Elevating Your Career in Business Continuity

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Elevating Your Career in Business Continuity

~ Assess Your Marketability & Formulate a Career Path

Elevating Your Career in Business Continuity

~ Assess Your Marketability & Formulate a Career Path

Cheyene Haase BC Management, Inc. Cheyene Haase BC Management, Inc.

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Topics of Presentation

• Progression to Today’s BC Professional • Career Path

• Credentials in Demand • Assess Your Career • Assess Your Career

• Increase Your Marketability • Tomorrow’s BC Professional • Your Fair Market Value

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Career Progression

Technology Driven

1970’s – 1998

Business Driven

1998 – Current

– “Disaster Recovery” – Data Processing/

Data Center Focus

– “Enterprise Contingency Planning”

Data Center Focus – Technology Lead to a DR Career g – Risk Management/ Enterprise Focus M lti l C – Lack of a Focused BC/DR Career Path – Multiple Careers Lead to a BC Career – An Evolving, Upward BC Career Path

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Business Continuity

Career Path

Use: Continuity, Assurance, Enterprise Compliance Avoid:

Recovery & Disaster

Chief Officer Global Manager Enterprise, Compliance,

Readiness & Resiliency

Global Manager

Vice President/ Director

Manager/ AVP/ Program Manager Manager/ AVP/ Program Manager

Specialist/ Strategist/ Analyst Entry-level

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Credentials in Demand

• Certification (s)

• Advanced Education

• Expertise in both

Business &

Technology

• Global BC

Experience

• Wide Array of

Disciplines

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Soft Skills

• Polished Presentation

Skills

• Proven Program

Management

• Training Expertise

• Engage All Levels

D

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B i

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• Develop Business Case

Scenarios

• Understand a Culture Fit

• True Passion

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Value of Professional

Certifications

• Most Recognized

B

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• Benefits

– For You

– For Your Company

For Your Company

• Dual Certifications

– What Makes Sense For You?

• Current Certification Trends

– Increase in CBCP

– Wide Array of Multiple Certifications

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Assess Your Career

• Career Planning

– Where do you Want to be in 5 & 10 years? be in 5 & 10 years? • Conduct a SWOT • Evaluate Current Credentials/ Competencies Credentials/ Competencies • Evaluate Current Opportunity. E l B C

– Employer, Boss, Co-workers, &

Responsibilities B S i & C

• Be Strategic & Create Opportunities

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Increase Your Marketability

• Brand Yourself

• Become Certified or Dual Certified • Earn a Bachelor or Masters

Degree

• Take Advantage of other g

Training/Educational Opportunities • Improve Presentation Skills

• Sharpen Business or Technology • Sharpen Business or Technology

Knowledge

• Expand Expertise in other Di i li

Disciplines

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Tomorrow’s BC Professional

• Highly Visible

• Broader Skill Sets

• Increasing Global

Interaction

• Stronger Soft Skills

• Strategic

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Compensation Factors

$ Years of Field & Work Experience

$ Job Title & Reporting Structure

$ Certification $ D d $ Degreed $ IT Expertise $ Geography $ Industry Specialty $ Industry Specialty $ Previous Career $ Competency Knowledge $ Travel $ Work History $ Work History $ Program Management $ Leadership Capabilities $ Staff Management

$ I ibl Skill S f Skill S i Pl i &

$ Intangible Skills – Soft Skills, Strategic Planning & Execution

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Behind the Numbers – Dallas, TX

• 40 Respondents in Dallas, TX (36 FTE, 4 Contractors)

– Planner/ Coord/ Admin = 25.64%

– Manager/ AVP/ Program Manager = 41.03% – VP/ Director = 10.26%

– Global Manager = 5.13%

– Professional Services = 15.38% – Other = 2.56%

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Data Assessment

Change in Compensation by Job Title

Job Title _{% of Cha nge} _{Increa s e} _{No Cha nge Decrea s e}

Pl a nner/ Coordi na tor/

Admi ni s tra tor 15.73% 60.00% 20.00% 20.00% Ma na ger/ As s i s ta nt Vi ce Pres i dent/ Progra m Ma na ger 21.14% 66.67% 11.11% 22.22% Ma na ger 21.14% 66.67% 11.11% 22.22% Vi ce Pres i dent/ Di rector ‐7.80% 0.00% 25.00% 75.00% Gl oba l 1 24% 0 00% 0 00% 0 00% Ma na ger 1.24% 50.00% 50.00% 0.00%

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Increase in Compensation

by Certification

• 29.41% of certified respondents in Dallas, TX

attributed an increase in compensation as a result of certification.

– Minimum = $4,000 Average = $7 500 – Average = $7,500 – Maximum = $10,000

• 84.62% of these individuals attributed the increase in compensation to the CBCP certification.

– Minimum = $4,000Minimum $4,000 – Average = $7,714 – Maximum = $10,000

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Bonus Payout

• Received Bonus? – 2007 = 51% – 2008 = 45% • 2008 Bonus Payout? • 2008 Bonus Payout? – Maximum = $52,000 – Average = $12,174 – Minimum = $800u $800

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Bonus Payout

% Of Respondents Received Bonus By Job Titlep y

Job Title % of Res p Pl a nner/ Coordi na tor/

Admi ni s tra tor 70.00%

Ma na ger/ As s i s ta nt Vi ce Pres i dent/

Progra m Ma na ger 56.25%

Vi ce Pres i dent/ Di rector 100.00%

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Ensure Your Marketability

• Develop Your Brand and Guard It • Continuously Assess Your Career y

Path

• Seek Out Ways to Sharpen Your Skills

Skills

• Always be Networking with Your Peers

• Create a Positive Impact For Your Organization

• Be a Leader or a Contributor YourBe a Leader or a Contributor Your Colleagues Want to Work For or With.

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Complimentary

Compensation Reports

Available at

www bcmanagement com

Available at

www.bcmanagement.com

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Select “Complimentary Reports” ~ OR ~

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Questions?

Cheyene Haase

BC Management, Inc.g ,

(714) 843-5470