTION JOB SEEKERS ECI GOES MODULAR & HAS SOMETHING NEW FOR YOU!

A modular approach to your job search, learn what you need to learn, save time and money. Get the edge you need!

ECI is now offering a la carte services to the job seeker.  ECI has expanded its portfolio in response to the recent unemployment numbers.  The new service is designed to assist the job seeker become re-employed quickly at the salary they require.

The a la carte service will provide the job seeker with the tools and skills necessary to be competitive in this difficult market at very affordable fees. Remember if you are out of work and not earning money it is costing you the equivalent of your weekly salary to learn how to find a job through trial and error.  Make the investment to learn what you need to know with a fee structure that will allow pay as you go.

Contact me for details

ECI will continue to offer Executive Level Career Transition services to the displaced executive.

The most important first step in presenting yourself to a potential employer! 

Every job seeker needs a top shelf résumé that represents the value of what you bring to a potential employer.  Make sure your résumé is up to the task of getting the interview!  A relatively small investment in yourself will ensure you are presented as a high-value individual.  When the odds of being found on the internet are a million to one, your résumé needs to be one in a million!

Benefits of my service:

CPRW, Certified Professional Résumé Writer trained in writing all forms of résumés from high school graduate to PhD.,

A résumé written for you that introduces you to the market showing your best attributes,

Solution based, shows that you are a problem solver,

Targeted towards your goals and objectives,

Free updating service to keep you current throughout your career,

Résumé development process will prepare the foundation for your interviews,

Personal service, including a one-hour meeting to discuss your career goals,

Formatted and structure to highlight the good and downplay the problems,

Discounts on other services offered to help your job search to be rewarding and completed in as little time as possible,

Posting on a private website with a personal url to give you total control over who sees it.