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Finding My Skills - Exercise Places to Look for Jobs
Where do you look for a job? Start online. Most companies use online
You have skills, knowledge and abilities from past jobs, training and education, activities, job boards to post openings and find and attract the people they need.
interests, and community service. Make a list of all the skills you have to offer an employer. These Knowing the type of job you are qualified to do makes it easier to find the
may be technical skills like operating a piece of machinery, or soft skills, like managing people or company who needs your skills. The most important thing you can do is to
negotiating a contract. Many times you can use the same skill in different job settings. get started.
My Skills and Experience:
Skills Experience Online Job Boards – Online site for job postings Networking – Talk to people
Monster.com you know and tell them you are looking for a job.
Careerbuilder.com These people know other people who may know
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of job openings or companies who could use your
Indeed.com skills. Talk to other professionals in your field,
US.jobs.com people you know from previous jobs, your church
or other organizations, where you volunteer, and
USAJobs.gov your friends and family.
Online job boards are the first place to look for a LinkedIn – Networking doesn’t have to take place
For Evaluation Only
What’s Important to Me?- Exercise Working for Wages or A Salary? job. You can search for jobs by location, industry in person anymore. LinkedIn.com is a website
What are the most important things to you about Wages are hourly pay rates for completing specific or area, full or part-time, or by looking for specific focused on networking with other professionals.
keywords. Create an account and fill out your profile
your next job? Is it money, location, or benefits? Take tasks during the work shift. The pay received including your skills, education, job history, etc., and Create a profile based on your résumé and then
a look at the list of the following features and rank depends upon what you are paid hourly, and how upload your résumé. You can easily apply for a job start linking to people you already know. Join
them with #1 being the most important, #2 being many hours you work in a week. by clicking on a link and submitting your résumé or interest groups and connect with people in your
the next important factor, and so on. Salary is a yearly dollar amount that you are paid filling out an online application form. Employers use field.
Job Fairs – Many communities and organizations
spend performing the job. The pay is usually a fixed
Type of Work Rank that does not take into account the hours you keywords to scan for people on the site who meet their hold local job fairs several times a year.
qualifications, so make sure you use keywords in your
Companies set up booths at the job fair to
Salary amount that you receive weekly or monthly. descriptions that really show your skills and abilities. promote their organization and search for
Whether you are paid an hourly wage or a salary is
Hours often based on: employees. You can talk to representatives at the
company, learn about openings, and submit your
Transportation to / from job your skills and abilities It Pays to Have Experience résumé. Watch for ads about local job fairs on TV,
Location job tasks You may be paid a bonus in newspapers, and on signs around town.
Benefits your education and experience for the right education and Go in and ask – it is okay to go into a business
Childcare the location of the job. experience as an hourly or and ask if they are hiring. Be sure you are clean,
neat, and dressed nice whenever you go in to fill
Advancement Salaried employees tend to make more money salaried employee. What are out an application. You may be asked to interview
than hourly workers, but may not be paid for any
your rare talents?
Flexible schedule overtime hours. with the manager right away.
