Career Services Expert and Industry Advice

Getting from College to Career

TruMann Consulting — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:34:28 +0000

Check out Lindsey Pollak's revised edition of "Getting from College to Career". It's a must read for students and the professionals who help guide Gen Y's career decisions and ultimately their job search. Trudy has several pieces of advice that are quoted in the book, but even if she wasn't included, it's seriously a great resource.

Getting from College to Career, REVISED EDITION:
Your Essential Guide to Succeeding in the Real World

By Lindsey Pollak (HarperCollins, Revised Edition 2012)

How do you get a job without experience and get experience without a job? It’s the question virtually every college student or recent graduate faces. In Getting from College to Career, Lindsey Pollak offers the first definitive guide to building the experience, skills, and confidence you need before starting your first major job search. This book is packed with career advice for students and focuses on how to get a job after college. Her 90 action-oriented tips include strategies ranging from the simple to the expert, including:

Avoid the biggest mistake in career prep and job hunting
Subscribe to a daily newspaper
E-mail like a professional
Make every event a networking success
Practice the eight essentials of internship achievement
Perform five minutes of stand-up
Over prepare for interviews
Persist (politely)

"How U.S. Lost Out On iPhone Work"

TruMann Consulting — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:00:06 +0000

If you haven't read the article in Sunday's January 22, 2012 New York Times front page story on how Apple Computer transformed their business model to principally manufacture in China. The article gets it right and is a case study in what America might need to do to get jobs back inside the U.S.. Here's the link to the entire story:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html

Manny to Present "Employer Relations in the Age of Internships"

TruMann Consulting — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:47:45 +0000

Want to start the New Year out right? Then don't miss this January 4th, 2012 virtual keynote address in which Manny Contomanolis will discuss the changing relationship between Career Services Professionals and Employers in the context of the new focus on internships and their increasing importance in our work. If you want to participate in this webinar, be sure to register with InternBridge.com prior to January 4th, by clicking on the Career Services Conference tab.

Unemployment Rate for College Grads is 4.3%

TruMann Consulting — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:43:58 +0000

Although the national unemployment figures continue to be a dismal 9.1% as evidenced by the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics findings released Friday, there is a bright spot in the data. The unemployment rate for college graduates is a much lower 4.3% and there are a few bright spots in industries such as health care and technical fields which continue to add jobs. You can read the full report at bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

Additionally other news sources are concluding that in general job postings are up significantly from a year ago. This is encouraging news for all of us who work with college graduates.

Dr. Emanuel Contomanolis: Newest Recipient of NACE Academy of Fellows Award

TruMann Consulting — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:14:50 +0000

June 1011 Dallas Texas

Dr. Emanuel (Manny) Contomanolis received the highest honor at the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) annual meeting in Dallas Texas: The Academy of Fellows. The awards ceremony, attended by over 1600 conference attendees honored Manny for his many years of service to the career development and employer professional community. Manny was cited for his work as an instructor in the NACE Management Leadership Institute, serving as Past President of both NACE and EACE, faculty member for Career Services Institute, author, keynote speaker, advisor to employer boards and employment commissions, consultant and frequent media contributor.

Global Employer Thought Leader Summit

TruMann Consulting — Sat, 21 May 2011 19:01:26 +0000

We recently returned from Israel where we were honored to chair the first ever Employer Thought Leader Summit in Israel, sponsored by MASA Israel Career Programs.. The summit brought together recruiting heads and leaders from major U.S. and Global employing organizations to engage in a week of meetings, forums, conferences and roundtables that focused on best practices on global recruiting and internships. As we learned from our meeting with Saul Singer, one of the authors of "Start-Up Nation", Israel is a unique society that has cultivated an entrepreneurial work culture and made it a leading source of start up companies and social entrepreneurship. It is also a country that has many employers and government agencies assessing and possibly re-thinking the concept of internships and the meaningful contributions they can make in a variety of work settings. While we were there with senior representation from organizations including: Ernst & Young, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Cisco, Teach for America and Whirpool to name a few, we met with Israeli fellows, employers and government officials and spoke at two conferences. It was an amazing trip on so many levels. If you are interested in learning more about the Employer Thought Leader Summit, here are a few links to articles that discuss the project:

Jerusalem Post

http://www.jpost.com/Business/BusinessNews/Article.aspx?id=219263

Haaretz: "Intern in Israel program gets boost from U.S. firms" (The full article is pasted below.)

http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/anglo-file/intern-in-israel-program-gets-boost-from-u-s-firms-1.360112

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4065109,00.html

http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/fortune-500-multinationals-recruit-american-interns-in-israel

Signs of an Improving Job Market: Positive Signs for the New Year

TruMann Consulting — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:19:18 +0000

There was several stories disseminated in major news outlets today that discussed the significant drop in unemployment claims, giving rise to hope for an improved market for not only new graduates, but for more experienced workers. In fact at a meeting we attended in December with leading recruiting executives, all discussed plans to add positions and increase hiring in early 2011. A recent Linked In poll also suported that a large number of employers intend to add headcount in the next 3-6 months. Keep in mind that there will be a demand for a variety of different types of jobs, from very technical and specialized positions to opportunities that require broad knowledge, strong communication skills and the ability to be flexible within a fast paced global economy. Let's hope that the new year brings hope, good health and prosperity for all.

The Future of Recruiting

TruMann Consulting — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:41:53 +0000

Using Social Media for Recruiting

TruMann Consulting — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:54:04 +0000

Social media recruiting is one of the most relevant and timely topics among hiring organizations today. We're at the Direct Employers Association (www.jobcentral.com) conference where we're presenting on college and intern recruiting. Shama Kabani, President of The Zen Marketing Group (www.zenmarketing.com) , shared some very insightful information on using social media in recruiting. Among the key takeaways - "people are now the media". In building a strategy, remember the 3 key goals are to: 1) Find candidates 2) Build relationships with potential candidates AND current employees 3) Build your company brand for when candidates search for you. According to Kabani, the 5 key steps to social recruiting include: 1) Start with your internal website - it must be strong and up-to-date 2) Don't dismiss Google - you need to understand your organization's presence there 3) Create "strategic outposts" (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) 4) Monitor and listen 5) Leverage each person and each strategy as needed. For more, read her book The Zen of Social Media Marketing.

Wall Street Adds Jobs

TruMann Consulting — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:58:50 +0000

Anyone see the article by Nelson Schwartz in the New York Times? Mr. Schwartz reports the happy news that Wall Street firms are hiring again. Schwartz contends that when i-banks start adding headcount it's a strong signal that the economy is going to rebound and start growing again. This is good news for college graduates and for some experienced professionals who were caught up in the downsizing when the banks were reducing payroll. College graduates are particularly well positioned for this upturn because they are an adaptable, lower cost option very familiar with social media and other technology. Our advice to experienced professionals in this market, however, is to position themselves as problem solvers who can get the job done and won't need the training, coaching and same amount of ramp up time.