Are you a mom returning to work now that your kids are in school, are you working but looking for a new and better career, or are you even looking to market your skills and work from home? If you fall under these, or any other similar job seeker description, you will want to keep reading.
This could change your life!
Around this time of year, we usually think about getting our kids ready for Back To School, but along with the kids returning to school, many Moms often return back to the workplace as well. Whether they are returning just for the school term, or returning permanently because their kids are older, it’s probably a bit daunting, especially if they have been out of the workforce for a long time.
The Job Search Strategy Lab is a website that contains resources and training for the serious job seeker. They have everything from books, e-books, free e-courses, a podcast hosted on BlogTalkRadio and in depth career coaching and job search strategy training programs. They have vast resources available for every aspect of your job search.
One of the resources at The Job Search Strategy Lab is an e-book called The Savvy Jobseeker’s Guide & Workbook: Five Steps to a Simply Successful Job Search that is geared towards helping people prepare themselves for a job search in today’s job market. It will save you countless hours job searching by helping you to isolate your skills and present them in a manner that is valuable to employers. It will also save you from costly mistakes that could lose you that coveted position! It will help you from start to finish, from writing a resume that dazzles, to conducting your job search to save you time and effort, to mastering that ever important interview.
With it’s step by step process, The Savvy Jobseeker’s Guide & Workbook will help the returning to work mom avoid the anxiety, frustration, depression and intimidation that comes with the job hunting process, will help you evaluate yourself to pinpoint your skills and determine your unique value in order to “merge your passion with your career.”
One of the programs available at The Job Search Strategy Lab is the Job Search Strategy Audit & Action Plan. This program involves a review of your resume and one-on-one coaching and role-playing to help you put your best foot forward in interviews. This is an intense career workout that will leave you with a customized plan for your job search and help dust the cobwebs off your interview skills. It includes two hours of interview coaching, interview role playing, a resume critique, and a written audit of your current job search strategies and a plan of action going forward.
Roxanne Ravenel, the Founder of The Job Search Strategy Lab has a “passion for helping job seekers to transform their lives by securing work that they truly enjoy and that helps them achieve their personal definition of success.”
Roxanne has many years of experience with hiring job seekers at various levels and now uses her experience by sharing winning job search strategies with job seekers during her weekly The Savvy Jobseeker Podcast on BlogTalkRadio and by providing training and resources at The Job Search Strategy Lab.
Roxanne’s experience and training can help job seekers at all levels but she has expressed a particular interest in helping moms who are returning to the work force. A lot has changed in the years since many stay-at-home moms have written a resume, searched for that perfect job and went on an interview. Roxanne’s goal is to help make this transition easier by providing proper training and great resources.
Because of Roxanne’s desire to help moms who are returning to work she has VERY generously offered 5 prizes to our readers.
GRAND PRIZE:
1 winner will receive a Career Makeover (Job Search Strategy Audit & Action Plan) valued at $247. For more information on what this entails, visit: Job Search Strategy Audit & Action Plan.
ADDITIONAL PRIZES:
4 winners will each receive The Savvy Jobseeker’s Guide & Workbook: Five Steps to a Simply Successful Job Search e-book valued at $37 each. For more information about the guide, visit: The Savvy Jobseeker’s Guide & Workbook.
HOW TO ENTER:
- To enter to win the grand prize, you must submit a comment indicating WHY you desperately need a career makeover. You do not necessarily have to be a mom returning to the work force, anyone can enter. Your comment must contain a description indicating why you believe you deserve this prize. Make sure to note that you are submitting your entry for the career makeover. The grand prize winner will be selected from all the qualified entries by Roxanne herself, so really tell her why you need this prize.
- To enter to win one of the 4 additional prizes, you must leave a comment on this post indicating why you are interested in the Job Seekers Guide and Workbook. Make sure to note that you are submitting your entry for the Guide and Workbook. The 4 winners will be chosen at random from all the qualified entries.
Remember, Roxanne will handpick the winner of the Career Makeover. Whether you are returning to the workforce, looking for a new job or career, or even trying to get a work from home position, this makeover can change your life! Be real and be passionate and let us know why YOU NEED and DESERVE this makeover!
Anyone may enter to win both prizes but you must submit 2 separate entries.
Giveaway is open to the USA and Canada and ends at noon on August 25, 2008.
About Kim
Help! I need a career makeover!
I am a Mom with three grown sons. My two oldest sons have autism. Because they are over 21, they no longer have a school program to attend.
The last few years I have been a loan closer, which is a part time position and something I could do at my convenience. Most of the time, the closings took place in the evening, when my husband returned from work.
Because the real estate market is in such a slump, I have earned less than $1,000 this entire summer. I know I need a new job, but just can’t figure out what.
I have been waitressing one night a week to get a few dollars for grocery money. But, it’s not much of a career!
My youngest son is starting college in a few weeks, and the amount of money I make sure isn’t going to go far to pay his tuition!
I’ve applied for a few jobs, but the hours never seem to be compatible with my being home to take care of my older sons. (Or the pay is so low, it’s not worth it to drive there.)
I have always been interested in travel. I’m curious to see if there is a job out there in the travel industry for me.
I’ve never had a job I liked…I think it would be amazing to have the experience of liking what I do AND getting paid for it!
I’m interested in the Job Seeker’s Guide and Workbook. I’m really confused as to the direction I should go upon reentry into the work force this fall. I am not going to look for a “career” but I want a job that will be fulfilling and satisfying and make the most of my skills. I’m not even sure what my strengths are because I got married so young and then started having children. I never really had the chance to find myself. I hope the guide and workbook could steer me the right way.
I would like the Guide and Workbook because I feel lost in my career direction and my husband had his hours cut to part time so he is looking for a new job too. We both could benefit greatly from this. Thanks for a great and useful giveaway!
I need a career makeover because I’m stuck in a part time job that I don’t really like but I’m afraid to move on because I have no clue what I want to do. I can pick up just about any job easily and like variety but nothing seems to be a perfect fit.
I am a mother of four,and have never really been in the work force.I was hoping that something like this could help me find the best path to take when the time comes to get to work!
There are so many truly compelling entries. I’m thankful that Kim & Lori are hosting this wonderful contest that is needed by so many. It will be tough to decide on the winner of the Career Makeover Giveaway. So tough that I’m looking for an option that will allow us to help more than one person.
The contest has one more week, so if you haven’t posted, be sure to do so. If you have friends in need of job search help, recommend the contest to them. In the meantime, visit SavvyJobseeker.com for posts and past episodes of The SavvyJobseeker Podcast that can help you begin improving your job search now.
Wishing you job search success,
Roxanne
I lost my job and have been in a blue funk since, my resume need a real re-working since I want to change job paths, (not an easy thing to do since I am over 50) but I know this can be done. many thanks
I think I’m doing this correctly, you want separate entries for the 2 prizes I believe. For the Job Seekers Guide and Workbook, that could really help me figure out how to look for the right job. Both prizes are great, this would be nice if I didn’t win the big one!
Sorry if I did this wrong, long day, lol.
I could really use this actually. My husband is struggling with finding work and I have been out of work since 2001. Both my girls in school now, so it is a good time for me to go back to work or go back to school. I honestly just have no idea how to start. I’ve been doing stuff online, but it hardly gets us by. I’d love some help finding a career that could support my family. I really need to do something soon before we end up losing everything.
Oh my, do I NEED this!! I am a single mom working at Pizza Hut, and I am SO ready to go crazy there! I am tired of not having enough money for the bills, much less for back to school. Every night I pray that God helps me find a job I enjoy, that I don’t hate to go to, and I trust it will happen in His time, not mine, but it’s hard sometimes (ok, all the time)