The Bagley Center: Career Services

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The Bagley CenterCareer Services

• Realistic Strategies for Career Search in a Tough
  Economy

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Intro to Workshop series

• These workshops are designed to instill some
  seriousness about what you will be facing as you
  move closer to graduation
• To create an awareness and provide strategies for
  your career search
• realistic salaries
• job search strategy
• networking and technology
• and waiting out the tough economy with some
  possible sensible options

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Workshop Schedule

• Sept. 24 Realistic Income/Realistic
  Expenseson the website http//www.plymouth.
  edu/career
• view as slide show
• Oct. 15 The Practical Job Search
• on the website http//www.plymouth.edu/career
  
• view as slide show
• Nov. 19 Networking Technology
• on the website http//www.plymouth.edu/career
  
• view as slide show
• Dec. 3 Waiting out the Market Sensible
  Options http//www.plymouth.edu/career
• view as slide show

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Last in a series of 4 workshops

• This is the last in a series of 4 workshops
  ----and for those who have been attending these
  workshops you have heard similar content in the
  beginning of each one
• the Tools to prepare for the job search.
• and then well focus on the workshop which is
• --------
• Waiting out the Market
• Sensible Options

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Tough job market be defensive!

• This workshop series is essentially about being
  defensive in a bad market
• The need for planning in a tough job market now
  more than ever you need an organized plan to
  attack the job market and secure employment
• And what are your options if you dont get that
  job you are looking for within your occupational
  area or degree?

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Employers projected overall increases in
college hiring (2004-2009).

• What does the job market hold for members of the
  Class of 2009?
• The good news? Employers responding to NACEs
  Job Outlook 2009 Fall Preview survey plan to
  increase college hiring for the sixth straight
  year. But how much?

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Employers projected overall increases in
college hiring (2004-2009)

• The bad news? For the first time in that span,
  the projected percentage increase in college
  hiring is below double digits

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Employers projected overall increases in
college hiring (2004-2009

• Current projections are not encouraging.
• Original projections made in August 2008 for the
  Class of 2009 showed promise employers were
  predicting an overall increase in hiring of 6.1
  percent. However, in light of the economy, NACE
  polled respondents to the survey again in October
  2008, resulting in a projected hiring increase of
  just 1.3 percent.

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Employers projected overall increases in college
hiring (2004-2009)According to National
Association of Colleges and Employers CHANGED to
1.3
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Labor Market Demand vs. Supply

• Economic environment moves in business cycles
• Employment or the total number of jobs in an
  economy moves through economic booms and economic
  downturns or recessions, also known as business
  cycles

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Workshop 4 Waiting out the Market Sensible
Options other than the Traditional Career Path

• Core preparation
• Sensible Options
• Maintaining your skill set
• Graduate study/advantage or not

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Core preparation the connection
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Core Preparation Resume Cover letter

• Quality counts especially in tough times
• Both the resume and cover letter MUST be perfect
• --there is no room for error
• --errors will disqualify you as candidate
• How to keep your resume out of the trash
• Video by Careertv.com
• http//www.careertv.com/v2/CareerAdvice.aspx?searc
  hcategoryByCareerAdvicesearchitemResumeeidpara
  m2vidparam29
• (1.37 min)

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Core Preparation Resume Cover letter

• Digital Resume
• Give your resume some added punch against
  electronic screening
• devices by Careertv.com (.30 seconds)
• http//www.careertv.com/v2/CareerAdvice.aspx?searc
  hcategoryByCareerAdvicesearchitemResumeeidpara
  m2vidparam24
• For resume guidelines visit the PSU Career
  Services website
• http//www.plymouth.edu/career/career/resume/Digit
  alResume.html
• Video Resume
• The Vault Video Guide to Video Resumes
• Want to get the edge on the rest of the job
  competition? Then check out this video and learn
  how to create your very own video resume and
  stand out from the crowd!
• http//www.vault.com/multimedia/video-detail.jsp?v
  ideo_id3541cat_id200nameJobSearchandInterv
  iewAdvice
• (Select watch in full screen/ 2.27 min.)

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Core PreparationIf you dont have a job at
graduation.

• Go to your Career Center Bagley Center or your
  hometown campus career center for reciprocal
  services
• Make a plan dedicate effort to the plan map
  out the next weeks and months
• Give it another try pull out the business cards
  from the job fair you attended and make contact
  with employers
• NACE, Job Choices 2009

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Core PreparationIf you dont have a job at
graduation.

• 4. Consider jobs that get your foot in the door
  even if the job isnt a perfect fit
• 5. Re-apply yourself go back to the employers
  that didnt select you as a candidate and
  re-apply stating that you are still interested in
  the company.
• NACE, Job Choices 2009

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Core PreparationIf you dont have a job at
graduation.

• 6. Take an internship or volunteer position
  just because you graduated doesnt mean that you
  cant have an internship. Contact employers to
  tell them youd be interested in a short-term
  commitment and/or an internshipyou may even get
  paid!
• 7. Consider a temporary job this will widen our
  network, and may put your foot in the door at the
  organization. According to the US Dept. of Labor
  many temp jobs are in occupations such as
  technology or health and can offer even higher
  pay.
• NACE, Job Choices 2009

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Core PreparationIf you dont have a job at
graduation.

• 8. Consider part-time work or Contract work
• Lower salary than expected
• The point is to get in the door so that you are
  the flow of job information that becomes
  available and gaining valuable experience,
  contacts, and a broader network.
• 9. Network, network.friends, relatives, parents
  of friends,alumni, professional associations,
  young professional groups, tell everyone in your
  network.
• NACE, Job Choices 2009

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Core PreparationIf you dont have a job at
graduation.

• 10. Explore career options Being flexible if
  you cant find what you want right now careers
  that are related to your major or field use
  them as steps to where you want to go with your
  careerflexibility is key.
• 11. Keep a positive attitudefinding a job is
  hard work!
• NACE, Job Choices 2009

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Change in BA Hiring by Region

• Employment opportunities are shrinking around the
  country. No region seems immune. The large
  companies that recruit globally or across the
  entire U.S. are not decreasing nearly as much as
  regionally bound companies. While reducing
  available positions by 6 and 7, global and
  national companies still expect their average
  hires to be 169 and 106 individuals per firm
  respectively. Among the regions, the Great Lakes
  and South Central will shave 6 to 8 off last
  years recruitment levels. The remaining
  regional employers expect to drop 10 or more.

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Change in BA Hiring by Region

• In the past two years we have been able to
  identify specific regions that seem to be
  expanding at above normal rates of growth. Last
  year, we marveled at the growth in Minnesota,
  Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa. This year proves
  these states are not immune from the contraction
  of the labor market. Few hopeful signs were
  found on the map except for hiring growth along
  the Atlantic seaboard from North Carolina to
  Maryland. Ohio and Pennsylvania also report some
  positive news. 

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Change in BA Hiring by Region

• Is there a correlation between employers hiring
  projections and the presidential election? We
  compared the hiring outlook in states that voted
  for President-elect Obama and those for Senator
  McCain. The outlook in the blue states shows an
  11 decline in bachelor level positions, compared
  to only a 4 decrease in the red states (which
  represented 20 of respondents).

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Change in BA Hiring by Region
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Sensible Options

• Holding on to your career/Maintaining your skill
  set
• Supplement your career skills
• Learn a language
• Shifting to a management role within your own
  career group
• Deepen your credentials
• Choosing recession-resistant careers
• Relocating
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible options Maintaining your Skill Set

• Holding Onto Your Career
• According to career experts at Fortune magazine,
  you can help preserve your current career by
• Aggressively networking your business contacts
• And enrolling in certification or advanced career
  training courses to bolster your skills
• the more hats you can wear, the harder you are to
  replace
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible options Maintaining your Skill Set

• Supplement Your Career Skills
• A way to increase your employment value is to
  train for work that crosses international
  borders.
• For example, marketing or finance professionals
  can enroll in online language classes or
  e-commerce degree programs to qualify for
  international careers where the economy is not
  automatically pegged to the dollar.
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible options Maintaining your Skill Set

• Learn a language
• For example you're in great shape if you already
  speak Chinese and have a business degree. Now
  you're a prime candidate for work with the
  fastest-rising economy on the planet. But you can
  also study Chinese online in your spare time, or
  study another language for work in Europe or
  Japan.
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible Options

• Shifting to a management role
• within your own career group can also be an
  effective hedge against recession--providing the
  field is mostly recession-proof like health care.
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible options Maintaining your Skill Set

• Deepen your credentials
• Since many employers in the finance, marketing or
  health care professions pay full or partial
  tuition for management candidates to pursue
  graduate business degrees, you should hop aboard
  ASAP and deepen your credentials for
  e-commerce.
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible options Choosing recession-resistant
careers

• The following occupational areas are predicted to
  grow by 22 percent during the decade
• Management Analysts-those who help businesses
  stay afloat or slenderize their operations during
  tough times are also going to remain in high
  demand.
• Health care/Medical
• Teaching/Education
• Engineering
• Public Safety/National Security
• Environment
• Manufacturing
• Energy
• Information technology
• Sales
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible options Choosing recession-resistant
careers

• Healthcare/Medical Careers
• People will still need to appointments with
  doctor, the dentist, or the clinic -- none of
  which can be outsourced abroad or handled online.
  
• If you're already a registered nurse, you can
  enroll in an R.N. to BSN degree program and
  increase your value as an administrator.
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible options Choosing recession-resistant
careers

• Healthcare/Medical Careers
• If you already hold a bachelor's degree, consider
  a business degree like an MBA to qualify for work
  in hospital administration.
• At the local level, the need for paramedics
  throughout the land is expect to grow 19 percent
  more jobs between 2006 and 2016, faster than the
  average increase for all occupations.
• Many colleges and online schools offer paramedic
  or EMT certification training programs leading to
  an associate degree.
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible options Choosing recession-resistant
careers

• Teaching Careers
• are going to rise by 12 percent during the
  2006-2016 decade, according to the U.S. Bureau of
  Labor Statistics (BLS).
• BLS predicts that teaching jobs will be more
  abundant in southern or Sunbelt states like
  Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and Texas where the
  largest increases in student enrollment are
  expected.
• However, the if you already hold a bachelors
  degree in any subject, you can enter the teaching
  profession. But you'll need a post-graduate
  certification or license to practice in the
  classroom.
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible options Choosing recession-resistant
careers

• Careers in engineering that withstand the
  recession.
• The BLS predicts a healthy 21 percent increase in
  
• bioengineering jobs through the next decade as
  the need for cost-effective health care and
  medical devices grows. You'll need more than a
  bachelor's degree, however, for the more
  competitive positions.
• Civil engineers should also enjoy greater job
  opportunities, accounting for an 18 percent
  overall growth, as professionals are needed to
  design and oversee transportation, water supply
  and treatment and bridge and road construction
  projects.
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible options Choosing recession-resistant
careers

• Careers in public safety and national security
• That means recruitment for border guards
• Coast Guard officers
• Transportation security workers
• Customs and immigration staff
• Police
• Fire and rescue personnel will remain a priority
• And you don't necessarily need a law enforcement
  degree to qualify.
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible options Choosing recession-resistant
careers

• Careers in public safety and national security
• Many security recruiters are looking for people
  who complete associate or bachelor's degrees in
  other fields.
• At the national level, for example, the
  Department of Homeland Security is hiring
• recruiters (H.R. professionals)
• I.T. staff (computer science majors)
• program managers (business, management, finance).
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible options Choosing recession-resistant
careers

• Environmental Careers
• engineers should see the greatest job security
  of all the engineering disciplines -- with a 25
  percent rise in total jobs during the 2006-2016
  decade -- assisting private sector businesses to
  meet standards and comply with governmental
  regulations.
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible options Choosing recession-resistant
careers

• Environmental Careers
• Careers in the Indispensable Infrastructure
• Safe water
• growing sources of energy
• non-polluting cars
• remedies for global warming
• floodwater management
• -- no matter what happens to the economy, the
  very planet needs tending. This means there will
  be a clamor for well-trained engineers.
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible OptionsWhat about other Career Paths?

• The Bureau of Labor Statistics produces the
  current information on all occupations in a
  publication called
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• http//www.bls.gov/search/ooh.htm
• This publication allow you to look at the current
  supply and demand in your occupational area as
  well as look at other career paths you might
  take. the training and education needed
• earnings
• expected job prospects
• what workers do on the job
• working conditions
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible OptionsWhat about other Career Paths?

• For example History majors
• http//www.bls.gov/oco/ocos065.htm
• Nature of the Work
• Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement
• Employment
• Job Outlook
• Projections Data
• Earnings
• OES Data
• Related Occupations
• Sources of Additional Information
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible Options Relocating

• Relocating
• Be open-minded dont limit your choices to
• one job
• one career
• one industry
• one city
• or even one country
• The market is global and your perspective should
  be as well.
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible Options Which Jobs Are Safest In Tough
Economy?

• Which jobs are safest in a tough economy check
  out this article that supports
• www.kirotv.com/save-money/17636330/detail.html
• Management Analysts-those who help businesses
  stay afloat or slenderize their operations during
  tough times are also going to remain in high
  demand.
• Health care/Medical
• Teaching/Education
• Engineering
• Public Safety/National Security
• Environment
• Manufacturing
• Energy
• Information technology
• Sales
• Recession-resistant Careers for Tough Times by
  Gabby Hyman

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Sensible Options Volunteer Services

• Peace Corps
• http//www.peacecorps.gov/?cidVMnational
• National Service
• http//www.nationalservice.org/
• General Search for Volunteer Opportunities
• http//myretirementshop.com/Volunteering.do?proces
  svolunteeringIndextypeVolunteeringsubType

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Community Service

• Why get involved in service projects or local
  organizations? maybe even find employment with
  a service organization!
• Even if a project or agency refers to
  volunteers, there may be payment involved.
  Here are only a few websites that may be helpful
• See Handout Community Service

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Sensible Options What about Placement Agencies?

• How can placement agencies or 3rd party
  recruiters help in my search for a job?
• Tory Johnson is the Workplace Contributor on
  ABCs Good Morning America, where she reaches
  millions of viewers on a wide range of
  job-related issues and challenges. She is the
  anchor of Home Work on ABC News Now, the digital
  channel. http//www.plymouth.edu/career/video/inde
  x.html

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Graduate Study or not?

• The PSU majors vs. the Occupational Outlook
  Handbooks reporting what majors may require a
  graduate degree for career advancement or high
  pay scale.
• Handout Is Graduate School suggested for your
  major or field?

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Graduate School Advantage or not?

• It's fairly obvious that we think you should give
  careful thought to your decision. Take action! If
  nothing else do some
• Talking and questioningremember to listen to the
  advice and information others share with you.
• Reality testingtest out your career interest
  before committing to a specialized graduate
  program.
• Soul searching be certain this is your future
  goal and you are not motivated by something else.
  
• http//www.plymouth.edu/career/career/grad/index.h
  tml

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Graduate School Guideline

• Graduate School process
• http//www.plymouth.edu/career/career/grad/index.h
  tml
• Related Links
• What Graduate Programs Does PSU Offer?
• So you want to go to graduate school
• Using the Bagley Center
• Choices 2009
• Job Search with PlymouthCareers.com
• Where do I look for graduate school information?
• Finding the right program some considerations
• Professional programs (law, medicine, etc.)
• Entrance exams and test dates
• Financial aid resources

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Being smart with your money in a tough market

• Focus on how to do a job search economically
• Using the internet to save money in your job
  search electronically mailing resumes and cover
  letters scanning documents interviewing by
  webcam (practice!)

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How am I going to begin?

• View each of these career videos as a beginning
  of your job search process
• Most videos are 3 to 5 minutes in length
• Getting Started Marketing Yourself
• How the Hiring Process Works Cleaning up your
  Digital Dirt
• Find Yourself Online Identity
• Employee Referrals Cold Calling
• Placement Agencies Career Fair Tips
• Preparing for an Interview Prepare Questions
  for Your Interviews
• Negatively Phrased Questions Acing the
  Interview Part 1 2
• The Thank You note
• Negotiation Part 1 2 Mistakes Women Make
  Negotiating
• Comeback Careers Part 1 2 Generational
  Diversity
• http//www.plymouth.edu/career/video/index.html

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Possibly treat this workshop as an assignment

• Thoughts to walk away with.
• Know your needs for a salary check cost of
  living
• Begin my job searchmy timeline
• how do I stack up against the market/competition
• Establish my job search network
• Know how technology plays a part in my job search
  strategy

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What next?

• Devote time each week to your job search and
  attend the next workshop
• Waiting out the Market Sensible Options other
  than the Traditional Career Path
• and mark your calendar for December 3rd for your
  next workshop

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The Bagley Center

• We are right here on campus bring your resume
  and cover letter to our office for a critique
• Mon-Thurs 10 am to 4 pm an advisor is
  available to work with you on your resume and
  cover letter as well as your job search strategy.

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Services to students

• Open Mon-Fri, 8 a.m. to 400 p.m.
• Located between Blair and Hall
• No appointment necessary
• Meet on a first-come first served, drop-in basis.
  Advisors do not counsel by email.
• Open during Spring Break Summers
• Services offered to graduate students and alumni
  of PSU.

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Questions?

• Do I have the answers?
• rdecotis_at_plymouth.edu
• Email me with your questions or comments.