Chapter Nine: The Job Search and Conscious Communication H.L. Goodall & Sandra Goodall Communicating in Professional Contexts Skills, Ethics, and Technologies

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Conducting a Conscious Conducting a Conscious Job SearchJob Search

Idle Job Seeker

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Interested Job Seeker

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Focused Job Seeker

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Conscious Job Seeker

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Conscious Communication Choices

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Choosing: Setting Choosing: Setting Your Job Goals Your Job Goals

Types of Positions You’d Enjoy

Benefits You’d Expect

Salary Requirements

Types of Employers You’d Like to Work For

Types of Industries You’d Like to Work In

Lifestyle You’d Expect

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Job Research

Can Focus or Broaden Types of Jobs

Can Provide Important Job Parameters

Can Help Identify Industries and Empoyers

Can Help Define Your Contributions

Can Impress Interviewers

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Job Research - How do you Begin?

The Internet

Company Employees

Company Tours

Friends and Relatives

Campus Recruiting Office

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Creating: Putting Together Creating: Putting Together a Winning Résuméa Winning Résumé

Selecting the Format

Change Format Depending on Industry or

Organization

Highlight Accomplishments that Match Job

Change Language to Match Industry Jargon

Change Tone from Informal to Formal

Based on Type of Industry

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Selecting the Format

Traditional Format

Contemporary Format

Artistic Format

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Traditional Traditional FormatFormat

Traditional Traditional FormatFormat

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Contemporary Contemporary FormatFormat

Contemporary Contemporary FormatFormat

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Artistic Artistic FormatFormatArtistic Artistic FormatFormat

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Writing a Compelling Cover Letter

Attend to the Basics

Keep it Short

Sell Yourself

Highlight Your Accomplishments

Proofread Carefully

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Submitting Résumés and Cover Letters

Traditional Organizations

High-tech, Internet, and Progressive

Organizations

Artistic and Creative Organizations

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Coordinating: Preparing Coordinating: Preparing for the Interviewfor the Interview

Participating in a Phone Interview

Arranging the In-Person Interview

Dressing for Success in the Internet Age

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Coordinating: Preparing Coordinating: Preparing for the Interviewfor the Interview

Participating in a Phone Interview

Arranging the In-Person Interview

Dressing for Success in the Internet Age

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Delivering: Practicing and Delivering: Practicing and Being InterviewedBeing Interviewed

Interview Styles

Informal

Open Questions

Interviewee Bears Most Responsibility

Formal

Closed Questions

Provides Flat, One-Sided View of Interviewee

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Practicing the Interview

Tell Me About Yourself

How did You Decide to Enter Your Current

Field of Employment?

Where do You Want to Be in Five Years?

Why do You Want to Leave Your Current Job?

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Describe Your Dream Job

Why Should I Hire You?

What are Your Greatest Strengths and

Weaknesses?

What Makes You a Good Leader?

Do You have any Questions?

Practicing the Interview

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