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Hundreds of people landed jobs in 2009.  For less than 17 cents a day Empowering Today's Professional (ETP) Network's many members experience these awesome results with programs that include an extensive  multimedia reference library.  With access to document, video and audio libraries, read success stories.

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By Scott Chase, CIO of Burke and Chase
Platinum Member of Empowering Today's Professionals (ETP) Network
Project Manager for ETP Network Lamplighter Newsletter

When I first was introduced to the new ETP Network "7 Step Job Search"© system in December I was amazed at its simplicity. My first thought was “will these steps actually work”? Well, you will be amazed at the results that I have witnessed first hand.

Let’s take a look at what each step of the system entails:

1. IDENTIFY YOUR CORE SKILLS: Seems easy enough to identify what your core skills are. Want to use about 3-5 skills. Mine are Project Management, Business Analyst, and Technical Analyst. What are yours?
2. FIND WHAT THE MARKET DEMAND IS FOR YOUR CORE SKILLS: The best way to gauge whether your core skills are in demand is to use the job site INDEED. In the search criteria enter one of your core skills, say, within a 25 mile radius of your home zip code. If your search returned 50 or more jobs, then you are golden. If not, try widening your search to 50, 75, 100 miles and see what the results are, of course, only enter the larger radius if you are willing to travel for your position. If you still don’t get enough returning on your core skills search, then maybe we need to look at a different skill set or possibly different titles for your core skills.
3. USING ONLINE AND NETWORKING RESOURCES, REVIEW JOB DESCRIPTIONS WITH THE EMPHASIS ON CORE REQUIREMENTS: Plain and simple, use INDEED or other job search resources to find positions that match your core skills. You can also use your network to find any possible openings they might know about.
4. FIND AND CALL ADVOCATES TO CLARIFY THE POSITION AND SELL IF APPROPRIATE: Here comes the clear difference in what ETP is doing as compared to other job search approaches. Find someone you know (or in some cases you don’t know) that can be an advocate for you within the company. This could be the HR recruiter for the position, someone in your network you know that works at the company, or, in my case, someone that you have something in common with. (For example: Linkedin group went to school together (alumni), etc...) Your goal is to talk to someone to clarify the position.
5. SUBMIT VALUE PROPOSITION (COVER LETTER, RESUME AND JOB DESCRIPTION) TO ADVOCATE: Once you find an advocate, now it is really time to sell yourself. Submit your cover letter a (targeted!) resume and the job description to the advocate. Make sure to mention a good time to follow-up with the advocate.
6. FOLLOW-UP WITH ADVOCATE: Follow-up at the agreed upon time.
7. Repeat. Repeat this process until you have landed! So there it is, in 7 steps; now let’s take a look at my own personal example of how the system worked for me.
   

I found a position on INDEED I thought was a 95% fit for my experience and core skills in the HRIS analyst arena. (Step 1, 2 and 3) I then proceeded to step 4, to find an advocate to clarify the position. I looked for a recruiter at the company that might be in my network. I could not find one, so then I opened up my search on Linkedin to include everyone in HR that worked at the company.

I found a couple of matches, one, in particular, looked like he might be in the department in HR where the position might have resided. I clicked on the link in Linkedin and found he was a level 3 connection, but, he was also part of the same project management group that I also belong to and he was accepting messages from the group. I then sent him a note via Linkedin introducing myself and if he would be willing, based on my value proposition, to help me clarify the open HRIS Analyst position. After I sent the note via Linkedin I continued to search for information about the company, including phone numbers for there main HQ office and looked in Linkedin for more advocates.

Before I could continue my search for advocates an e-mail appears in my inbox. It is from the gentleman, whom I have not met before, about my Linkedin request to clarify the position. He stated that if I sent him my value proposition, (Step 5) and, if it is as good as a match as I said it would be, he would be happy to personally walk my resume over to the recruiter for the position. I submitted my cover letter, targeted resume and job description to my new advocate, with the stipulation that if he thought I was not a good candidate for the position, I would not want him to
submit my information to the recruiter. He reviewed the information and said I was a really good match and handed it to the recruiter.

I received a call for the recruiter to do a phone interview with him and then we set up a formal interview for the following week. I then followed-up with my advocate to thank him and to keep him informed of my progress with the position. (Step 6) The most amazing thing about my person example was the speed in which things took place. I saw the position at 8:00 AM, found and got response from advocate at 9:30 AM, got called and had phone interview with the recruiter by 10:30 AM!

Granted, the speed in which this took place was not typical. But, believe me when I say it, THE ETP Network "7 STEP JOB SEARCH"© WORKS!

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From Empowering Today's Professionals (ETP) Network's Lamplighter Newsletter

Networking is about building and maintaining relationships. How to impart the right message to others about ourselves in order to avoid misunderstanding and foster trust – that is where
networking etiquette comes into play.

Proper networking etiquette is essential if you want to succeed.

These items can help:

• When meeting someone or attending a meeting, always be on time.
• If you can contribute – offer to help.
• Ask permission first before you disclose sources of your information or contact.
• If it can help others – share information that you learned during networking.
• Inform your contacts of your progress.
• Keep your promise if you say you’ll do something.
• Be considerate - Find out the best time of the day that is convenient to contact people.
• Be professional and avoid errors when writing emails or sending letters.
• Before you meet someone, do research so you will be able to ask relevant questions.
• Always dress appropriately, when meeting a contact. Remember, the manner you present yourself will reflect on you and on the person who referred you.
  

REFERENCE: - workbloom.com/networking/networking-etiquette.aspx

At the Event

1. Arrive on time. Before entering the event, preview the guest list to target at least 2 or 3 people to meet during the event.
2. Introduce yourself – both with first and last name, company affiliation (without titles), and a smile.
3. Offer a firm and friendly handshake.
4. Practice your introduction. Plan an effective way to describe yourself and the products orservices you provide. Avoid long and boring introductions.
5. Exchanges of business cards should be meaningful. Only exchange your card: when a person asks for one or when you offer assistance with something and want them to follow-up with you.
6. Join a group conversation perceptively. Observe and stand quietly for a second or two. Wait for a break in the conversation or for someone in the group to look your way. If no one looks in your direction and everyone continues the conversation without any break or glance in your direction, exit immediately with a polite “excuse me.”
7. Avoid monopolizing people’s time. Avoid having your time from being monopolized by the conversation by saying, “It was a pleasure speaking with you, please excuse me.” Then smile and move on. someone else, as well. After exchanging meaningful information, move graciously from
8. Introduce yourself to your tablemates before taking a seat.
   

After the Event

1. Follow up with new contacts. Sending a personal handwritten note – by regular mail within 24 to 48 hours – to every contact you met and connected is the best. Emailing and placing a personal phone call is also appropriate.
2. Keep your promises to the contacts you made.
3. Obtain permission from the people concerned before sharing information. When you have gotten overall permission to share someone’s information, send an email to both parties, stating: “I am referring Ana Smith to John Adams, in hopes that you two may be of service to each other. “ Then include full contact information of both people. This way every one is properly informed.
   

REFERENCE: Syndi Seid’s Advanced Etiquette – www.advancedetiquette.com

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According to "Creating Your Personal Brand" published by Magazine.org, in today’s market, if you don’t show up in Google, you don’t exist. Read more . . .

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Click here to Register Now *Free Conference Call

In a job search?
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Keeping your options open?

As part of its successful
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ETP Network hosts world known author & speaker
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Wherever you live, work or play, other parts of the world are closer than you think. The Manhattan Networking Group (MNG) proves it. MNG membership is different than any local group you will join in the New York City area. When you join the MNG you immediately become part of a much larger global network called Empowering Today's Professionals (ETP) Network. You don't become part of just the 1,100+ members of the ETP Network, you can potentially be connected to over 9 million people around the world. .

Click here to connect with MNG Leader Michael Canfora. Your FREE MNG Membership allows you to be a networking leader as the central rainmaker of your network.

Below is a small example of your FREE MNG Membership sphere of influence, which can be leveraged by your family, friends and business associates.

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During our last free career coaching conference call, which had 68 participants, one person expressed reservations about installing the ETP Network toolbar. This concern referred to any web browser technical conflicts with having both the FREE ETP Network toolbar and the Google toolbar installed. Other people may have the same concerns regarding the Yahoo! toolbar.

Read more . . .

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Reality really starts to set in when that first check is received from the unemployment insurance fund. The check amount is not even close to your regular salary. Most other insurance policies at least match a loss. It's totally up to people to individually develop their own career insurance.

Being on unemployment was one of the lowest points in my career. The United States Marine Corps had invested $100,000 training me in electronics and microwave communications technology. When I was discharged from the U.S.M.C. I couldn't find a job. Filing for unemployment insurance kept me solvent for 6 months. With all the high tech quality training I received from the U.S.M.C. I was only able to land a job with a company that fixed answering machines. The upshot is the job paid way more than I was making being on unemployment. So that worked for me and the unemployment office.

Making it a daily "To Do", networking is the secret to success with having job offer choices. Let's rewind to see how this is accomplished. Many people network. Most people fail miserably in achieving the results they expect from networking. So they say networking does not work.

Since that unemployment experience many years ago, most of the jobs and all business opportunities I obtained has been achieved through developing a trusted network. That means networking whether you need to or not. The best time to network is when you don't need anything. Use this time to expand your sphere of influence; for yourself, family, friends and associates. When you're at the top of your business game, you're in the best position to help other people. The goal is to position yourself as a networking leader. You become central rain maker of your network.

People are more willing to help you, when you stay in touch regularly. That's called developing relationships. Calling someone only when you need something is called relationship abuse, "drive by" networking or networking leeching. Asking people how you can help them and doing it, pays long term dividends from the good will bank.

The best unemployment insurance is the opportunity crops produced from the seeds we plant with human capital relationships. Wouldn't be nice to be able to make a few phone calls that lead to multiple interviews. Before you know it, you're in that envious position of having to decide which 1 of 3 job offers to accept. This scenario is not a dream. It happens everyday. As you read this article, people are experiencing the success of no down time between jobs.

Many organizations offer opportunities to network, but none of them teaches how to network. So you're set up for failure before you go to your first networking event. One organization teaches the art of human relationship networking. Empowering Today's Professionals (ETP) Network teaches networking prinicples as a corner stone for creating a solid unemployment safety net.

Despite the current economy, many ETP Network members are employing proven high impact networking skills. They are landing more jobs quicker AND closing more business deals.

Here some upcoming events and training sessions provided by ETP Network:

• February 22, 2009 - Register for Webinar: Advanced Job Search Techniques

• February 25, 2009 in Brooklyn, NY - Register for Career Management & Networking Workshop - Free

• February 25, 2009 - Register for WEEKLY *Free Career Coaching Conference Call

• February 26, 2009 in Toms River, NJ - Register for Jersey Shore Networking Group - Free

• March 2, 2009 - Register for FREE Webinar: "Spend Zero Time Looking for a Job Using the Career Management Swiss Army Knife Toolbar"
  

• March 3, 2009 Scotch Plains, NJ - Register for Central NJ Professional Networking Group Meeting

• March 26, 2009 Charlotte, NC - Register for Career Management & Networking Workshop - Charlotte, NC

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Network & Manhattan Networking Group

Presents

CEO of ME, Inc.

Networking and Career Management Workshop

Host: Michael Canfora

Workshop Leader: Rod Colon

Location: SLC Conference Center;

352 7th Avenue (30th St)-16th FL

New York, NY 10001

Date/Time: Thursday January 8, 2009 6:00PM EST

Admission Cost: $15 for CEO Members online registration

$25 for Associate Members & Guests online registration
$35 at the door for everyone

If you are looking for a position, or eager to keep your career alive and well by continually staying abreast of what's happening, this is the meeting for you!

What you will gain from participation at this meeting:

v Increased exposure to other ETP professionals

v New and helpful knowledge

v Leads and suggestions to help you focus on your job-search efforts into laser-like effectiveness

v Learn tips to enhance your presentation style so others will remember and refer to you as a business "solution."

Exchange information about career opportunities and have fun doing it! You will be most effective at networking if you are prepared with the following:

1) Your "30-second introduction" and how you are a "solution" to someone's problems.

a. How you can help me

b. How I can help you

c. 3 specific targets you are interested in getting more information about and contacts that you bring to the group.

2) Business Cards

3) One Page Networking Biographical Profile - Suggested Format:

A. Personal Contact Information (Name, Address, Phone/Fax/Email)

B. Professional Profile (1-2 sentences)

C. Key Skills, Areas of Expertise (Bulleted points)

D. Summary of Experience/Credentials (Names of companies/positions/dates; Education/Professional Certificates or Licenses)

E. Job Search Objectives (Titles, roles; types of companies, industries; company size; desired location(s), if important)

F. Targets/Needed Information/Contacts (Specific companies, industries, individuals; types of companies; job search strategy feedback, etc.).

Click Here to Register Now

Networking is to your career as breathing is to living: you won't make it without either!

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Quick, grab your copy right now through the ETP Network toolbar > CEO Tools > What is ETP Network?

Think of the Organizational Overview as the ETP Network's elevator speech, condensing all of the most important information about the organization into one easy-to-read online document, designed for ease of use with just one topic per page.

If you're new to the ETP Network, here is your guidebook, your road map, your orientation package, and your pocket reference all rolled into one.

So get to know the ETP Network from the ground up. Download your copy of "The ETP Network: An Organizational Overview" today. It's available at an ETPNetwork.com web site near you.

Share a copy with everyone in your network - Do it Now, before you forget!!

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Click here to read testimonials of "CEO" members who landed safely

Review "CEO" Membership Full Benefits Package

"CEO" Membership Makes a Great Holiday Gift for Someone you Care About

There are a total of 18 "CEO" benefits
Let's see what the total value is for some of the "CEO" Membership benefits

Coaching session with Rod - $75 value

Smart Radar subscription - $60/year

Document Reference Tool Library - $20/year

Conference Call Recording Audio Library - $20/year

Video Training Library - $20/year

TOTAL VALUE: $195.00

$195 does not include the value of ETP Leaders placing their income producing businesses on hold to share their time and knowledge every week on the conference call.

Click here to Register Now as a "CEO" Member ($59.95/year)

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