| I've written about the benefits of a business card | | | | get your objectives, goals, dreams, whatever you |
| resume on Career Jockey and have since used the | | | | want to call them down on paper. Only then should |
| material to give several presentations. Every single | | | | you proceed to the next step to write your business |
| time job hunters will come up to me and tell me, "This | | | | card resume and get out there networking. |
| is valuable information I can can use right away in my | | | | First Recommended Resource: I highly recommend a |
| job search." | | | | book called "Breakthrough: I Hate My Job, Need a Life, |
| So in this articles, I'm starting multi-part series giving the | | | | Got Laid Off, Can't Get No Satisfaction Solution" I love |
| step-by-step on writing yourself a business card | | | | the title almost as much as I love the book.) The book's |
| resume that will get you networking like a pro and | | | | written by one of Career Jockey's frequent |
| getting the job hunt results you need. | | | | contributors Jeannette Kraar. I've known this lady for |
| Step 1- Setting a Clear Goal | | | | several years. She's a career coach and business |
| Writing a business card resume is easy…assuming | | | | consultant that runs South Florida's chapter for |
| you know what you want. Formatting and printing the | | | | Execunet. In chapter 1 and 2 (only the first 30 pages of |
| card is even easier given the online vendors now | | | | this 101 page book), she runs you through a set of |
| available. Again, that's assuming you know the job and | | | | questions and exercises. They get you to answer |
| career you want for yourself. | | | | some questions then helps you organize your answers |
| What I typically find when I'm talking to job hunters is | | | | for use in developing a resume. Maybe even a |
| they have dedicated little time, if any, to goal setting. | | | | business card resume in our case. |
| They have spent plenty of time freaking out over their | | | | I know you'll like her writing style. It's fun, entertaining |
| financial situation and dwindling savings. They're plenty | | | | and most importantly, rock solid for figuring out what |
| livid over being fired, but they haven't begun to | | | | you want to accomplish with your job hunt. |
| consider: | | | | You can get yourself a copy I believe so much in the |
| - What they want to do next | | | | book, I'm working on making Jeannette's book available |
| - Where they'd like to be doing it | | | | as a discounted Career Jockey e-book you can |
| - How they're going to get there | | | | download and start reading in about 2 minutes. I'll be |
| If this describes you, hold off just a bit before writing | | | | making this available right here as soon as it's ready. |
| your business card sized resume. If have any doubt | | | | Second Recommended Resource: "Guerrilla |
| about what you want out of your career or your next | | | | Resumes" by Kevin Donlin is the second one. He's |
| job, STOP. Commit yourself to figuring out what you | | | | another Career Jockey frequent contributor. His book |
| want first. Don't even think about skipping this step. | | | | starts with (oh what a surprise) a section on figuring |
| Instead, make it a point to: | | | | out where you want to go with your job search and |
| - do the necessary personal exploration and soul | | | | career. In the first three chapters of his book, he |
| searching and | | | | provides a questionnaire for doing exactly that. |
| - write your career / job hunt goals down on paper. | | | | Chapter three is called "Before You Start Writing Your |
| I cannot stress to you how valuable spending this time | | | | Resume." (I hope you are catching on that all the |
| and effort will be for you. Only then should you get to | | | | experts, myself included, recommend setting your |
| writing your business card resume for networking. OK, | | | | goals first so the resume writing step goes smoothly |
| so I've convinced you. | | | | and you get some really good results.) The questions |
| Now what? My answer - get yourself a book or | | | | are very specific and then the book continues with the |
| resource with a questionnaire, a set of steps, | | | | ingredients for creating what he calls the guerrilla |
| exercises or something aimed at helping you discover | | | | resume. He's got a lot of ideas for getting yourself |
| your goals. You need to decide: | | | | noticed compared to everyone else. |
| - What you enjoy doing | | | | This one is available by visiting my CareerJockey.org |
| - What skills have have you mastered | | | | website/blog and doing a search on Kevin Donlin. |
| - What work environments suit you best | | | | Follow the links and you'll be using his book in minutes. |
| - Other stuff necessary for gaining clarity for your hunt | | | | This is the end of this articles, but I'll be following it up |
| Now I'm not going to get you this far and leave you | | | | next week with Part 2 with Step 2 – Writing Your |
| hanging. I'm going to recommend two specific | | | | Business Card Resume. |
| resources to get you to organize your thoughts and | | | | |