ANI 2016: Career Center Resource Guide

ANI 2016:
Career Center Resource Guide
hfma.org/careercenter
Table of Contents
HFMA Career Center Booth - Overview
HFMA Career Center Booth - Services
Quick Tips for Your Resume
A Quick Start to Your Career Planning
Do You Have a Professional Headshot?
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Get the most out of the
HFMA Career Center at ANI
Location:
HFMA Booth #1042 in the ANI Exhibit Hall
Services Available:
• Career Coaching
• Professional Headshots
• Resume Review
• HFMA Career Strategies staff available for consultation on career questions
• Career planning and educational resources
What to do at the Career Center Booth:
• Have a specific strategy for maximizing your time at the booth. What are you looking
for: specific information? A professional headshot? Career coaching – and around
what? Need tips on how to network? Be clear and precise.
• Pre-register to dedicate time for your career coaching, headshot, and resume review.
• Check out HFMA’s Career Center on the website at www.hfma.org/careercenter.
There are a number of resources including career planning tools and the Job Bank.
Familiarize yourself with the resources available to you.
• Prepare a one-minute “commercial” that focuses on the unique benefits you can offer
the employer. This will help you establish a direction. Be prepared to talk about your
work experiences, skills, and abilities.
• Bring a copy of your resume to the Career Center Booth for review. And bring
different versions of your resume if you are searching for different types of jobs.
• Take the initiative and ask about the next steps for you. We’ll help you generate a plan!
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HFMA Career Center at ANI
Our Career Center is located adjacent to HFMA’s Booth #1042 in the exhibit hall.
HFMA Career Center
Career Coach (External)
Career Coach (HFMA Staff)
Professional Headshots
Resume Review
Service
What is it?
How to use it at ANI
Career Coach
Career coaches help you to
establish professional goals,
make career decisions, create
and execute plans, and overcome
obstacles.
Did you know that facial
recognition is wired deeply inside
every human mind? It is very much
to your advantage to provide a
headshot that people can identify
with and remember you by.
An effective resume presents you
as a well-qualified, interesting
individual who is worthy of a faceto-face interview. Does your
resume do this?
You can stop by and schedule an
appointment or simply pop in with
career related questions.
Professional
Headshots
Resume Review
This service is generally provided
on a first-come, first served basis;
however, you may schedule an
appointment. Make-up touch-up
is available.
Bring your resume and stop by the
Career Center to schedule time
with a resume professional.
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Quick Tips for your Resume
• Content is key. People will read any length of resume IF the content is compelling. That’s the secret.
• Target resumes to a specific group, if not an exact individual
• The most powerful resume is:
An Invitation:
* Focused, never general
Try and craft your current resume into each of
* Results and skills –based
the four styles. Bring them to ANI and receive
* Accomplishment focused, not responsibility-laden
feedback in the HFMA Career Center.
Types of Resumes
Type
Description
Chronological The resume details most-recent experience
first, then works back through career history.
A chronological resume highlights job titles,
places of employment, and dates of tenure by
presenting them as headings, in order by date,
under which achievements are listed.
Functional
A functional resume presents experience
under skill headings, which allows prioritization of accomplishments by how relevant they
are to a target job, rather than by when they
happened. In this format, work history (job
titles, company names and dates of previous
employment) is listed concisely in a section
that follows achievements.
Use when...
• You intend to stay in the same industry
• Your career history shows consistent growth or
promotions
• The job you seek is clearly the next logical step in
your career
• You are changing industries or professions and
need to emphasize your transferable skills
• You have a job title that does not accurately reflect
the responsibility you have
• You are a student with great potential but almost
no “real experience” and you want to demonstrate a
track record of activities that would lead an
employer to see your “promise” and hire you for your
first job
• You are re-entering the job market after
an absence
• You have the accomplishments
• You can’t hide the fact that you’re a “Type A”
personality
• You want to encourage an employer to move
quickly to an interview stage
• You are already a high-powered executive
• You are in a fast-paced, high intensity occupation
• You are currently in a situation where there is
Laurel Leaves Another hybrid, cross between a functional
and a value-driving resume with heavy empha- enormous competition for a limited number of jobs
sis on the value driving accomplishments. A
and you need to crush the competition
one page executive summary statement aimed • You want to “test the waters” before launching a
at senior executives highlighting impact and
comprehensive job-hunt
backed up by facts and figures.
• You want to create a job in a company that has no
openings
• You want to change industries
Value Driving
A hybrid approach utilizing chronological
and functional presentations and designed to
answer the one question on every
employer’s mind: “How can this candidate
effect my bottom line?” Concisely written,
highlighting a bias towards action.
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A Quick Start to Your Career Planning
CAREER FACT:
It is common for people to have four or five distinctly different careers during a lifetime.
CAREER FACT:
Active career planning results in increase job satisfaction.
Consider planning your career rather than just taking any job.
CAREER FACT:
Career planning is easy to do! Follow the six steps of career planning :
1) Self Discovery (Identifying your Right Path)
Identifying and understanding your values, interests, skills, and your personal mission.
There are a great deal of resources available to assist you. This step is the foundation for
fruitful career planning – be thorough!
2) Career Research
Identify and explore your career options. Prioritize your top three career choices.
3) Defining Your Path
Outline a plan to move from where you are today to where you want to be in the future.
4) Preparation
Acquire the additional skills, knowledge and education needed for your new career.
5) Marketing Yourself
Promote yourself to your target audience.
6) Managing Your Career
Continuously manage your career and plan for your next career.
An Invitation:
Get into Action! Stop by the HFMA Career
Center at ANI and discuss these steps with a
professional career coach.
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Do you have a professional headshot?
Did you know that facial recognition is wired deeply inside every
human mind? It is very much to your advantage to provide a
headshot that people can identify with and remember you by.
Remember that old saying that a “picture is worth a thousand words”.
So what does your headshot or profile photo say about you? The
photo you select for your digital communications — your portfolio,
website, social media accounts, CloudPeeps profile — is the first
impression you make on a potential employer, hiring manager or
business partner. It’s important to put an adequate amount of time and care into making sure your
photo is an accurate representation of you as a professional and person.
The headshot must present you as someone who is professional, trustworthy and credible: a
professional that a decision maker at an organization would want to work with. There are a couple of
tips to keep in mind:
1. No selfies. They simply don’t cut it.
2. Consider a couple of different styles of headshot for different purposes i.e. one for Facebook,
one for the company website, etc. Think about where you will use the headshot. This will help you
decide on style.
3. Use your natural facial expression. There really is no such thing as a professional pose or
expression.
4. Proper grooming is important (of course!).
5. Give some thought to attire. Fashion should not distract from your face. A few common
recommendations:
• Eyeglasses: If you wear glasses they should have non-reflective lenses.
• For women: Jackets are preferred in dark tones; blouses mid to dark tones – avoid white and
small patterns. If you’re not wearing a jacket, then long sleeves are best. Turtlenecks are great if
you’re concerned about your neckline. Jewelry should be minimal and classic.
• For men: Jackets preferred; solid colored shirt – avoid white and small patterns. If you’re not
wearing a jacket then long sleeves are best. A tie, if you generally wear one, should be classic.
Bring a selection of ties to see what works best. Men should have nose and ear hair groomed –
the camera sees all.
An Invitation:
Stop by HFMA’s Career Center to have a head
shot taken by a professional photographer specializing in head shots. There will be a make-up touchup artist present to help you look your best!
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