A successful job search entails four basic components:
- Organization
- Hard work
- Ingenuity
- Persistence
Knowing how to pursue a job effectively can be as important as the position's required qualifications. Career Services provides necessary insights to enable students and alumni to search for employment more effectively.
Self-Assessment and Goal Setting
- Assess interests, skills, experiences, knowledge, and attributes
- Determine career objectives
- Define goals
- Identify career fields
- Prioritize career options
Prepare Necessary Tools: Resumes and Cover Letters
Resumes and cover letters must create a strong first impression as both serve as a means to market yourself effectively to prospective employers. Several drafts will be necessary before you develop a resume that best reflects your abilities, skills, and educational background. Career Services can assist you in evaluating and revising early drafts of your resumes and cover letters.
To assist you in getting started with resume and cover letter writing, we recommend the following online resources:
Identify Employers and Business Opportunities
- Research a variety of sources: classified ads, online resources, Chamber of Commerce, and employer directories.
- Utilize the Career Library and the Career/Business holdings in the Cook Library.
- Look beyond the obvious and keep an open mind as you explore options.
- Make personal contacts through faculty, family, employers, and friends.
Interviewing Skills
Your excellent resume and cover letter helped secure an interview, but it is the interview process that determines whether you will be offered the job you are seeking. This is the chance to make your most positive impression - effective preparation is essential. You want to feel confident, prepared for any interview question, and have done significant research about the company/organization.
These resources provide effective tips and strategies for preparing for a job interview:
http://www.careernavigator.com
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We focus on education for a life of contribution in the private sector. We believe that is where the productive future exists. We specialize, in that we develop and build all our curriculums around the principles of the market economy. We incorporate a series of beliefs into our curriculums. And they serve to anchor us in order that the changing parts of what we do cannot lead us astray.
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