Job Hunting? In Career Transition? Then You Must Read "Hired! The Book, The Path To Employment In The Social Media Era"

Blueprint Your Career Podcast with Angela Hemans

Job Hunting? In Career Transition? Then You Must Read "Hired! The Path To Employment In The Social Media Era"

Jeff Sheehan holds a BBA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, a M.S. in Finance from Bentley University, and a M.S. in Marketing from Georgia State University with additional training at Northwestern University and the University of Virginia. With over 30 years of high-tech global sales, marketing, and advertising experience marketing to many Fortune 500 companies.

Jeff is now a marketing consultant and job search mentor, as well as the volunteer director of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church Career Ministry in Atlanta. Jeff ranks in the top 1% of people on LinkedIn. With over 265,000 followers on Twitter, he has been recognized by some as the #1 Marketer In The World To Follow On Twitter , #2 in Social Media, and #1 in Sales. He is also among the Top 50 People Most Retweeted in the World by Mid-Size Marketers.

He is a well known speaker in the Atlanta area on the use of of LinkedIn, Personal Branding, Social Media, and Marketing.

Jeff is a Toastmaster (CC), volunteers extensively for multiple charities, and is an engaging and informative speaker on marketing, social media, and the use of social media in the job search. He is the co-author of the just released book: 'HIRED! Paths to Employment in the Social Media Era (http://hiredthebook.com)

Al Smith has been an executive for seven companies and has in excess of 35 years of management, sales, marketing, training and coaching experience. He has been a hiring manager since his early twenties. Al’s track record of success as a multiple award-winner in five diverse industries, speaks to his innate ability to transfer skills to changing landscapes.

He is national trainer for three companies in two industries, Al has learned from the insightful techniques of Miller-Heiman, Xerox, American Management Association, Kimberly-Clark, Systema and others. He has morphed those taught and life tested experiences combined with with an innovative, proprietary methodology that is interspersed with self-deprecating humor to make many of his points hit home.

Mr. Smith has been heard internationally via webinars, coaching classes, seminars and live speaking engagements. He has helped in excess of 1,000 people with their job search during the past four years. Al believes that every candidate is unique and should learn every method for finding a job because no single method is right for everyone. One size does not fit all.

Al is widely recognized for his creative presentations and ability to communicate complex material in readily understandable terms. Einstein once said, “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t know it well enough.” If correct, few know how to help those in job transition secure new employment better than Al Smith.

A number of these traits are on display in HIRED! Paths to Employment in the Social Media Era. For your benefit, no stone is left un-turned.Al is Director of the Unity North Atlanta Career Ministry, volunteers extensively and is an engaging keynote speaker whose topics are numerous, entertaining and packed with insight.

Topics Discussed

• We start the discussion on how long the book took to be created and why they decided to write a book like this that covers a multitude of topics relationg to job hunting, the interview process, and strategies to use.
• Jeff and Al go over their extensive backgrounds and share personal stories, and what motivated them to author this book.
• They share their knowledge and how they continue to help job seekers, and people in career transition to develop their business skills.
• How the website TransitionSherpa was created.
• What questions people going through a career change should be asking themselves before they start job hunting.
• Al and Jeff shares what groups of people will benefit from the book "HIRED! Paths to Employment in the Social Media Era"
• A discussiong takes place about the the current job process for those currently job hunting.
• Strategies and Tactics on how to organize your resume for optimal results are shared in this interview.
• Are paid resume services really needed?
• Tactics for Linkedin and Twitter are discussed and how to network effectively, efficiently, and ethically.
• What are "Rich Keywords." How to use keywords in your resume.
• Jeff gives insight to how H.R. recruiters find potential employees and what you need to know to shine among a sea of applicants.
• Why and How you should be using word clouds to develop your resume.
• Questions you should be asking during your job interview and Al shares what is the most powerful question you need to know.

Tools Mentioned

• WORDLE
• ABCYA Word Cloud
• Search.twitter.com (Advance)