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Bootcamp registrations begins!

in Currently employed,Job search,Tools

Many of you have been awaiting this moment – to register for the first CareerTiger bootcamp. Wait no more.

Silicon Valley Job Bootcamp is on June 13th and promises to be a phenomenal event for people looking for their next job. 

It arms you with job search skills and techniques. And then it puts you right in front and center of a panel of recruiters and headhunters.

More information and registration

As you and your friends start register for this event, I cannot help but congratulate you with this Dr. Suess poem:

And when things start to happen, don’t worry. Don’t stew. Just go right along. You’ll start happening too.

Oh! The Places You’ll Go!

You’ll be on your way up!
You’ll be seeing great sights!
You’ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.

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Are you relevant?

in Job search

A company’s propensity to hire you greatly depends on relevance. 

Unlike the good times, enterprise scale companies as well as medium-small sized businesses are singing a familiar tune – how can they sustain themselves so that they can be around when the market returns back to normalcy.

Sustainance requires a couple of things:

  1. Defending and increasing their existing revenue
  2. Drastically reducing costs

Coming back to relevance – can you make yourself relevant to either #1 or #2?

Revenue Relevance

For example, can you help your potential employer to increase revenues by:

  • Building better products or services
  • Help their sales force or become part of the sales force
  • Address a specific market segment that is directly related to your past experience or skills

OR

Cost Relevance

Can you help your potential employer to reduce costs by:

  • Implement innovative ways to do more with less within your department or function
  • Help with smarter vendor selection

This list will keep growing. But the point is, by making yourself relevant to a potential employer’s revenue or costs you can differentiate yourself during job search as well as during interviews.

Since we have started these two lists (revenue relevance and cost relevance), why don’t we keep adding more to the list? Any additions would be welcome.

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