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Maximize your job search efforts with these practical strategies! Organize your supplies, including quality resume paper, file folders, and a city map. Develop a professional resume that highlights your skills without negative statements or salary requirements. Build and maintain a network with relatives, friends, and previous employers to uncover job leads. Prepare for interviews by dressing appropriately, arriving on time, and following up with thank-you notes. Stay motivated by treating your job search as a daily commitment and consider volunteering to expand your contacts.
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JOB SEARCH Strategies for Success
Get Organized! • Acquire supplies • Quality paper for resumes • File folders • Postage, envelopes, phone book • City map • Designate working area • Prepare interview clothes
Develop Resume • Identify skills and experience • Choose a professional resume service • Do not include: • Negative statements • Salary requirements • References • Picture
Develop Contacts • Network, network, network! • Include relatives, friends, neighbors, teachers, previous employers • Organize contact list • Telephone or visit each one • Write down information from each contact • Follow up • Investigate job leads • Keep in touch with contacts
Develop Leads • Contacts provide leads • Newspaper ads • Telephone or visit prospective employers • Internet
Interviewing • Dress appropriately • Arrive on time • Smile • Bring references • Have questions prepared
Interview Follow-Up • Send thank you note within one to two days • Within one week: • Telephone interviewer to express your continued interest • Ask if position has been filled • If position has been filled, courteously ask that you be kept in consideration for other positions
Stay Motivated • Finding a job IS your job! • Need to work at it every day • Don’t allow yourself to get discouraged and give up • Volunteer • Establishes more contacts • Keeps you active
Congratulations! • You’ve found a job • Thank the people who helped you • Arrive early the first day • Listen and observe • Establish some personal goals