100 Conversations for Career Success: Learn to Network, Cold Call, and Tweet Your Way to Your Dream Job!

by Laura Labovich, Miriam Salpeter

Overview

Master What to Say and How to Say It During Your Job Search

100 Conversations for Career Success will motivate yon to approach your contacts-from friends of friends to VIPs-with confidence. This indispensible guide arms you with situation-specific strategies to help you communicate effectively and overcome job search hurdles. The result? Improved networking relationships and more career opportunities! Inside, you will find more than 100 true-to-life scripts, tips, and templates lo help you:

Use Linkedln, Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ to demonstrate expertise and expand your network

Craft targeted and compelling emails to key influences

Cold call networking contacts with poise and professionalism

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781576859056
Publisher:	Learningexpress, Llc
Publication date:	09/16/2012
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 5.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

MA, (Atlanta, GA) is owner and founder of Keppie Careers, a coaching and consulting firm helping job seekers and entrepreneurs leverage social media and traditional tools to achieve their goals. In addition to coaching job seekers and small business owners, Miriam is an in-demand writer and speaker regarding job search and social media, and she transforms resumes and creates online social media profiles (websites) for clients via http://www.getasocialresume.com. She is the author of Social Networking for Career Success.

Table of Contents

Scripts by Chapter xvii

Foreword xxiii

Introduction xxv

Chapter 1 Introducing Yourself: How to Communicate What You Offer 1

Chapter 2 How to Wow Your Audience on the Phone 9

Chapter 3 How to Inform Your Network You're Searching for a Job 17

Chapter 4 How to Cold Call 29

Chapter 5 How to Contact and Inform Potential References about Your Search 41

Chapter 6 How to Solicit, Secure, and Succeed at an Informational Interview 41

Chapter 7 How to Network at Events (and Make It Easy to Follow Up) 65

Chapter 8 Post-Networking Event Follow-Up 73

Chapter 9 How to Reach VIPs 87

Chapter 10 How to Communicate Online: A Primer for Using Social Media 101

Chapter 11 How to Communicate via Linkedln 107

Chapter 12 Communicating Professionally Using Twitter 135

Chapter 13 Communicating Professionally Using Facebook 159

Chapter 14 How to Communicate on Google+ 187

Chapter 15 Examples of How to Be Generous in Your Job Search 199

Contributors 207