Be Your Own Headhunter

Finding Hidden Jobs at Venture Capital-Backed Companies

The following post is courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap:

From: Lorraine Russo

StartUpHire is the "job site dedicated to recruiting exceptional talent to venture capital backed companies. These are some of the most rewarding careers on the planet, but they historically have been difficult to identify."

Here's what so cool about this site:

No resumes are collected at the site, and all correspondence takes place solely between the individual and the hiring company.

Paul DeBettignies, MN Headhunter And Be Your Own Headhunter Presentations

I am only going back about 12 months for the list below as most of the job search, networking and LinkedIn related presentations going back 7 years were based on “I Have A Killer Resume Now What? Tips On Being Your Own Headhunter”

The list below are all sessions that were delivered in person to groups ranging from 10-250 attendees.

Not included in the list are sessions now being done online through Be Your Own Headhunter.

Attendees of the sessions below include a wide range of people including recruiters, college students, job seekers, small business owners, entrepreneurs, librarians, senior executives, social media, public relations, marketing and IT professionals:

2009

• Job Search Toolkit: Be Your Own Headhunter: Cima Labs 6/09
• Using Social Media For Networking And Job Searching: Hennepin County Library Staff Training 6/09
• Using Social Media In Your Job Search: Social Media Camp 6/09
• Using Social Media For Networking, Lead Generation And Recruiting Oberon, LLC 5/09
• 21st Century Job Search Requires New Tools And Techniques
• Project Management Institute Minnesota 4/09
• Career and Building a Personal Brand (Panelist): Public Relations Society of America – MN (MNPRSA) 4/09
• I Have A Killer Resume Now What? Tips On Being Your Own Headhunter: Bloomington Chamber of Commerce Job Club 4/09
• Using LinkedIn & Social Media In Your Job Search: Best Buy 2/09, 3/09
• LinkedIn To A New Year: Savage Chamber of Commerce 1/09
• Using Social Media In Your Job Search: Social Media Breakfast Minneapolis/ St Paul 1/09

2008

• Build Your Networking Life Raft Before You Need It: MN Chapter International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) 10/08
• Online Safety or Why You Should Not Post Tailgate Pictures: University of Minnesota Welcome Week 8/08
• Various presentations including LinkedIn, Twitter, and Job Ad SEO J. Perzel & Associates Summer 6-7/08
• Creating and Building Passive Candidate and Talent Pools 101: Minnesota Recruiters 5/08
• I Have A Killer Resume Now What? Tips On Being Your Own Headhunter: StarTribune Career Expo 1/08, 5/08, 9/08, 1/09

Paul DeBettignies, MN Headhunter And Be Your Own Headhunter Interviews

Here is an updated list of stories and podcasts I have been a part of (blog posts not included):

2009

• Tips from the Social Recruitment Trenches IT Business Edge 7/09
• Do Social Channels Help or Hinder Recruitment Efforts? IT Business Edge 7/09
• Recruiting With Social Networking Twin Cities Business Monthly 7/09
• Tweeting for a job: Online social networking invaluable in career hunting Chaska Herald 4/09
• Twitter's tweet connections bring job-seekers, employers together St Paul Pioneer Press 3/09
• Extra: Social networking can help job hunt KARE 11 (NBC affiliate) 3/09
• Good Question: Should You Google Yourself? WCCO TV (CBS affiliate) 2/09
• Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 21 Minnov8 1/09
• Getting LinkedIn For Career Success Minneapolis StarTribune 1/09

2008

• Headhunter: The Meek May Not Inherit A Job WCCO TV (CBS affiliate) 11/08
• Minnesota Headhunter, Your Buddy in Bad Times Recruiting Animal podcast 11/08
• Turning to the TV for Explanations and Answers New York Times 9/08
• Sites: not just for personal connections anymore Business Journal 9/08
• How To Get Found By Recruiters Minneapolis StarTribune 7/08
• The Minnesota Headhunter Recruiting Animal podcast 1/08

2006 - 2007

• Tips For The Unemployed Job Seeker Minneapolis StarTribune 11/07
• Northwest Workers May Strike, Judge Says New York Times Blog 8/06
• Northwest's Advice to the Laid Off: Dumpster Dive NPR 8/06
• Web Master (no link) Minnesota Business 8/06

3 FREE Online Seminars: Job Search Tool Kit August 4th | LinkedIn A-Z August 5th | Social Media August 6th

While Be Your Own Headhunter is under going a facelift this is how to stay in touch with upcoming seminars on the MN Headhunter blog:

• MN Headhunter RSS Feed
• MN Headhunter RSS Via EMail
• MN Headhunter Newsletter

All presentations are 60-90 minutes with a Q&A that follows.

If you are a Twitter user and would like to provide immediate feedback during a presentation add #BYOH to your comments and suggestions. I will follow up with you on Twitter after the presentation.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are unable to attend the sessions during these times (or are seeing this post after sessions have been held) either click MN Headhunter Blog or Be Your Own Headhunter where you will find a calendar of upcoming events or register anyway so you can get the slides via email.

3 FREE Online Seminars: Job Search Tool Kit July 28th | LinkedIn A-Z July 29th | Social Media July 30th

While Be Your Own Headhunter is under going a facelift this is how to stay in touch with upcoming seminars on the MN Headhunter blog:

• MN Headhunter RSS Feed
• MN Headhunter RSS Via EMail
• MN Headhunter Newsletter

All presentations are 60-90 minutes with a Q&A that follows.

If you are a Twitter user and would like to provide immediate feedback during a presentation add #BYOH to your comments and suggestions. I will follow up with you on Twitter after the presentation.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are unable to attend the sessions during these times (or are seeing this post after sessions have been held) either click MN Headhunter Blog or Be Your Own Headhunter where you will find a calendar of upcoming events or register anyway so you can get the slides via email.

Job Search Materials - Are Yours Up To Date?

The following post is courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap:

From: CareerAlley

When was the last time you checked and updated your job search materials (resume, cover letters, references, thank you letters, network contact list, etc.)? Resumes are always a work in progress and should be reviewed and updated on a regular basis. First, you may have versions of your resume depending on the type of job opportunities and second, you need to post fresh resumes (even if only one word has changed). Today's post will focus on job search materials resources.

FREE Online Job Search Seminar July 14th

PLEASE NOTE: Inserting a message in here before getting into the standard post below. Because of two major recruiter industry events I am planning/co-hosting on July 16th and 17th, Future of Talent and Minnesota Recruiters, I will not be able to do my usual 3 presentations in 3 days. This week I will only be doing the Job Search presentation.

I will resume normal scheduling for the week of July 20th.

Back to normal posting…

 

While Be Your Own Headhunter is under going a facelift this is how to stay in touch with upcoming seminars on the MN Headhunter Blog:

• MN Headhunter RSS Feed
• MN Headhunter RSS Via EMail
• MN Headhunter Newsletter

All presentations are 60-90 minutes with a Q&A that follows.

If you are a Twitter user and would like to provide immediate feedback during a presentation add #BYOH to your comments and suggestions. I will follow up with you on Twitter after the presentation.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are unable to attend the sessions during these times (or are seeing this post after sessions have been held) either click MN Headhunter Blog or Be Your Own Headhunter where you will find a calendar of upcoming events or register anyway so you can get the slides via email.

How To Decipher The Meaning Of Interview Questions

The following post is courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap:

From: Lorraine Russo

Interviewers ask certain questions for a reason. Some good...and some not so good. Like it or not, the same questions are asked just about every day during each and every interview in every company around the country. So if you understand the information an interviewer is trying to obtain from you, answering them will be all the easier.

Many, but not all, human resources personnel and hiring managers are experienced interviewers, so they typically know the “right” and “wrong” answers to questions. They also know what your answers say about YOU, both personally and professionally.

For example, if an interviewer asks you to discuss your strengths and weaknesses, do you know what he or she is looking for in your answer?