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Best Fit for future job |
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Thanks formerlifer |
| Date Posted: |
01/01/2006 |
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I had 7+ years of HA time served (in OPM and RA roles) when I gave notice a week ago. I found a fabulous job within Fortune 500 Benefits department (a Hewitt client). Despite all the crap going on the last few years, Hewitt still has a reputation of having BOM/BSM's that are extremely knowledgeable about benefit related matters. Here are my recommendations:
1.) If you are interested in staying benefits/HR, look at the CEBS and SHRM websites. They both have job boards, which is where I found my new job. Do a search for other benefit associations as well.
2.) Afraid TBA is too proprietary? - Spin that into your experiences in merging legal and administrative processes into distinct steps that can be automated. This doesn't have to be benefits specific.
3.) Only have experience in 1 type of service (just pension or just 401(k))? - Talk about your learning agility. About the time that you worked with another service to get common project working and what you learned about the other service.
4.) Project management skills - Who you are interviewing may not want the details of that EGTRRA project you did a couple of years ago, but they will be interested in the successes, failures (yes, failures; let's face it no one is a perfect project manager), and lessons learned of the project.
5.) Contact your college placement office - A lot of schools offer services to alumni since it is in their best interest to keep you well employed for future donations. Mine offer career counseling which helped me determine that I like benefits work but hated Hewitt.
6.) Use your time at Hewitt wisely - If you want stay in benefits, stay on top of what is going on whether it is DB, DC, or H&GB. Listen in on any info share that you can get to. Start reading the paper. You get access to a ton of daily and monthly periodicals through Thomson Dialog, sign up for it you aren't using it now. Make a point of reading something every morning. At minimum skim the Wall Street Journal and the business section of your local paper that way you get an idea of what is going
on in various industries and in your area.
Bottom line: There are companies that value your experiences. It sounds like things in TX are little unstable than other offices, but wait for the right opportunity if you can. It will come along.
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Thanks formerlifer. Appreciate it. Were you able to find something in the same city or will you need to move ?
Also where do you see Hewitt going ? you have been there 7 plus yrs, what kind of future do you see. Do you see it being acquired or do you see things staying stagnant.
Also what klind of an increase in salary did you see in the new offer from your most recent Hewitt Salary ?
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