Beginning the Job Search:

Locating & Analyzing Job Ads

DR. WILLIAM C. KURLINKUS

TECHNICAL WRITING
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
Enhancing Your Professional Image: Things That
Go in a Curriculum Vitae

Internships
Student organizations in your area
Large national organizations
Internships and training programs
Going to trade shows and professional conferences
Finding a mentor
Talking to your advisor or a favorite professor regularly
Volunteer work
Job shadowing
Thinking of class projects as professional examples.
Choosing a favorite project to go above and beyond with.
What else?
 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
 Online Job Sites

Indeed: www.indeed.com
Career Builder: www.careerbuilder.com
Monster: www.moster.com
After College: www.aftercollege.com
College Recruiter: www.collegerecruiter.com
College Grad: www.collegegrad.com
Monster College: www.college.moster.com
 Social Networking

Twitter: Actually a strong job search engine. Search:

x,y, z [your career] needed.
 Glass Door

WHAT IS GLASS DOOR?

 Analyzing a Job Ad

1. Determine the possibility of you getting this job

2. Determine what the problem this company is trying to
solve by hiring
3. Catalogue hard skills required
4. Catalogue soft skills required
5. Look for other buzzwords/keywords/search terms
6. Research the company: recent projects; ethos; pathos
7. Begin a list of how your prior experiences might be
spun towards the required skills and buzzwords
8. Locate the name and title of the person who you are
applying to