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Chapter 10
The Job Search
You can begin the job search long before you are ready to find
employment.
You can start it now by building a network of contacts.
Build network through people you socialize with.
Knowing you professors and making sure they know you can also lead to
employment contacts.
Meeting business professionals can also lead to employment contacts. You
can build this network through various ways.
Obtaining and Internship
Internships are a wonderful way to network with people in your field, gain
professional knowledge and experience, or simply learn whether your
current field is where you want to build a career.
Paid vs. unpaid internship.
The first step towards finding internship.
Identifying Appropriate Job
Perhaps you have already selected your career area. If so, then your task is
simplified. You curriculum has prepared you for your goal.
Think about the electives you have taken and the knowledge they have
provided you.
if you have persuaded something more general, look at your studies closely
to see what they have prepared you to do.
Look at the quality of your record- grades, project honors, special
recognitions. If record is good, you can emphasize on it.
What if they are not?
Personal qualities
After you have analyzed yourself, you need to combine this information
with the work needs of business and other external influences.
Finding your Employer
How you pursue the employment opportunities that your research yields
depends on your circumstances.
You can apply in person, online or by mail, email or fax.
Analyze yourself and then collect as much information as you can about
the company.
Now, you can plan the application.
Decide what you are going to include?
Cover page, resume, reference sheet.
Constructing Your Resume
Your resume should include all the information that your cover letter reviews
plus supported and incidental details
It should also be tailored to position for which you are applying.
The following process generally represents how most resumes are written:
Logically arrange information education; information on employment,
personal details; and skills or specialized knowledge.
Place your name and contact information at the top of the resume and
create subheadings for the main parts.
Arrange the data for best visual appeal, making the resume look
balanced- without too much white space or too much text.
Selecting the Background Facts
Your first step in preparing the resume is to review the facts you have
assembled about yourself and then select the ones you think will help your
reader evaluate you.
You should include the information included in the cover message.
You should include significant supporting details not covered in the
accompanying cover message.
Arranging the Facts into Groups
After selecting the facts you want to include, you should sort them into
logical groups.
The most conventional is the three-part grouping of Education, Experience,
and Skills or Interests.
Another possibility is a grouping by job functions or skills, such as Selling,
Communicating, and Managing.
Constructing the Headings
Your address, telephone number, and email address are the most likely
means of contacting you.
Display them prominently.
You may also display your website address, or addresses for social
networking sites.
The most common location for displaying contact information is at the top,
under your name.
Including a Statement of Objectives
Work Experience
The description of your work experience should contain our job title, company name,
location, and dates of employment.
You should also include job duties.
Example:
Marketing and Public relations Intern
Alliant Health Plans, Incorporated, Boston, MA
Jan. 2013-May, 2013
Created a webpage, brochure, and press release for a community wellness program.
Interviewed and wrote about physicians, customers, and community leaders for newsletter
articles.
Worked with a team of interns in other departments to analyze and update the
companys website
Education
As education is your strongest selling point for your first job after college,
you will probably cover it in details.
Your coverage of education should include at minimum, institutions, dates,
degrees, and areas of study.
If you are applying for an internship, you may want to list your course work
as a n indication of your current level of academic preparation as it relates
to the requirements of the position.
If your GPA is good, you may want to include it.
Personal Information
Even though employers check your social media sites, they also likely to
check specific references that you provide.
Some prefer not including references on or with resume unless the job
posting asks you to.
Primary reasons for not including references are-
References added to a resume take up space that your could use to sell
your skills
References included on a separate sheet, while not harmful, are not likely
necessary if the employer has not asked for them.
How many and what kinds of references to include will depend on your
background.
Organizing for Strength
After you have identified the information your want to include on your resume,
you will want to organize or group items to present yourself in the best possible
light.
Three strategies for organize or group items are the Reverse chronological
approach, the Functional or skills approach, and the
Accomplishment/Achievements or Highlights approach.
Reverse chronological organizational layout.
Functional skill layout- organizes the resumes contents round three to five areas
particularly important to the job you want. This layout groups related skills.
An accomplishment layout- foregrounds the most impressive factors about you.
It features a Highlights or Summary section that includes key points from the
three conventional information groups.
Experienced, highly trained, self-motivated
Writing Impersonally and Consistently
Following the opening, you should present the information about your
qualifications for the work. Begin this task by reviewing the job
requirements. Then select facts about you that qualify you for the job.
You are likely to present facts from three background areas: education,
experience, and skills and/or personal details.
How much you include from each area depends on the job and on your
background.
For example, new college graduate will have strong educational
requirement.
Message should contain the major points around which your build your
case.
Resume should include these points plus supporting details.
Organizing Persuasion
In general, the plan you select is likely to follow one of the three general orders.
The most common order is logical grouping of the information, such as
education, experience, and skills and or personal details.
A second possibility is time order. Prepare to show year by year preparation for
the work.
A third possibility is an order based on the job requirements. For example, selling,
communicating, and managing might be the requirements listed in an
advertising job.
Merely presenting the facts does note ensure conviction. You also will need to
present the facts in words that make the most of your assets.
Think of this as the difference between showing and telling.
For example, supervised a sales force of 14 vs. held a position as sales manager.
Be careful about the use of the pronoun I
Driving for Action in the Close
What are your strengths? Give a time when you went above and beyond the requirements for a project.
Why are you interested in working for [insert company name here]? What was your biggest failure?
Why do you want to leave your current company? Whats your availability?
Why was there a gap in your employment between [insert date] and [insert date]? Whos your mentor?
What can you offer us that someone else can not? Tell me about a time when you disagreed with your boss.
What are three things your former manager would like you to improve on? How do you handle pressure?
Tell me about an accomplishment you are most proud of. What gets you up in the morning?
Tell me about a time you made a mistake. What would your direct reports say about you?
How did you hear about this position? If I called your boss right now and asked him what is an area that you could improve
on, what would he say?
What would you look to accomplish in the first 30 days/60 days/90 days on the job?
Are you a leader or a follower?