Title: 6182009
1 EL Civics Intermediate Employment
Unit
- Reading Job Listings on craigslist
Sequoia Adult School
2craigslist is a website with information on
jobs, things for sale, housing, services, and
other interesting things for people living in the
Bay Area.
3 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
4Each 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
5- This is a map of the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Can you locate the five regions?
Redwood City is on the Peninsula.
6Jobs 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
7 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
8 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
9 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
10 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?
11 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