Finding a Job

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Chapter 6 Finding a Job
Lesson 6.2 Organizing Your Job Search
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Discover

• How to keep track of job leads
• How to gather information about jobs and
  businesses

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Why Its Important

• When youre organized, its easier to use the
  information to get the job you want.

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Key Terms

• database
• employer
• annual report

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Keeping Track

• Being organized is the key to a successful job
  search.

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Setting Up a System

• A simple way to organize your job search is to
  record job leads on index cards or sheets of
  paper.

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Setting Up a System

• If you prefer working with computers, you can
  organize your job leads in a database program.
• A database can store data, or information, in
  different ways.

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Getting the Details Down

• Create an index card or a database entry for
  every person on your contact list.

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Getting the Details Down

• If there are any businesses youd like to work
  for, create a card or database entry for each.

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Getting the Details Down

• You can also create card or database entries for
  classified job listings you are interested in.

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How the System Works

• After youve made a card for each contact or
  lead, make contact.

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How the System Works

• After contacting the person or business, make
  notes on the card.

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How the System Works

• If someone youve talked to calls you, get out
  his or her card.
• Use it to refresh your memory.
• Update the card with new information.

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Researching Jobs and Employers

• In between getting a job lead and getting a job,
  you must do some investigating.

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The Benefits of Research

• You want to find out as much as you can about
  possible jobs and employers.
• An employer is a person or business that pays a
  person or group of people to work.

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The Benefits of Research

• Knowing about a job or business will give you
  self-confidence, which will help you make a good
  impression.

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The Benefits of Research

• What you learn will also help you decide whether
  a particular job is right for you.

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Questions to Ask

• You can get some basic facts about a business by
  asking questions like these

• What kinds of goods or services does the business
  offer?

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Questions to Ask

• What kind of reputation does the business have
  with its workers and customers?
• What types of work do people do there?

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Questions to Ask

• Is the business growing and expanding?
• Is it possible to move up in the business?

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Ways to Get Answers to Your Questions

• How do you get answers to your questions? Here
  are a few suggestions

• Talk to employees.
• Talk to customers.

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Ways to Get Answers to Your Questions

• Visit the business.
• Read the companys annual report. An annual
  report describes the company and reports yearly
  financial results.
• Review the businesss Web site.

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Attitude Counts

• Starting a New Job
• Starting a new job is hard for anyone. Your
  employer doesnt expect you to know everything
  right away. If youre willing to learn and have a
  sense of humor, your first few weeks will not be
  too difficult.

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Investigating Career Clusters
Finance

• Finance Acquiring, investing, and managing money

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Investigating Career Clusters
Finance

• If you are the type of person who always puts
  birthday checks in your savings account, a career
  in finance might be right for you.

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Critical Thinking Review

• Why is it important to organize your job search
  from the beginning?
• Organizing your job search will help you keep
  track of all your job leads and where they are
  heading.

Critical Thinking
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Critical Thinking Review

• What would be convenient about using a database
  instead of cards to organize job leads?
• A database allows you to organize your
  information quickly, and it can be reorganized as
  needed.

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End of Chapter 6 Finding a Job
Lesson 6.2 Organizing Your Job Search