CAREER EXPERT SECRETS Discover The 5 Keys That Will Unlock Your Potential and Open Doors to Unlimited Career Opportunities HOW TO GET HIRED, STAY HIRED AND GET PROMOTED CHARLES-EDOUARD MCINTYRE & DENIS LEGER Copyright © 2019 by Career Year Academy International Inc. All Right Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, or by any information storage and retrieval system without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of very brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. Contents Introduction 1st KEY – The Starting Point Chapter 1. The Right Mindset Chapter 2. Hobby, Amateur, Professional Chapter 3. IKIGAI, Finding Your Reason for Being Chapter 4. The Career Satisfaction Index Formula Chapter 5. CSI Scoring, Results and Analysis Guide Chapter 6. What Could Be Holding You Back? Chapter 7. Your Career Map Chapter 8. Do You Have What It Takes? 2nd KEY – The Professional Portfolio Chapter 9. Social Media Chapter 10. Cover Letter Chapter 11. The Resume Chapter 12. Reference Letters Chapter 13. Resume Video Chapter 14. Webpage Resume 3rd KEY – The Search Chapter 15. Traditional Methods Chapter 16. Direct to Companies Chapter 17. Top Job Search Websites Chapter 18. Head Hunters and Placement Agencies Chapter 19. Networking 4th KEY – The Interview Chapter 20. The Preparation Phase Chapter 21. Groom and Dress for Success Chapter 22. Understanding Personalities Chapter 23. 10 Invaluable People Skills Lessons Chapter 24. Phone Interview Chapter 25. Web Conference Interview Chapter 26. Face to Face Interview Chapter 27. After the Interview 5th KEY – The Negotiation Chapter 28. Reviewing the Offer Chapter 29. What Can be Negotiated Chapter 30. Key Phrases to Use Chapter 31. Counter Offers and Multiple Offers Chapter 32. Resignation Letter Chapter 33. What’s Next Congratulations YOU’RE HIRED! Introduction Choose a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life – Unknown 100,000 hours, 6,000,000 minutes, 360,000,000 seconds...that’s the amount of time the average person spends working at a job or building their career. For most people, that amount of time means they will work more than they eat, more than they play, even more than they sleep. It is the part of your life that you will sacrifice the most important thing you have in exchange…your time. So being happy and enjoying what you do for a living is a very important decision, however, the reality is that most people dream of a certain job or opportunity but are unable to attain it. They wish they could have it, they dream about getting it, they dread their actual job every day and unfortunately end up giving up on it and settling for whatever they believe they can have or deserve. Perhaps you’re in a situation that it always seems as if the best jobs are only available when you aren’t looking, but once you need one they are nowhere to be found? Or maybe you’ve applied for your dream job but so did 100 other people and you are now in a dog fight to try to land the position? What if there was a proven method that would double, triple or quadruple your chances to be the person that earns that job, that comes out on top and beats out all the other candidates? Wouldn’t it finally feel awesome to be the one that wins in the end? Throughout this book, you will discover all the secrets that we’ve learned from experts and applied during our careers to land great jobs and help others do the same. Almost everybody eventually at some point in their careers ends up losing a job and wondering ‘’what’s next’’? Where do I start? Feeling excited about the opportunities and confident they would land an even better job within a few weeks, but their excitement quickly turns to frustration, doubt, and fear. You might be thinking, what if I don’t get another job? How will I pay my bills? Maybe I should lower my standards? Weeks turn to months. That’s where Charles-Edouard’s journey began. He figured out that his approach was failing so he had to do something different. He decided to look for some help and ended up online and researched career consulting firms and found one that came with good credentials. After meeting with the president of the firm, he convinced him that they could help, and they most certainly did. Everything from putting together a powerful cover letter, to a great resume, to interview skills and negotiating techniques. He admits it was a lot harder and took much longer than anticipated but the payoff was well worth it. Taking a step back in this case truly paid off with many, many steps forward. The thing is, anyone can help you to find just an everyday job. That’s not that hard and unfortunately not that exciting either, but landing that DREAM job or that perfect position for the career path you wish to embark on takes a little more time and effort and the right steps and strategies. Let that be an important life lesson for you: anything worthwhile or meaningful in your life will require sacrifice, patience and more effort than you anticipated, but it will be SO worth it in the end. Now you might say ‘’that Anything worthwhile or sounds like a lot of meaningful in your life will work’’, or ‘’I don’t have time for this’’. OK…but require sacrifice, patience what if I told you that and more effort than you Charles-Edouard not only anticipated, but it will be SO landed a much better job, worth it in the end. he’s since been able to land many more high- level executive positions, get promoted yearly and get paid more than any coworkers in those same positions? What if we told you that you could negotiate extra vacation time, better perks, and 10’s of thousands of dollars of extra salary, wouldn’t that be worth the effort? In one job, he ended up negotiating a bonus structure that paid him over 50% more than the initial offer he had received by the company. We know these techniques and strategies work because we’ve not only applied them ourselves but with the rest of our coaching team at Career Year Academy we’ve helped many others do the same for their careers. We’ve also been able as high-level executives and business owners for over 20 years to hire hundreds of people, interview thousands and seen tens of thousands of resumes. We’ve seen the good, the bad and the ugly! Sometimes the thought of doing an ‘’American Idol’’ style show recording the absolute funniest interviews seemed like a great idea! In this book, you will learn all the most up-to-date strategies and techniques available on the market today. It’s been designed to be simple yet effective. Basically, taking out the guessing game of your job search. Over the next 33 chapters you will discover the 5 KEYS that will unlock your potential and open doors to unlimited career opportunities! 1st KEY – The Starting Point What job or career is for you? Let's find out using simple concepts to make things clear, regardless if you don’t have all the qualifications or if it’s for a new job or simply a promotion within your own company! 2nd KEY – The Professional Portfolio Should job titles be capitalized on a resume? Can a job reference be a friend? Is leveraging social media the right strategy? You'll discover 6 portfolio secrets that will differentiate you from your competition. 3rd KEY – The Search Where to look for and find the best jobs? How to be accepted for an interview? Are consultants worth the money? All the way to how to get several interviews lined up within weeks. 4th KEY – The Interview What do I say? What do I wear? What do I do? Be prepared like a champion with our ‘’real-life’’ proven method, that creates results each and every time, guaranteed! 5th KEY – The Negotiation Let's make a deal! Don't just be satisfied with what they give you. We'll teach you several super-heroes hints to get 30% to 50% more! Now the part that we didn’t share with you is that the initial program Charles-Edouard took cost him over $5,500 and this is back in 2008. He had just lost my job due to cutbacks, was moving into a new custom built home with his wife, 2 kids and a 3rd on the way, and all this with now no job or income!! What would make him commit this kind of money to a program? He knew that to get his career path straight he needed to invest in professional help. Tough decision. Not many people would have thought it was a good idea to invest that much money when they’ve just lost their job. But what if we told you that that program has paid itself off many times over on the first job he got? Where he was able to negotiate a $30,000 salary raise from their last ‘’best offer’’. Later using those same strategies in 3 other companies he was recruited to join and got $18,500, $27,000 and over $40,000 in annual salary, bonuses and additional vacation time over and above their initial job offers.