Top Ten Return To Work Strategies At Melbourne Career Expo

Career Development, Careers, Presentations, Videos / July 25, 2024 / Melbourne Career Expo, Return To Work, Sue Ellson, Sue Ellson Presentation, Top 10 Return to Work Strategies

Topic: Top Ten Return To Work Strategies
Date: Saturday 27 July 2024 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Organisation: Career Development Association of Australia CDAA
Address: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3006 Door 10
Event details: https://www.careerexpo.com.au
Slides: Below
YouTube Video: To Come
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Top 10 Return To Work Strategies

By Sue Ellson

Review and Reflect
• Beware of advice from well-meaning friends, family and colleagues
• Catalogue existing and new skills you have
• Understand how employers recruit https://www.jobsandskills.gov.au/research/how-employers-recruit
• Consider Networking, Referrals and Voluntary Work
Prepare
• Update your Resume or CV and make it Applicant Tracking System Friendly
• Create and/or Update your LinkedIn Profile
• Consider gaining some Micro Credentials – free short courses available through LinkedIn Learning with a local Library Card https://www.linkedin.com/learning
– Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are also free international online courses https://www.mooc.org
• Consider professional and personal skills (like assertiveness, confidence etc)
• https://www.vic.gov.au/free-tafe
Set Goals
• Who will you talk to and when (collect information)
• What local research can you do (working close-to-home can be better than working-from-home)
• Depending on your context, consider a job-for-now rather than a job-for-life to get you back into work
• Go beyond job advertisements (so many jobs are never advertised)
• Consider re-connecting with people you have worked with in the past
Use Technology
• Optimise your Resume or CV
• Optimise your LinkedIn Profile (especially your Headline underneath your name)
• Optimise your ‘Application Document’ – include all keywords in Cover Letter and Resume or CV
• Connect with everyone you meet online, in person, via email, chat, phone or DM
• Follow the Companies that are of most interest (so you appear in their search results)
Be Savvy
• List Current Job from date of last job as ‘Career Research – Title, Title, Title’ and Employer as ‘Various’ then complete description to describe all that you have done between then and now
• Focus on the value you bring, not just the ‘skills’
• Only need 60% competency
• Remember we are moving away from ‘Job Titles and Company Names’ to providing value from day one
• Two Part Time Jobs could be the equivalent of One Full Time Job and be more accessible
Know Your Worth
• Don’t assume you can only do a ‘basic’ part time or full time job, perhaps you can do a specialist contract or temporary role until there is a budget for your expertise
• Negotiate various other benefits if pay isn’t ideal – flexibility, salary sacrifice, review in three months, car or eTag allowance
• Demonstrate your value – three to seven times what you are paid to the enterprise measured by productivity, income, sales etc
• Check Market Rates https://myfuture.edu.au
Partner Up
• Be goal clear first
• People who support
• People who educate (career and industry)
• People who refer
• People who keep you accountable
• Thank everyone
• LinkedIn Search & Google Advanced Search
Manage Your Expectations
• Within two years to be aligned
• Be prepared to miss out
• Say ‘their loss’ and move on
• Ask for professional help cdaa.org.au
• Always say thank you directly
• Ask to keep on file or pass on
Manage Your Transition
• Don’t expect perfection on day one
• Allow six months to be unconsciously competent
• Ensure you have ongoing support outside of work
• If you have access to an Employee Assistance Program EAP, be prepared to use it
• Be prepared to ask questions or request further training
Manage Your Career
• Consider Membership of a Professional Association
• Consider peer support, on-the-job training, mentoring
• Consider further training and professional development
• Constantly increase the size of your network
• Maintain your network 🔔 for VIPs
• Prepare for Performance Reviews
• Develop Communication Skills