"By re-engineering the search process and putting the candidate at the controls, prospective employees are able to get together with pre-qualified potential employers, establish meaningful dialogues that benefit both parties, progress to reach a decision and ultimately launch themselves into a new challenge. Networking is not about transactions, it's about building relationships." Debra Feldman. Welcome to a special Career Transition channel podcast on Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting. We're delighted to have back with us today a frequent contributor and nationally-recognized expert who designs and personally implements swift, strategic, and customized senior level executive job search campaigns Debra Feldman. Debra is the JobWhiz. Talking points: We spoke about six months ago. What's changed in the last six months for job seekers? You work with senior level executives - give us a profile of whom you work with and what unique challenges they are confronting in this job market. The title of this podcast is Re-engineering the Job Search for Success in Today’s Economy -- I'm sure you get calls from desperate job seekers saying things like "I've been out of work for nine months - with not even one response to hundreds of job submissions... what are most of these people doing wrong? So let's start at the beginning. After recovering from the shock of being laid off, what's next? What resources are available a no or little cost to help with this process? Debra, as you know so may jobs being advertised are not even real jobs. How do you go about getting the attention of companies you've targeted? You've trademarked the term, Network Purposefully - what do you mean by that? What should people do who still have jobs to prepare for an unexpected termination? I've heard lots of HR managers and recruiters talking about project-based short term assignments. Do you think this is a good strategy to pursue? What would you like to share that we've not discussed?

[ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:48:23 -0400 ]

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