chapter 1 how your choices affect income. slide 2 how can you find job openings? social networks job...
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Chapter 1
How Your Choices Affect Income
Slide 2
How Can You Find Job Openings?• Social networks
• Job shadowing
• Cooperative work experience
• Counselors, teachers, placement centers
• Websites of businesses
• Job scout programs
• Employment agencies
1-3 Job Application Skills and Tools
Slide 3
General Resume Guidelines
A resume is a summary of your work experience, education, skills, interests.
• Have a “master resume.”• Tailor each resume to match job opening.• Limit resume to one page.• Keep resume simple and attractive.• List important information on top.• Proofread thoroughly.
1-3 Job Application Skills and Tools
Slide 4
The Cover Letter
A cover letter introduces you to a prospective employer.
1-3 Job Application Skills and Tools
• It is short and direct.• First paragraph says
why you are writing.• Second paragraph
points out qualifications.• Closing paragraph asks
for an interview.
Slide 5
How Do You Make Yourself Stand Out?• A job application is a form that asks you
basic information about your background.
• A job interview is a face-to-face meeting with a potential employer to discuss a job opening.
• Follow-up is contact with a prospective employer after the interview.
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Slide 6
Success Skills
Advantages include:• Wide-range of sources for
job information• Rapid response to job
openings• Up-to-the-minute
knowledge
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Using Social Networking Sites