FROM

LAYOFF TO

JOB SEARCH:Navigatingthe Jungle

Maureen Nelson, M.A.One Stop Career Link

AGENDA

What this Class Is/Is Not

Introductory Activity: On the Path

Big Game Hunting: 3 Important Cycles

Using a Map to Find Your Way

Staying on Course: Strong Currents

Survival of the Fittest!

Postcards from the Edge

A Hero’s Welcome & Evaluations

What This Class IsA pointer toward resources to…

Help you move beyond negative effects of a layoff

Figure out what you want to do

Get organized

Overcome isolation

Fill in gaps on your resume

What This Class Is Not

We will not be covering…

Career exploration

Resumes

Interviewing

Draw a picture ofwhere you were,where you are,and where youwant to be

ACTIVITY: On the Path

10

IntroducingGuide & Team

Name

Your Path:Your one-minute “story”(how long since you worked, are youtemping/ volunteering/ schooling/ caretaking?)

Kind of job you’re looking for

What you hope to get out of todayor one question you want answered

Big Game Hunting

The Career Development Cycle

Change Management Cycle

Job Search Cycle

Career Development Cycle

Goal Setting

Work/Life Balance

Workplace Relationships

Mentoring/Being Mentored

Professional Development

Identify…• Interests• Skills• Values• Personality Types• Preferred Work Conditions• Blocks and Barriers

Brainstorm Job Titles

Industry Research

Investigate Job Listings

Target Local Employers

Real World Exploration — Info Interviews — Prof Assns Evaluate Research

Prioritize Needs

Target Objectives

Decision Making

Create Action Plan

Networking

Résumé/Cover Letters

Interview Skills

Salary Negotiation

Support System

Self-Assessment

CareerManagement

Job Search Tools

CareerResearch

Goal Setting

Layoff?

New Job?

Promotion?

Career Change?

— In same industry

— In new industry

Change Management

Change Management Cycle, or

The Six Stages of Change

Loss

Doubt

Discomfort

Discovery

Understanding

Integration

“Change is walking naked into the land of uncertainty.”

Robert QuinnDeep Change: Discovering the Leader Within

Where are you?

Loss

DoubtDiscomfort

Discovery

Understanding

Integration

Fear

Shock

Anger

Anxiety

Hope

Future-focused

Bruised

Ego

Confidence

DevelopingPsychological Resilience

How do you bounce back from life’s disappointments?

How do you learn to hear “no” and keep going?

What plans do you have if your job search is a long one?

Realize job loss is normal:It happens to everyone

Has a layoffor firing

ever resultedin an

unexpectedpositive effect

for you?

Job Search Cycle

2: Look for job openings

1: Create resume and cover letter

3: Apply to companies

[Repeat Steps 3 & 4 as needed]

4: InterviewGet offer!!

How to Shake It UpApproach companies you want to work for — even if they’re not advertising openings

How would you look for work if you couldn’t use the job boards?

Expand your network by attending job clubs and using Linked In, Spoke, etc.

Guerilla Job Hunting (3 free chapters)http://www.perrymartel.com/GM4JH.html

Use unusual tools & approaches(Visit the shamans)

ACTIVITY: A Visit to the Shamans

“What would make it fun?”

“UseYour Six

Thinking Hats”

“Give yourself a Whack on the

Side of the Head”

“Hide Your Resume”

“Take a snapshot/

Tell a story”

15

Debrief:A Visit to the Shamans

15

Break: 10 minutes

What if you don’t know what you want to do next?

Where’sthe map of

my life??

Using A Map(Assessments)

To Find Your Way

Values

Interests

Skills /Abilities

Personality

Sources of AssessmentsPrivate career counselors

College career centers(if they serve the public)

Books, e.g., Llewellyn and Holt’sThe Everything Career Tests Book*

Internet, e.g., EDD website

* Covers work environment, suitability to runninga business, management, work/life balance

The Classic Assessments

Value Search

Self-Directed Search

Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

Strong Interest Inventory

Campbell Interest & Skill Survey

SkillScan

Values: MyPlan.comhttp://www.myplan.com/assess/values.php

Interests and Skills: CA EDDhttp://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/

?PAGEID=3

See Step 1: Self-Assessment

Occ Matches: O*NET Descriptorshttp://online.onetcenter.org/find/descriptor

Use drop-down menu and buttons

Personality: MBTIMyers Briggs Type Indicatorhttp://www.humanmetrics.com/See Jungian Typology Test

Personality:Keirsey Temperament Sorterhttp://www.keirsey.com/

For both: 16 possible types

Battery: PESCO11 assessments in one

Available through One Stop

Alternative: Deep QuestionsFigler, Bolles, Nemko, et al

“35 Most Revealing Questions About You” from Cool Careers for Dummies

Staying on Course:Strong Currents

Staying Organized

Binders

File folders

Excel charts

Calendars

Datebooks

Journals

Online tools

Your computer

Survival of the Fittest!Counteracting Isolation

JOB

Counteracting IsolationEnlist others in your job search

Linked In and other networking sites

Avoid Silicon Timesuck

Join “job clubs”

Volunteer: TALK to people

Take classes: TALK to people

Attend professional meetings

Attend business events

Networking

“In Mail”

Online resume

Work samples

Links to sites/blogs

Recommendations

Company research

Interest groups

Q & A’s

Job Hunters’ GroupsOne Stop’s Job Search Strategy Group

Experience Unlimited Success Teams

Grace Works / Grace Cathedral

Job Forum, SF Chamber of Commerce

Groups at Jewish Vocational Service

Bay Area Career Center

MeetUp.com

Postcards from the Edge:What did you do during

your big safari into unemployment?

(Employers want to know)

Filling in the Resume GapsUpgrading skills / taking classes

Freelance work

Volunteering

Leadership in professional organizations

Presenting / speaking

Writing articles

Caretaking

Traveling

A Hero’s Welcome!!

You made it home (or you will soon)

Good luck to everyone!

About Your PresenterMaureen Nelson is Senior Career Counselor at Oakland PIC One Stop.She previously worked at the GoodwillOne Stop Career Link in San Francisco.She has led workshops and written articles on career topics for over 10 years. She blogs on Take Charge of Your Career.

Before becoming a career counselor, Maureen worked in publishing. Maureen was voted “Author with the Most Impact” by the National Career Development Association in 2008. She has a master’s degree in Career Development from John F. Kennedy University and is co-author of Getting Your Ideal Internship.