1. Resume Writing & Job Search Skills
College Success Foundation
July 24, 2012

3. Workshop Agenda:
Find a job or internship you would like to apply for (or graduate school, fellowship or scholarship).
Create word clouds for the job description and for your resume
Update / Edit your resume tailed to this opportunity.
As time allows discuss job search strategies.

4. Online Tools

5. What are your Key Words?
Try dropping your resume or LinkedIn Profile into an online word cloud maker:
Put Job Descriptions into a word cloud maker
Do they match?

6. My “Words”
Make Yours….

7. Company Research….. Pick a Company Take 5 minutes online to find out:
Are they hiring?
What type of positions do they have?
Do they have an internship program?
Do you know anyone who works there?
Would you like working there?
Volunteers to share what you learned?

8. Job Searching….. Bottom-line: The Hidden Job Market
You have to know what you’re looking for or you will never find it.
Use the internet as a tool to figure out what you are really looking for but it CANNOT be your only resource
It is YOUR JOB, no one else can find it for you
The Hidden Job Market
80% of jobs are never posted
Think about your direct connections
“The hidden job market is a job you can’t see,” explains Asher. “If I can hire somebody without posting the job, I’m going to do that 100% of the time.”

9. Your Network is the Backbone of Your Job Search
Use your Networking contacts. The vast majority of hiring today (80%) is relationship-based, not resume-based
Network, network, network…
It’s going to be a personal endorsement from a friend, not a resume, that often gets you the job
Your resume is one of the marketing tools that will help you differentiate yourself from other candidates
Your online reputation is another tool that will help you breakthrough
More on Networking and LinkedIn next session
(July 2)

10. A Good Job Search is Like a Class Project
Have a Plan
Have a Team
CSF is so on your team
Have a Clear Idea of What You Want
Keep track of your progress
As in actually write it down
Ask for Help if you Need it
Have a timeline
“It does not matter how slowly you go
so long as you do not stop.” -- Confucius

11. Flexibility is Your Best Friend
You do not have to be flexible about your dream – Just about HOW you achieve it.
In the beginning you will have to be creative
Explore Internships / Volunteer
Connect with the right community
Consider two pathways:
Career
Financial Need
Give Yourself Permission to Try it Out!

12. Additional Resources / Tools
Go to the company website directly!
In job searching you always want to bypass the middle person
Campus Career Centers
Professional Associations
Facebook (yes Facebook)
People you know
The grapevine…..hence the importance of the network…Examples?

13. Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do
Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there's love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong. -- Ella Fitzgerald