SOAR: A Recipe for Interview Mastery (FTE)

 From: AJ Mize - More info here

SOAR stands for Situation, Obstacle, Action, and Result.

It's a structured approach to answering interview questions that allows you to present your experiences in a compelling, organized manner.

Here’s how you can make it work for you:
Situation: Set the scene. Describe the context in which you were operating. Were you leading a team, working on a project, or facing a tight deadline? This sets the stage for your story.
Obstacle: What challenges did you encounter? Identifying the hurdles you faced not only adds drama to your story but also shows that you’re not shying away from difficulties.
Action: Here's where you're the hero. Detail the specific actions you took to address the obstacles. This is your chance to showcase your problem-solving skills, creativity, and leadership.
Result: End with a bang. What was the outcome of your actions? Highlight the positive impact of your efforts – be it increased sales, improved efficiency, or a satisfied client. Quantify your achievements if possible.

It’s Ok to Copy Success

 

One of my first business mentors said, “if you want what I have, do, what I do.”
It was my first real understanding that it’s OK to copy. It’s OK to emulate replicate duplicate other peoples work. 

It’s not just OK it’s the best way   

This was a shock to me coming from a family of academics. My mother graduated early from high school and graduated from college. Both my parents were educators at one point and my entire family of first generation immigrants, believe school and education was the key to success.  My aunts and uncles were academic valedictorians with advanced degrees. 

In school, we were taught to learn and assimilate information, but never produce results other than your own ... 

This is why most education is BS. It teaches you how to follow rules and trains you to become a highly skilled taxpaying employee.  That is a wonderful formula for creating a society of workers. 

Find someone who has what you desire. Find out what they do and copy it. It is the best way to succeed.

Personal Job Pipeline Testimonial

 Ralph F

"Since attending the 40x50 PJP Course and working with Andy Wergedal to re-organize my resume following the PJP resume template, I am now receiving literally dozens of responses and expressions of interest from a variety of potential employers. Although I have a Ph.D. and my previous experiences include a record of successful project deliveries and accomplishments, I could not understand why I wasn’t getting more replies. My classical resume presentation of Objective, Experience, and Education, etc. was just not passing through recruiting agency filters. Andy’s 40x50 approach re-organizes the information in a way that triggers scanning algorithms in use today. I enjoy having this advantage in today’s highly competitive job market!"

Free webinar on 1/25/24: How to Build your Personal Job Pipeline

Build your "Personal Job Pipeline" a systematic way to generate Job Leads

Want to come to my "Personal Job Pipeline" class on January 24th where I reveal my proven formula for getting IT Contract job leads. 

Short Link to Webinar https://bit.ly/3HafmNs

Thursday 01/25/2024 12 noon PDT

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Layoff News Jan 15 2024

Layoff News

Apple tells dozens of employees in San Diego to move to Austin or face layoffs, report says

https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-issues-employees-ultimatum-san-diego-austin-texas-2024-1

Bay Area animation giant Pixar is about to get hit with layoffs

https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/pixar-2024-layoffs-18605827.php

Google’s latest layoffs are just the beginning

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/14/24038397/google-layoffs-just-the-beginning

Stellantis cuts 539 supplemental workers from U.S. plants

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/chrysler/2024/01/15/stellantis-cuts-supplemental-workers-u-s-plants/72231791007/

93% of All Hiring Managers use ATS

 From topresume.com

"93% of all Hiring Managers use resume scanning software calledapplicant tracking systems (ATS) to filter candidates from the application pool. To illustrate how you stand up to the automation, I passed your resume through the very same software that Hiring Managers use to filter the real talent from the hundreds, sometimes thousands, of candidates that apply for a single open position."

Join the free webinar to see how you can take advantage of this system.

Personal Job Pipeline

 

40x50.com presents

The Personal Job Pipeline Course

We’re so glad you decided to go on this journey. We have designed this course to be a foundational element in your future. Once you start using this methodology, it will create an evergreen pipeline of job requests that flow into your inbox. This is a systematic method to a never ending stream of job requests. 

First Steps [to fill you inbox with job requests]

Personal Email

Get a personal email for your Job Pipeline. This method will produce a lot of email. 

Gmail or Yahoo are the best for this purpose Be sure to use your first.last name for your email. See links below

Social Media Scrub

Review your social media for posts that do not present your professional image. And, google/bing your name to see what shows up. This is your first impression.

Recruiters and HR hiring managers will search for you. Make sure they see the first impression you want them to see.

Modules

1 - Choose Your Role

The most important step is choosing your role. If you don’t know your target, how will you know if you hit it?

Link to the private video PJP - Choose Your Role

2 - Setup Tools

Getting ready to start building your Personal Job Pipeline.

Link to the private video PJP - Setup Tools

3 - Resume

Here are my tested and proven methods to get your resume through the ATS and computer filtering systems.

Link to private video PJP - Resume Link to the resume template - PJP - Resume Template Link to sample resume - PJP - SampleResumev294

4 - Job Boards and Social Media

Now you are ready to update the job boards and start applying for jobs. Remember that the application is not to get the job, but to get into the recruiters database.

Link to the private video PJP - Job Boards and Social Media

5 - Managing the Recruiters

A big key to getting a job is answering all the calls and emails from Recruiters. Here is a set of tips and ideas on how to manage the phone calls and emails.

Link to the private video PJP - Managing the recruiters

6 - Interview

Here are my tips for all interviews. Remember you already have the job. They are checking to see if you will work well in their organization.

Link to the private video PJP - Interview

 Bonus

Here are a few links to some bonus materials.

Link to the resume template - PJP - Resume Template Link to sample resume - PJP - SampleResumev294

Pipeline TASKLIST

Step1 

• Dedicated Personal Email

• Google your name

• Scrub your social media

Step 2

• Update the resume template with your data

• Find jobs that match your target role and add those details to your resume

Step 3

• Upload your resume to the job boards

You are now ready to put your Personal Job Pipeline into action!

Step 4

• Apply for jobs once a day for the first 30 days

Maintain the Personal Job Pipeline!

• Answer every email daily

• Answer every phone call in the same day

• 24 hours - Send a Reply email to confirm submission

• 48 hours - Send a Thank you email to the recruiter for their part in the process

• 30 days - apply for jobs and an update email and latest resume for your resume

• every 90 days - Send an email to all recruiters and include your resume for their database

RESOURCES

Links 

Resume template and current version (for reference)

• PJP - Resume Template

• PJP - SampleResumev294 

Free Email Services

• Gmail

• Yahoo Mail

• Outlook

• Proton mail

Testimonial

 Ralph F

"Since attending the 40x50 PJP Course and working with Andy Wergedal to re-organize my resume following the PJP resume template, I am now receiving literally dozens of responses and expressions of interest from a variety of potential employers. Although I have a Ph.D. and my previous experiences include a record of successful project deliveries and accomplishments, I could not understand why I wasn’t getting more replies. My classical resume presentation of Objective, Experience, and Education, etc. was just not passing through recruiting agency filters. Andy’s 40x50 approach re-organizes the information in a way that triggers scanning algorithms in use today. I enjoy having this advantage in today’s highly competitive job market!"