 Fierce Job-Hunting Workshops
Want some help with your job search? Learn how to use
JobBait services on your own and find a job four times
faster than networking.
These workshops are free ... by telephone and in
person.
This is our gift to the job-seeking community at all
salaries. We do it once a week because we can and
because it's the right thing to do as our country
recovers from a very deep recession.
Feel free to invite your friends.
Thursday - July 29, 2010
Volunteering. What are the benefits of
volunteering when looking for a job? What kinds of
volunteering can you (should you) do? Where do you
find volunteer opportunities - locally, in your
industry, and/or virtually?
Your hosts include Mark, Cheryl and Art
- all with extensive volunteer backgrounds.
How you can attend
By telephone at Noon
Pacific, 1 Mountain, 2 Central and 3 Eastern. Use the Conference Dial-In: 712-432-3100
and Conference Code: 810584.
In person from 3:30 to 5 Pacific Time at the White River Museum conference room,
918 H Street SE, Auburn, WA 98002 .
Reservations are not required.
Workshop topics
Each week we'll give you an overview and a special
topic. Scroll down for previous topics. To get the details for upcoming workshops, join our mailing list.
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Previous workshop topics
Here's how these pieces fit together: Find the
decision-makers most likely to hire you and send them a
value proposition letter. Use a website and video clip
to interview while you sleep. For those who do it right, 85% land a job in less than 90 days.
If you missed our previous workshops and want an
audio recording, they're available as an MP3 download for $20 each.
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Previous workshops, including
Q&A ... about 90 minutes each |
Recordings
$20 each |
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Hidden Job Market Workshop - takes you to
a hidden page.
What exactly is
the hidden job market? How big is it where you
live now? What makes it better than the visible
job market? How can you access it? Jun 17, 2010 |
Free
Recording |
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Value propositions
with critiques and recommendations. How do you build a letter from scratch? What
works, what doesn't and why? How do you handle
your reason for leaving your last job? How
should you handle salary requirements?
Here's a sample letter for a
Janitor. Jun 3, 2010 |
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Blended Value Proposition. In this workshop,
you'll learn how to take your
value proposition (in $ and
%) to a
higher level by adding ingredients that employers want.
The blend consists of: Commercial (in $ and
%), Social, Environmental , spiritual (small s), Psychological
and Your Passion. We'll also review participant's value proposition
letters and make suggestions for improvement. July 15,
2010 |
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Targeting
with the latest trends to improve your odds. What's hot where you live now? Should you switch
industries, relocate, or stay where you are? If
you switch, which is best and why? If
you relocate, where should you go?
Jun 10, 2010 |
Free
Recording |
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Mailing List
alternatives and techniques, including email. Which mailing list
supplier is best and why? How do you get a
mailing list free? How do you find
decision-makers by industry, location and size?
Which titles you should select?
Apr 29, 2010 |
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Websites and Video Clips
- interview while you sleep. Why should you have a website? What should you
put on your website? Why should you use a video
clip? How can you do your own video? What should
you say in the video?
May 6, 2010 |
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Solo Consulting, the fastest-growing
alternative to a "job." How can you consult while you're looking for a
job? Which is better - part-time consulting or full time? How much should you charge? How
should you bill clients?
May 13, 2010 |
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Beyond the Job Search - Hire Yourself by
Starting Your Own Business.
Should you consider starting your own business
and why? What are the pros and cons compared to a job
search? Can you (should you) start a business while
working? What does it take to succeed, and what's the
likelihood of success? What resources are available to help you along
the way? July 8, 2010 |
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Printing letters
yourself with tips to make it faster. Which paper should you use? Why can't you use
100% cotton? Where's the best place to buy
stationery? How can you get your paper free?
May 27, 2010 |
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Green Jobs.
Where are the green jobs? How many are hidden? How
many are near where you live now? How do you find them?
What do you need to know to get a green job? How do you
get green credentials? June 24, 2010 |
Free
Recording |
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Switching Industries.
How can you reengineer your background to
make yourself attractive to a different industry? What
would your value proposition be? We'll take requests and
work together to find solutions.
July 22, 2010 |
Free
Recording |
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Email Mark@JobBait.com
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Our Do-It-Yourself
Kit includes all of the audios.
Some comments from participants
Hi Mark and Cheryl. This was so informative. I have
been thinking about starting a Personal Assistant
business for a while, but didn’t quite know how to go
about it. Listening to this solo-consulting phone
meeting has inspired me to use your techniques to get
going. Cannot wait to hear further topics so I can plug
in my idea for a business to your methods. Thank you.
Terry
Dear Mark, Excellent Teleconference. The foursome of
you, Cheryl, Art and Jim tagged team to do an excellent
job. There was good synergy between all of you. Everyone
made timely contributions to content and understanding.
You were able to funnel the content through a
pre-planned question format and communicate answers
effectively. What stood out with me was the process
approach that Art Ritter embraces passionately and the
insightful views on marketing shared by Jim Rosemary.
Thank you one and all. Best regards, Denny
Excellent workshop! Thank you. Please keep me on your
mailing list. MM
Good call. Well presented data. I personally love
making decisions based on data so to see huge amounts of
data reported to highlight things I’m interested in is
helpful. I would definitely consider a move so looking
at the industries and metropolitan areas in recession is
quite interesting. I’m also reminded that I can use the
library to drill down to company info. I like it. I like
Cheryl being on the call too. GR
Mark, Your workshop today was very helpful, as have
the previous workshops I attended. I can’t think of
anything to make them better at the moment. Thank you
for providing this valuable service for the DO IT
YOURSELFERS. What a blessing you are! CJS Texas
Mark, You and Cheryl did a great job on conducting
the workshop today. Congratulations! The subject
introduction in the beginning of the workshop frames the
expectation for the audience. The tag team approach by
you and Cheryl demonstrated a powerful way to conduct
the workshop. It added a fresh perspective and a
different pace to the topic of focus. Sprinkling in the
emailed-questions adds a real-life feeling and
excitement to the workshop. DS
Loved the analysis of the actual letters. Came away
with renewed emphasis on making letters about them
instead of "I", including your passion and translate
flowery words into specific dollars and percents
achievements. JC
Hi Mark, I have thoroughly enjoyed the last couple of
weeks of free JobBait webinars. Your information is very
straight forward and easy to understand. I will most
certainly be on hand for this week’s webinar on creating
your Value Proposition letter. SC
Thanks for the webinar on mailings. I think your
webinars are an excellent marketing too. The information
was very good, especially relating to damaging your
printer. I will add some of your tips to the information
I give my clients and mention your website as a resource
for those who would like to outsource the administrative
details of their job search. EK
Hi Mark, I would like to thank you and your colleague
for giving the webinar on websites and video clips in my
job search. Your webinar was timely as I have wanted to
put up my own websites, but didn't know quite where to
start. Now I have some concrete ideas and specific tips
for the site. MH
Mark, good afternoon: Today's conference call was
very valuable. It brought to life the need for a good
video clip on my website and outlined well the suggested
genre of said clip. This made a great deal of sense and
was, for me, the biggest takeaway. MM
Thank you for a great session Mark! I signed up
because I had no idea how to begin, despite knowing for
an extended period of unemployment that I need a
website. I found almost everything to be valuable (I’m
probably dating myself, but…), but found the segment on
the value and how-to’s of videos especially helpful and
informative. I had not had the intention of doing a
video, or a clue how to, until today. EW
Mark and all: Thank you for the excellent information
today. I learned much usable information and I need to
check out your website. I’ll be back next week. I wish I
knew about you for the value proposition session. I’ll
catch it next time. NL
Thank you for all the information and tools you gave
on your "Fierce Job-Hunting Workshop." I especially
appreciate the way you clearly walked us through how to
use the resources on your website. I also thank you for
making it so easy to ask questions by email as well as
by phone. Your answer to my telecommuting question
greatly expanded my options and thinking, not just for
me but for my community. JW
How these workshops started
Auburn, WA - February 2009:
"The needs of job-seekers have never been greater than
they are right now," Mark Hovind, the President
of JobBait, said in a meeting
with Auburn WA Mayor Peter Lewis. "Unemployment is
growing and people are losing their homes, their pride,
their self-respect and their dignity. Let's do something about it."
Mayor Lewis agreed and offered to let participants use
City facilities provided they lived, worked or shopped
in Auburn. The Auburn workshops were so successful,
some participants were driving from as far away as
Canada and Oregon to attend.In April 2010 a free conference call was added so
that job-seekers could attend by telephone.
Seattle
Times
The Seattle Times covered our workshop
on March 7, 2010.
Click here
to see the article. Ivan Phillips, who's mentioned in
the article, found a job and start working March 10.
From participants:
"Mark, I just wanted to let you know that I have
landed a position! I started last Monday as the Director
of Sales and Marketing for a vertical wind turbine
manufacturer. It is an awesome position and I am having
a ball." Jon
"Our daughter Emilie has landed herself a
short-term contract, and has an interview with Microsoft
Friday morning, both thanks to your Fierce Job-Hunting
tips!" Marjorie
"I appreciate your perspective and your generosity
in sharing your wisdom. You are making a difference in
many lives!" With gratitude, Candace
"Darrel was with me at the session that you did at
NW Church on that Saturday last month. When he got home
he went over and did a new [value proposition] letter
and got it out to several employers the following week.
By the first week in February he has gotten a job in the
area that he was doing some new training while on
unemployment for the past 11 months. This has now
widened his field of electrical work and combined the
"energy stimulus package" that President Obama is
pushing right now with our state and other states. He is
working in the "Sustainable Works" field as of this
coming Monday, February 15th, with the possibility of
starting up the same program for the Snohomish County
area in a few months. We would like to thank you for all
the information that you shared with us during that
session and wish you and your wife continued success
with the program and time that you are donating to the
unemployed." Cheryl
"Hi Mark, Just a note to thank you for the great technique
to get introductions to key decisions makers and to get
that initial interview. I attended your workshop on Saturday, 1/23 at the
Northwest Church in Shoreline. I created my value
proposition letter and researched my targeted mailing
list on Monday. I printed 80 letters on Monday sometimes
customizing them specifically for the company and 55
more letters on Tuesday. After assembling them on
Tuesday evening, they went into the mail Wednesday
morning. Today is Friday, 1/29, and this morning I
received my first opportunity to meet with a legal, tax
planning, and accounting services firm in Kirkland. I
have also received email saying "no, thank you" and
another saying the following: 'I received you letter yesterday and really
liked it. You provide a unique, proactive, and
attractive offer.' This is only noon on Friday. How many letters
haven't been opened yet? Thursday, I sent out 20 more
and I intend to keep sending more everyday as a part of
my job search. This is a full time job but how wonderful
when the response is so immediate. Thank you Mark!" Janet
"I want to personally thank you for your valuable
time putting on the workshops, the video taping, your
knowledgebase website and your sage advice. You and
Cheryl are so generous and thoughtful, I feel truly
blessed that our paths have crossed. I believe the help
you gave me on my Value Proposition letter was key to
getting my head around the value I could bring to a
company as well as what I really wanted in my next
position. It gave me the confidence in my interviews to
really showcase what I could do for them." JW
"Mark, I came to one of your seminars a few weeks
ago with [withheld]. I just wanted to tell you thanks for the
help that you gave me. Your information is dead on and
helped me to get a great job that's going to pay me
about $20,000 more a year than I usually make and it
only took me 1 1/2 weeks to do it. I have told everyone
I know about the great stuff you're doing. God bless you
and your wife and I hope you have a great holiday
season. Warm regards," CS
"I sent out 65 letters last week and had 3
interviews this week! Thanks! IP
"I want to let
you know how much I've enjoyed your workshop. I've
already spread the word to several friends and groups.
I'm really looking forward to the workshop next week."
CH
"I found a position at [withheld] and hope to move
up in the system." KG
"Thank you for sharing your valuable expertise in
the job-hunting workshop yesterday. I was really
impressed with your recommended strategies; it made more
sense than anything I've ever read or heard on the
subject." DM
"I attended your workshop yesterday and wanted to
thank you for the time and energy you have volunteered
to help others in the community. I found the information
very helpful, and I’m looking forward to attending
again." LB
"Thank you for the feedback. I re-wrote my letter and have gotten 3 calls with it already!!!!!"
RM
"I want you to know that 3 of my members [of a
professional networking group] have attended your
workshop and each found it extremely valuable. We are
now advertising your workshop to our entire membership
on our group calendar." JM
"Thank you very much for the generous giving of
your time, your knowledge, and your wisdom at
yesterday's Fierce seminar. It was FANTASTIC! I came out
of it with some great ideas that I will implement before
next Thursday's meeting." LK
About Mark Hovind
Mark Hovind, the owner of JobBait, is a career coach for 6 and 7 figure executives. He worked his way up
through the ranks (after graduating with a BS in Systems
Engineering from the University of Illinois) from a
staff engineer to VP, Director, GM, COO and CEO. He's helped
small companies and large, including Transamerica, Delco
Electronics and Aramco in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (82-84).
He's managed 350 employees and
helped take two companies public.
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