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What makes the job search a difficult process? - correct answer ✔✔ - Complex & Ambiguous
cues
- Overwhelming amount of choices and Info
- Interdependent courses of action
- Uncertainty of the outcome
- Solutions present new problems
Job hunting is the process of: - correct answer ✔✔ Seeking rejection
Employers' Ranking of Skills: - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Communication skills (critical)
2. Interpersonal skills (critical)
3. Analytical skills
4. Teamwork skills
5. Flexibility
Job Hunting Tips - correct answer ✔✔ - Tell everyone your goals
- Seek feeback when turned down
- Don't be afraid to call an employer
- Always get a contact name
- No perfect interview answers
- Be persistent
- You must follow-up
,- Be yourself
Focusing a Job Campaign - correct answer ✔✔ Success in the job market involves a clearly
defined appraoch with a focus
- must make best use of your time
4 hrs/day and 6 days a week= 24 hrs/ week ---> 10 hrs average time identify opportunity,
research company and interview and get offer
* Effectively - focus on doing right things
* Efficiency - doing those right things well
Job Hunting - Self-Assessment Themes - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Professional Aspects of the
profession
2. Routines and Primary job activities
3. Tasks and Responsbilities
4. Organizational Style
5. Rewards & Compensation
6. Social
Job Hunting - Personal Factors - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Employment Preferences
2. Family Situation
3. Job Target(s)
Focus on Your Self-Assessment - Keep Search Process in Control - correct answer ✔✔ -Manage
Anxiety
-focus on parameters/goals and have support group
-Manage Time Effectively
-each activity has opportunity cost
,Manage Pressure
-only you know what jobs are best for you
Self Knowledge - correct answer ✔✔ -Values - what work setting/employers will allow you to
satisfy your values?
-Interests- what type of position will allow you to engage in work activities you enjoy
-Skills- What type of position will draw on your strengths. *** expand geographic location or
target job (not both)
CASVE - correct answer ✔✔ -Communication
Need to make an employment decision
-Analysis
Obtain information/reflect on learned on what you want --> understand self and employment
options
-Synthesis
Expand/Narrow jobs options
**Expanding Options*
- Generate list of potential employers
- Use info resources to generate new options
**Narrowing Options*
- consider what you learned in analysis - values, interests, skills
- select only jobs that will help narrow employement gap
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Valuing
- Select top choices
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Execution
- Take action to make the transition to employement
Understand How thoughts Influence a Job Campaign - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Affects of
Positive/Negative Self-Talk
2. Self-Awareness
3. Control & Monitoring
Barriers to Job Campaign - correct answer ✔✔ - shy/lack of confidence
- fear of rejection
- lack of necessary skills
- procrastination
- not knowing where to start
Job Search Errors - Top 10 - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Failure to Network
2. Limiting Job Sources
3. Restricted Job search
4. Poor Interview Techniques
5. Inadequate Interview Preparation
6. Too little time devoted to Search
7. Little Attention to Personal Appearance
8. Poor Resume
9. Canned Approach
10. Negative Attitude