Give Your Career a Boost with SPE’s new CareerSolutions!

SPE recently launched an expanded CareerSolutions website, with new services to enhance your career and make you a more marketable professional, now and in the future.

www.4careersolutions.org is ideal for plastics professionals who want to:

· Re-invigorate their careers with guidance from a professional coach

· Find the best work environment for their behavioral and communication style

· Write a résumé that captures employers’ attention

· Turn interviews into job offers and negotiate the best employment offer possible

· Identify job opportunities with the industry’s best employers

SPE CareerSolutions now offers a variety of free and for-fee products and services above and beyond our job listings and résumé database. Premium products and services provide one-on-one access to career experts for fees ranging from $15 to $495, depending on the selection.

· AskCoach, a free searchable database of hundreds of career-related articles on: résumés, interviewing, salaries, benefits, HR, legal, negotiations, and on-the-job topics. Get expert advice and sign up to be notified by email when topics are added or updated. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, e-mail a career support representative for a personal response or chat with an agent online for help with site navigation.

· Behavioral Style Reports and Career Coaching. Assess your behavioral strengths with the Behavioral Style Inventory. In just 10 minutes, you’ll get a free summary with information vital to your career. Upgrade to your complete Behavioral Style Report for $99 (a discounted rate through SPE); a 30-minute session to review your Report with a professional coach is included. Check the coach profiles online to select the right coach for you.

· Professional Résumé and Cover Letter Writing Services. With proven expertise in crafting documents that open doors, Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC offers the following guarantee to SPE members: Guaranteed Interviews in 30 days or we’ll rewrite for free. As a first step, see how your résumé stands up to a professional evaluation. Submit your résumé online for review at no charge.

· Salary Reports and Negotiations Coaching. Accurate, proven salary analyses and one-on-one coaching prepare you to develop and execute a successful negotiating strategy. Coaches provide expert guidance to negotiate for: salary, bonus, stock options, benefits, relocation, and severance. Books and online courses help you improve your negotiating skills at your own pace.

· Employment Verification Services. Bad or vague references are among the most common reasons people don’t get hired. Now you can find out what’s being said before prospective employers check.

· JobCoach Live, featuring New York Times best-selling author Martin Yate. Tune into this series of multimedia shows on key career topics. Available online or on CD-ROM, each show runs 5-7 minutes and includes a downloadable program summary and/or strategies check list to use in negotiation preparation or interviews.

Whether you are in a job search, planning the next steps for your career, or feeling stuck in your current role, the SPE CareerSolutions website has resources for you. Tour your new one-stop resource for lifelong career development at: www.4careersolutions.org