Searching for Employment

and Preparing
Employment Messages

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The Changing Workplace

How Often People Look for Work

Where People Find Work

The Type of People Who Find Work

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 What Can You Offer?
• Personal achievements

• Educational preparation
• Work experience

• Extracurricular activities
• Personal characteristics

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What Do You Want To Do?

Type of Nature of Specific

Occupation the Job Compensation

General Size of Type of

Career Goals Company Operation

Corporate
Location Facilities
Culture

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 Building Your Career

Employment Portfolio

Interim Assignments

Workplace Skills

Life-Long Learning

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 The Employment Search

1 2 3
Understand
Build Prepare
Interview
Toward Career Résumé
Process

4 5 6
Follow Up
Prepare Take the
and Accept
for Interview Interview
Offer

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 Organize Your Approach
• Monitor business and financial news
• Research specific companies
• Look for job openings
• Respond to job openings
• Build a network
• Seek career counseling

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 Three-Step
Résumé Process

Complet
Planning Writing
ing

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 Planning Your Résumé
Audience
Purpose

Purpose
Information Adaptation

Audience

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 What Employers Seek
• Results orientation
• Workplace achievements
• Versatility
• Signs of progress
• Standards of excellence
• Flexibility
• Communication skills

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 Organizing Résumés

Work History Skills and

Educational Level Accomplishments

Chronological Combination Functional

Résumé Résumé Résumé

Personal Personal
Background Objectives

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 Résumé Components

Contact Career Objective Academic

Information or Summary Credentials

Employment Activities and Relevant

History Achievements Personal Data

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 Avoid Résumé Deception
• Overstating educational credits
• Inflating grade-point average
• Hiding gaps in work record
• Covering periods of unemployment
• Omitting embarrassing jobs
• Exaggerating expertise or experience

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 Common
Résumé Problems
• Inappropriate length • Amateurish

• Hard to read • Boastful

• Wordy • Dishonest

• Too slick • Gimmicky

• Poorly reproduced • Carelessly written

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 Traditional Résumés

Clean High-Grade Ample

Typeface Paper Margins

Laser Appropriate Professional

Quality Length Design

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 Résumé Formats
Printed

ASCII-Text

HTML-Coded

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 Scannable Résumés
ASCII Format

Document Design

Keywords

Buzzwords/Jargon

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 Submitting
Scannable Résumés

Postal E-mail Fax

Mail or Online Machine

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 Submitting
On-Line Résumés
Personal Index
Websites Services

Personal Employment ASCII

References
Information Information Version

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 Proofread
Your Résumé

Mechanics Current
and Details Information

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Writing Application Letters

Include
Be Specific
Salary

Keep E-mail Aim for

Short High Quality

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Types of Application Letters
Getting Attention

Building Interest

Solicite Unsolicite
d d
Increasing Desire

Motivating Action

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 Cultural Considerations

The Right Style

and Approach

Proper Tone
and Format

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 Other Employment
Messages

Job-Inquiry Application
Letters Follow-Ups

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