Organizing Your Job Search

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Organizing Your Job Search

• UI100 First-Year Seminar

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Organizing Your Job Search

• You should begin preparing for your job search as
  soon as you begin your college career.

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Organizing Your Job Search

• What are some things you can do to prepare?
• Participate in campus activities
• Volunteer
• Network at job fairs
• Create positive relationships with professors

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Organizing Your Job Search

• When should you start attending job fairs?
• Benefits?

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Organizing Your Job Search

• What are the top ten qualities that employers
  seek in their employees
• (According to jobweb.com)
• 10. Organizational Skills
• 9. Computer Skills
• 8. Analytical Skills
• 7. Flexibility/adaptability
• 6. Motivation/initiative

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• 5. Strong work ethic
• 4. Interpersonal skills
• 3. Teamwork skills
• 2. Honesty/Integrity
• 1. Communication Skills (written verbal)

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Organizing Your Job Search

• Steps to take to find a job
• No matter how early or late you begin your
  search, remember that its YOUR career and YOUR
  life.
• Participate in mock interviews.
• Identify companies that offer the kind of work
  youre interested in and find out which ones
  offer internships.

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Organizing Your Job Search

• What kind of workplace do you want to be a part
  of? Answer these questions
• Do you prefer a formal workplace?
• Do you prefer an informal workplace?
• Do you want to sit in front of a computer all
  day?
• Do you like interacting with people?

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Organizing Your Job Search

• Do you like speaking in front of people?
• Do you work better in groups or better
  individually?
• Do you need flexibility?

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• Do you like to dress up in the morning?
• Do you like to talk on the phone?
• Do you like learning about new technological
  innovations?

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Organizing Your Job Search

• Always remember, that it is YOUR life!
• What one has to do usually can be done.
• Eleanor Roosevelt

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In-Class Writing Assignment

• In a couple of paragraphs, tell me what you are
  going to do while you are in college to increase
  your chances of getting a good job when you
  graduate.