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 Learning Objective
1

Prepare to search for a job in the

digital age by understanding the
changing job market, identifying
your interests, assessing your
qualifications, and exploring career
opportunities.

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 Job Searching in the Digital Age

The Internet has drastically changed

the job search:

Search Online
Job boards engines Social networks résumés and
interviewing

However, personal networking and referrals

remain the primary route to hiring.
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 Preparing to Search for a Job
Analyze Yourself
• Identify your interests and goals.
• Assess your qualifications. Develop a
• Explore career opportunities. Job-Search Strategy
• Search the open job market.
• Pursue the hidden job market.
• Cultivate your online presence.
• Build your personal brand.
Create a Customized • Network, network, network!
Résumé
• Choose a résumé style.
• Organize your info concisely.
• Tailor your résumé to each
position. Know the Hiring Process
• Optimize for digital • Submit résumé, application, or e-portfolio.
technology. • Undergo screening and hiring interviews.
• Accept offer or reevaluate your progress.

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 Beginning Your Job Search With Self-Analysis

• What are you passionate about? Can you turn this passion into a career?
• Do you enjoy working with people, data, or things?
• Would you like to work for someone else or be your own boss?
• How important are salary, benefits, technology support, and job stability?
• How important are working environment, colleagues, and job stimulation?
• Must you work in a specific city, geographical area, or climate?
• Are you looking for security, travel opportunities, money, power, or prestige?
• How would you describe the perfect job, boss, and coworkers?

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 Assess your qualifications

• What technology skills can you offer?

• Do you communicate well in speech and in writing?
How can you verify these talents?
• What other skills have you acquired in school, on the job, or through activities?
• Do you work well with people? Do you enjoy teamwork?
• Are you a leader, self-starter, or manager?
• Do you speak, write, or understand another language?
• Do you learn quickly? Are you creative?
• What are the unique qualifications you can offer that will make you stand out
among other candidates?

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 Explore Career Opportunities

Visit campus Search the Use your Take a

career Web. library. summer job,
center. internship, or
part-time
position.

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 Explore Career Opportunities

Interview Volunteer Monitor the Join

someone in with a classified professional
your field. nonprofit. ads. organizations.

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 Learning Objective
2

Develop savvy search strategies

by recognizing job sources and
using digital tools to explore the
open job market.

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 What Are the Sources
of New Jobs?

Networking
(Person-to-person
contacts) 41% 47% 46%

Internet Job
Boards
(such as Monster,
CollegeGrad, and
company websites) 19% 24% 25%

Agencies
(Search firms placing
candidates for a fee)
12% 10% 14%
Source: Right Management: http://www.right.com/news-and-events/press-releases/2012-press-releases/item23658.aspx

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 What Are the Sources of
New Jobs?

Direct Approach 9%
(Cold calling)
8% 7%

Newspaper/
Periodical 7%
(Classified ads) 2% 1%

Other

? (Combination of above,
direct referral, and
good luck)
12% 9%

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7%

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 Searching the Open Job Market
• Explore the big boards
(Monster, Career Builder).
• Check company websites.
• Search niche sites (Dice,
Accountemps, GettingHired).
• Use LinkedIn and social
networking sites.
• Browse print and online
newspapers.

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 Protecting Yourself Online

Use Don’t reveal Open

well-known personal separate
sites. data. e-mail
account.

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 Protecting Yourself Online

Post Don’t Avoid

privately if Keep careful include responding
possible. records. references. to “blind”
job posts.

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 Learning Objective
3

Expand your job-search

strategies by using both
traditional and digital tools
in pursuing the hidden job
market.

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 Pursuing the Hidden
Job Market With Networking

Your goal: Transforming yourself from

an unknown into a known quantity.

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 Three-Step Plan to Build Your
Personal Network

Family, friends,
and friends of Social
Step 1: Current and
former
friends networking
teachers contacts
Develop a
contact list.

College alumni Your dentist,

doctor, etc.

Current and
former work
colleagues

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 Three-Step Plan to Build Your
Personal Network
“Hi, ____. I’m looking for
a job, and I wonder if
you could help me out. “Do you know
Step 2: When could I come over anyone who might
to talk about it?” have an opening
Make contacts for a person with
in person and my skills?”
online.
“Do you know of anyone
else who might know of
someone who might
have an opening?”

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 Three-Step Plan to Build Your
Personal Network

Step 3: “Hello. I’m ____, a friend of ____.

He suggested that I ask you for
Follow up on help. I’m looking for a position as a
your referrals. ____, and he thought you might be
willing to spare a few minutes to
steer me in the right direction.”

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 Make the Most of LinkedIn

Provide a
Write a solid Customize
professional
profile. your URL.
photo.

Use specific Solicit Update your

keywords in recommen- status
your career dations. regularly.
summary.

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 Branding You: 4 Ways for
Grads to Stand Out
Create a
tagline (e.g., Distribute a
Enthusiasm business
plus fresh card.
skills).

Build a
Prepare an powerful
elevator online
speech.
presence.

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 Learning Objective
4

Organize your qualifications and

information into effective résumé
segments to create a winning,
customized résumé.

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 Choosing a Résumé Style
Chronological Functional
• Focuses on experience • Focuses on skills rather
• Favorite of recruiters than past employment

• Best for people with • Best for people with little

experience and steady experience, frequent job
career growth changes, different career
areas, or employment
However: This style is gaps
also used by many
students. However: This style is hard
to write and recruiters
may be suspicious.

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 Résumé Length
1 page
Nine or fewer years of
experience

2 pages
Ten plus years of experience

3 pages
Senior executives with
many accomplishments

However: Make your

résumé as long as necessary
to present your skills.
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 Résumé Segments
Main Heading
Keep it professional and uncluttered.
• Your name on a line by itself
• Address, phone, e-mail

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 Résumé Segments
Career Objective
If included, customize for the targeted position.

Poor: Improved:
To obtain an entry-level To obtain a junior
position with a strong accountant position
company where I can where my recent
utilize my skills to their accounting and
fullest in advancing a computer training can
career in accounting. help an organization
achieve its goals.

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 Résumé Segments
Summary of Qualifications
• Provide 3 to 8 bulleted statements.
• List your most impressive qualifications regarding
experience, skills, education, and awards.
• Customize the qualifications to fit the requirements
of the targeted job.

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 Résumé Segments
Education
• Name your degree, date of graduation, and
institution.
• List your major and GPA.
• Give information about your studies, but don’t
inventory all your courses.

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 Résumé Segments
Work Experience
• List your jobs. Start with the most recent.
• Include employer's name and city, dates of
employment (month, year), and most significant title.

Manager, Fleet Equipment, Kettering, Ohio. June 2015 to present.

Tax preparer, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA). March 2015 to present.
Sinclair College, Dayton, Ohio.
Salesperson, Kmart, Dayton, Ohio. April 2014 to May 2015

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 Résumé Segments
Work Experience
• Use action verbs to describe your experience.
• Summarize and try to quantify your achievements.
• Include nouns for the skills and keywords of the
targeted position.

Prepared state and federal tax returns for individuals with incomes under $25,000.
Conducted interviews with over 50 individuals to elicit data regarding taxes.
Calculated legitimate tax deductions and recorded them accurately.

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 Résumé Segments
Capabilities and Skills
• Highlight your technical skills. Mention ability to use
the Web applications, software programs, social
media, and communication technology tools.
• Emphasize your nontechnical skills. Give evidence of
communication, management, and interpersonal
skills. Employers want more than empty assurances.

Organized holiday awards program for 1,200 attendees and 140 awardees. Praised by
top management for enthusiastic teamwork and achievement.

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 Résumé Segments
Awards, Honors, and Activities
• Show that you are well-rounded.
• List awards and extra-curricular activities, especially
if they demonstrate leadership, teamwork, reliability,
initiative, and efficiency.

Awards Dean’s list Volunteer

Scholarships Certificates

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 Résumé Segments
Final Tips

• Don’t include personal info such as birth date,

marital status, height, weight, etc.
• Consider whether it’s necessary to include
your home address.
• Have references available but don’t list them
on your résumé.
• Double-check for parallel phrasing.
• Avoid personal pronouns.

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 Résumé Segments
Final Tips
• Use quality paper and a quality printer.
• Have a friend or colleague critique your résumé.
• Proofread! Proofread! Proofread!

Nothing kills a
résumé faster
than a typo or
misspelled word.

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 Poor Résumé
RÉSUMÉ OF
JENNIE JENKINS
3320 Lafayette Street, #12, San Leandro, CA 94561 [email protected]

OBJECTIVE: An entry-level position where my proven communication, accounting,

and administrative skills could be utilized in a path to management.

DEGREE from San Francisco State University, Broadcast Communication Arts,

Bachelor of Arts. 3.2 in major.

EXPERIENCE
Apprentice KPFA – 94.1 in Berkeley, CA. Duties included scheduling studios. Also
recruited staff. Some paperwork. Often given responsibility to act as production
manager. 10/15 to present.

Pacifica House
Position of financial manager. Duties included payroll and benefits for
employees of shelter. Was responsible for books, also for cash transactions.
Took care of some donations. Expected to help raise funds. I prepared all payroll
reports. Also petty cash. Chaotic. Underfunded.

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 Poor Résumé
Spring, 2013
Worked one spring with Renaissance Rainbow, which is a performance arts
troupe operating out of San Francisco. My duties included scheduling interviews
with print and broadcast journalists. Was responsible for volunteers and
publicity.

Other temporary positions

Manpower, Inc. San Francisco. Worked at many different places as temp.
2011-2014. Dohring Company. File clerk, receptionist, general duties.
Other places. Good Earth Restaurant – server – 2010-2011

Personal
Self-starter, can finish jobs without supervision.
Marital status: single Birth: 6/16/88
Health: Excellent Hobbies, Knitting, singing, like to read
First Baptist Gospel Choir Awards: Spirit Award, Oakland H.S.
Dean’s List, college, 2 semesters

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 Learning Objective
5

Optimize your job search and

résumé by taking advantage
of today’s digital tools.

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 Getting Your Résumé Selected:
Maximizing Keyword “Hits”
• Include specific keywords
or keyword phrases.
• Focus on nouns.
• Use variations of the job title.
• Concentrate on the skills
section.
• Don’t use a keyword
summary.
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 Showcase Your Qualifications in
a Career E-Portfolio

Include Show updated

relevant résumé, cover
coursework. message.

Link to
images,
Present work websites, or
examples. Display whatever
awards, highlights your
certificates. skills.

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 Video Résumé

• A video résumé enables you to

demonstrate public speaking,
interpersonal, and
technical skills.

• Done well, it might give

you an edge. Done
poorly, it could drop
you from
consideration.

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 Infographic Résumé

• Uses colorful charts, graphics, and

timelines to illustrate candidate’s work
history and experience.

• Many apps available to help candidates

prepare dazzling infographic résumés, but
they may not be appropriate in all fields.

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 Reasons for Print-based
Résumés
Prepare one basic print-based traditional
résumé. It will be useful for the following:

When
Distributing Sharing in Giving to competing
at job person-to- recruiters at for a job that
interviews person job fairs does not
networking require
electronic
submissions

Customize your one basic résumé for various

job applications.
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 Converting to a Plain Text
Résumé or Digital Submission
Why plain text?
• Many organizations require plain text to avoid viruses
and incompatibilities in word processing programs.
• Plain text is useful for pasting into online résumé blank
submission forms.

How to do it?
• Just save document as Plain Text (*.txt).
• Be sure to adjust any resulting formatting problems.

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 Ways to Submit Your Résumé
Word document

Plain text document

PDF document

Company database

Fax
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 Learning Objective
6

Draft and submit a

customized cover message
to accompany a print or
digital résumé.

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 Are Cover Messages
Still Important?
Career advisors overwhelmingly support
cover messages:
“You may be the perfect
person for the job, but
“No cover you’ll knock yourself right
message – into out of the running with a
the trash!” poor or missing cover
letter.”
“A résumé without
a cover letter looks
suspicious.”

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 Three Parts of a Cover Message

Opening Body Closing

Captures
Sells the
attention, Requests an
candidate and
introduces the interview and
focuses on the
message, and motivates
employer’s
identifies the action.
needs.
position.

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 How to Open a Cover Message

Opening Body Closing

Possible Openings for Solicited Jobs

• Refer to the name of an employee in the company.
• Refer to the source of your information precisely.
• Refer to the job title and describe how your
qualifications fit the requirements.

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 How to Open a Cover Message

Opening Body Closing

Openings for Unsolicited Jobs

• Demonstrate an interest in and knowledge of the
reader’s business.
• Show how your special talents and background
will benefit the company.

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 Promoting Your Strengths in the
Message Body
Opening Body Closing

• Explain how your preparation and

experience fill the job requirements.
• Choose your strongest qualifications and
show how they fit the targeted job.
• Mention your ability to work on a team,
show initiative, and learn new tasks easily.
• Refer the reader to your résumé.

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 Motivating Action in the Closing

Opening Body Closing

• Ask confidently for an interview

(not for the job!).
• Tie your request to reader benefits,
or review your strongest points.
• Sound sincere and appreciative.
• Make it easy to respond; tell when
you can be reached.

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 Four Possibilities for Submitting
Your Résumé and Cover Message
Submit both cover message and résumé in an
e-mail message. Convert both to plain text.

Send your cover message as an e-mail, and

attach your résumé (plain text, Word
document, or PDF).

Send a short e-mail message with both your

cover letter and résumé attached.

Send your cover letter and résumé as printed

Word documents by U.S. mail.
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 Final Tips for Creating
Successful Cover Messages
Revise to avoid too many sentences
1 beginning with “I.” However, make
sure the sentences sound natural.

2 Use a traditional letter style in block

format.
As with your résumé, proofread
3 several times and have a friend
do so also!

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