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2010 Thomson South-Western

Student Version

CHAPTER 13

The JobSearch,

Rsums, and

Cover Letters


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Mary Ellen Guffey,Essentials of Business Communication, 8e Chapter 13, Slide 2

Identify

your

interests

Evaluate

your

qualifications

Search

for a job

electronically

Learn about

careers and

choose a

path

Recognize

the

changing

nature of jobs

Search

for a job

traditionally

Preparing for Employment

START HERE


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Identify your interests.

Do you enjoy working with people, data

or things?

Do you need to be your own boss? How important are salary, benefits,

location, and so forth?



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Learn about careers and choose a path.

Visit your campus career center, searchthe Web, use your library.

Take a summer or part-time job in yourfield.

Volunteer with a nonprofit organization.

Interview someone in your field. Join professional organizations.



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Search for a job electronically. Check the big boards: Monster,

CareerBuilder, College Recruiter, Yahoo

Hot Jobs. Use the big boards for information; realize

that few people actually find jobs on them.

Look beyond the big boards to corporate

Web sites, professional association sites,as well as local employment, niche, andsocial sites (such as LinkedIn, Plaxo, andFacebook).



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Search for a job traditionally. Check classified ads.

Check alumni and professional

association listings. Contact companies directly.

Sign up for campus interviews;

attend job fairs. Ask for advice from instructors.

NETWORK, NETWORK,

NETWORK!



Writing a Customized Rsum

Preparation

Research the job market.

Use newspapers, the Web, and other

resources to learn about jobs,qualifications, and employers.

Analyze your strengths.

What will sell you for the job you want? Study other rsums as models.

Experiment with formatting.



Highlight your technical skills.

All employers seek employees proficient with the

Internet, software programs, office equipment,

and communication technology tools.

Arranging the Parts

Special Skills, Achievements, Awards

Show that you are well-rounded.

List awards and extracurricular activities,especially if they demonstrate leadership,

teamwork, reliability, loyalty, initiative, efficiency,

and self-sufficiency.



Listing references directly on your rsum

takes up valuable space.

Instead, most recruiters prefer that you bringto the interview a list of individuals willing to

discuss your qualifications.

The best references are instructors, yourcurrent employer or previous employers,

colleagues or subordinates, and other

professional contacts.

References

Arranging the Parts



Omit references (unless specifically required).

Look for ways to condense your data.

Double-check for parallel phrasing.

Project professionalism and quality.

Avoid personal pronouns.

Omit humor.

Use 24-pound paper and a quality printer for yourprint copy.

Know how to send your rsum by e-mail.

Have a friend or colleague critique your rsum.

Arranging the Parts

Additional Tips


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Polishing Your Rsum

Avoid including anything that could become a

basis for discrimination: photograph, age, marital

status, national origin, race, etc.

Do not send a photograph.

Don't include your social security number.

Don't include high school information,

references, or full addresses of schools or

employers.

Don't put the word "rsum" at the top.


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Submitting Your Rsum

Word document

Plain-text, ASCII document

PDF document

Company database

Fax

Employers may ask you to submit your

rsumin one of these ways:


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