National Association of Social Workers-NYC "Navigating the Job Search"

The Job Search

NASW- JANUARY 22, 2013

Copyright 2013 Stephanie Bittle LCSW all rights reserved

Who am I?

 Personal and Professional Coach for Women

 Specialize in Career Building and Empowerment
Coaching

 Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Healthcare and
Preventive Services


Who are you?

 Share first name, last name

 Where you last worked

 The weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten


Tonight’s journey

 Brainstorming on Defining Your Specialty
 Online Searching/ Leveraging your resume
 Researching positions/ Becoming an insider
 Per Diem/ Part-time work
 Thinking outside the box Exercise/ BREAK
 Networking Exercise
 Career Development offices at colleges
 Volunteering/Internships/Training
 Trends in Social Work


Define Your Specialty

Self-Exploration

The difference between having a purpose and passion
in your job search and being ambiguous


Leveraging your resume/ online searching

 Sites that aggregate jobs:
 www.indeed.com
 www.simplyhired.com

 Sites that specialize in Social Services
 www.socialservicejobs.com
 www.idealist.org
 www.nasw.org


Job sites that offer career advice

 www.careerbuilders.com
 www.youtube.com (trainings)
 www.nytimes.com
 www.monster.com

 Just Google it!


Key words in Resumes

Include Key works in Resumes because recruiting
software “sweep” resumes to determine who matches
their criteria.


Uploading Your Resumes

 Resume = Job Posting (key words)

 Works well if you are looking for similar work

 More successful for Per Diem jobs


To Upload or Not to Upload

 1.5 million resumes in one click to 75 of the top sites
 www.resumerabbit.com

 Tailor your resume to jobs

 Identity theft

 SPAM


What is your resume?

 Not what you think

 Big Brother is watching


Part-time and Per Diem work

 Lack of Benefits

 In the back door/ known entity

 www.socialworkprn.com


You go to them.

 Research online about potential jobs.

 Find about a dozen places that fit your needs.

 Explore connections to lead you to the Job.


The insider advantage.

 The advantage of knowing insider information may
help you get a referral or know how to get the job.

 Send resume directly to right person in organization.

 You may be able to write a grant proposal to help fill
a void in the organization.


Direct Mail Campaign

 Start with organizations you have researched
extensively and continue out from there

 Include articles or resume and cover letters


Thinking outside the box

 How do you think you can get the attention of
someone you would like to talk to who is out of reach
about getting hired at their organization?

 Start with a crazy idea and then get crazier and
crazier. Have three index cards.

 Challenge yourself to make one of these ideas work.


The offline advantage

 90% of job hunters are looking for work online and
only 5% are looking offline (attending networking
events, setting up informational interviews).

 70 to 80% of jobs are never posted.

 Bureau of Labor Statistics says that 70% of all jobs
are found through networking.


Some offline Networking options

 Speaking
 Workshops
 Professional Organizations/ Conferences
 Meetups
 Alumni groups
 Happy Hours
 Going to the Laundromat (you get my point!)


Networking Exercise

 What Borough do you live in? If you live in
Manhattan, divide up in the East and West Side.

 What is your area of interest in Social Work?
Healthcare and or/ Palliative care? Substance Abuse
Counseling? School Social Work? Private Practice?
Mental Health Counseling? Child and Family
Services? Elder Services?


Six degrees of separation

 Were there any coincidences in your group?
Commonalities?

 Figure out a way to leverage these.


The Rule of Seven

 Seven contacts for someone to be confident referring
you.

 Social Media is one way to keep in contact.


You Do the Math

 I started January 5th (not liking social media), with 68 links
which connected me to 2,100,896+ others. In one day, this
increased 3,119.

 My husband began using LinkedIn two years ago. He has
488 connections, which links him to 7 million, 982,485+
professionals. This increases about 23,000 people a day.


It takes two

 Job Hunting with a partner or partners helps.

 Maybe someone you met today could be your job
hunting partner.


Career Coaching

Career Coaches are there to assist you depending on
your individual needs.

 Self Exploration/ Developing your Brand

 Setting goals for networking and job search

 Building tools for marketing yourself


Wasserman Center for Career Development

 Take advantage of career development services at
colleges/universities.

 NYU has frequent guest lecturers on interview
skills, marketing, and presentation skills.

 Alumni have assess to the NYU Career Net.


Volunteering/Internships

 Learning and staying connected

 Relieving stress and anxiety

 Leveraging job or referrals for similar position


Trainings/Education

 Certifications

 Workshops/ Conferences

 Degree Programs


Trends in Social Work

 O*Net (www.onetonline.com)

 Resource to explore positions and trends

 For example, Healthcare Social workers have a bright
outlook at 29% growth rate compared to other fields.
Overall, social workers projected growth is between 10-19%
between 2010-2020.


It’s in the News…

 Trauma/ PTSD (Newtown/ Hurricane Sandy)
 Mental Health
 Aging Populations
 Children’s mental health- Autism


Questions/ Sharing

 What have been your major obstacles to finding work?

 How do you manage not getting burnt out in “The Job
Search” or do you feel burnt out?

 How have people you know that have found work done
so?

 Do you have any further questions for me?


Roller Coaster Ride

 Breathe in and out as you approach each day and
hang on for the ride!

 I wish you great success in your quest.


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