Jersey Shore Networking Group Meeting - November 20, 2008 at 7:00PM EST

The Seattle Networking Group is part of a larger global network call Empowering Today's Professionals Network (ETP Network). Just because you may not be able to attend networking events outside of the Seattle area, you can still expand your sphere of influence by sharing our events with people in your network. "Act local, but think global", as the ETP Network Chief Savvy Intrapreneur, Carl E. Reid, says.

The Jersey Shore Networking Group cordially invites you to attend our free monthly meeting open to both ETP Members and non-members. Our goal is to improve and further our networking skills and our grow our own networks with other business professionals using the ETP method as developed by Rod Colon. We are not a business leads network and no selling is permitted.

Space is limited to 30 attendees. Please RSVP by Monday November 17th as our last meeting was a capacity crowd. If you have any questions please contact me by email at: JerseyShoreNetworkingGroup@gmail.com use my name (Adele) in the subject line. If this Email has been forwarded to you by an invited guest please use the contact information below to assure you have a reserved seat and are added to the invitation list for future events.

Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008

Time: 7:00 PM to 8:30PM EST

Location: Manalapan Library - Manalapan, NJ

Agenda:

• Educational presentation on using linked in for maximum benefit
• Round table discussion on how the group can help each attendee
• Other topics of interest for the group
  

At the conclusion for the meeting, we can get social at a near by diner.

If you did not receive an invitation or wish to join the group email us at: JerseyShoreNetworkingGroup@gmail.com

If you are interested in mass transit options please visit the NJ Transit web site at http://www.njtransit.com/ for bus schedules along Route 9 which is a block way; or you can hire a taxi from the train station which is several miles away. If you wish to car pool, please tell me your home town and I can attempt to connect people that are near each other.

The ETP System - The Job Search for the Successful Professional ©

by Rod Colon, Founder & CEO ETP Network, June 10, 2008

Step 1: Make the mental conversion from employee to business ownership

• You are running a business and the business is YOU!
• You report to a Board of Directors – Your Family, Your Loved Ones! (This reduces procrastination)

Step 2: Write down your top 5 core skills

• Each core skills must be described in 3 words or less (project manager, nurse, lawyer, marketing manager, etc.)

Step 3: What is the demand for your core skills in the local market?

• Use any job search engine and determine what is the market demand for your core skills (www.indeed.com, www.simplyhired.com, www.dice.com, www.hound.com, etc.)
• Input one of your core skills and zip code and see how many openings are within 50 miles of the location of interest.
• If you find 75 or more jobs within 50 miles - you are doing well.

Step 4: Success is in the Job Description Review Process

• Read the job description once quickly and determine if the location/dollars/overall job responsibilities are of interest to you.
• If you are interested in the job, find the Required Skills Section.
• Copy and past the required skills to a blank page (word document).
• Review the required skills section and determine if you have 70% of what is REQUIRED SKILLS (if you do not have 70% of the REQUIRED SKILLS stop and move on to a new opening).
• If you have at least 70% of the REQUIRED SKILLS do the following.
• Put the required skills in priority order.
• Remove the required skills that are soft skills (verbal skills, communication skills, great leader, etc.)
• The final list should be no less than 4 and no more than 7 of the REQUIRED SKILLS

TIP/HINT: This list is now the left hand side for your EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Step 5: Complete the EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Read and apply the tips/hints in document JobAid The Executive Summary (Download this document from www.etpnetwork.com articles section).
• The JobAid document clearly describes the step by step process of developing a powerful Cover Letter (ETP members call this the EXECUTIVE SUMMARY).

Step 6: The RESUME

• Now that you have a powerful EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – DO NOT SETTLE FOR A GENERIC RESUME
• Read every word in your resume and make sure each statement is positive or neutral to the job description
• Use the EXECUTIVE SUMMARY as the basis for the theme in your resume
• Make sure to include parts of the Job Responsibilities section of the job description in the resume (ONLY if you have done these tasks in the past)
• Use a bullets and statements to describe your relevant accomplishments; begin each statement with an action verb
  
• Examples:
• Created a 2.6 million dollar fixed income pricing model using C++
• Triaged 25 patients for the ambulatory care unit
• Managed and diagnosed computer hardware and software support issues for six major financial services institutions
• Remember documents are read top to bottom and the perception is the top bullets are stronger than the rest – so the first bullet in each section will be perceived as your strongest skill set
• Remove bullets and information that is useless or irrelevant to the job description

Step 7: Finding ADVOCATES

• Now that you have done a great job in putting together the cover letter and resume (ETP calls these two documents The Value Proposition) Do NOT submit to the black hole.
• Use LinkedIn’s “Advance Search” page to find the following advocates:
• Corporate Recruiter (Human Resources)
• Hiring Manager
• Agency Recruiter
• Employees working at the company of interest
• ETP Angels (ETP’s exclusive advocate group)
• Now that you are armed with a powerful Value Proposition – make your case to the advocates (As a business owner you are required to do some selling – it is now time to sell YOU!)
• Never single thread into a job (do not rely on one advocate to take you to the finish line; find as many advocates as needed)

Step 8: Role Play/Practice

• Practice the sales call to an advocate with a networking mentor
• Ask questions of your networking colleagues for “Best Practices”

Step 9: Leverage ETP’s Training and Development System

• Engage Rod Colon as your Job Search and Networking Coach
• Join the ETP Network and access 1000s of articles to assist in your job search and networking (www.etpnetwork.com) program
• Join ETP Network’s weekly conference call
• Tap the 7 million professionals available to the ETP Network
  

Referenced Articles:
(You can download these documents from the ARTICLES section of: www.etpnetwork.com):

• The ABCs of the Job Search (Chip Hartman)
• JobAid: The Executive Summary (Chip Hartman)

How to Build Relationships

Thomas E. Kenny alerted me to the following interview on Dr. Oz's XFM show with Keith Ferrazzi.

Original Air Date: June 6, 2008

"Networking" may seem like a smarmy word, but author Keith Ferrazzi says getting to know people from all walks of life and building strong relationships with them is never a bad thing. Dr. Oz talks with Keith about how to build personal relationships and shares tips from his book Never Eat Alone and Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time.

Whether you want a new job or a romantic relationship, chances are you need to network with others to get it. "Everything that you want to achieve in life is with and through other people," Keith says. Making friends with people you meet is the first step toward getting what you want, and Keith says you do that by getting to know everyone on a personal level—even business contacts. "There is no such thing as a business relationship—there are only personal relationships in a business context that you are fearful of creating a personal relationship with," he says.

So how do you create personal relationships with the people you encounter? Keith offers two suggestions:

* Find reasons to care about others. A good way to ensure you'll connect with something about a new person is to project positive thoughts onto them. "Before you even meet them, you could project enjoying them—it's amazing what the mind does," Keith says.
* Offer others reasons to like you. Be generous with others and help them achieve their own success in any way you can, Keith says. If you create an environment around yourself that invites people in and makes them want to have a relationship with you, Keith says you'll be surrounded by positive personal relationships.

Related Resources

* Never Eat Alone and Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz


You can listen to part of the show at: http://www2.oprah.com/xm/moz/moz_main.jhtml