Package that assessment. There is a maxim among HR, recruiting and résumé-writer circles:  A good résumé won’t get you a job, but a bad résumé won’t get you an interview. Your résumé is an extension of you; it is often your first opportunity to make a first impression.  We’ll critique your résumé and point out what you need to do to make it the effective document it needs to be, and we will make sure it’s an honest reflection of who you are and an effective tool, eye appealing, enticing and leaving its reader with a desire to know more about you. 

 

Create a marketing plan.  Any successful business, whether started on a whim and a handshake, or after extensive forethought will at some point have to have a business plan, a major portion of which lays out its marketing strategy.  FinaPros will help you target your market and devise an action plan to access it.  We’ll provide tips on how to maximize your professional and personal networks; how to ask for referrals; and how to, or even whether to work with recruiters.  Expanding your network closes the gap between you and the people you need to read your résumé. 

 

Develop a sales pitch.  You would no more go into a sales meeting without knowing enough about your product to answer the tough questions than you would go into an interview unprepared.  Surprisingly few people know how to respond to the opening statement, “Tell me about yourself.”  FinaPros will prepare you for both the scheduled and the surprise interviews.  We’ll walk you through the hiring process and prepare you for each of your subsequent interviews as well, showing you how to focus attention on your strengths and accomplishments, and how to show an interviewer how you can uniquely increase an employer’s ROI. 

Your Interviews – Your second chance to make a good first impression; do it with confidence.

Free tips on Interview tactics and strategies.

And one-on-one instruction and interview preparation.

Do your homework and utilize your understanding of an employer’s environment and  needs.

Be ready for the different kinds of interviews.

Interview on short notice with ease.

Dress for success.

Answer routine questions with confidence.

Learn how to field the tough questions.

Be able to discuss your skeletons.

Know the questions you want to ask and need to ask.

Level your playing field—better yet, tilt it in your favor.

Understand the boundaries and how to avoid them.

Master your body language, the art of silent articulation.

Overcome the stress factors.

Deal with curve balls.

Handle your post interview and damage control.

Write the right follow-up letter.

Ask for the job—if you want it.

Candidate Services

           Dealing with a job search

 

Whether passively or aggressively, there will be times you are compelled to explore other opportunities.  In good times you might be motivated by career growth, challenge, more money or simply a desire to break your pattern, step outside your comfort zone and reinvent yourself.  In a tougher economy it may be because of an impending job loss due to a need to reduce overhead, a business failure or merger, acquisition or takeover activity.  Perhaps your passions have changed or you feel a calling.  Maybe you are caught in the middle of a political conflict or just feeling burned out by your job, your boss, your company or your industry.  Or you cannot reconcile your professional and personal lives.

A job search can, and often should be a full time effort.  It should be organized, focused and designed to achieve results.  You are your own company and its sole product.  You are the CEO, COO and CFO of that company, and it’s sales & marketing manager, business development officer and relationship manager.  That is a lot of employees to manage on your own.  Let us help.

 

Financial Pro Solutions can package your product and help you get it to market.  We can help you target your buyer (potential employer), set your price (compensation package), and develop your sales pitch (your résumé and interviewing tactics).  We can help you control your costs (time) and show you how to manage your tasks so that you have a clear business plan designed to maximize your goal of getting a job.  Here are some of the ways we can help.

Résumés and cover letters – extensions of who you are, expressions of the value you add.

Free and candid assessment of your existing résumé.

Understand the WHYs of your résumé.

Free tips on how to construct your résumé and cover letter.

Free sample résumés and cover letters.

Résumé and cover letter writing

Tailored to a specific position.

Designed to overcome the challenges of a spotty job history or lengthy period of unemployment.

 

For any of these and myriads of other reasons, you’ve decided it’s time to make a change – but are you ready?  Do you know where to start, what to do first, second, third?  How to find the right opportunities?  How to connect with the right people and how to present yourself? What about follow-up?  Do you know what to say and ask in an interview? Is there a different way to act in each subsequent interview?  Can you confidently ask for what you are worth and effectively negotiate the best possible compensation package?  Do you know how to leave your present employer and how to deal with a counter offer (and no, don’t take that as a compliment)?

 

Financial Pro Solutions can help you identify and present your unique combination of core skills and strengths.  We can point out the steps necessary to get your job search going, organize it and steer it to its desired end, you wining the job.  We’ll help you recognize your competition and brand you to stand above it.  And FinaPros will show you what it takes to move confidently through the interview process.

 

           Assess what you bring to the table. 

 

We can help you identify your unique combination of training, experience, work-ethic, successes and failures, enthusiasm and environmental influences; your goals and aspirations; your technical, communications and interpersonal skills; your management and leadership qualities; and your core values.

 

Your offers – your decisions; taking the next big step

How to respond to an unexpected offer.

What you need to know before accepting or rejecting an offer.

How to reject an offer and leave the door open.

When and how to negotiate your next compensation package.

Follow-up on your acceptance.

 

Your former employer – letting go and moving on

Resign with dignity.

Resign with determination.

Brace yourself for the fallout:

Counter offers – a raise and promotion you didn’t know was in the works (because it wasn’t)

Guilt – We need you here

Anger – How can you do this to us

Denial – We’ll talk about this later

Betrayal – Get ready to pack up and be escorted out

 

Close the sale.  You’ve introduced your product (yourself); you’ve made your pitch (interviewed).  You’re positioned to close the deal (ask for the job) – as soon as your customer (the employer) finishes looking at your competitors’ bids (completes the interview process).  You may have to wait out that process if your customer has limited vision and is tied to its protocols, but you don’t have to wait it out passively.  FinaPros will show you how to close early and close often – and how to do it professionally, without coming across as either desperate or obnoxious.  Learn the best follow-up techniques and how to position yourself for them. 

 

Become the product.  You’ve gotten an offer and accepted it.  It’s time to move on.  Resign your current position with dignity and determination.   Step into your new role, your new culture with confidence.  Unlike many search firms and résumé writers, FinaPros is a fully integrated human capital resource.  After we help you get there but we’re still here for you.  Count on us to provide the support and resources you need to make this monumental transition as smooth as possible. 

 

Price your product.  Know your value and the value of the work you are seeking.  FinaPros will prepare you for dealing with the often difficult questions of compensation; how to price yourself realistically and fairly, how to factor the various aspects of compensation such as wages, commissions, bonus, equity opportunities, benefits and time off into a comprehensive package that makes sense for both your needs and your employer’s budget.  We’ll show you how to convince an employer that you are the best bang for their bucks.

 

Start your new job with confidence.  You were chosen for the job because you are the best person for that job.  You have the skills, you have the training, you have the experience and you have the potential to succeed.  Now it’s up to you to put all of that to work for you.  We’ll show you how to walk into your new office with self confidence, but without being cocky.  We’ll help you focus on your first few days with commitment and without fear.  We will help you assimilate to your new environment, set your new goals and become a major contributor to your new team.