Job search
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Discussion
Searching for a job is one of the most important tasks you will do in your life, probably more than once. An initial preparation of an application package (résumé, application letter, sometimes an application form) may take 8 hours or longer. In advance you will want to contact people, generally three or more, who are willing to be your professional references, and obtain their phone numbers and email addresses. As a courtesy, send them a copy of your résumé and let them know what types of jobs you are seeking.
For more information about seeking employment, your textbook is a good source and explains networking, portfolios, job-posting sites, interviewing, and follow-up. Another book for job hunters is
 What Color is Your Parachute? by Richard Nelson Bolles.
In this assignment, you will concentrate on the written aspects of the job search.
Samples of your work may appear online or you may take them with you to an interview. If you have sent samples and want them back, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope along with the application.
Résumés
Make sure you begin with contact information: name, address, email address, phone number, personal website or portfolio site (if available). Preferably use an email address that is not hotmail (although Beth Pryor’s email in your book has a hotmail address) or cutesy names, such as TheFabulousOne or TooTiredToWork. Make sure your Facebook does not have you in a photo with a lampshade on your head or strutting new underwear.  Also have someone call the phone number on your résumé to make sure it is accurate.
Your textbook is particularly good about showing comparisons among types of résumés along with corresponding application letters. The best news about résumés is that you can write in fragments or use bulleted lists. Traditionally résumés are one page but may be longer. The following table outlines different samples in the chapter.
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Printed Resume |
Digital Resume |
Application Letter |
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Anthony H. Jones |
Figure 7.4/page 218 |
Figure 7.10/page 231 |
Figure 7.14/page 239 |
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Chronological |
Chronological |
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Maria Lopez |
Figure 7.5/page 219 |
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Figure 7.15/page 241 |
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Chronological |
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Student Learning Objective: [Applying the
Personal analysis (5 points): Along with the personality style determined at the beginning of the semester, make a list of at least 20 skills, job responsibilities, personal characteristics, education/ certificate credentials, jobs, volunteer experience, memberships in organizations, and professional activities that would qualify you for an internship, promotion, or job in your field. Announcement (5 points) for a job, internal posting, internship, or scholarship. Identify four words in the announcement that match your primary personality style. Identify at least four requirements or qualifications of the position. Company paragraph of approximately 100 words (10 points). Find out about the company by answering some of the questions below. Document your source(s); often you find out information from the announcement itself. Although the textbook concentrates on company knowledge at the time of the interview, it is equally important to know about the when writing the application letter, so you can make connections to your experience and the job. What is the primary mission of the company? Is this a Fortune 500 company? Where is the main office located? Is the company local, regional, national, or international? What is the environment of the company – formal or casual? How many people are employed? Are there benefits that support daycare, family schedules, flexible hours, or working remotely? Application letter (40 points). Résumé (40 points).
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How to Answer the Interview Question:
“Tell me About your Educational
Background”
Imagine: it has been seven years since you completed your degree in biochemistry and
applied physics. Since then, a lot has happened; you’re not the environmental physicist
you initially intended to be.
Instead, you’re a self-taught web developer seeking your first web development role.
So, how do you answer the interview question, “Tell me about your educational
background”?
‘Tell me about your studies’ is quite a common interview question. This article will go
through what a potential employer is looking for when they ask it.
Spoiler: it is less a detailed history of your every achievement, and more an understanding
of your knowledge, commitment and decision-making skills.
Before delving into interviewers’ potential motivations and what makes a good answer,
first consider how the question might be phrased and what this tells you about the
employer.
When an employer asks for information on your academic achievements, they’re not
expecting you to list every subject you’ve studied and the grades you achieved.
How Else Might This Question Be Asked?
Tell Me About Your Academic Background
Instead, they want you to highlight the academic achievements you are most proud of
and reference how they have shaped the professional you are today.
Now, this interview question is slightly different in that it is not necessarily talking purely
about formal education.
You could summarize your formal education before moving on to more recent studies,
which could be online self-study or government-funded courses.
The important thing to remember though is that you need to be able to evidence any
achievements.
An employer may ask you this if there is no apparent link between what you studied at
university and the role you are applying for.
How to structure your answer is discussed in detail further down in this article.
But, in brief, what the interviewer wants to hear here
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