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
I originally went to school for computer programming and networking. Well, I didn’t realize I would have to relearn all the technology every other month, so that’s why I want a career makeover. I’m thinking I’d love to write books. Books for everyone! I have great ideas, but I need a plan to get all that stuff out on paper. Thanks for the opportunity.
I am interested in the Job Seekers Guide and Workbook because I need helping getting a new job. Thanks for this great contest!
I need a career makeover because I feel stuck in my current position. I have a BS and and MS, but I do not feel that my work life is going in the right direction and I can’t seem to catch a break to change it for the better. The grand prize would be wonderful.
I need a career makeover because I have been out of the workforce for a while taking care of my fiance who had a stroke. I have experience in technical support and customer service but am thinking about changing careers to become a pet sitter or groomer. I’m not sure what steps I should take to achieve my goal. Thanks for this great contest!
I need a career makeover because my present position is as a casual worker doing manual labor without any benefits. I am currently laid off. I am struggling to pay the mortgage and keep my family up. I have had my car repossed and have court judgements against me. This has caused problens with my marriage. I have education but I don’t have any skills or experience other than manual labor. Jobs I apply for either want experience or skills such as usage of computers, fork lift experience or CDL. I was admitted as an attorney but I was unsuccessful in my job search. I am unable to pay the Bar Association fees. My age works against me. I have tried employment agencies and the state labor department but they don’t make much of an effort to help.
I’m submitting this for the grand prize, the guide, the notebook and whatever else you’re offering! I’m DESPERATE! I have a BA and an MA, yet I’m making less than I was 10 years ago due to layoff that was a sucker punch to my self-esteem. I have settled for a secure but low-paying government job. I need help to get me motivated to find a job worthy of my education and skills. I can’t even find the motivation to revise my resume because the current economy is so scary. I also want to relocate, so I’m feeling overwhelmed by the thought of a cross country job search. Help?
I am desperate! I have been working in medical billing and pretty much backing up the doctors in every aspect they need me in and I am so burned out! I recently had to leave my last job due to medical reasons and I am now on the prowl for a new job, but I truly want it to be a new career, but I don’t even know where to begin.
I need a career makeover! I want someone to pay me what I deserve or to at least look me in the eye!
I’ve got a degree in news, but I took a job doing web design. When the company reorganized, I was moved to Purchasing. I’m a good, reliable employee, but I know I’m not going to get more than a $0.20 raise/year for the rest of the time I work there… I’m sick of being a college graduate that puts in the work and goes above and beyond for $20k a year.
I feel like my life is on hold–I can’t pay off debt and start saving for my future (been with the boyfriend for 6 years) on $20k a year. I’ve come to the point where I know a change is needed, but I need help to make that step.
I desperately need a career makeover. I lived in an economically depressed area and I can’t seem to find a job that pays enough to cover a fleas butt.
I am stuck at my work and am not able to move ahead vertically.
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