Here are all explanations and links to the 15 job search comprehensive Computer Based eLearning modules.

(Click on the gold icons to view the respective job search module)

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Starting Your Job Search

Never has getting “off on the right foot” been more important that when launching a job search. In this module you’ll learn how get organized and stay that way throughout your search. You’ll learn about a free website that is exclusively devoted to just this one task and its a “must use” tool in your search. But you’ll get much more than just organization in this module because you’ll learn how to avoid the biggest job search mistake and how to set up your job search for success.

Finding Target Companies in Your Job Search

Only about 10% to 15% of jobs are advertised on job boards and only about 40% of all jobs available at any one time can be found anywhere on the Internet. That leaves a very big opportunity for those that are willing to find these opportunities. Most job seekers just don’t know how to do that, but now with these three modules you can be light years ahead of your competition.

Finding Target Companies – Part 1

Discusses how to find companies for you to target that will match your interests and job skills. This goes beyond the typical job boards with actual demonstrations of how to use specialized websites to research trends as well as find companies that match your search criteria.

Finding Target Companies – Part 2

This continues with finding companies for you to target by demonstrating another five websites that can be used to find great matching companies for you to target. This module ends with the introduction of four additional websites that are extremely valuable in finding the reputation of your target companies.

Advanced Job Search Methods

This module demonstrates advanced techniques for some websites you already know about plus other that you probably don’t in ways that dig deep to uncover job opportunity gems. This includes using social networks as well as your own network in creative ways.

Finding Relevant Contacts Inside Target Companies During Your Job Search

Learn how to get insider help from current and/or former employees at your target companies. You’ll see me take an active job and use specific tools to research how to contact the hiring manager directly, including how I found their company email address.You’ll also learn how to get insiders to provide you with invaluable insights about the company, job and hiring manager as well as why they have an incentive to introduce you to that manager, but only when you learn how to structure your request. You’ll get powerful voice and email scripts that you can adapt to make these contacts that will great increase your odds for success using these methods.

Discovering Company Culture

You learn the top 20 questions you that you can ask during the course of your interviews to uncover what its really like to work at a prospective employer. These questions are designed to probe and get at the underlying culture of a prospective employer. Once you know the answers to these questions, you’ll be in a position to make a more informed decision about a possible job offer.You may not need all of them, but its best to have them available so you get a clear picture before you accept an offer.

Resumes That Get Interviews

You’ll learn the 12 most valuable resume strategies that will cause an increased interest in employers wanting to interview you. These are the same methods that I used to increase my candidate’s interviews by 312%. Over 90% of all resumes have flaws that decrease the odds of being invited to the interview.There is also a resume format that significantly improves your face-to-face interview results which means more job offers. You’ll discover how to create your resume so that it instantly and positively “connects with the message playing inside the head of the reader.”

Tailoring Your Resume

You’ll learn a step-by-step method of how to use readily available, intelligence easily found on the Internet to tailor your resume to connect with the reader. This is a more in-depth and focused method that is introduced in the Resumes That Get Interviews module. You’ll can learn more from my ebook, The Ultimate Resume Format here.

Interview Preparation

I have outlined the critical steps that you must follow to be the best prepared candidate the employer will interview. Most often the offer goes to the best prepared candidate and you want to be that person.These are the same methods that I personally use to coach my candidates for their interviews. Critical mistakes can be made at this step, but the eLearning module will show you not only what you must do, but some little known websites that will give you in-depth insights into the employer’s company, culture and recruiting processes.

Interviewing Phone Screen

You’ll learn how to combine interview preparation (see prior module) and practice interviewing (see next modules) to win your “ticket to the interview.” Unless you ace the phone interview it is game over.There are three critical things that you must get right. They are: 1) the right preparation, 2) understanding the dynamics of a phone interview (when neither party can see the other) and 3) how to respond to both traditional and behavioral questions as described in the practice interview modules.

Practice Interviewing

This module is divided into three parts and is totally unique and unlike anything you’ll find elsewhere.

For the first time, you can use modern, interactive computer based methods to practice your interviews. You’ll discover techniques that will allow you to respond to interviewer questions with a laser targeted response that is unique to you.

You can forget about learning canned answers to interview questions which are a turn-off to experienced interviewers. Once you learn this technique, you’ll be more relaxed which leads to a better outcome from your interviews.

The interactive approach will allow you to practice your answers while being prompted with what is going on in the mind of the interviewer.

You’ll see what the most likely 5 to 10 follow up questions are to the basic question so that you’ll be able to practice your answers. You’ll get detailed guidance from interview preparation through phone and in-person interviews including follow-up.

Just click on the following links to each respective eLearning module.

Practice Interviewing – Part 1

Discusses the concepts of the mental yard stick and the STAR interview answer method. The practice interview questions cover questions about how well you understand your company and your role at the company.

Practice Interviewing – Part 2

This module presents a series of questions and follow-up probing questions that covers a broad array of topics relating to your experience and philosophies about leadership and management. Be prepared to find questions about your direct reports as well as questions about your team leadership, including matrix team roles.

Practice Interviewing – Part 3

This module explores your core subject matter expertise. The questions are interactive just like parts one and two and are structured in such a way that regardless of your expertise, you’ll find them engaging and helpful as you prepare for employer interviews.

Evaluating Job Offers

You’ll get  in-depth oversight into how to evaluate offers, especially when you have multiple offers. You may have more than one acceptable offer, but almost certainly only one will the be the best offer. This eLearning module is best combined with the eBook and Offer Decision Matrix form found in the Online Library.

Using Your LinkedIn Profile to Boost Job Search Results

Understanding LinkedIn is critical to a modern job search. This site has become the defacto “recruiters phone book” and having a profile is a must.But that’s only the starting point. You will learn how to leverage LinkedIn in ways that will be critical to the other eLearning modules. Proper use of LinkedIn can lead you to hidden job opportunities where you can by-pass the traditional application process and go directly to the hiring managers.This includes a technique for how you can potentially get insider recommendations that will significantly enhance your job search efforts.

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