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Beginning The Job Search:: Locating & Analyzing Job Ads
Beginning The Job Search:: Locating & Analyzing Job Ads
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Sample Report:
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PAINTBRUSH/FORMATTING TOOL
SERIF (READABILITY) VS. SANS SERIF
(LEGIBILITY): SANS FOR HEADINGS
SUBHEADINGS, TITLES, SECTIONS
3 COLORS MAXGENERALLY 2 (NOT
INCLUDING BLACK, WHICH THE MAJORITY
OF YOUR TEXT SHOULD BE)
2 FONT SIZES AND TYPES
DONT UNDERLINE: BOLD AND ITALICIZE
VISUAL HIERARCHY: THINK ABOUT USING
FONT CHOICE AND COLOR AS WELL AS
INDENTS AND SPACE TO SHOW WHATS THE
MOST IMPORTANT AND WHATS GROUPED
CONSIDER STARTING FROM WORD
TEMPLATES, FONT SETTINGS, AND COLORS
PALETTES.
Social Networking
Twitter: Actually a strong job search engine. Search:
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Allows you to perform a job search (by field, job title, company,
or zip code)
Lets you research a companys core values, mission statement,
etc., which can be used in cover letters
Expand contacts: current and former instructors; former
bosses, managers, co-workers; other professional association
members; community leaders; businesses you frequent; alumni
LinkedIn
Endorse other peoples skills and get endorsements
Friend colleagues, family, employers, etc.
A full CV with everything belongs here not a limited
resume
Projects (can be class projects) with project goals,
solutions, implications, and testimonials
2-3 interests that show you are human (e.g. rock climbing,
sewing my own clothes, reading Victorian novels. )
Causes you care about
My NetworkAdd contacts from your email list
LinkedIn
Project Goals
To help an academic researcher win grant funds to support the development of an app that helps
disadvantaged babies and children with early language acquisition.
Our Solution
We helped this client with major revisions to four different grant applications.
We edited for content, structure, clarity, and style.
Testimonial
This was the most amazing learning experience for me. You helped me truly polish my words/ideas to say exactly what I needed it to
say, in an effective way that impacts. I think this grant application is the app Im the most proud of, ever. Mostly, Im just grateful for
the opportunity to get feedback to learn and be a more effective grant writer. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
-Dr. Brown, Assistant Professor, Anonymous University
Letters of Recommendation
Make sure you know and talk to the person you are requesting a letter from:
Analyzing a Job Ad
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Find a job ad
Determine the possibility of you getting this job
Determine what the problem this company is trying to solve by
hiring
Catalogue hard skills required
Catalogue soft skills required
Look for other buzzwords/keywords/search terms
Research the company: recent projects; ethos; pathos
Begin a list of how your prior experiences might be spun
towards the required skills and buzzwords
Locate the name and title of the person who you are applying to
Homework
DO THE READINGS: SEE SYLLABUS
2. F I N D A N D A N A L Y Z E 1 J O B A D M A K E T CHART
3. B E G I N Y O U R C V
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