You may have different skills. Sometime your skills may converge to a point so that you will be the best person to be selected for a post. Sometime it may not be so. The skillset may diverge so that the recruiters may get embarrassed or confused. They may not hire you. So that you have to specialise according to the skills you possess and according to the need of the employer. Possessing many abilities alone will guarantee you a job. Instead it may prevent you from being selected. The employer may consider you as overqualified and over priced. How will you manage a situation like this. Please look into these slides. Please contact me for more details.

1. Jack
of all
Trades
Planning for a career advancement in tune with your abilities
babuappat@gmail.com

2. I sometimes receives
letters of this sort
Dear Sir,
I lost my job after working for more than ____ years at the same company. In
that time, I had a variety of responsibilities. I worked in a half-dozen
departments. As the company changed, I would take on new projects as
needed. I was a "Jack-of-all-trades."
I thought when I lost my job I'd find it easy to get a new one because of all I
have done. I've got so many skills and abilities, my resume is three pages long.
And yet, I can't seem to get an interview. As I research positions on job boards,
I find myself saying, "I can do that!" But, having applied to over 40 jobs, I've yet
to get a single interview.
What am I doing wrong?

3. Jack of all Trades
And a master in many
Even then…….
Career advancement depends not only
your abilities and skill
But in your ability to manage and market
your skills

4. The answer is simple:
When you try to look like a match for
everything, you match nothing

5. A Job Opening
Is a specific problem to solve

6. When a company
has an open position:
what they really have is a
particular problem
that needs to be solved

7. Hiring decision goes by…
The person choose to hire will be
the one that can solve the
problem the best and is priced
right.

8. Confusing hirers
When you are marketing dozens of
things about yourself, a/k/a being a
Jack-of-all-trades, you overwhelm
hiring managers.

9. You stand to loose…
In fact, you distract them to the point
they are unable to see you as a
match…

10. Overqualified, overpriced
Not only do you appear overqualified,
but they may also assume you are
overpriced as well...resulting in your
resume going in the "no" pile

11. The Solution?
Become A
"Swiss Army Knife"
Instead.

12. Swiss army knife?
If you find yourself in the Jack-of-all-trades
situation, I suggest you re-tool yourself to
appear more like a Swiss Army Knife:

13. Skills; Demonstrate them
with precision
be clear in what each of your key skills is
good for and demonstrate them with
precision.

14. Here's what to do:
Step 1:
Identify the top 5 skill sets you want
to leverage in your next position.

15. You have many skills, but you need to
focus hiring managers on the skills you
are most passionate about using on a
daily basis so you can find a job that
plays to your strengths

16. Step 2:
Map out how those skills support an
employer in solving a problem.

17. How can your skills be of use
Clarify how will you use these skills
specifically to save and/or make the
company money.

18. Empathize
Ask yourself, "What pain will I alleviate
when I utilize these skills for an
employer?

19. Step 3:
Quantify your track record of success
in these key skills.

20. You need to be able to back up your
abilities with facts.
Articulate examples of how you have used
each of these skills to help an employer
so you can justify the cost of hiring you.

21. Step 4:
Optimize your career tools (i.e. resume &
Online identity

22. Profiles available online
Must reflect your problem solving
expertise using the skill sets you
chose to showcase.

23. Less is more
Simplify these documents so the text
clearly supports your area of focus.

24. Without overwhelming..,
Give hiring managers enough information
to confirm you can do the specific job
without overwhelming them.

25. Contact me to learn more…
Your career tools should say, "I can do the
job you need, but you'll need to contact
me to learn more."

26. Finally, Don't Forget To...
Start a proactive job search

27. One more thing…
Once you've gone from branding yourself
as a generalist to a specialist, you need
to do one more thing:

28. Just because you revamped your
professional identity to be better
suited for specific jobs, doesn't
mean employers will start
responding to your online
applications.

29. If you really want to get an
employer's attention, you need to
increase your networking efforts
so you can spread the word about
your special problem solving
abilities as a way to get referred
into positions

30. What other tips can you share to deal
with the Jack-of-all-trades challenge?

31. Please write to me
I too am a career trainer
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Google me and you’ll find how a jack I myself am

32. THANK YOU
babuappat@gmail.com
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