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The Job Search I

The document discusses researching yourself, the company, and the job position when searching for a job. It provides tips on using the internet, social media, mobile apps, and traditional techniques to find job openings. It also discusses components to include in a resume like name, contact information, career objective, qualifications summary, work experience, education, skills, affiliations, and references.

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The Job Search I

The document discusses researching yourself, the company, and the job position when searching for a job. It provides tips on using the internet, social media, mobile apps, and traditional techniques to find job openings. It also discusses components to include in a resume like name, contact information, career objective, qualifications summary, work experience, education, skills, affiliations, and references.

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The Job Search

The Three Rs of Searching for a Job

Research Yourself Research the Company Research the Position


What are your skills, What is the employer’s What are the job
attributes, and product or service? responsibilities?
accomplishments? What is the company’s What are the pay and
What can you bring to the vision or mission statement? benefits for this job?
company that is unique? What are the needs or What skills and talents are
How do your qualifications problems of the employer? needed for the position?
meet the position’s What role does the What is the growth
requirements? employer play in the opportunity for this field?
What interests you about community?
this company and the Is the employer expanding?
position?
Research
Use
the Use Social Use Mobile
Traditional
Internet to Media to Apps in the
Job Search
Find Job Find Jobs Job Search
Techniques
Openings
Curriculum • Document highlighting

Vitae / • Qualifications
• Experience

Resume • Awards
• Skills of an applicant
Make sure that your resume is ethical and honest.
• Including a degree that you have not earned
• Listing colleges or universities that you have not
attended
• Inflating your job title
• Inflating your job responsibilities
Ethical • Inflating your job achievements
Consideration • Listing jobs that you have not held
s When • Claiming technical knowledge that you do not have
Writing a • Omitting large amounts of time from your school
Resume and job histories
• Name (full first name, middle initial, and last
Key Resume name). Your name can be in boldface and
printed in a larger type size (14 point, 16 point,
Components etc.)
Identification • Contact information. Include your street
address, your city, state, and zip code.
Begin your
• If required add your permanent address as well.
resume with • Area code and phone numbers. Limit yourself
the following: to two phone numbers, and don’t provide a
work phone.
• E-mail, Web site address, or fax number.
Key Resume Components

like a subject informs the


Career
line in a memo, reader of your
Objectives
email, or report resume’s focus

It should be
It should emphasize how hiring
precise and
you will benefit the company
specific
Key Resume Components
Key Resume Components
Summary of
Qualifications

An overview of your Your strengths in List your top three to


skills, abilities, relation to the How you will meet seven most
accomplishments, position for which the employer’s goals marketable
and attributes you are applying credentials
Key Resume Components

Present the information


in reverse chronological
Your job title (if you have The name of the
Employment order (your current job
or had one) company you worked for
listed first, previous jobs
listed next).

The time period during Your job duties,


The location of this
which you worked at this responsibilities, and
company (city and state)
job accomplishments
Education

Key Resume (in reverse chronological order (most


recent education first; previous schools,
Components colleges, universities, military courses, and
training seminars next)
• Degree
• Area of specialization
• School attended
• Location
• Year of graduation or years attended
Key Resume Components
• Professional Skills
Key Resume Components
• Professional Affiliations
• References
• Personal Data
• Do not include any of the following information: birth date, race, gender,
religion, height, weight, religious affiliation, marital status, or pictures of
yourself.

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