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Friday 17, November 2006

Hi,

Welcome to another edition of Career Communiqué x-Press.

As we are nearing the holiday season it's amazing just how many people decide to change jobs this time of year. Perhaps getting away from the hustle and bustle of work, sipping their cold stubby (or wine cooler for the women) by the pool prompts them to face the fact that they just aren't happy in their current role and that it's time to move on.

If you are considering putting yourself out their in the job market and are thinking of using the internet as part of your job search, you may find this fortnight's article of interest, particularly if you want to keep your current search confidential to avoid your current employer from discovering that you are considering leaving their employ.

I have heard a horror story where a Senior Executive while searching the internet used their company name as a key search word, only to stumble across one of their senior staff's resumes, after having been posted on a job board. Quite embarrassing to say the least.

To avoid your current employer discovering your resume on a job board you may consider adopting some of the strategies in our article Keeping your job search confidential.

Until next time,

To your success!

Annemarie Cross
Career & NLP Coach

In this issue...

Coach's Corner: Keeping your job search confidential.

Ace that Interview: The impact of communication...

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Resources & Tools to Catapult Your Career: Career Communiqué Live - listen in to one of our previous calls [due to importance of this topic we are re-running in this issue for our new subscribers]: Beating the burnout blues: 10 techniques to minimise unhealthy stress levels in the workplace. | Powerful Resumes

Coach's Corner

Keeping your job search confidential!

Delivering your resume to hundreds of companies now only takes a click of a button, thanks to many online job banks and resume sending services that have made it an incredibly easy process. Unfortunately however, that one click could potentially see your resume being presented to your current boss. So, if you are considering using these types of services, ensure that you take the following precautions as a poorly run internet job search can have serious, if not devastating consequences to your current job situation.

Consider these important safety measures:

§	Do not state your current employer’s name on your resume, but rather the industry. i.e. instead of stating ‘Toyota’, you would state ‘Major Car Manufacturer/Seller’.
§	Avoid the possibility of having your resume turn up on your bosses desk by finding out which internet employment services your current employer’s HR department uses, and ensure you don't post your resume with that service.
§	Familiarise yourself with the career service’s/internet site’s User Policy and their Privacy Policy to find out how they will use your information.
§	Ensure you use only reputable internet career services and again, do your homework to find out exactly what they will do with your resume and personal data.
§	If you do choose to carry out your job search at work, be cautioned that you could be setting yourself up for disaster due to the increased chances of getting caught. Try to keep your job search out of the office to maintain your privacy.

Take heed of the following precautions:

§	Don’t give out your work contact information. If you do have to be in contact with recruiters or possible employers during the day, then use your mobile.
§	Preferably do not use your work email address, as your employer could be monitoring your emails. Establish an external email account specifically for your job search, say with Hotmail or Yahoo.
§	Avoid using a person from your current job as a reference unless you are absolutely assured of their utmost secrecy. Rather than providing their work as a contact number, ask your referee if you can provide their mobile or after hours contact details. News of an employee’s job search can travel round the office like wild-fire, increasing the possibility of your boss finding out.

Next week we will answer some frequently asked questions about job searching and the internet. Do you have a question relating to job searching confidentiality and the internet? Please send it through so we can include this in our next newsletter. Feel that

If you would like speak to someone regarding your workplace particularly if bullying is evident please do not hesitate to contact me. My direct email is: annemarie@annemariecross.com.

To your success!

Annemarie

Ace that Interview!

An interesting study was conducted that discovered that:

- 55% of the impact of communication comes from visual and body language;
- 38% of the impact of communication comes from auditory and tonality, including
speed, volume and articulation; and only
- 7% of the impact of communication comes from words.

So, next time you go to an interview, the biggest impact is going to come from your body language and how your communicate your responses to the interviewer!

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Resources & Tools to Catapult Your Career

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Avoiding the burnout blues: 10 techniques to mimimise unhealthy stress levels in the workplace.

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During the call we discuss:

What is burnout?
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