Step #6: Submit and Follow Up

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 This is part of our winning job search strategy series . . .

The 7 Step Job Search (c) is a powerful proven formula for finding a job quicker.  It is a mini business plan used by every CEO of ME, Inc. who is managing their career just like a business owner. This is aligned with the Empowering Today's Professionals (ETP) slogan; Running the Business of "ME".  The goal of this 7 step business plan is to identify, connect and leverage advocates willing to champion or guide your resume to hiring managers, decision makers and human resource staff within companies.
 
If you want to fast forward to cut to the chase with having the details of all 7 steps conveniently available, click here to download our Career Management Swiss Army Knife web browser application.

Step #6: Submit and follow up.  By now you have put together your value proposition from Step#4.  Now it's perfectly OK to submit a resume on the Internet, company web site, email etc., based on how your advocate(s) has guided you through which communication medium is best to expedite your resume being read by a decision maker. Isn't it a nice warm feeling when you know someone is on the look out for your resume?

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Step #7: Repeat the Process

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This is part of our winning job search strategy series . . .

The 7 Step Job Search (c) is a powerful proven formula for finding a job quicker.  It is a mini business plan used by every CEO of ME, Inc. who is managing their career just like a business owner. This is aligned with the Empowering Today's Professionals (ETP) slogan; Running the Business of "ME".  The goal of this 7 step business plan is to identify, connect and leverage advocates willing to champion or guide your resume to hiring managers, decision makers and human resource staff within companies.
 
If you want to fast forward to cut to the chase with having the details of all 7 steps conveniently available, click here to download our Career Management Swiss Army Knife web browser application.

Step #7:  Repeat the process.  This means starting again from step#1 through step#6.  Don't try to short cut the cuts.  It's already been done for you, by Rod Colon distilling 28 years of experience as a corporate HR management insider, outside agency recruiter, professional networker and career coach. 

Be disciplined every day to find 1 new advocate.  This allows you to multi-thread several job openings in different companies.  Always keep your options open for all opportunities you create using the 7 Step Job Search.

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Survival Guide to Combat Comptetitive Job Market

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We use this book as our reference manual for all our training sessions.   For those who have chosen to follow Rod's book and treat their job search as a serious business [not a hobby], the results of members landing jobs has been nothing less than fantabulous.

Win the Race for 21st Century Jobs: Put CEO Power Into Your Job Search by Rod Colon

Today's competitive economic climate has new rules of engagement for performing a job search.  This survival guide teaches you how to land a job quicker by taking back control of managing your career, instead of outsourcing your career to others.  Author and in demand speaker, Rod Colon shares 24 years of insightful experience as a corporate HR management insider, outside agency recruiter, professional networker and career coaching.  Using "real life" anecdotes, battle tested techniques and unusual, yet common sense approaches, this book has already helped many professionals land jobs.  You can land quicker too. Read this book to learn how to become self empowered, by being the CEO of ME, Inc.. -Read what others say about this book.

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Goal #1: Find a Job Where Passion and Income Intersect

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Empowering Today's Professionals has five (5) specific objectives (goals) that make up each member’s Career Management Plan.

Goal #1 is Find a Job Where Passion and Income Intersect .  Our Wednesday Job Search & CEO of ME, Inc. Management School webinar is an intense training session that achieves results for anyone serious about finding a job.  Since 2004 Empowering Today's Professionals has helped many land jobs quicker.  In the last 12 months ETP has helped hundreds of people book interviews and get job offers.  Based on 28+ years of staffing, recruiting and human resource experience, CEO & Director of Career Management, Rod Colon, has painstakingly developed a training curriculum to empower members to succeed in their job search.  This is accomplished immediately by each member shifting from being an employee to a business owner mentality; being the CEO of ME, Inc..


Our education programs teach members how to connect directly with hiring managers, human resources and decision makers.  This works much better than submitting a resume into the Internet black hole.


Goal #1: Find a Job Where Passion and Income Intersect


Goal #2: Develop a trusted network of 200+ individuals


Goal #3: Develop a career backup plan for Goal #1 (JOB)


Goal #4: Generate multiple sources of income (not in conflict with primary)


Goal #5: Be a networking leader

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Goal #2: Develop a Trusted Network of 200+ Individuals

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Empowering Today's Professionals has five (5) specific objectives (goals) that make up each member’s Career Management Plan.

Goal #2 is Develop a Trusted Network of 200+ Individuals.  Our weekly Wednesday night training conference call covers this topic.   If your new to networking or consider yourself a master networker, there is always something new to learn on this call for improving networking skills.  LinkedIn is a powerful tool for making and tracking connections.  All members are encouraged to be on LinkedIn.

You can join many associations to network.  Empowering Today's Professionals is the only organization that actually teaches the proper form, approaches and etiquette on "how to network".  It is the core foundation that permeates throughout all ETP education programs and career management tools. The key is to develop reciprocal relationships, which makes people willingly help you achieve your career or business goals.

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Goal #3: Develop a Career Backup Plan

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Empowering Today's Professionals has five (5) specific objectives (goals) that make up each member’s Career Management Plan.

Goal #3 is Develop a Career Backup Plan.  Business professionals spend much time developing contingency plans to insure their company maintains its business infrastructure, should some unforeseen event occur.  Very few people develop a contingency plan for their careers. Our monthly "CEO Corner" advance training session helps members develop a career management back up plan. . . . Just in case.

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Goal #4: Generate Multiple Sources of Income

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Empowering Today's Professionals has five (5) specific objectives (goals) that make up each member’s Career Management Plan. Taking a page out of the Star Wars franchise play book, we present each goal in a descending order series.

Goal #4 is Generate Multiple Sources of Income .  Any extra income generated must not be in conflict with your primary source of income, based on company guidelines.  For members who are employed with a primary source of income, ETP provides advanced training to achieve this goal.  These days all jobs are temporary.  Can you sustain your family's current life style, if your primary source of income stops abruptly?  At a bare minimum, a 2nd source of income should be developed to match the take home pay of your primary income. People put in overtime at work for the same pay.  Why not put in 2 hours a day in overtime to develop additional income?  Money is very easy to make and does not have to be related to your core business skills. 


Wouldn't you agree that extra income would enhance the quality of life for everyone in your family?  Doesn't your family deserve better than living pay check to pay check?  It's the difference between making a living and living life.

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INTERACTIVE CAREER TALK-SHOW DEBUT SEPTEMBER 19

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Starting September 19 and every Sunday at 8:00AM EST Listen LIVE on your computer media player to radio show: Your Career is Calling: Your Weekly Appointment for Career Choices, Decisions and Success!!  Listeners can ask career management and job search questions by calling the studio at 877-900-1077. 

Or you can also download the Career Management Swiss Army Knife.  The included radio player is pre-programmed to allow quick and easy access to this radio show, hosted by
Empowering Today's Professionals' CEO and author of Win the Race for 21st Centiry Jobs, Rod Colon and founder of TheBreakfastClubNJ, Frank Kovacs.
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INTERACTIVE TALK-SHOW TO DEBUT ON 107.7 THE BRONC ON SEPTEMBER 19

Not so long ago, job-seekers and other career-minded professionals used to pore over the Sunday classifieds in search of that next position, the one that might take them to the next level of business.

Starting September 19, career-climbers can simply tune into 107.7 The Bronc, the on-campus radio station at Rider University, on Sunday mornings at 8 a.m. for a new and interactive call-in program entitled Your Career is Calling: Your Weekly Appointment for Career Choices, Decisions and Success. The one-hour show, hosted by Frank Kovacs ’84 and Rod Colon, will debut this weekend around the topic of “Building, Tracking and Maintaining Your Network.” It’s a subject particularly close to the heart of Kovacs, a 1984 Rider graduate who is the founder and CEO of The Breakfast Club NJ, a 3,000-member networking group established to promote career growth, special networking and help people in career transition.

“Radio was a logical next step for us,” explained Kovacs, who founded Breakfast Club NJ in the wake of the September 11 attacks to help restore what he calls “a semblance of order” to the lives of myriad professionals who, during that time of economic and financial uncertainty, suddenly found themselves on the job market after years of relative security.

“So many people were out of tune with the current ways of the market,” said Kovacs, who co-hosts the show with Colon , CEO of The ETP (Empowering Today’s Professionals) Network. “They hadn’t looked for a new job in 20 years, and suddenly had to represent themselves again.”

For years, Kovacs had been a senior manager at a major New Jersey Bank, and had seen corporate culture shape the role of people in his role – and not always for the better.

“In the earlier part of my career, a huge part of managing was the career management of the people who reported to them,” he explained. “In many cases, the focus on that had lessened a great deal, but I had always prided myself on developing people along the way.”

Fueled by this passion for steering careers in the right direction, Kovacs began his small networking club, meeting once a month in accessible, central locations. It has since grown by leaps and bounds, incorporating social media like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to expand his base of professional contacts.

“Job-hunting is a game of inches,” said Kovacs, who estimates that 85 percent of jobs are obtained as the result of networking. “If we can give them that little edge, we remain vital.”

Your Career is Calling is the next step in Kovacs’s commitment to area networking, and he calls his partnership with Rider and 107.7 The Bronc a key opportunity to expand his reach. “I think we’ll introduce ourselves to a whole new audience, in addition to the people who we’re already in touch with through The Breakfast Club NJ,” he said. Your Career is Calling can be heard on the FM dial, as well as online at http://www.rider.edu, either live on Sunday mornings or anytime via podcast.

Other topics to follow this season include “Run Your Career as a Business,” “The Hidden Job Market,” and How to Start a Conversation.” Kovacs and Colon will welcome guests in studio and take callers to discuss the day’s topic, as well as other career, employment and networking questions. Listeners can reach the studio at 877-900-1077.

Kovacs is eager to launch the show, and hopes it has the same success as The Breakfast Club NJ.  “It’s a good feeling when we see our people helping each other,” he said.

Learn more about The Breakfast Club NJ at: http://www.thebreakfastclubnj.com

Learn more about The ETP Network at http://www.etpnetwork.com

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Goal #5: Be a Networking Leader

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Empowering Today's Professionals has five (5) specific objectives (goals) that make up each member’s Career Management Plan. Taking a page out of the Star Wars franchise play book, we present each goal in a descending order series.

Goal #5 is to Be a Networking Leader.  This allows you to be center of your network, as a rainmaker.  As Savvy Intrapreneur mentions, being a "person of influence", "change maker" or "rainmaker" are all interchangeable words. When opportunities come across your desk, share them with others in your network.  Just like a commercial, this keeps your name in front of people. 

Be the master connector, by allowing people to leverage your network. Go out of your way to make email introductions, while edifying each person to other.

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ETP Announces Who's Who Hall of Fame

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"The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual" -Vince Lombardi

On behalf of the Empowering Today's Professionals' Executive Committee, we are pleased to announce the Who's Who Membership Hall of Fame.  Click here to view these special members who have made outstanding contributions to help others succeed in their community.

The ETP
Hall of Fame spotlights our education faculty (team leaders), newsletter team, member services, volunteer administration and ETP recognized member business partners. Quickly connect to these successful members on LinkedIn, by clicking on each name. This facilitates achieving member goal #2, in having 200 people in your network.

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Carl E. Reid, CSI

Chief Operations Officer

Empowering Today's Professionals -
www.ETPNetwork.comETP  Communities: TEAM Meetings | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube

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ETP Methodoligies Work

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Speaking of whether Empowering Today's Professionals methodologies actually work, as taught in our book "Win the Race for 21st Century Jobs", our weekly training calls and monthly training meetings, Jersey Shore Networking Group leader and software engineer, Tom Kenny, shares a glimpse into results he has achieved.  Tom has remained a very active ETP member whether in a transition job search or gainfully employed. This what smart savvy ETP members do.

Tom explains the results in his own words . . .

"Teaching my first Computer Science (CS111) course at Georgian Court was fantastic!

I covered all the material I had planned. I wasn't aware of it previously but last night I discovered I have a skill for detecting when students are disengaging and how to pull their attention back. I've been told by many friends that I'm a great teacher and I could see that in myself last night.

Of course, I'll still keep my high paying day job, but it's great to be developing an alternate source of income and strengthening my career back up plan.

Yesterday my current manager joked about how in a few short years I've gone from being unemployed to over-employed. He also stated that he wish he had the foresight, like I have, to develop a long term career plan.

I also met up with a couple of my former fellow graduate students who teach at Brookdale as well as OCC and are ready to make introductions there when I wish. I guess I'm always networking :-)

I'm sure both ETP and Toastmasters have greatly contributed toward my success of procuring the position and the effectiveness of being an Adjunct Professor.

Overall it was a great night toward a new chapter for the CEO of Me, Inc!"

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Being Nimble is Key to Survival in Job Market

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Being Nimble is Key to Survival in Job Market
There is a difference between nimble and flexible. After landing a job, employees must be flexible to daily management priorities.  Whether employed or in a job search, being nimble requires continuous forward thinking to respond quickly to dynamic company or economic shifts.   One organization provides education programs that teach members to be nimble thinkers.

Charlotte, NC April 28, 2010 -- Developing interdependent network relationships is a learned skill to remain agile in keeping your business options open.  With networking as a core foundation to accomplish this, Empowering Today’s Professionals (ETP) Network has established quite a track record helping hundreds of people land jobs in the last 12 months. 

With much success holding “self empowering” career management meetings in the New York and New Jersey area, ETP Network is expanding south into Charlotte, NC.   Led by ETP Network member and CEO of Gala Affairs by AtUrbest, Amanda Sherman, the ETP Charlotte Network Group will hold its 3rd meeting on April 29, 2010 at 6:00PM at Weeping Willow Fellowship Hall 2220 Milton Rd Charlotte, NC 28215.   “The fact that professionals and business owners are taught to be their own CEO of ME, Inc., success is more assured in the current economy. This is why I’m proud to be associated with ETP Network.  I look forward to hosting ETP Network CEO, Mr. Rod Colon as guest speaker at our meeting” says Ms. Sherman.

Beyond college and MBA programs, knowing the approaches and etiquette for properly developing network relationships positions professionals to stay poised for reacting to unknown business changes.  “To empower our members to hit the ground running, our member services team bundles our book Win the Race for 21st Century Jobs as part of every membership package”, says Rod Colon, Founder and CEO of Empowering Today’s Professionals Network.  Rod further states “combining our weekly job search training calls with our proprietary 7 Step Job Search © allows members to multi-thread advocates to facilitate scheduling job interviews quicker”.

So being ready to adjust at a moment’s notice is really what nimble is about.  This can only be achieved by aligning oneself with a global organization, such as ETP Network.  The synergy of a network supporting each individual to succeed makes all the difference for ongoing success, no matter how economic factors impact corporations.  “Our secret weapon for keeping members nimble is our newly implemented ETP Network Angel program.  Our angels inside companies help ETP Network members to get placed at the head of the line for interviews. Our benefits package has proven to work for both career professionals and business owners. No other organization teaches members how to network. We do.” states Carl E. Reid, ETP Network Chief Operations Officer.

About Empowering Today’s Professionals (ETP) Network
The mission of ETP Network is to encourage, train, support, mentor and advise fellow CEOs of ME, Incorporated in all aspects of defined responsibilities to their personal Board of Directors. ETP's proven education programs and methodologies guide each member through "HOW" to specifically land a job and develop self empowering career management goals.  Tel: 732-367-5580 Web: www.etpnetwork.com 


Contact
Phyllis Shelton, Public Relations Director
iPower Global Solutions
Tel: 646-201-6597
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ETP Network Community Connections:

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Apologies. We can't always post here as often as we would like.

You can follow us @etpnetwork on Twitter. You can also join our Yahoo!! news group. We're also on Facebook and we have are own global community Social Network. Did I also mention we are on LinkedIn too.
LinkedIn is where the big professional boys and girls play to make serious career and business connections.

ETP Network is a very "warm trusted" network to support you in accomplishing your goals. So come out of the cold. Dial in * Charge up * Get connected with free career management coaching every Wednesday at 9:00PM EST.

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Maintain Momentum with YOUR Job Search

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Although there may be family activities scheduled, block out a little time to take care of your personal board of directors.

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Special Holiday Edition of the ETP Network Night Conference Call
Click here to Register FREE Now

Date: Wednesday December 24, 2008

Time:9:00PM to 9:30PM EST "Virtual Handshake" Networking.

Training starts promptly at 9:30PM

?How to use the week before New Years to advance your job search"

Special Guest Speaker
Aaron Cohen

1. Myth about holiday job searching

2. Marketing Department Plans

3. Research Department Plans

4. What are the Employers/Hiring Managers doing that week?
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Out Fox Your Competition

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With the holidays creeping up on us, stay the course with your job search. Most people slow down on seeking opportunities as the end of year draws nearer. The smarter tactical move is to turn up the heat with daily job search activities.

Think about it. If the popular thought is to slow down on obtaining interviews, that paves the way for less competition. Companies are still keeping their options open. You do the same.

Grab a free copy of the Career Management Swiss Army Knife. It allows you to super charge your job search by helping you turn up the heat to get more interviews quicker.

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