Press releases for ITS during February of 2006Do You Need Advice About Becoming a Consultant?During Your Next Job Interview Use Chemistry by Answering Questions Employment Seekers Switching Jobs Need Industry Hooks for Success Good Stories Make For a Lasting Impression During Job Interviews Have You Had Too Many Previous Jobs? ITS Suggests Executives Raise The Magic Question - Who Will Hire You, and Why? ITS Database of Enthusiastic Clients Continues to Grow ITS Invites Thousands of Clients in All Walks of Life to Join Alumni ITS Website Praised By Thousands A random selection of press releases this month.Employment Seekers Switching Jobs Need Industry Hooks for SuccessDenver, CO — February 16, 2006ITS advises job seekers attempting to switch industries that they will need to do their homework beforehand if they expect employers in other industries to consider them seriously. Bob Gerberg Jr. CEO, emphasized it is essential to identify specific ways in which your industry is similar to the industry you are targeting. "You need to apply critical thinking up front, so you can name precisely those areas where there are similarities," Gerberg said. "For example, you might sell to similar markets, important for anyone in sales or marketing. Or the manufacturing methods might be similar. But you need to be specific. Are the manufacturing methods, for example, high process monitoring and control, heavy in assembly and fabrication, low volume and highly labor intensive? The more precise you can be, the more impact it will make on a potential employer. "If you can make similar matches for distribution channels, sales methods, technical processes, information systems, product development, customer service, branch operations, or any of 30 key elements, so much the better. There are specific characteristics for each of them, and it's surprising how many precise matches can be made among industries that on the surface don't appear to be closely related." ITS has developed software that shows clients how they match up to hundreds of industries in 30 functions, based on over a thousand specific characteristics. It also shows the percentage of categories in which there are close matches. We encourage you to take our Marketability Evaluation Profile, why; it will bring to light your expertise and disadvantages, encourage refinement and help you to further your successful job search. For additional information get our free book "The ITS Professional Job Changing System" by Bob Gerberg, contact Carter Scott at 1-866-304-6900 or visit http://itspersonalmarketing.com. Our founders are high level executives, each with 20 year's experience in recruiting and career services. With an entirely new concept and substantial funding, we attracted other highly experienced professionals who have become major shareholders in the firm. The collective wisdom our career executives possess from managing tens of thousands of successful searches is considerable. News Contact: Philip Porter ITS Suggests Executives Raise The Magic Question - Who Will Hire You, and Why?Denver, CO — February 3, 2006 ITS, the Denver-based Nationwide firm that provides a variety of technological and personal resources to those seeking jobs over 75K, has one piece of basic advice for job seekers at any level — Always keep mind what kind of firm is likely to hire you, and why.Dennis Johnston, Senior Managing Partner at ITS in Pittsburgh, maintains that this simple rule will keep people from making a lot of common mistakes. "If they kept this in mind while creating their resume, most people would leave out a third of what they included, and add half a dozen different things. In their letters and emails, they'd be a lot more specific about how they could contribute," Johnston observes. "Instead of talking about themselves and their experience, they'd start out talking about the employer's challenge and opportunities, and they'd show they know something about that employer and their industry. When they choose companies and organizations to contact, they'd select those that are most likely to need their talents, and contact those directly responsible for hiring someone with their skills." Johnston's firm reviews the materials of thousands of job seekers every month, and using dozens of websites, gather information about their job search activities, achievements or lack of them, as well as personal strengths and priorities. ITS is the nations leading firm in providing technology and team resources to assist professional, managerial, and executive job seekers. Their services are described at http://itspersonalmarketing.com. News Contact: Mary Richardson ITS Center Praised By ThousandsDallas TX — February 6, 2006"Our online resources are by far the most frequently praised technology resource we provide," stated Robert Gerberg, President of ITS, the nation's leading provider of job search resources at $50,000+. "That is to be expected," Gerberg continued. "It is truly a remarkable resource that has taken years and millions of dollars to develop. It puts at a person's fingertips over 85% of the total market for their particular talents. Normally they'd struggle to uncover even 3%, if they knew how and had the time. They can identify the advertised and recruiter openings suitable for them, and the events that signal emerging jobs in the kinds of companies and industries they are targeting. They have this information emailed to them on a regular basis, daily if they like. They also get the names of decision makers to contact in target companies, whether that company is advertising or not. They can interact with a section that helps them discover the career and industry directions that would be most suitable for them to explore further, then gives them contact information for leading and representative companies in those industries. Using our website, they can also organize their efforts, order research on companies before interviews, study and review advanced job search strategies, and get written guidance on dozens of key job search issues. By itself, the website goes a long way toward taking the hard work out of job changing. People can access in minutes numerous opportunities that would have taken days or weeks to surface, if indeed they knew how and had the time. No wonder it's our most highly praised technology resource." News Contact: Janet Conners ITS pr@newcareersonline.com http://itspersonalmarketing.com |