J. Gernetzke & Associates, Inc. was founded in 1989. We offer an affordable Job Search Coaching program – an 8-week program conducted via conference call.  Most Job Search Coaches approach the process as former teachers or degreed counselors. I approach it as someone with 30 years of corporate and third party recruiting experience. 

In this program we deal with...

• Maintaining a Proper Attitude
• Resume Critique and Rewrite
• A Job Search is a Full Time Job
• Evaluating Career Goals
• Researching the Job Market to Identify Target Companies
• Contacting the Right Person
• The Two-minute Commercial
• Planning & Organization
• What to do if Money is Tight
• Secrets to Effective Job Interviews
• Networking Beyond your Network
• Social Networking - Enhance Your Job Search
• Cover Letters That Work
• The Importance of Change
• Overcoming Objections
• Follow-up is Critical
• Pros & Cons of the Internet
• Workforce/ Workplace Trends
• A Job Offer is More than a Salary and a Start Date
• There is NO Job Security
• Self-Talk Creates Self-Image that Controls Real Performance
• Utilizing Professional Search, Staffing, and Employment Services

According to Fortune Magazine’s Ask Annie, “Plenty of people claim to be qualified to help you make your next career move”. At the top of the list of what to look for? Work Experience!  Does the coach have real-world work experience? “… about 80% of self-designated career coaches have actually been trained in life coaching, and may have few practical suggestions on how to help you achieve your work-related goals.” http://tinyurl.com/5dypqh

How much time are you spending digging around the Internet, reading and evaluating all of the free job search information?  How many hours per week?  If you are someone commanding a $50,000 salary, your time is worth $25 per hour.  How long has your search been?  Every week you are unemployed is costing you $1000.  If you are someone commanding a $100,000 salary, it’s costing you $2000.

Your full time job now IS your Job Search.  Is your search effort worth $2000 per week?  That’s what you are, in effect, paying yourself to conduct your job search.

According to the 2009 Executive Job Market Intelligence Report from ExecuNet, the average job hunt for senior managers these days is 10.1 months. http://tinyurl.com/cbtz3s

A job search that takes 10.1 months, for someone earning $100,000 per year, costs approximately $83,000.00 in lost income. That’s a lot of money!

Perhaps working with a Job Search Coach, who can help you add structure and velocity to your search, would be worth consideration

According to C. Murden:

“A job search coach would have significantly changed my job search… here are two reasons why: (1) I was doing the wrong stuff in my job search, but I didn’t know it.  I spun my wheels, and got frustrated, but didn’t know I should do something else. (2) I had no accountability to anyone.  Everyone treated me with kid gloves since they didn’t know how to ask if I was still unemployed.  It’s a touchy subject that many don’t ask about." http://tinyurl.com/djf4v2