The Successful Encore Career

[00:00:00] Welcome to another episode of the Successful Encore Career podcast brought to you by Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, Nationwide Insurance, Innosource, and our special episode sponsor The Resume Coach. I'm Brett Johnson, a longtime volunteer with Employment For Seniors. And with me is Executive Director Carol Ventresca. [00:00:23] This has been so much fun to do our series of podcasts on creating resumes. So this is number four. For listeners who have missed the first three, you might want to try to start at the beginning. But we welcome you and we want to make your job search more successful resumes resumes resumes. We keep saying that they are the hardest part of a job search. So what's important what's not important so are three podcasts that we've already had have covered things like what are the basics what are the purpose of a resume what to include what not to include. We've talked about contact information and summary statements in your wor...

[00:00:00] Welcome to another Successful Encore Career podcast being brought to you by Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, Nationwide Insurance, Innosource, and our special episode sponsor The Resume Coach. I'm Brett Johnson, a longtime volunteer with Employment For Seniors. And with me is Employment For Seniors' Executive Director Carol Ventresca. [00:00:21] We are in the middle of an incredible series of podcasts on creating resumes and you know it's it where started chuckling going well we should have probably done this first. But I think that this is a wonderful way for us to get information in small pieces so that we can help our clients methodically work through creating their resume because it's so important not just so that you can apply for a job but that you're going to be a great job seeker and a great interviewee because you're going have a good handle on all of your skills and accomplishments by the end of this. So our series of podcasts are inc...

Resume Basics Part 1 Purpose, Format, Length, And Appearance [00:00:00] Welcome to another edition of The Successful Encore Career being brought you by Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, Nationwide Insurance, Innosource and our special episode sponsor The Resume Coach. I'm Brett Johnson, a longtime volunteer with Employment For Seniors. And with me as always is Executive Director Carol Ventresca. [00:00:20] We're talking about resumes, resumes, resumes. They are the hardest thing for us to deal with in our job search. So we wanted to do something special for our listeners. We've created a series of podcasts. We're going to talk about why resumes are important in your job search. What should be included and not included on a resume? And talk about accomplishments statements which are so important in creating your resume. We have a special guest today Sharon Hamersley. Sharon is the principal coach for The Resume Coach where you help job seekers conduct 21st-cen...

Power Up Your LinkedIn Profile For Your Job Search  [00:00:00] Welcome to this edition of the successful encore career podcast being brought you by Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging Nationwide Insurance, Innsource and our special episode sponsor The Resume Coach. I'm Brett Johnson a longtime volunteer and with me is Carol Ventresca, Executive Director of Employment For Seniors. [00:00:20] We are excited. Another wonderful opportunity for our listeners to hear some great information to help them in their job search. So today we're going to talk about LinkedIn and everybody's always groans and moans and oh I don't want to do that and I hate social media. Well, this is going to make LinkedIn and make a lot more sense and easier for you to do. And with us today is our special guest Sharon Hamersley. Sharon is the principal coach for The Resume Coach. She's also a longtime supporter and volunteer of Employment For Seniors as well as the facilitator of all of t...

What Employment For Seniors Offers For Our Central Ohio Employer Partners Local employers around Central Oho have found a highly skilled workforce by posting their positions, free of charge, on the Employment For Seniors JobMatch system.  With assistance from the EFS staff, employers are guided through job postings and initial applicant screening.  Executive Direcor Carol Ventresca talks with Barb Stoltz. Employer Outreach Associate with EFS about the reasons hundreds of employers work with EFS every year to find qualified candidates for positions they need to fill. Our goal is to help employers – all sizes, small/medium/large – who are in need of great job applicants.  We particularly strive to assist those smaller employers who do not have full recruiting offices, and those in need of technical help on the recruiting/hiring process. We provide free job postings for employers – no limits on number posted.  We posted 1,300 jobs in 2016 f...

You've just uploaded your resume for a job opening, or you've just exited a great interview.  Now what? Carol Ventresca, Executive Director at Employment For Seniors, talks with David Taylor, an Employment For Seniors' volunteer counselor, about managing your interview expectations. 1) My Resume/online application goes into cyberspace • Confirmation of your resume/application is a courtesy not a requirement. While it is a good practice, the employer may not have the resources or technology to confirm receipt of every resume/ application. • If you have (or can get) contact information, it is ok to follow up to confirm receipt.   2) I met the requirements of the job description but did not get an interview. • Job descriptions are often used in job postings to attract qualified candidates because they meet the legally required notifications about the job and can be used to measure performance in the role. • A well written job description describes ...