Topic: Beyond Job Boards: Use No-Cost Social Networking and Web 2.0 Search to Uncover Full-Time Careers and Freelance Work

What: Webinar Recorded on Thursday, July 16, 2009, video of Instructor Screen and Conference Call audio + Slides in .PDF on DVD

Beyond Job Boards: Use No-Cost Social Networking and Web 2.0 Search to Uncover Full-Time Careers and Freelance Work

Go beyond the frustrating Internet job boards and learn how to find work, brand and network yourself using completely free online methods. The silver lining in today's economic gray cloud is how you can build your career with social networking. Many professionals don't know how or where to get started to apply it to their careers. With this workshop, you will.

Recruiting industry Master Cybersleuths Glenn Gutmacher and Shally Steckerl flip the powerful methods that help headhunters find the right talent to help job-seekers. Live in-person versions of this presentation earned raves at several industry association and university alumni association events throughout 2009, each drawing attendance counts well above average.

Especially in weak economies, the best career opportunities aren't found on job boards. In this fast-moving workshop, Glenn shows how to uncover hidden opportunities in the job market, and how to reach recruiters and direct hiring managers using completely free methods available in the world of social networks and Web 2.0.

Leverage the Internet with special online searches that reveal extremely targeted results, and continue to generate new matches automatically; tap professionally-geared social networks like LinkedIn (you’re guaranteed to learn powerful new methods even if you're already a member); perform targeted research to identify the best companies for you; and obtain hiring decision-makers' contact info for effective email/phone outreach; and more!

Also learn how to create and build your personal brand to convey expertise; network through blogs, lists, forums, associations and user groups; and even create your own group on social networking platforms -- pulling the right people into your circle and creating opportunities for others to find you.

The result? Dramatically increase your likelihood of landing full-time or project work, or create your own ideal job when no relevant opening exists.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Learn five fast ways to discover which companies are growing in your target industry and location (or for career-changers, which are the growing industries!)
• How to bypass recruiters and find the direct people who make hiring decisions at your target employers, even before they post jobs, and how to approach them effectively
• Turbocharge your LinkedIn network in a few minutes by increasing your viewable 3- degree network by millions
• Quick methods to find people, companies, etc., that are riding hot trends -- where opportunities are greater
• Easy techniques to build your personal/professional brand by conveying your expertise online
• How to find freelance opportunities where full-time ones are lacking

YOUR PRESENTERS:

Glenn Gutmacher is Vice President for the Arbita Consulting & Education Services (ACES) division (http://aces.arbita.net). Since 1997, he has consulted and provided workforce development workshops for recruiting teams at numerous Fortune 500 companies and top-tier staffing firms. Before joining Arbita ACES (formerly JobMachine) in 2008, Glenn was a senior recruiting researcher for Microsoft Corporation for over 3 years. In 1996, he founded one of the world’s first regional newspaper job boards, winning the international newspaper industry's two most prestigious awards in 1998. In 1997, Glenn created one of recruiting's first Internet research seminars, Advanced Online Recruiting Techniques (www.recruiting-online.com). The advanced methods Glenn practices and teaches have been replicated throughout many large and small corporations and staffing firms worldwide. Because of his passion for the Internet as a recruitment and networking tool and continually innovating methods for over a decade, he has developed a reputation as a leading authority in Internet search and pioneer in recruitment research. An accomplished authors, consultant and trainer, Glenn is a frequent contributor to many industry forums and speaker at leading conferences.

Shally Steckerl, is Founder and Chief CyberSleuth of JobMachine, Executive Vice President of Arbita, Inc.

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