2. Your GRAD Will Be CLUESS On How To Find A Job Parents play a key role in preparing students for their careers.

3. It makes sense to create a career and job search plan because they will be doing it over, and over, and over By the time your graduate is 38 the Department of Labor suggests they will go through 11-14 job searches.

4. 4 Internet Strategies Group Don Philabaum President & CEO Internet Strategies Group Presenter

6. We Reach Over 1,000 Campuses! 18 -Free - Fall & Spring Online Webinars

7. 12 Hour GRAD Marathon 24 of the nation’s top career authors and coaches! - free

8. The Unemployed Graduate! 1 2

9. Here Is What You Will Learn! Why you need to step in and become “career coach” 1 How dramatically the job search process has changed! 2 Why your student needs to develop an online presence 3 12 Guerrilla marketing techniques to get a job 4 18 mistakes your graduate will make when job hunting 5 15 soft skills employers want your grad to have 6 Why your student needs to take ownership of their career 7

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13. Degrees Do Not Guaranteed A Job! “A college degree is no longer a guaranteed cushion from financial hardship. Only 56 percent of the class of 2010 had a job — any job — one year after graduation compared with 90 percent in 2007,

14. High Unemployment! TalentMarks believes the Career Center is no longer a destination. We provide support, relationship builder & scalable coaching!

15. This Has Enormous Consequences

16. Competition Comes From! 2,000,000 fellow graduates 1 13,000,000 unemployed workers 24 6,000,000 English Speaking Chinese 3 Smart computers like Siri

17. But Opportunities Exist! 3,000,000 jobs are posted every month

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19. Career Planning -Too Little, Too Late!

20. Survey’s Show Grads Don’t Plan 95% of grads do not created a job search plan 61% had only one alumni mentor during college 60% spend less than 5 hours on their job search per week

21. - We are reaching out to organizations with the same theme - Hire, Intern, Job Shadow the Class of 2012 Your Student Should… Take career, personality, skill & behavior assessments 1 Evaluate the assessments with staff 2 Research the industries, careers and jobs that fit their profile 3 Job shadow within a few of the industries that match their profile 4 Network with alumni within those industries 5 Participate in multiple internships 6 Start to build a career plan the minute they arrive on campus 7

22. Career Studies – NOT Required Colleges and universities do not require their students to explore career opportunities and or build a career plan and job search strategy~ Senior visits to the Career Center 27.2% never visited 16.1% visited once 18.2% visited twice 27.0% visited 4-6 times 11.6% visited 8 times

23. 760 student college

24. Is That Enough Time to Learn How To.. 1.Take personality, behavior, interests, skills and branding tests as well as analyzed them? 2.Evaluate industries, companies and positions that were right for them? 3.Chose the right major/career? 4.Build a network of alumni as a foundation to look for jobs? 5.Attend career fairs? 6.Participate in on campus interviews with firms 7.Learn how to use Linkedin to connect with alumni? 8.Learn how to effectively use job boards? 9.Understand how to use Twitter to find jobs before they are posted? 10.Master techniques to build an online brand? 11.Learn the 15 soft skills companies expect? 12.Learn how to avoid the 18 common mistakes students make? 13.Build a career plan? 14.Create job search strategy? 15.Learn the best practices in how to interview? 16.Learn how to handle the emotional UPS and downs of the job search process?

25. Is the Career Center to Blame? 58% of the graduates did not think their career center did well in preparing them for job hunting!

26. Graduate Regrets!

27. Research Indicates.. 1.Grads with an internship received a median income of $6,680 more than those that did not have an internship. 2.Students working during school in an area related to their major entered the labor force with an income of $34,510 versus those that did not who entered the labor force with a median salary of $28,000 3.Graduates who found a job related to their major earned on average $10,000 more then those that did not

28. Budget Cuts Averaging 15.5% For the 2010-11 academic year, the average non- personnel operating budget for a career center is $74,711, according to results of NACE’s 2010-11 Career Services Benchmark Survey. For the 2011-12 academic year, career centers reported an average operating budget of $63,086, down 15.5 percent from the average budget of $74,711 reported for the 2010-11 academic year

29. What YOU Can Do! Visit the Career Center Ask for employment stats Find out what they are doing to increase students participation Find out what percent of students get jobs within your students major

30. Your Student’s Secret Weapon!

31. Services For You And Your Student Resume Help 1 Job Search Plans 24 Interviews 3 Job Fairs

32. People Your Student Needs to Know! Stephen Gregory, M.S.Ed., L.P.C. Director of Career Development Joyce Montgomery Career Development Representative careers@shawnee.edu Phone: (740) 351-3608

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34. Six Changes In Job Search Industry 1.Job Boards 2.Automated resume readers 3.Social Media 4.Online Community 5.New job search tools 6.Employment checks + 1,000 Career Centers, Undergrad & Grad Highly measurable marketing opportunities!

35. Job Boards

36. Resume Readers Smarter technology uses advanced algorithms to find the best matches automatically or drill down with pinpoint semantic searches that far exceed the compatibles of traditional full text search engines

37. Resume Losing Importance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I- ToRVJdm-Y

38. Social Media

39. Online Community Tens of thousands of niche online communities

40. Job Search Tools

41. Background Checks 1.Driving records 2.Vehicle registration 3.Credit records 4.Criminal records 5.Social Security no. 6.Education records 7.Court records 8.Workers' compensation 9.Bankruptcy 10.Character references 11. Neighbor interviews 12. Medical records 13. Property ownership 14. Military records 15. State licensing records 16. Drug test records 17. Past employers 18. Personal references 19. Incarceration records 20. Sex offender lists

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43. You Can Help! 1.Have a frank talk about the realities of looking for a job. Stick to the facts! 2.Remind your student to take ownership of his/her career 3.Outline what you will do to help them and what they will need to do 4.Sign an agreement! 5.Meet on a regular basis 6.Lead, don’t do!

44. Stick to the FACTS 70-80% of grads are unemployed on graduation day 1 2011 average grad took 7.4 months to get a job 2 58% of grads wished they had invested more time in career planning 3 60% of grads end up taking unrelated jobs to their careers 4 61% of grads spent less then 5 hours a week looking for a job 5 95% of grads do not have a written career plan 6 There are 3,000,000 jobs posted every month! 7

45. Roles

46. Expectations

47. Agreement

48. Meet Regularly

49. Lead, Don’t Do!

50. Opportunities Next Steps 6 Changes Planning Issues

51. Next Steps Read - The Unemployed Grad 1 Encourage your student to take ownership of his/her career 24 Stay involved in their career exploration and planning 3 Encourage your student to visit the career center! 5 Review/Recommend us on Amazon/Barnes & Nobles

53. Fresh, Soph, Jr & Senior Career Building 1.Webinars 2.Career Videos 3.Career Courses 4.Online Community 5.Career Planning Checklists

54. www.talentmarks.com 800-849-1762