Top 10 Tips for Professional Immigrant Job Seekers
1. Make a commitment to really go after that great career in Canada.
Don’t grab and settle for the low hanging job off the Canadian Labor market tree. Make a commitment to overcome the majority of people that may tell you to “start at the bottom”. Getting a career at the right level of your expertise requires a strategy, focus, a positive environment filled with those that say “you can” and an unrelenting dedication until the objective is achieved.
2. Drastically increase your career options by targeting opportunities in the SME Market.
Small to Medium Size Enterprises or companies represent approx. 95% of companies in the economy, therefore, they do 95% of the hiring, but these companies are often ignored or unknown to most job seekers.
3. Create and memorize powerful skills and achievement narratives.
Narratives are exciting short-burst descriptions of your skills and achievements used in your resume and overall job search campaign. Narratives are short two to three line statements that you create that are compelling and unique about your skills and achievements. They showcase your value to employers. Stay away from cliché’s and vague statements like, “I’m a hard worker, team player, honest and hardworking, loyal and looking for a challenge and willing to start at the bottom.”
4. Showcase your future not your past
Send hiring managers future-focused resumes not past-focused resumes. Hiring managers are far more interested in what you can do for them in the future than what you have done in the past. But the only thing typical resumes talk about is…hmm, your past.
5. Work your job search strategy from the top down, not bottom up
Try networking or securing interviews two levels up from your targeted income level. If you’re looking for a job at 40K, you better interview or try and network with people who make 80K. They are the ones who make the final decision to hire you.
Think about it, executives looking for a job at 100K, do not try and validate their value with HR staff that earn 50 K.
6. Prepare for your interviews with the same intensity as you did for your University finals in your homeland.
On average from my experience most jobseekers spend only a few hours 1-2 preparing for an interview that may change their lives, yet most spent days studying for their University final exams. When immigrants practice and truly memorize the answers to the most asked interview questions, their interview skills and confidence skyrockets.
7. Network consistently and with sincere engagement
Here’s an important secret. Never ever ask a company if they are hiring when your networking or at a career fair. Only by taking a sincere interest in a company’s goals and challenges will they then take a sincere interest in your career objectives. Starting conversations about what you need will lead no-where or straight to the bottom of what the employer needs.
8. Negotiate the entire package when you get an offer.
If you strategy implement the above tips and get a offer. Make sure you think about negotiating. In this red-hot labor market Canadian companies are often open to negotiating things like; salary, benefits, performance bonuses, stock options, paid vacations, review assessments, training allowances, flex hours, ++ Most professional newcomers to Canada have very low career expectations and confidence and often are too scared to counter offer.
9. Your career is where you spend the majority of your day! Hire a professional to help you land that great career.
Your friends, family and respectfully some government sponsored job search services may have the very best intentions but do they really have the required time, market insight and resources to ensure that you get that great career? The right career expert will provide years of expertise, market insight and resources AND hold you accountable to help you land that great career. So, have a beer with your buddies, but do not rely on them to be your primary source of job search advice.
10. Finally, Just do it! What have you got to lose?
If you’re not happy with your current job, then take the chance to go after something better. If it doesn’t work out, you won’t have any problem finding a job that you don’t want, the market is full of them. In-fact, you don’t even need any of the last nine tips to get a job you don’t like!
Minto Roy
President
PCMG Executive/Careers Today Canada
www.pcmgcanada.com
www.careerstodaycanada.com
www.pcmgexecutive.com
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
TOP 10 TIPS TO GET A GREAT NEW CAREER !
Top 10 Tips for Job Seekers
1. Make a commitment to really go after that great career!
Don’t grab the first low hanging offer that waves a few dollars at you. A committed job search requires focus, strategy and unrelenting dedication until the objective is achieved.
2. Drastically increase your career options by targeting opportunities in the SME Market.
Small to Medium Size Enterprises represent approx. 95% of companies in the economy, therefore, they do 95% of the hiring, but these companies are often ignored or unknown to most job seekers.
3. Create powerful skills and achievement narratives.
Narratives are exciting short-burst descriptions of your skills and achievements used in your resume and overall marketing campaign. Narratives must be compelling and unique to showcase your value to employers. Stay away from cliché’s and vague statements like, “I’m a people person, team player, honest and hardworking, loyal and looking for a challenge.”
4. Showcase your future not your past
Send hiring managers future-focused resumes not past-focused documents. Hiring managers are far more interested in what you can do for them in the future than what you have done in the past. But the only thing typical resumes talk about is…hmm, your past.
5. Work your job search strategy from the top down, not bottom up
Try networking or securing interviews two levels up from your income level. If you’re looking for a job at 50K, you better interview with people who make 80-100K. They are the ones who make the final decision to hire you. If you are looking for a job at 100K, it’s hard to believe the person in HR earning 50 K can make the decision to hire you.
6. Prepare for your interviews with the same intensity as you did for your University finals.
On average, most jobseekers spend 1-2 hours preparing for an interview that may change their lives, yet most spent days studying for their University final exams.
7. Network consistently and with sincere engagement
Never ask a company if they are hiring! Only by taking a sincere interest in a company’s goals and challenges will they then take a sincere interest in your career objectives.
8. Negotiate the entire package when you get an offer.
Salary, benefits, performance bonuses, stock options, paid vacations, review assessments, training allowances, flex hours, ++ Most jobseekers are either too scared to counter offer or don’t know all the perks available in this red-hot job market by employers hungry for talent.
9. Your career is where you spend the majority of your day! Hire a professional to help you land that great career.
Your friends and family may have the very best intentions but do they really have the time, market insight and resources to ensure that you get that great career? The right career expert will provide years of expertise, market insight and resources AND hold you accountable to help you land that great career. So, have a beer with your buddies, but do not rely on them to be your primary source of job search advice.
10. Finally, Just do it! What have you got to lose?
If you’re not happy with your current job, then take the chance to go after something better. If it doesn’t work out, you won’t have any problem finding a job that you don’t want, the market is full of them. In-fact, you don’t even need any of the last nine tips to get a job you don’t like!
Minto Roy
President
PCMG Executive/Careers Today Canada
www.pcmgcanada.com
www.careerstodaycanada.com
www.pcmgexecutive.com
1. Make a commitment to really go after that great career!
Don’t grab the first low hanging offer that waves a few dollars at you. A committed job search requires focus, strategy and unrelenting dedication until the objective is achieved.
2. Drastically increase your career options by targeting opportunities in the SME Market.
Small to Medium Size Enterprises represent approx. 95% of companies in the economy, therefore, they do 95% of the hiring, but these companies are often ignored or unknown to most job seekers.
3. Create powerful skills and achievement narratives.
Narratives are exciting short-burst descriptions of your skills and achievements used in your resume and overall marketing campaign. Narratives must be compelling and unique to showcase your value to employers. Stay away from cliché’s and vague statements like, “I’m a people person, team player, honest and hardworking, loyal and looking for a challenge.”
4. Showcase your future not your past
Send hiring managers future-focused resumes not past-focused documents. Hiring managers are far more interested in what you can do for them in the future than what you have done in the past. But the only thing typical resumes talk about is…hmm, your past.
5. Work your job search strategy from the top down, not bottom up
Try networking or securing interviews two levels up from your income level. If you’re looking for a job at 50K, you better interview with people who make 80-100K. They are the ones who make the final decision to hire you. If you are looking for a job at 100K, it’s hard to believe the person in HR earning 50 K can make the decision to hire you.
6. Prepare for your interviews with the same intensity as you did for your University finals.
On average, most jobseekers spend 1-2 hours preparing for an interview that may change their lives, yet most spent days studying for their University final exams.
7. Network consistently and with sincere engagement
Never ask a company if they are hiring! Only by taking a sincere interest in a company’s goals and challenges will they then take a sincere interest in your career objectives.
8. Negotiate the entire package when you get an offer.
Salary, benefits, performance bonuses, stock options, paid vacations, review assessments, training allowances, flex hours, ++ Most jobseekers are either too scared to counter offer or don’t know all the perks available in this red-hot job market by employers hungry for talent.
9. Your career is where you spend the majority of your day! Hire a professional to help you land that great career.
Your friends and family may have the very best intentions but do they really have the time, market insight and resources to ensure that you get that great career? The right career expert will provide years of expertise, market insight and resources AND hold you accountable to help you land that great career. So, have a beer with your buddies, but do not rely on them to be your primary source of job search advice.
10. Finally, Just do it! What have you got to lose?
If you’re not happy with your current job, then take the chance to go after something better. If it doesn’t work out, you won’t have any problem finding a job that you don’t want, the market is full of them. In-fact, you don’t even need any of the last nine tips to get a job you don’t like!
Minto Roy
President
PCMG Executive/Careers Today Canada
www.pcmgcanada.com
www.careerstodaycanada.com
www.pcmgexecutive.com
TOP TIPS FOR PROFESSIONAL IMMIGRANT JOB SEEKERS
Top 10 Tips for Professional Immigrant Job Seekers
1. Make a commitment to really go after that great career in Canada.
Don’t grab and settle for the low hanging job off the Canadian Labor market tree. Make a commitment to overcome the majority of people that may tell you to “start at the bottom”. Getting a career at the right level of your expertise requires a strategy, focus, a positive environment filled with those that say “you can” and an unrelenting dedication until the objective is achieved.
2. Drastically increase your career options by targeting opportunities in the SME Market.
Small to Medium Size Enterprises or companies represent approx. 95% of companies in the economy, therefore, they do 95% of the hiring, but these companies are often ignored or unknown to most job seekers.
3. Create and memorize powerful skills and achievement narratives.
Narratives are exciting short-burst descriptions of your skills and achievements used in your resume and overall job search campaign. Narratives are short two to three line statements that you create that are compelling and unique about your skills and achievements. They showcase your value to employers. Stay away from cliché’s and vague statements like, “I’m a hard worker, team player, honest and hardworking, loyal and looking for a challenge and willing to start at the bottom.”
4. Showcase your future not your past
Send hiring managers future-focused resumes not past-focused resumes. Hiring managers are far more interested in what you can do for them in the future than what you have done in the past. But the only thing typical resumes talk about is…hmm, your past.
5. Work your job search strategy from the top down, not bottom up
Try networking or securing interviews two levels up from your targeted income level. If you’re looking for a job at 40K, you better interview or try and network with people who make 80K. They are the ones who make the final decision to hire you.
Think about it, executives looking for a job at 100K, do not try and validate their value with HR staff that earn 50 K.
6. Prepare for your interviews with the same intensity as you did for your University finals in your homeland.
On average from my experience most jobseekers spend only a few hours 1-2 preparing for an interview that may change their lives, yet most spent days studying for their University final exams. When immigrants practice and truly memorize the answers to the most asked interview questions, their interview skills and confidence skyrockets.
7. Network consistently and with sincere engagement
Here’s an important secret. Never ever ask a company if they are hiring when your networking or at a career fair. Only by taking a sincere interest in a company’s goals and challenges will they then take a sincere interest in your career objectives. Starting conversations about what you need will lead no-where or straight to the bottom of what the employer needs.
8. Negotiate the entire package when you get an offer.
If you strategy implement the above tips and get a offer. Make sure you think about negotiating. In this red-hot labor market, canadian companies are often open to negotiating things like; salary, benefits, performance bonuses, stock options, paid vacations, review assessments, training allowances, flex hours, ++ Most professional newcomers to Canada have very low career expectations and confidence and often are too scared to counter offer.
9. Your career is where you spend the majority of your day! Hire a professional to help you land that great career.
Your friends, family and respectfully some gov’t sponsered job search services may have the very best intentions but do they really have the required time, market insight and resources to ensure that you get that great career? The right career expert will provide years of expertise, market insight and resources AND hold you accountable to help you land that great career. So, have a beer with your buddies, but do not rely on them to be your primary source of job search advice.
10. Finally, Just do it! What have you got to lose?
If you’re not happy with your current job, then take the chance to go after something better. If it doesn’t work out, you won’t have any problem finding a job that you don’t want, the market is full of them. In-fact, you don’t even need any of the last nine tips to get a job you don’t like!
President
PCMG Executive/Careers Today Canada
www.pcmgcanada.com
www.careerstodaycanada.com
www.pcmgexecutive.com
Minto Roy
1. Make a commitment to really go after that great career in Canada.
Don’t grab and settle for the low hanging job off the Canadian Labor market tree. Make a commitment to overcome the majority of people that may tell you to “start at the bottom”. Getting a career at the right level of your expertise requires a strategy, focus, a positive environment filled with those that say “you can” and an unrelenting dedication until the objective is achieved.
2. Drastically increase your career options by targeting opportunities in the SME Market.
Small to Medium Size Enterprises or companies represent approx. 95% of companies in the economy, therefore, they do 95% of the hiring, but these companies are often ignored or unknown to most job seekers.
3. Create and memorize powerful skills and achievement narratives.
Narratives are exciting short-burst descriptions of your skills and achievements used in your resume and overall job search campaign. Narratives are short two to three line statements that you create that are compelling and unique about your skills and achievements. They showcase your value to employers. Stay away from cliché’s and vague statements like, “I’m a hard worker, team player, honest and hardworking, loyal and looking for a challenge and willing to start at the bottom.”
4. Showcase your future not your past
Send hiring managers future-focused resumes not past-focused resumes. Hiring managers are far more interested in what you can do for them in the future than what you have done in the past. But the only thing typical resumes talk about is…hmm, your past.
5. Work your job search strategy from the top down, not bottom up
Try networking or securing interviews two levels up from your targeted income level. If you’re looking for a job at 40K, you better interview or try and network with people who make 80K. They are the ones who make the final decision to hire you.
Think about it, executives looking for a job at 100K, do not try and validate their value with HR staff that earn 50 K.
6. Prepare for your interviews with the same intensity as you did for your University finals in your homeland.
On average from my experience most jobseekers spend only a few hours 1-2 preparing for an interview that may change their lives, yet most spent days studying for their University final exams. When immigrants practice and truly memorize the answers to the most asked interview questions, their interview skills and confidence skyrockets.
7. Network consistently and with sincere engagement
Here’s an important secret. Never ever ask a company if they are hiring when your networking or at a career fair. Only by taking a sincere interest in a company’s goals and challenges will they then take a sincere interest in your career objectives. Starting conversations about what you need will lead no-where or straight to the bottom of what the employer needs.
8. Negotiate the entire package when you get an offer.
If you strategy implement the above tips and get a offer. Make sure you think about negotiating. In this red-hot labor market, canadian companies are often open to negotiating things like; salary, benefits, performance bonuses, stock options, paid vacations, review assessments, training allowances, flex hours, ++ Most professional newcomers to Canada have very low career expectations and confidence and often are too scared to counter offer.
9. Your career is where you spend the majority of your day! Hire a professional to help you land that great career.
Your friends, family and respectfully some gov’t sponsered job search services may have the very best intentions but do they really have the required time, market insight and resources to ensure that you get that great career? The right career expert will provide years of expertise, market insight and resources AND hold you accountable to help you land that great career. So, have a beer with your buddies, but do not rely on them to be your primary source of job search advice.
10. Finally, Just do it! What have you got to lose?
If you’re not happy with your current job, then take the chance to go after something better. If it doesn’t work out, you won’t have any problem finding a job that you don’t want, the market is full of them. In-fact, you don’t even need any of the last nine tips to get a job you don’t like!
President
PCMG Executive/Careers Today Canada
www.pcmgcanada.com
www.careerstodaycanada.com
www.pcmgexecutive.com
Minto Roy
Saturday, January 26, 2008
WHAT IT TAKES TO STAY IN THE SIX FIGURE WORLD
SEVEN KEY POINTS TO GET IN AND STAY IN THE SIX FIGURE WORLD.
Minto Roy, President and CEO of Premier Career Management Group
1. If you are a recent graduate, don’t buy into the traditional salary increase mindset. You know the one: graduate university, get a position at 30-35K, and work hard to get an increase to 50K after a few years. Find a way into management after 5 years and slide into the 75K level. Then, after 10 years of working like a dog, helping the company grow, you make it into sr. level management at 100K and then hope like hell to stay there for the final 20 years. Retire. This is complete nonsense. Professionals from 25-35 should realize that with a tactical internal and external marketing strategy of their skills and a great intra-company career plan, they can make major leaps in career growth and income in this red-hot labor market.
2. Learn to deal with and ignore those around you that think six figures is a lot of money. The nay-sayers and that often includes family and friends who attempt to rationalize why it’s too tough, or that you’ll have to forfeit your personal life and sell your soul for higher bracket incomes. Most people under six figures think that professionals in the higher brackets only chase money. In fact most high achievers that I deal with know that we ”chase time not money”!
3. You got to six figures with your drive and a plan to get there, but after reaching it, you must create and set higher income targets. You don’t stay at a 100K by wanting to make the exact same amount next year. Shoot higher, two hundred thousand or go way beyond and start thinking and believing you can earn seven figures.
4. Start surrounding yourself and networking with higher bracket professionals. Unfortunately if you are the highest earner in your peer group, then it becomes more difficult to sustain the information edge and strategic edge to maintain and grow your income and career. I’m not saying ditch your friends, I’m saying find higher bracket colleagues to support and exchange ideas with regularly.
5. It’s crucial to develop your network more than ever after making to the higher bracket of income. Companies looking for talent at this level need to see more than just education, skills and achievements. They want professionals that have built and can access and integrate their network within the growth plans of their business. If you don’t have a strong accessible network, then start building relationships to support and, hence, support you.
6. You need to work on soft skills: Likeability, candor, perseverance, managing confrontation, duplication, emotional intelligence and more. These skills are extremely misunderstood and overlooked when assessed by mid-level HR departments. However, these are some of the most coveted characteristics required to move up the corporate ladder.
7. Consider who you take career advice from. Respectfully, most people seek career advice from family, friends and acquaintances. These people might have the best intentions. But do they have the time, resources and expertise to dispense advice that you can use and implement? Will they be accountable to deal with the end-results of their advice? If one of your goals is to reach and remain in the higher income world then make sure you have fun with your family and friends but take career advice from an expert who has been in the higher bracket and has helped others succeed.
Minto Roy
Vancouver/Canada
mroy@careerstodaycanada.com
www.pcmgcanada.com
www.careerstodaycanada.com
www.pcmgexecutive.com
Minto also hosts the Careers Today weekly radio show every Saturday on CFUN 1410am or online at www.cfun.ca
________________________
Minto Roy is the President and CEO of Premier Career Management Group and the host of Canada’s only recruitment radio program, Careers Today, one of the top-rated shows in the BC market. His pragmatic style, combined with a natural ability to motivate people, provides a strong foundation in “Revolutionizing the World of Work.” Minto brings more than a decade of experience in career management and has worked with thousands of clients advising them on their career search and career plans. Minto is a much sought-after speaker and media commentator and has featured on CBC TV, CBC Morning Radio and various Channel M features on immigrant employment. Minto provides expert commentary on employment issues and trends and has been a resource for the National Post, Globe and Mail, Vancouver Province and Toronto Star. Minto is also a regular columnist for the Canadian Immigrant Magazine and the Vancouver View Magazine.
Want to ask Minto a six figure question? He can be reached at mroy@pcmgcanada.com
Minto Roy, President and CEO of Premier Career Management Group
1. If you are a recent graduate, don’t buy into the traditional salary increase mindset. You know the one: graduate university, get a position at 30-35K, and work hard to get an increase to 50K after a few years. Find a way into management after 5 years and slide into the 75K level. Then, after 10 years of working like a dog, helping the company grow, you make it into sr. level management at 100K and then hope like hell to stay there for the final 20 years. Retire. This is complete nonsense. Professionals from 25-35 should realize that with a tactical internal and external marketing strategy of their skills and a great intra-company career plan, they can make major leaps in career growth and income in this red-hot labor market.
2. Learn to deal with and ignore those around you that think six figures is a lot of money. The nay-sayers and that often includes family and friends who attempt to rationalize why it’s too tough, or that you’ll have to forfeit your personal life and sell your soul for higher bracket incomes. Most people under six figures think that professionals in the higher brackets only chase money. In fact most high achievers that I deal with know that we ”chase time not money”!
3. You got to six figures with your drive and a plan to get there, but after reaching it, you must create and set higher income targets. You don’t stay at a 100K by wanting to make the exact same amount next year. Shoot higher, two hundred thousand or go way beyond and start thinking and believing you can earn seven figures.
4. Start surrounding yourself and networking with higher bracket professionals. Unfortunately if you are the highest earner in your peer group, then it becomes more difficult to sustain the information edge and strategic edge to maintain and grow your income and career. I’m not saying ditch your friends, I’m saying find higher bracket colleagues to support and exchange ideas with regularly.
5. It’s crucial to develop your network more than ever after making to the higher bracket of income. Companies looking for talent at this level need to see more than just education, skills and achievements. They want professionals that have built and can access and integrate their network within the growth plans of their business. If you don’t have a strong accessible network, then start building relationships to support and, hence, support you.
6. You need to work on soft skills: Likeability, candor, perseverance, managing confrontation, duplication, emotional intelligence and more. These skills are extremely misunderstood and overlooked when assessed by mid-level HR departments. However, these are some of the most coveted characteristics required to move up the corporate ladder.
7. Consider who you take career advice from. Respectfully, most people seek career advice from family, friends and acquaintances. These people might have the best intentions. But do they have the time, resources and expertise to dispense advice that you can use and implement? Will they be accountable to deal with the end-results of their advice? If one of your goals is to reach and remain in the higher income world then make sure you have fun with your family and friends but take career advice from an expert who has been in the higher bracket and has helped others succeed.
Minto Roy
Vancouver/Canada
mroy@careerstodaycanada.com
www.pcmgcanada.com
www.careerstodaycanada.com
www.pcmgexecutive.com
Minto also hosts the Careers Today weekly radio show every Saturday on CFUN 1410am or online at www.cfun.ca
________________________
Minto Roy is the President and CEO of Premier Career Management Group and the host of Canada’s only recruitment radio program, Careers Today, one of the top-rated shows in the BC market. His pragmatic style, combined with a natural ability to motivate people, provides a strong foundation in “Revolutionizing the World of Work.” Minto brings more than a decade of experience in career management and has worked with thousands of clients advising them on their career search and career plans. Minto is a much sought-after speaker and media commentator and has featured on CBC TV, CBC Morning Radio and various Channel M features on immigrant employment. Minto provides expert commentary on employment issues and trends and has been a resource for the National Post, Globe and Mail, Vancouver Province and Toronto Star. Minto is also a regular columnist for the Canadian Immigrant Magazine and the Vancouver View Magazine.
Want to ask Minto a six figure question? He can be reached at mroy@pcmgcanada.com
Saturday, October 20, 2007
THINK OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PER YEAR!
SEVEN KEY TIPS TO GET IN AND REMAIN IN THE SIX FIGURE WORLD.
ONE
If you are a recent graduate, don’t buy into the traditional salary increase mindset. You know the one: graduate university, get a position at 30-35K, work hard to get an increase to 50k after a few years. Find a way to management after 5 years and slide into the 75K level. Then, after 10 years of working like a dog, helping the company grow, make it into sr. level management at 100K and then hope like hell to stay there for the final 20 years. Retire. This is complete nonsense. Professionals from 25-35 should realize that with a tactical internal and external marketing strategy of their skills and a great intra-company career plan, they can make major leaps in career growth and income in this red-hot labor market.
TWO.
Learn to deal with ignore those around you that think six figures is a lot of money. The nay-sayers and that often include family and friends that attempt to rationalize why it’s too tough, or that you’ll have to forfeit your personal life and sell your soul for higher bracket incomes. Most people under six figures think that professionals in the higher brackets only chase money. Infact most high achievers that I deal with know that we” chase time not money”!
THREE.
You got to six figures with your drive and a plan to get there, but after reaching it, you must create and set higher income targets. You don’t stay at a 100 K by wanting to make the exact same amount next year. Shoot higher, two hundred thousand or go way beyond and start thinking and believing you can earn seven figures.
FOUR.
Start surrounding yourself and networking with higher bracket professionals. Unfortunately if you are the highest earner in your peer group, then it becomes more difficult to sustain the information edge and strategic edge to maintain and grow your income and career. I’m not saying ditch your friends, I’m saying find higher bracket collegues to support and exchange ideas with regularly.
FIVE.
It’s crucial to develop your network more than ever after making to the higher bracket of income. Companies looking for talent at this level need to see more than just education, skills and achievements. They want professionals that have built and can access and integrate their network within the growth plans of business. If you don’t have strong accessible network, then start building relationships to support and support you.
SIX.
You need to work on soft skills: likeability, candor, perseverance managing confrontation, duplication, emotional intelligence and more. These skills are extremely misunderstood and overlooked when assessed by mid-level hr. departments. However, these are the most coveted characteristics required to move up the corporate ladder.
SEVEN.
Consider who you take career advice from. Respectfully most people seek career advice from family, friends and acquaintances. These people might have the best intentions. But do they have the time, resources and expertise to dispense advice that you can use and implement? Will they be accountable to deal with the end-results of their advice? If one of your goals is to reach and remain in the higher income world then make sure you have fun with your family and friends but take career advice from an expert that been in the higher bracket and has helped other succeed.
Minto Roy
President
PCMG Canada/Careers Today Canada
/http://www.pcmgcanada.com/ / http://www.careerstodaycanada.com/ / http://www.pcmgexecutive.com/ www.mintoroy.net
ONE
If you are a recent graduate, don’t buy into the traditional salary increase mindset. You know the one: graduate university, get a position at 30-35K, work hard to get an increase to 50k after a few years. Find a way to management after 5 years and slide into the 75K level. Then, after 10 years of working like a dog, helping the company grow, make it into sr. level management at 100K and then hope like hell to stay there for the final 20 years. Retire. This is complete nonsense. Professionals from 25-35 should realize that with a tactical internal and external marketing strategy of their skills and a great intra-company career plan, they can make major leaps in career growth and income in this red-hot labor market.
TWO.
Learn to deal with ignore those around you that think six figures is a lot of money. The nay-sayers and that often include family and friends that attempt to rationalize why it’s too tough, or that you’ll have to forfeit your personal life and sell your soul for higher bracket incomes. Most people under six figures think that professionals in the higher brackets only chase money. Infact most high achievers that I deal with know that we” chase time not money”!
THREE.
You got to six figures with your drive and a plan to get there, but after reaching it, you must create and set higher income targets. You don’t stay at a 100 K by wanting to make the exact same amount next year. Shoot higher, two hundred thousand or go way beyond and start thinking and believing you can earn seven figures.
FOUR.
Start surrounding yourself and networking with higher bracket professionals. Unfortunately if you are the highest earner in your peer group, then it becomes more difficult to sustain the information edge and strategic edge to maintain and grow your income and career. I’m not saying ditch your friends, I’m saying find higher bracket collegues to support and exchange ideas with regularly.
FIVE.
It’s crucial to develop your network more than ever after making to the higher bracket of income. Companies looking for talent at this level need to see more than just education, skills and achievements. They want professionals that have built and can access and integrate their network within the growth plans of business. If you don’t have strong accessible network, then start building relationships to support and support you.
SIX.
You need to work on soft skills: likeability, candor, perseverance managing confrontation, duplication, emotional intelligence and more. These skills are extremely misunderstood and overlooked when assessed by mid-level hr. departments. However, these are the most coveted characteristics required to move up the corporate ladder.
SEVEN.
Consider who you take career advice from. Respectfully most people seek career advice from family, friends and acquaintances. These people might have the best intentions. But do they have the time, resources and expertise to dispense advice that you can use and implement? Will they be accountable to deal with the end-results of their advice? If one of your goals is to reach and remain in the higher income world then make sure you have fun with your family and friends but take career advice from an expert that been in the higher bracket and has helped other succeed.
Minto Roy
President
PCMG Canada/Careers Today Canada
/http://www.pcmgcanada.com/ / http://www.careerstodaycanada.com/ / http://www.pcmgexecutive.com/ www.mintoroy.net
SEVEN KEY THINGS TO KNOW TO REMAIN IN SIX FIGURES
SEVEN KEY THINGS TO KNOW TO REMAIN IN SIX FIGURES.
If you are a recent graduate, don’t buy into the traditional salary increase mindset. You know the one: graduate university, get a position at 30-35K, work hard to get an increase to 50k after a few years. Find a way to management after 5 years and slide into the 75K level. Then, after 10 years of working like a dog, helping the company grow, make it into sr. level management at 100K and then hope like hell to stay there for the final 20 years. Retire. This is complete nonsense. Professionals from 25-35 should realize that with a tactical internal and external marketing strategy of their skills and a great intra-company career plan, they can make major leaps in career growth and income in this red-hot labor market.
Two:
Learn to deal with ignore those around you that think six figures is a lot of money. The nay-sayers and that often include family and friends that attempt to rationalize why it’s too tough, or that you’ll have to forfeit your personal life and sell your soul for higher bracket incomes. Most people under six figures think that professionals in the higher brackets only chase money. Infact most high achievers that I deal with know that we” chase time not money”!
Three:
You got to six figures with your drive and a plan to get there, but after reaching it, you must create and set higher income targets. You don’t stay at a 100 K by wanting to make the exact same amount next year. Shoot higher, two hundred thousand or go way beyond and start thinking and believing you can earn seven figures.
Four:
Start surrounding yourself and networking with higher bracket professionals. Unfortunately if you are the highest earner in your peer group, then it becomes more difficult to sustain the information edge and strategic edge to maintain and grow your income and career. I’m not saying ditch your friends, I’m saying find higher bracket collegues to support and exchange ideas with regularly.
Five:
It’s crucial to develop your network more than ever after making to the higher bracket of income. Companies looking for talent at this level need to see more than just education, skills and achievements. They want professionals that have built and can access and integrate their network within the growth plans of business. If you don’t have strong accessible network, then start building relationships to support and support you.
Six:
You need to work on soft skills: likeability, candor, perseverance managing confrontation, duplication, emotional intelligence and more. These skills are extremely misunderstood and overlooked when assessed by mid-level hr. departments. However, these are the most coveted characteristics required to move up the corporate ladder.
Seven:
Consider who you take career advice from. Respectfully most people seek career advice from family, friends and acquaintances. These people might have the best intentions. But do they have the time, resources and expertise to dispense advice that you can use and implement? Will they be accountable to deal with the end-results of their advice? If one of your goals is to reach and remain in the higher income world then make sure you have fun with your family and friends but take career advice from an expert that been in the higher bracket and has helped other succeed.
Minto Roy
President
PCMG Canada/Careers Today Canada
http://www.pcmgcanada.com/ / http://www.careerstodaycanada.com/ / http://www.pcmgexecutive.com/
If you are a recent graduate, don’t buy into the traditional salary increase mindset. You know the one: graduate university, get a position at 30-35K, work hard to get an increase to 50k after a few years. Find a way to management after 5 years and slide into the 75K level. Then, after 10 years of working like a dog, helping the company grow, make it into sr. level management at 100K and then hope like hell to stay there for the final 20 years. Retire. This is complete nonsense. Professionals from 25-35 should realize that with a tactical internal and external marketing strategy of their skills and a great intra-company career plan, they can make major leaps in career growth and income in this red-hot labor market.
Two:
Learn to deal with ignore those around you that think six figures is a lot of money. The nay-sayers and that often include family and friends that attempt to rationalize why it’s too tough, or that you’ll have to forfeit your personal life and sell your soul for higher bracket incomes. Most people under six figures think that professionals in the higher brackets only chase money. Infact most high achievers that I deal with know that we” chase time not money”!
Three:
You got to six figures with your drive and a plan to get there, but after reaching it, you must create and set higher income targets. You don’t stay at a 100 K by wanting to make the exact same amount next year. Shoot higher, two hundred thousand or go way beyond and start thinking and believing you can earn seven figures.
Four:
Start surrounding yourself and networking with higher bracket professionals. Unfortunately if you are the highest earner in your peer group, then it becomes more difficult to sustain the information edge and strategic edge to maintain and grow your income and career. I’m not saying ditch your friends, I’m saying find higher bracket collegues to support and exchange ideas with regularly.
Five:
It’s crucial to develop your network more than ever after making to the higher bracket of income. Companies looking for talent at this level need to see more than just education, skills and achievements. They want professionals that have built and can access and integrate their network within the growth plans of business. If you don’t have strong accessible network, then start building relationships to support and support you.
Six:
You need to work on soft skills: likeability, candor, perseverance managing confrontation, duplication, emotional intelligence and more. These skills are extremely misunderstood and overlooked when assessed by mid-level hr. departments. However, these are the most coveted characteristics required to move up the corporate ladder.
Seven:
Consider who you take career advice from. Respectfully most people seek career advice from family, friends and acquaintances. These people might have the best intentions. But do they have the time, resources and expertise to dispense advice that you can use and implement? Will they be accountable to deal with the end-results of their advice? If one of your goals is to reach and remain in the higher income world then make sure you have fun with your family and friends but take career advice from an expert that been in the higher bracket and has helped other succeed.
Minto Roy
President
PCMG Canada/Careers Today Canada
http://www.pcmgcanada.com/ / http://www.careerstodaycanada.com/ / http://www.pcmgexecutive.com/
GET INTO THE HIGHER BRACKET OF INCOME!
PUBLISHED IN HIGHER BRACKET.CA
VISIT WWW.HIGHERBRACKET.CA dedicated to publishing jobs and information for those professionals looking to earn higher level incomes.
Welcome to higher bracket.com I assume, by your visit to this site that you have a commitment or at least curiosity about positions over 100K. One thing you should know that’s an irrefutable fact.
Very few people make six figures and very few people will ever make six figures consistently.
It’s not because very few people have a talent to earn six figures. In fact, I have met thousands of professionals with the talent, education, experience that exceed those that earn six figures consistently. Most talented professionals simply don’t know how to enter this income bracket and remain consistently there year after year.
One hundred thousand dollars a year seems to represent the holy grail of income levels for most professionals. A validation to themselves, their peers and their families. A badge of recognition in the competitive workforce that you are successful and at the top of your game.
However, this income bracket symbolizes more just money. Personally it represents a level of lifestyle coveted by most people. A chance to live beyond the monthly bills and live a life full of options for you and your family.
Professionally it is viewed as validation by an employer that you are crucial to their organization. Within the company there is enhanced recognition your peers, exciting and important responsibilities are a daily part of your role, there is management opportunities and decision making capacity.
These perks remain elusive to the majority of professionals unless more people learn how to market themselves effectively. Having the right talent, experience and education alone is only part of the battle. An effective and competitive marketing campaign is crucial.
Competing for six figure position comes with an initial realization that this compensation represents the top 2 % of the paying jobs within an employment market. Therefore, looking to get into this market requires a different job search strategy as those being utilized by others making less than six figures. The other 98% of people conducting a job search.
Think about it. Would you market a Lada with the same methodology as Mercedes? Does Starbucks market its five dollar coffee with the same methodology as cafe that sells coffee for a dollar? How a product is marketed is immensely important to the perceived value by the consumer.
So if you are professional looking to secure at six figure position, then remember your the product in a very competitive and complex market. Appreciate that you are competing against other talented products for those 2% of higher bracket jobs. So what’s your marketing strategy? How are you going to differentiate yourself from the other quality products competing against you for the employer?
Most professionals market themselves with a document called a resume, typically a few pieces of paper that outline a jobseekers skills, experiences, achievements and education. A resume is most common form of marketing communications used by job seekers. A document filled with history about a candidates past. However, in speaking with thousands of hiring managers, I’ve come to realize that most are interested in what an employee can do for them in the future, not in the past.
A past history and accomplishments are of course important, but in reality candidates competing at this level are all very good and most great past work histories. A past focused resumes is a very ineffective way to set anyone apart and we know why people use resumes.
Everyone does it and no-one knows what else to do when job hunting.
Mercedes does not rely on marketing their automobile as only fast and with a good warranty. Simply because almost every car over 100K is fast and has a good warranty. Mercedes like all premium products recognizes that marketing given variables and common product features rarely help the consumer select their product.
Consider a simple marketing concept to your job search. If you are trying to divide yourself out from the rest of the market why use the exact same marketing strategy as the rest of the market and hope to be seen as unique? How can the end consumer (the employer), set you apart?
Hiring at six figures has also become extremely difficult for both sides of the hiring desk. Executive Managers have limited time to review resumes and don’t have months to screen candidates, they have hours. Managers are at the mercy of screening candidates through past focused resumes speaking very little about what they bring to their companies future.
It’s crucial that higher bracket professionals initially engage employers with future focused documents and dialogue. Marketing focused on the future. Do not rely on a resume of what has been done in the past. Market the vision of your future and you gain a definitive edge against their competition below and above six figures.
I will follow up with upcoming articles that will hopefully provide insights into getting in and staying in the higher bracket income. Articles related to constructing a value proposition, negotiating six figure salary packages, interviewing questions and answers and the mindset of what executive managers look for when they are hiring their next six figure employee.
The six figure world is truly a world of abundance, not merely about money, but about am abundant belief. A belief to share ideas and information to help others reach their professional and personal goals. I hope this insight propels your career and motivates you to achieve your next level.
There is plenty of room at the top.
Minto Roy
President & CEO
PCMG Canada Executive/ Careers Today Canada
www.careerstodaycanada.com
www.pcmgexecutive.com
www.pcmgcanada.com
VISIT WWW.HIGHERBRACKET.CA dedicated to publishing jobs and information for those professionals looking to earn higher level incomes.
Welcome to higher bracket.com I assume, by your visit to this site that you have a commitment or at least curiosity about positions over 100K. One thing you should know that’s an irrefutable fact.
Very few people make six figures and very few people will ever make six figures consistently.
It’s not because very few people have a talent to earn six figures. In fact, I have met thousands of professionals with the talent, education, experience that exceed those that earn six figures consistently. Most talented professionals simply don’t know how to enter this income bracket and remain consistently there year after year.
One hundred thousand dollars a year seems to represent the holy grail of income levels for most professionals. A validation to themselves, their peers and their families. A badge of recognition in the competitive workforce that you are successful and at the top of your game.
However, this income bracket symbolizes more just money. Personally it represents a level of lifestyle coveted by most people. A chance to live beyond the monthly bills and live a life full of options for you and your family.
Professionally it is viewed as validation by an employer that you are crucial to their organization. Within the company there is enhanced recognition your peers, exciting and important responsibilities are a daily part of your role, there is management opportunities and decision making capacity.
These perks remain elusive to the majority of professionals unless more people learn how to market themselves effectively. Having the right talent, experience and education alone is only part of the battle. An effective and competitive marketing campaign is crucial.
Competing for six figure position comes with an initial realization that this compensation represents the top 2 % of the paying jobs within an employment market. Therefore, looking to get into this market requires a different job search strategy as those being utilized by others making less than six figures. The other 98% of people conducting a job search.
Think about it. Would you market a Lada with the same methodology as Mercedes? Does Starbucks market its five dollar coffee with the same methodology as cafe that sells coffee for a dollar? How a product is marketed is immensely important to the perceived value by the consumer.
So if you are professional looking to secure at six figure position, then remember your the product in a very competitive and complex market. Appreciate that you are competing against other talented products for those 2% of higher bracket jobs. So what’s your marketing strategy? How are you going to differentiate yourself from the other quality products competing against you for the employer?
Most professionals market themselves with a document called a resume, typically a few pieces of paper that outline a jobseekers skills, experiences, achievements and education. A resume is most common form of marketing communications used by job seekers. A document filled with history about a candidates past. However, in speaking with thousands of hiring managers, I’ve come to realize that most are interested in what an employee can do for them in the future, not in the past.
A past history and accomplishments are of course important, but in reality candidates competing at this level are all very good and most great past work histories. A past focused resumes is a very ineffective way to set anyone apart and we know why people use resumes.
Everyone does it and no-one knows what else to do when job hunting.
Mercedes does not rely on marketing their automobile as only fast and with a good warranty. Simply because almost every car over 100K is fast and has a good warranty. Mercedes like all premium products recognizes that marketing given variables and common product features rarely help the consumer select their product.
Consider a simple marketing concept to your job search. If you are trying to divide yourself out from the rest of the market why use the exact same marketing strategy as the rest of the market and hope to be seen as unique? How can the end consumer (the employer), set you apart?
Hiring at six figures has also become extremely difficult for both sides of the hiring desk. Executive Managers have limited time to review resumes and don’t have months to screen candidates, they have hours. Managers are at the mercy of screening candidates through past focused resumes speaking very little about what they bring to their companies future.
It’s crucial that higher bracket professionals initially engage employers with future focused documents and dialogue. Marketing focused on the future. Do not rely on a resume of what has been done in the past. Market the vision of your future and you gain a definitive edge against their competition below and above six figures.
I will follow up with upcoming articles that will hopefully provide insights into getting in and staying in the higher bracket income. Articles related to constructing a value proposition, negotiating six figure salary packages, interviewing questions and answers and the mindset of what executive managers look for when they are hiring their next six figure employee.
The six figure world is truly a world of abundance, not merely about money, but about am abundant belief. A belief to share ideas and information to help others reach their professional and personal goals. I hope this insight propels your career and motivates you to achieve your next level.
There is plenty of room at the top.
Minto Roy
President & CEO
PCMG Canada Executive/ Careers Today Canada
www.careerstodaycanada.com
www.pcmgexecutive.com
www.pcmgcanada.com
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