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EL Civics Intermediate Employment
Unit

• Reading Job Listings on craigslist

Sequoia Adult School
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craigslist is a website with information on
jobs, things for sale, housing, services, and
other interesting things for people living in the
Bay Area.
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When you browse craigslist, you need to
select the region in the Bay Area you want to
search. The Bay Area is divided into
five regions.

• San Francisco
• South Bay
• East Bay
• Peninsula
• North Bay

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Each region of the Bay Area has an
abbreviation.san francisco bay area sfc eby
nby pen sby

• sfc San Francisco City
• eby East Bay
• nby North Bay
• pen Peninsula
• sby South Bay

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• This is a map of the San Francisco Bay Area.
  
• Can you locate the five regions?

Redwood City is on the Peninsula.
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Jobs on craigslist are listed in categories. For
example, a teacher is in the category of
education/teaching.

• accounting / finance
• admin / office
• art / media / design
• biotech / science
• business / mgmt
• customer service
• education / teaching
• engineering / arch
• human resources
• internet engineering
• legal  /  government
• marketing / pr / adv
• medical / healthcare
• nonprofit sector
• retail / food / hosp
• sales / biz dev
• skilled trade / craft
• software / qa / dba
• systems / networks

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Lets look at the et cetera jobs category.

• accounting / finance
• admin / office
• art / media / design
• biotech / science
• business / mgmt
• customer service
• education / teaching
• engineering / arch
• human resources
• internet engineering
• legal  /  government
• marketing / pr / adv
• medical / healthcare
• nonprofit sector
• retail / food / hosp
• sales / biz dev
• skilled trade / craft
• software / qa / dba
• systems / networks

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Example job listing from the et cetera
jobs category www.craigslist.org
peninsulaetcetera jobs Driver/Laborer

Driver/LaborerReply to Parca_at_parca.orgDate
2003-12-02, 1119AMDonations Dept needs
fulltime Driver to pick up donated goods. Must
have the ability to read a map, lift 50 lbs and
the willingness to work frequent overtime. Must
provide a clean DMV record. Starting salary
11.00 hr plus full benefits. Experience
preferred. To apply send resume and DMV report to
Parca, 1750 El Camino Real 105, Burlingame, CA
94010. Fax-650-312-0737.This is at a
non-profit organization.Principals only.
Recruiters, please don't contact this job
poster.Please, no phone calls about this
job!Please do not contact job poster about other
services, products or commercial interests

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Note that all job listings on craigslist
include

• The job title
• The date the job was posted
• A description of the job duties or
  responsibilities
• The requirements or qualifications you need to
  get the job
• Who to contact if you are interested in the job
• How to apply for the job fax a resume e-mail
  in person

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Lets look at the job listing for Driver/Laborer
again.Reply to Parca_at_parca.orgDate
2003-12-02, 1119AMDonations Dept needs
fulltime Driver to pick up donated goods. Must
have the ability to read a map, lift 50 lbs and
the willingness to work frequent overtime. Must
provide a clean DMV record. Starting salary
11.00 hr plus full benefits. Experience
preferred. To apply send resume and DMV report to
Parca, 1750 El Camino Real 105, Burlingame, CA
94010.Fax-650-312-0737.
When was this job listing posted?What
is the job title?Who posted this job?Who do
you contact for this job?What are the job
duties?What are the qualifications to get this
job?
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Now try logging on to
craigslist at In the
job category column, click on et cetera jobs.
Click on peninsula. The jobs
most recently posted are listed first.
Find a job you like. Click on your
selection. Print the page.

www.craigslist.org