Chapter 6: Find Job Openings

CAREER ACTION WORKSHEET

6-4 Hold a Career Network Meeting

& Sample Thank You Note
Use this worksheet to plan, schedule, and evaluate at least one Career Network meeting.
Look back at Steps 3 through 6 in “Identify and Use Your Network” on pages 150–153.
DUE DATE: October 16, 2019
1. Identify at least two people in your career field. Ask your college career center
staff, instructors, family, and friends to suggest people to contact. Write each
person’s name, title, company, phone number, and/or email address here:
Terry Roeder, Owner, Calico Hen, 319-234-1266
Shelly Anton, Owner, Promoting Success, 319-243-8190
2. Call or email the person and ask for a 30-minute meeting to learn about his or
her job and discuss your job search. Schedule a date, time, and place to meet.
Outline what you will say in your email or phone call, or the message you will
leave, here:
Something along the lines of this, “Hello, I’m Michelle Anton a student at DMACC. I am
studying business administration and I am hoping to open my own business at some
point. ___ gave me your name and I was wondering if you had time to possible meet
with me to answer some questions, I have about owning your own business. Is there a
time that works best for you? In person, over the phone, skype call? Looking forward to
meeting with you! Thank you so much!
3. Prepare for the meeting. Print your questions from Career Action Worksheet 6-3
or write them in a small notebook. Print two copies of your resume.
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4. Act professionally. Dress as you would for the job, and plan to arrive a few
minutes early. Take notes, but do not let note-taking interfere with the
conversation. Do not ask for a job or an interview during these meetings, and
end the meeting on time.
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5. Follow-up and evaluation. After the meeting:
• Follow up with a thank-you note or email and send a note to the person who
helped you get the meeting.
• Summarize what you learned and store your notes in your Career Builder
Files.

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• Take the time to evaluate the process, from greeting the person to saying
good-bye. Think about what happened, what was different from what you
expected, what went well, and what you would do differently next time.
Be prepared to tell the class about your meeting or write a short summary of the
meeting. We will complete this in a discussion post later in the term.

Thank You Note:

Dear ____,

Thank you so much for meeting with me. I am so glad I got your perspective of owning a
business and it has been super helpful. Also, I really appreciate all the advice you have given me.
It has made me even more excited for the future and what it entails. I look forward to keeping in
contact with you and potentially meeting up again! Thank you again!

Sincerely,

Michelle Anton

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© 2017 Cengage Learning®. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license
distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website or school-approved learning management system for classroom use.