The good news is there a way to turn your informational interview into job leads and job offers.
There’s a particular way to set up and manage this informational interview, and a particular order to ask questions, s0 the meeting and conversation flow naturally.
And then, it becomes natural for that person to make an offer to help you!
That’s completely normal! Most people who are looking for a job really struggle to write their About section or Summary section on their LinkedIn profile.
Now, the first thing to know is that the About Section or Summary Section are one and the same thing.
But whether you call it an About section or Summary section, I hope it makes you feel better to know, many people really struggle to write theirs.
So, I’m going to give you my proven 5-step formula.
It is simply answering 5 questions to create a cracker of a LinkedIn summary.
Also, I’ll give you some ninja tips which will really make your About or Summary section absolutely stand out!
But first, here are some tips when writing your About or Summary Section. [click to continue…]
Especially when you get the “thanks but no thanks” automatic rejection email reply.
You’ve put in all that effort, and nobody’s even looked at your application!
There’s a lot of talk in mindset management circles to think of “rejection as redirection” which is all true, and a great mindset to have.
But not so many people give you the exact words to use when you have been rejected.
So the good news is now you’re in luck.
In this video, we show you the exact wording one smart job seeker used to turn a rejection email into an invitation to the next stage of the recruitment process. Click on the time stamp at 5:15 minutes in to get the exact wording.
This email template is a resource that comes directly from our Cards Against Insanity job search card game.
We also discuss how to turn around your mindset and a whole host of other tips to help you stay positive on the job front.
The “reject the recruiter’s rejection” email template we talk about is just one of the 21 EXTRA tools we give you as part of our #CardsAgainstInsanity game – to stop you going mad on the job hunt.
Have you ever tried to be “intentional” about making new connections and friends?
I have over the past few years and found the process exhausting and challenging – particularly as I have discovered, I prefer deeper relationships than just superficial connections.
When I moved back to Melbourne a few years back, after over 15 years away, I did not have an old life to pick up. Most of my friends were interstate and I missed them keenly.
I needed to create a new life and try to find new friends.
If you’re like me, this past year has left you reflecting on what’s next for you. You may be asking whether what you had before in your career is what you want to take into the future.
I feel blessed to be among the few who genuinely enjoy what I do – and can do it at my own pace. But I do know that’s not what many of my clients are feeling.
Working from home minus the commute (and all the travel) has left so many people not wanting to return to what they had before. Being unable to see loved ones has left many of us really cherishing the relationships we have, and wanting to invest quality time in them. The demands of high powered executive roles are often not compatible with that.
You too might have decided a career change is in order. But you don’t know how to get started writing your resume.
I’m not going to kid you and say it’s an easy thing to do.
Writing a good resume can be tough at the best of times.
But writing a resume to pitch yourself for a new career is even tougher.
You’ll also get a lot of bad advice on the internet around “highlighting your transferable skills.” These can be really tricky to identify if you don’t know what employers truly value.
