Career Center Job Search Ideas and Resources Norman S. Stahl, Ph.D. Registered Professional Career Counselor Director, UH Hilo Career Services Press Left

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Job Search Ideasand Resources

Norman S. Stahl, Ph.D.

Registered Professional Career Counselor

Director, UH Hilo Career ServicesPress Left Mouse Button to Advance Slides


Overview -Job Search Process

• Self-Assessment & Exploring Career Options

• Identify Target Industry

• Plan an Active Job Search

• Implement Your Plan

• Evaluate/Revise Your Plan


Plan an Active Job Search

• Identify your target industry• Put plan in writing (specific

actions)Weekly Schedule– Associations to join– People/Firms to contact– Days/Times to Search– Days/Times to Cold Call– Days/Times for Resume &

Cover Letters

• Make a Plan “B”• Look Beyond the Big Island!


Organize Your Life for Job Search

• Know Your Objective• Build Professional Image

– Resume– Interview Practice– Wardrobe/Interview Outfits– Answering Machine– Business Cards (optional)

• Base of Operations (a place to work)


Implement your plan

• Enlist your friends• Involve your family• Find someone to

keep you accountable

• and . . .


Get Started !

• Select a Specific Start Date

• Keep Systematic Records

• Conduct Periodic Goal &Performance Reviews

• Reward Yourself for Staying on Track


Continually EXPAND Your Network

• Family & Friends• Professors• Business Associates• Information Interviews• Professional

Associations• Alumni Association• Anyone & Everyone !


NETWORKINGInternships & Volunteer Work

• Exposure/experience in your field of interest.• Shows initiative and commitment. • May lead to a paid position• Check in the yellow pages under Social

Service Agencies for volunteer programs.


Cold Calling !

• Make A List of Firms• Call Firms• Find Name & Title of

Department Head• Say Thanks & Then ...

Hang-Up.

• Make A Script• Practice Your Script


Cold Calling !

• Send A Letter of Interest

• Call Firm

• Confidently Ask For Department Head By Name

• Deliver Script


Cold Calling !

• Listen for:– Affirmative Response– “No” Answer

• If “No”– Ask for Meeting Anyway– Ask for a Name


Cold Calling !

Affirmative Response

• ?’s Mean Possible Opening • Answer Briefly• Ask for a Meeting• If, “NO”

– Ask for a Name


If At First You Don’t Succeed...

• Practice Getting Around or Through “Gatekeepers”– Use Dept Head Name

– Call Early / Lunchtime / Late

• Keep Trying– Revisit Companies

Regularly


Responding to Advertised Jobs

Treat Similar to Cold Calling:• Call Firm & Get Name of

Department Head• Say Thanks & Hang-up• Send Cover Letter & Resume

to Dept Head – Not HR • Make & Practice Script


Responding to Advertised Openings

• Call Firm• Confidently Ask For

Department Head By Name

• Deliver Script• Listen for:

– Affirmative Response

– “No” Answer

• Affirmative Response

?’s– Answer Briefly

– Ask for a Meeting

• If “No”– Ask for Meeting

anyway

– Ask for a Name


Advertised Jobs

Remember:

Jobs are advertised in more places than the Sunday Tribune Herald:

• Career Center Web Site (career.uhh.hawaii.edu)

• Professional Journals

• Employment Agencies

• Ethnic, Cultural, Religious Journals

• Job Fairs• Job Hot Lines• Personnel Offices• Civil Service Offices• Government Listings• Trade Journals• Professional Journals• Your Network• On the Internet.


Using the Internet in Your Job Search

• You Can use the Internet to:– Explore Careers– Expand & Maintain Your Network– Find Opportunities

• Locate Positions• Research Companies• Submit Your Resume

• Do NOT make it your only tool!


Important Links

• Field/Company Specific Sites

– Search Engines

• Career Field Information

• Company Information

• Job Listings

• Job Listings and Links on our website

– http://career.uhh.hawaii.edu


http://career.uhh.hawaii.edu




Search for Jobs in Hawaii


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CREATE YOUR OWN JOB

• Focus on your skills & interests

• Create & Implement a Business Plan

• Advertise your self-employment


Where to get more information

• Small Business Development Center (SBDC)– 100 Pauahi St., Suite 109; Hilo, HI

– (808) 933-0776

– http://www.hawaii-sbdc.org/

• Hawaii Business Research Library– http://www.hbrl-sbdc.org/

• Service Corps Of Retired Executives (SCORE)– http://www.score.org/

• Public & University Libraries• Information Interviewing


Evaluate Plan & Progress

Whether establishing a business, or seeking a job:• Establish concrete goals • Pursue them with enthusiasm & confidence• Ask for help• Evaluate your plan & progress every week• Revise your plan, and refine your techniques

based on the results of your evaluations.• Reward yourself (frequently) for positive effort

and progress


A Few Key Points to Remember!

• Face-to-face networking is your most productive job search tool

• Use ALL resources and techniques available to you• Avoid over use of any one technique or resource.• Work diligently and enthusiastically at getting a job• Look beyond Hilo and the Big Island

And . . .


Persevere !Persevere !Perseverance is the Key to SuccessPerseverance is the Key to Success

Looking for a job ...is a full-time job!

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Career Center Job Search Ideas and Resources Norman S. Stahl, Ph.D. Registered Professional Career Counselor Director, UH Hilo Career Services Press Left