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Maximizing Job Search Success: Tips, Strategies, and Resources

This chapter provides valuable advice on preparing for the job search, finding job leads, and utilizing various resources. Learn effective techniques for organizing time, space, and finances, as well as networking skills and ways to utilize career centers and online job boards.

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Maximizing Job Search Success: Tips, Strategies, and Resources

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  1. Unit 9 Securing and Maintaining Employment

  2. Chapter 24 Job Leads and the Resume

  3. Preparing for the Job Search • Invest time and effort • Develop positive attitude • Understand what you have to offer • Employers look for pleasant, enthusiastic, likeable employees

  4. Question • True or False: • Job search professionals recommend that at least 20 hours per week should be devoted to the job search.

  5. Answer • True • Job search professionals recommend at least 20 hours per week for job searching • Some even suggest up to 40 hours

  6. Preparing for the Job Search • What do you have to offer? • Identify qualifications, create inventory • Technical skills • Personal characteristics

  7. Preparing for the Job Search • Employers want employees who can: • Communicate • Solve problems • Work as effective team member

  8. Preparing for the Job Search • Important employment characteristics: • Integrity • Responsibility • Dependability • Organization • Consideration • Willingness to learn

  9. Preparing for the Job Search • Identify employment preferences • Size of facility • Work pace and hours • Time working with others versus alone • Amount of supervision • Type of specialty • Location • Orientation and training offered

  10. Preparing for the Job Search • Determine financial needs • Track expenses • Create budget

  11. Question • To determine your financial needs, it is recommended that you track your expenses for _____ . • A few days • A few weeks • A few months

  12. Answer • C. A few months • To get most accurate picture of own finances, recommended to track expenses for a few months

  13. Preparing for the Job Search • Organize own time • Focus on most productive activities • Allocate hours • Write to-do lists • Prepare ahead for interviews

  14. Preparing for the Job Search • Organize own space • Dedicate area for job search materials and activities • Create system for recording information • Collect needed materials and resources

  15. Preparing for the Job Search • Project professional image • Handle incoming calls professionally • If on social networking site, be sure to present self professionally • Maintain professional physical appearance during all contacts with potential employers

  16. Question • True or False: • Most employers will understand that you really cannot control the phone manners of everyone in your household.

  17. Answer • False • Employers may be put off if person answering phone at contact number is rude

  18. Finding Job Leads • School career service center • Large percentage of graduates find employment working with staff • Offer many services • Follow up on all leads given • Advise school when you become employed

  19. Question • The most important reason for letting your school know when you are hired for a job is so/that _____ . • They will stop sending you job leads • Schools are required to report graduate employment statistics to government and accrediting agencies • It will help the staff receive good performance evaluations

  20. Answer • B. Schools are required to report graduate employment statistics to government and accrediting agencies • Accrediting status can depend on employment rates of graduates • As well as ability to qualify students for loans

  21. Finding Job Leads • Community career centers • Government-sponsored resource centers • Career One Stop • U.S. Department of Labor • Links to nationwide career centers

  22. Finding Job Leads • Networking • Tell everyone you are looking for a job • Contact health care professionals • Ask questions about field • Internet • Mailing lists • Newsgroups • Web forms • LinkedIn

  23. Finding Job Leads • Clinical experience • E.g., externship, internship, fieldwork • Do not expect a job, but perform your best • Jobs sometimes offered or created for good students • May serve as reference for another employer

  24. Finding Job Leads • Cold calls and visits • Identify job openings • Dress professionally • Bring resume • Do not expect interview at time of visit

  25. Finding Job Leads • Job fairs and orientations • May be sponsored by school, local organizations, or large employers • Dress professionally • Bring copies of resume • Be prepared to ask questions • Gather information about employers

  26. Question • True or False: • Career fairs are good places to interview for interesting jobs.

  27. Answer • False • Job fairs designed to offer information about employers • Not conduct job interviews for applicants

  28. Finding Job Leads • Internet • Learn job-search techniques • Find job openings • Get information about employers • Learn about professional organizations • Post resume

  29. Finding Job Leads • Advertisements for job openings • Newspapers • Professional journals • Websites of employers, professional organizations, and job sites • Telephone joblines • Recorded announcements

  30. Question • If a job posting asks that applicants fax their resumes, it is best to _____ . • Email your resume because it is easier than faxing • Mail your resume because it will look better than documents coming out of a fax machine • Arrange to fax your resume as quickly as possible

  31. Answer • C. Arrange to fax your resume as quickly as possible • Follow employer’s instructions and fax resume • Demonstrates you follow directions

  32. Resume • Written summary of professional qualifications • Must accurately represent skills • Include personal traits • Avoid canned resumes • Know exactly what it says

  33. Resume Content • Heading • Name • Current contact information • Introduction • Summary of what you have to offer the employer

  34. Resume Content • Education • List schools • Starting with most recent • May include grades, honors, and awards • Include special training related to job • May include courses taken or summary of health care program

  35. Question • True or False: • You should only include your grades on your resume if you received all A’s or their equivalent.

  36. Answer • False • Appropriate to include grades if 3.0 (B’s) or higher

  37. Resume Content • Licenses and certifications • Include, if applicable • Omit if included in another section • E.g., education

  38. Resume Content • Work experience • May be called employment history • List previous jobs • Starting with most recent • Use active verbs to describe accomplishments • May list clinical experience here or in education section • Indicate it was unpaid and part of training

  39. Resume Content • Special skills • Optional section • List any skills related to job not included in other sections

  40. Resume Content • Languages • Optional section • List languages spoken, written, or understood other than English • May include in special skills section • Rather than creating new section

  41. Question • True or False: • When listing languages you know, it is a good idea to indicate the level at which you speak, read, write, and understand them.

  42. Answer • True • Indicate levels at which you can communicate in language(s)

  43. Resume Content • Awards and honors • Optional section • Do not repeat items if listed in education or work experience section • Community service or volunteer work • Optional section • Explain activities

  44. Resume Content • Memberships • Optional section • Include professional organizations, offices held, etc. • Include community organizations as they relate to job

  45. Resume Content • Hobbies and interests • Optional section • Include if they relate to job or demonstrate skills or desirable characteristics

  46. Chronological Resume • Features work experience • Includes full list of jobs and accomplishments • Choose if have strong work history • Especially if jobs in or related to health care

  47. Functional Resume • Highlights skills and abilities acquired from various experiences • May be personal, family, or hobbies • Organize skills in clusters • E.g., organizational skills, teaching experience, accounting skills

  48. Resume Guidelines • Accurate • Perfect spelling and grammar • Correct contact information • Conservative • No fancy fonts • White, very light gray, or beige paper

  49. Resume Guidelines • Neat • No corrections or smudges • Easy to read • Information not crowded • White space left

  50. Resume Guidelines • Inappropriate information omitted • Why left previous job, if applicable • Salary information • Disability • Age, marital status, children • Do not include social security number • Properly spaced • Double-space between sections

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