THE JOB MARKET

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THE JOB MARKET
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THE JOB MARKET

• Proven leader
• Flexible strategist
• Rigid supporter of company policy
• Uneducated
• No computer skills
• Uninsurable (existing injuries)
• Older employee (life expectancy five more years)

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THE JOB MARKET
YOU, JOBS, and THE WORLD
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Education Pays
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OLD vs NEW RULES
The New Rules Economy (The Third Way Middle
Class Project)
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You, Jobs, and the World

• Whole lotta changin goin on

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Two Major Paradigm Shifts

• The Industrial Revolution
• The Information Age

Whats it all about, Alfie?
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For Thousands of Years

• We moved only as fast as our legs or a horse or
  camel could take us
• Groups communicated by runners, fires, or smoke
  signals

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The Industrial Revolution

• 1776 Economics - Adam Smith Wealth of Nations
• 1803 Steam Engine
• 1823 Internal Combustion Engine
• 1844 Telegraph
• 1853 First Dual Time Zone Watch
• 1866 Trans-Atlantic Cable
• 1866 Dynamo
• 1876 Telephone
• 1879 Electric Light
• Time Zones the day of two noons
• 1900 First Radio Broadcast
• 1902 Trans-Pacific Cable
• 1903 Powered Flight
• 1913 Ford Assembly Line

Bells Telephone
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The Information Age
Hewlett and Packard in their garage with the
HP200A in 1939

• 1939 Computers
• Hewlett-Packard founded
• Disney uses HP200Bs to film Fantasia
• 1961 - Space Flight
• 1965 - World-wide Military Intel Comm System
• 1969 - Phase Two Knowledge Economy Age
• (Peter Druker)
• 1991 - World-Wide Web

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Two Major Paradigm Shifts

• The Industrial Revolution
• The Information Age

Whats it all about, Alfie?
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The Workplace Has Changed

• 80 of employees feel their skills are underused
• (Gallop Poll of over 1.7 million workers in 63
  countries and 101 companies)
• Middle income workers stay in jobs only 5 years
• 80 of companies no longer offer retirement plans
• Most do not offer adequate health insurance

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The Workplace Has Changed - II

• High school graduates earn 20 less today
  college graduates 20 more (almost 1 million
  more over a typical career)
• 50 of middle income workers are credit card
  debt-free rest have less than 3000 and pay it
  off as it occurs to avoid interest
• 2007 college graduate can expect up to 13 CAREER
  changes in 35 years in the workforce

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WHATS A WORKER TO DO?

• Get at least ONE college degree
• Learn and practice multiple skills
• Focus more on information rather than manual
  skills
• Be flexible in defining career aspirations
• Aggressively pursue benefit management

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Resumes

• Putting Your Best Feats Forward

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A Door-Opening Tool...
And so you just threw everything
together? ...Matthews, a posse is something you
have to organize.
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Marketing Yourself

• Content
• Contact Information
• Education
• Experience
• Appearance
• Quality bond paper
• White space
• Organization, style, accuracy

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CONTENT Job Specific

• Header information in 3 lines
• Quote from prior employer
• Special skills, licenses, or abilities
• Functional description of abilities (FACT,
  QUANTITY, IMPACT not duties)
• Chronological list of employers
• Education

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Dont say too little...
A bit skimpy...
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Word Choice Can Be Critical!
Ha, ha, ha, Biff. Guess what? After we go to
the drug store and the post office, Im going to
the vets to get tutored!
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Emphasize Special Skills
Drive, George, Drive! This ones got a coat
hanger!
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Job Changes
SOURCE Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Everything Should Point to whatYou can do for Them
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What Next?
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The Interview
Some standard interview questions have changed
many remain the same, but the good answers
have changed instead
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The Beginning...
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