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SettingYour Course | |
Planning Your Job Search Job Search | |
Set Your Course Job Search | |
Gather Your Tools Job Search | |
Hire an Employer Job Search Step Four: Begin the Search | |
Conducting a Self-Assessment | |
Know Yourself Choose the Right Job for You | |
Set Career Goals | |
Try Informational Interviewing and Job Shadowing | |
Planning and Organizing the Job Hunt | |
Make Job Hunting | |
Your New Job Organizational Tools for Job Hunters | |
Managing Your Job Hunting Files, Documents and Notes | |
Managing Your Attitude During the Job Hunt | |
Gathering Your Tools | |
Preparing Your R?sum? | |
How to Write a R?sum? | |
Types of R?sum?s | |
What to Do About Gaps in Your Job History FAQs for Experienced Job Hunters R?sum? | |
Alternatives R?sum? | |
Software How to E-Mail Your R?sum? | |
Writing Cover Letters | |
Elements of the Cover Letter | |
The Write Stuff Alternative | |
Letter-Writing Strategies | |
An Old Marketing Trick | |
Use a P.S. to Make Your Case E-Mail vs. Postal Mail | |
Types of Cover Letters Sample Cover Letters | |
Obtaining References and Assembling a Portfolio References Available Upon Request Assemble a Portfolio | |
Hunting for an Employer | |
Targeting Potential Employers | |
Generate Job Leads | |
Turn Dead Ends into Live Contacts | |
Read the Classifieds Making Contacts at Job Fairs Research | |
Potential Employers Informational Interviews | |
Long-Distance Job Hunting | |
Taking Your Job Hunt Online | |
Pounding the Virtual Pavement E-mail | |
Etiquette Searching the Internet | |
The Right Site Put the Internet to Work for You | |
Have You Considered...? | |
Federal Jobs Working for a Nonprofit Corporation | |
Working for a Small Company | |
Starting Your Own Business | |
Taking a Different Job Path | |
Further Education | |
Backdoor Your Way into a Job | |
Part-Time Jobs Working in a Related Position | |
Temping Freelancing Entry-Level Positions | |
Internships Volunteer Work | |
Beginning the Search | |
Filling Out Job Applications | |
The Application Form Completing the Application Form | |
Typical Application Questions | |
Interviewing Preparation | |
The Key to Interview Success | |
Before the Interview | |
During the Interview | |
After the Interview Nontraditional Ways to Get an Interview | |
Reasons for Unsuccessful Interviews | |
Handling Rejection Ask for What You Want | |
Evaluating Job Offers Choose the Best Job for You | |
Negotiate Your Salary | |
The End Is in Sight | |
Learning Your New Job | |
Your First Few Days on the Job | |
Your First Few Weeks on the Job | |
Your First Year on the Job Tips for Working with Your Manager | |
Managing Relationships on the Job Finding a Mentor | |
The Importance of Staying Current | |
How You Will Be Evaluated Advice from Those | |
Who Have Made It | |
An Invitation to Share | |
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