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Lenroy Jones, Assistant Director
Going Nuts with Your Career Search?
GET HIRED!

• Career Services Placement
• 113 Student Services
• East Lansing, MI

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Reference Page
Career Services and Placement, MSUs Career
Services and Placement Placement Manual,
Recruitment Media, CASS Communications, Inc.,
Evanston, IL, 1998-1999. Campbell-Rock, C. C.,
Successful Job-Search Strategies That Really
Work, The Black Collegian, First Semester
(October) 1998. Ellis, Marjorie,
Self-Assessment Knowing Yourself and What You
Want to Do!, The Black Collegian,First Semester
(October) 1998. Fox, Jeffrey J., How To Become
CEO, The Rules for Rising to the Top of Any
Organization, Hyperion, New York, New York,
1998. Lowstuter, Clyde C. and Robertson, David
P., Network Your Way To Your Next Job Fast,
McGraw-Hill, Inc., New New, 1995.
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Overview
The overall purpose of this session is to be
informative and entertaining while sharing
practical insight in conducting a career search
in todays competitive workforce.

• How to conduct a career search?
• Identify barriers which hinder the search.
• The impact of fear, stress, self-esteem,
  completion and confidence on the search.
• Questions and Answers

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The Career Search
Students should never forget that their career
search did not start at the college and
university level, it started with the first
question, What do you want to be when you grow
up? It has taken many individuals years to
answer that question. And higher education is
just one spring board to launch into the start of
ones own career. Now, youre grown up and the
career choice belongs to you! Lenroy Jones,
Assistant Director
MSU Career Services
Placement
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How to conduct a career search?

• Identify and Validate career options
• Self-Assessment
• Information Interviews/job shadow
• Read career related books/articles
• MSU Placement Manual, Knock Em Dead
• Register with appropriate offices
• Visit your career services department

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Who am I?
VALUES
PASSION
PURPOSE
FUTURE
GOALS, OBJECTIVE VISION
Whats going to make you happy?
NEEDS
DESIRES
INTEREST
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How to conduct a career search?
(Continue)

• Attend Career Related Workshops
• Resumes, Interviews, Information Sessions
• Develop your Resume
• Resume writing is a process
• Know where to look
• Career Development Center

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Purpose of a Resume

• To SUMMARIZE for organizations the key elements
  of your education, background and experiences.
• The resume alone will NOT get you a job however,
  it can help you get an interview.
• A resume can influence an organizations
  perception of your skills, abilities, talents and
  potential.

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How to conduct a career search?
(Continue)

• Write good cover letters
• Plan Your Career Search
• Target your search verses mass mailings
• Consider salary, geographic location, work hours
• Professional growth opportunities, supervision
• Learn and understand interview process
• Placement center sign-ups and interviewing

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How to conduct a career search?
(Continue)

• Record Your Search
• Follow-up on all Career Possibilities
• You dont know where a lead will end up
• Know what youre willing to accept
• Dont just look at the salary

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BARRIERS which hinder the search

• Lack of Focus
• Lack of Planning
• Not knowing your Environment
• Getting caught up with self
• Follower verses Leader

• Fear
• Stress
• Self-Esteem
• Completion
• Confidence

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I WANT IT NOW!!!

• JUST DO IT!
• INSTANT (24hrs stores, fax/email on the beach,
  beepers)
• FAST FOOD (We have always had fast food, but not
  so many)
• MICROWAVE AGE (Fast!!!)
• INFORMATION AGE (The paper industry cant keep
  up!)
• TECHNOLOGY (Were more global today!)

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Impact of
FEAR - STRESS - SELF ESTEEM - COMPLETION -
CONFIDENCE
On.. YOUR CAREER SEARCH
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Solutions to Barriers
PREPARATION

• Self-Assessment
• Career Assessment(s)
• Use of ALL resources
• Knowledge of conducting a search
• Researching Organizations
• Target organizations of interest
• Follow-up with organizations
• Practice, Practice, and Practice!

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What if, you dont have a clue about what you
want?
What if many things intrigue you and you want to
them all?
What about the things that I dont know?
FEAR
What if you choose the wrong thing?
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What? Use a computer!
I have too many things going on in my life!

• Classes
• Final Exams/Papers
• Graduation
• Where do I live?
• Dating
• Everyone is getting a job!
• Decisions..Decisions

STRESS
H E L P
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Ways to Reduce Stress Enhance Your Job Search

• Pace yourself
• Approach each interview experience with the
  expectation that you will enjoy it
• Understand what factors are important to you
• Decline further contact when a organization is
  not a good match
• Regularly consult your career advisor

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Now, how many rejection letters have I received?
No one wants me!
ESTEEM
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Im off to graduate school because I need that
advance degree to get the job I really want.
OK, were here Now what?
COMPLETION
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CONFIDENCE
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What are organizations looking for?

• Leadership
• Effective interpersonal Communications
• Ability to Manage Conflict
• Technical Proficiency
• Time Management
• Initiative
• Goal Oriented
• Understanding Differences/Diversity
• Integrity

• Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Team Building for Organizational Change
• Dynamic Presentation Skills
• Effective Listening
• Excellent Customer Service
• Managing Change
• Improving Professionally
• Willingness to Work
• Give attention to Detail

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Thank You for the Opportunity

• Questions and Answers