JobSeeking and Employability Skills Job Search

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• Job-Seeking and Employability Skills (Job Search)

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Performance Objective 1

• Advantages and disadvantages of job search
  strategies

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Job Search Strategies

• Classified ads and Internet job listings
• Direct-mail campaigns, including e-mail
• Job fairs
• Job placement centers
• Search consultants/recruiters

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Performance Objective 2

• Define and describe the benefits of networking
• Describe the four networking groups

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Networking

• Meeting with people who are doing what the
  job-seeker wants to do

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Performance Objective 3

• Define Informational interviewing
• Describe the process of conducting an
  informational interview

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Informational Interview

• A meeting that a job seeker sets up with a person
  who is knowledgeable about specific occupations,
  jobs, or employers

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Professional and Trade Associations

• National Trade and Professional Associations
  Directory
• Association Central - www.associationcentral.com

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Types of Information Provided by Associations

• Copies of recent journals or newsletters
• Contact information for local chapters
• Published job lists
• Job search information
• Training and apprenticeship programs

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Steps in Setting Up an Informational Interview

• Call a related association.
• Ask for relevant information.
• Ask for the name of a contact person.
• Ask for a 15-minute interview.
• Prepare for the interview.

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Types of networks

• Personal relationships
• Professional relationships
• Organizational and community affiliations
• Opportunistic networks