1. Targeting Your Job Search: Mobilize Your Network
Chapter 9
Targeting Your Job Search: Mobilize Your Network
Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you.
—Aldous Huxley

2. Student Learning Outcomes
Identify the components of a successful job search.
Begin the process of searching for a job.
Explain how to find the hidden job market.
Develop your network.
Expand your network.

3. Starting the Job Search
Understand and know how to use classified ads.
Understand methods for promoting yourself.
Understand and use employment agencies.
Maximize volunteer and internship opportunities.

4. Volunteer for Real-World Experience
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5. Use Your College Career Center
College career centers are treasure troves of great resources.
Job fairs
Career software and library resources
Job Search workshops
Mock interviews and resume preparation
Employer visits

6. Social Networks
Social Networks are great resources for networking with others and seeking job leads.
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn A 2010 Jobvite Survey indicated that recruiters are choosing LinkedIn as the #1 tool to publish jobs for free, get referrals, research candidates, and find direct-source candidates.

7. Become Your Own Boss
By starting your own business you can create your own career opportunities.
Entrepreneurial ventures are only limited by your imagination and marketplace.
Resource: Small Business Administration

8. Graduate School?
In a slow job market, graduate school can be a viable alternative.
Weigh the pros and cons.
Consult a career professional.
Consider other options: Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, Gap Year experience, teaching English in a foreign country.

9. Networking The process of developing and maintaining contacts.
The best network is personal interaction.
The newest method: Social networks on the Web.
The secret of networking is reciprocity.

10. Information Interviewing
Involves identifying people who are doing what you want to be doing and asking questions related to their current job.
Can refine your knowledge of a particular field.
Can help you develop social skills related to interviewing.

11. Tips for Job-seeking While Unemployed
Stick to a daily job search schedule.
Keep active and in touch with people.
Match your skills to an employer’s needs.
Spend a portion of each day online researching job leads.
Reserve the final part of day for follow-up.

12. Mega-Websites The Monster Board (www.monster.com
America’s Job Bank (
National Resources for People with Disabilities (
Online Job Search Guide and Career Resource Center (
CareerBuilder (
Nation Job Network (
The Riley Guide (
The Richard Bolles Parachute Site ( HuntersBible.com)
California Career Café (