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Chapter Twenty

Navigate the job hunt successfully by learning key strategies for preparation, networking, correspondence, interviewing, resume writing, and follow-ups. Discover effective ways to secure and negotiate job offers in this comprehensive guide.

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Chapter Twenty

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  1. Chapter Twenty Understanding the Strategies and Communications of the Job Search

  2. Overview of the Job Hunt • Preparation • Self-assessment • Information gathering • Networking

  3. Overview of the Job Hunt • Job-Hunt Correspondence • Application letter • Resume • Follow-up letters • No answer • After an interview • After a refusal • Accepting or refusing a job

  4. Overview of the Job Hunt • Interviewing • The interview • Negotiation • Before and after the interview

  5. Application Letters • Beginning • Do some name-dropping: refer to someone in the company or known to the company. • Refer to some fact about the company. • Make some statement about the job you seek. • Refer to one of your key qualifications.

  6. Application Letters • Body • Supply highlights of education and experience relating to the job. • Show how you fit into the job or organization. • Supply specifics rather than generalities. • Use the you-attitude. • Refer to the enclosed resume. • Offer to supply additional information.

  7. Application Letters • Ending • Request an interview. • State the times you are available to interview. • Indicate how to get in touch with you. Think about the cover letter as your “two minute” preliminary interview. How will you get your foot in the door for the big interview?

  8. Resumes • Content and organization of resumes • Chronological resumes • Emphasize work history • Demonstrate promotions, advancement • Functional resumes • Emphasize categories of skills • Demonstrate usefulness, flexibility • Targeted resumes • Emphasize what you can do • Demonstrate capabilities learned from a variety of sources

  9. Resumes • Format of resumes • P-resumes (paper resumes) • More polished • Slower • E-resumes (scannable, e-mail, Web) • No length restrictions (within reason) • Benefits of keywords • Fewer design options • More generic looking What is most important about you?

  10. Follow-Up Letters • After two weeks of no response to an application letter • After an interview • When a company refuses you a job • When you accept a job offer • When you refuse a job offer

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