Blog Post: Our Holiday Gift To You

While the class is free, it is limited to 50 people by the size of the room.  Please register by giving your name, immediate past title and cell phone number (in case of blizzard…this is Colorado , after all) and REGISTER in the subject line.

This free workshop is for those who are white collar, management or professional workers only.  While we’d love to be able to help blue collar workers, skilled laborers and unskilled laborers, we just plain don’t know anything about that area.

But we do know plenty about finding employment if one is a white collar, management or professional worker who has been RIFed from his or her job, and we want to share this with you.

If you are currently unemployed and “waiting for some irons in the fire,” please come home from fantasy land and do something real for your job search and register.  Everyone we ever have come in to speak with us has “irons in the fire.”  98%+ of the time these “irons in the fire” are completely illusory.  Unless you’re simply waiting for an offer letter from a company who has made you a verbal offer, you do not have any real “irons in the fire.”  And it is unlikely that there will be a “Miracle on 34 th Street ” to deliver a job to you.  Register for the class, and leave sugarplum dreams for the night time.

And remember that everyone thinks four things.  1).  They’re an above average driver.  2).  They’re an above average lover.  3).  They’re an above average interviewer and 4). They have a good enough network.  They’re almost always wrong on at least 3 and 4 (and probably 1 and 2, as well….).  Only a fool would think that he or she is an “above average interviewer.”  Even if true, unless you’re trained, you will not get the job if you’re up against a trained and skilled interviewer.  Our clients get offers, on the average, 3 out of 4 times they interview, versus the nationa average of about 1 in 10 (depending on position).  If your average isn’t the same or better, you’re not an “above average interviewer.”

Everyone seems to think their network is “good enough.”  It isn’t.  Unless you have 250 – 300 active people in your Rolodex, your “network” is probably not going to help you.  We have over 850 active people in our Rolodex, and many others who we can call on from time to time.  And we still network to find more!  Shouldn’t you be doing the same?

And keep in mind that you should be getting at least one interview for every ten networking meetings.  If you’re not, your network and/or your networking skills are far from “good enough.”

If you have questions or would like to schedule a free coffee meeting with us to review your résumé prior to the workshop, please call Jaclyne Barrett at 303.480.5484 , and she will be happy to set up some time for you.

Try to have a great holiday.  Don’t worry, be happy.  Jobs are out there and we want to help.  I hope to see many of you at our free January class.

Heckers Development Group, LTD is a small, family owned, career transition and executive coaching firm in Cherry Creek.  John Heckers, MA, CPC , BCPC has over 28 years in helping people change jobs and careers.  Jaclyne Barrett (jbarrett@heckersdevgroup.com) has over 12 years as a professional coach and Human Resources Officer at various companies throughout the Front Range .  We will be happy to speak with you regarding your career.  To find out more about us, go to www.hekcersdevgroup.com.  Read our other blogs at http://employmentskills.blogspot.com and http://executiveexpert.blogspot.com.