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CONSIDER YOUR OPTIONS

• I Gathering Job Vacancies
• Want Ads / Advertisements
• Career Services
• Employment/Placement Agencies

• Database Placement Services and Networks
• Professional Associations
• Attend Job/Career Fairs
• On -Campus Interviews
• Job Listings

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CONSIDER YOUR OPTIONS

• II Unadvertised Openings
• Targeted Mailings
• Career Services
• Executive Search Firms

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CONSIDER YOUR OPTIONS

• III Creative Job Seeking
• Networking /Informational Interviewing
• Part-time positions
• Career Services
• Volunteer Work
• Self Employment

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OPTION I. Gathering Job Vacancies

• Most common
• yet least effective
• if
• used alone

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I. Want Ads/ Advertisements

• Placing your own ad (position wanted) in
  newspapers and professional journals

• Answering help wanted ads in papers, job
  hotlines, newsletters, current job listings,
  professional journals, and online (www...)

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I. Want Ads/ Advertisements, cont.

• Prof. Jr. Ads 7 Success Rate
• Non-local Ads 10 Success Rate
• Local Ads 5 to 24 Success Rate
• NOTE Over 80 of all current job openings are
  never advertised

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I. Career Services

• Job Listings
• On-Campus Interviews
• Career Fairs
• Mock Interview Day
• Resource Materials Printed Video
• Registration and online resume service
• _at_ http//www.career.und.edu
  

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I. Employment Agencies Placement Services

• Make sure they have the types of openings you are
  looking for
• Read the fine print
  before signing
  contracts
  (get advice)
• Some services do mailings for you but YOU can
  target your own

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I. Employment Agencies Placement Services,
Cont.

• Make SURE the job is FEE PAID! You should not
  have to pay a fee! The firms client is the
  employer so they dont always have your best
  interests in mind.
• You give up control of your own job search which
  means you can not follow up effectively
• 5-24 Success Rate in obtaining a job here!

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I. Database Placement Services/ Networks

• You may enter your resume online or send it into
  a national service and employers then pay to
  review your resume.
• (No charge to employers at UND)

• In a tight job market, eager employees come to
  employers.
• Employers rarely pay to review applicants
  resumes who fail to contact their organization
  directly.

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I. Database Placement Services/ Networks

• Only 1 of the general population and 40 of
  computer science folks will find their job
  online.
• Richard Bowles, Author Job Hunting on the
  Internet

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I. Database Placement Services/ NetworksYou
decide.

• Negatives
• 11,000 sites that deal with jobs/careers
• Employers prefer to fill jobs without ads
• Hidden Job Market

• Less personal
• High response volume
• Harder to determine if interest is really there
• Necessity to prescreen

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I. Database Placement Services/ Networks
You decide.

• Positives
• Provides a large pool of resumes
• Wider geographical area
• Fast way to announce jobs
• Reduces response time

• Resumes may be prescreened before contact
• More economical
• Easier to change messages
• Additional recruiting outlet

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I. Professional Associations

• Professional Journals
• Placement Services
• Government Bulletins
• Alumni Organizations

• Association Placement Services
• On/Off Campus Associations
• Special Directories Listings
• ACCESS (public interest listings)

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I. On-Campus Interviews

• Students submit resumes and employers interview
  the students whose resumes they have selected.
• Mostly larger companies
  and some smaller concerns
  use this process.
• Note This can be successful for
• certain students very competitive!

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I. Job Listings

• Full-time - Temporary
  Permanent (vacancy list)
• Part time
• Summer
• Apply directly to advertised
  openings listed on the
  Career Services/ Co-op web page
• Not as competitive as on-campus interviewing

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OPTION II. Identifying unadvertised openings

• 1.) Identifying prospective organizations
• 2.) Developing effective strategies and the
  approaches to reach them

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II. Targeted Mailings Resumes Cover Letters

• Targeted mailings (certain geographic areas,
  fields, alumni, members of organizations, etc.)
• ...are much more effective than...
• mass mailings (mailing hundreds of letters to ALL
  firms in an area with no mention of specifics)

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II. Targeted Mailings Cont.
Resumes Cover Letters

• Targeted mailings require...
  targeted cover letters
• Get a NAME to send it to if possible (Recruiting
  Coordinator or Hiring Authority)
  
• Follow up by phone (if you havent heard back
  in 2 weeks)

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II. Targeted Mailings, Cont.

• Get Contact Information through
• Membership Lists
• Directories
• Phone Books (www.bigyellow.com)
• Alumni Directories
• Company Web sites
• See Career Services for assistance

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Contact Career Services/ Co-op Ed

• WE OFFER
• Resources and services to assist you
  in locating potential employers
• On campus recruiting and job fair directories
  in print and online at http//www.career.und.edu

• WE HELP YOU
• learn to write effective resumes cover letters,
  
• develop practice successful interviewing
  skills,
• teach you to get the most out of your job search
  and
• how to dress for success !

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II. Contacting Executive Search Firms ...
HEADHUNTERS

• Who specialize in your field and contact the
  employers for you. (Very useful if they have a
  trusted relationship with an employer and know
  the employers hiring profile.)
• Not usually an option for a first job in a field
• Employers pay fees for experienced personnel
• Useful IF you have relevant experience
• You give up control of the process

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OPTION III. Creative Job Seeking

• Develop contacts by soliciting information about
  your field from people who
• 1 - are already working in your field
• 2 - have the power to hire or recommend you

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III. Networking Informational Interviewing

• Develop a list of direct and indirect contacts
  
• Network ask relatives, friends, alumni,
  professors, association members, etc. for
  information and advice
• NOTE 75 of ALL jobs are found through
  networking!

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III. Ask for Information-Part 1The
informational interview

• Learn about them how they found their job, how
  they became successful, what they like and dont
  like about their position.

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III. Ask for Information-Part 1, Cont.
The informational interview

• Remember ... people love to talk about
  themselves and to feel they have helped someone
  else to follow in their footsteps.
• Finally, dont forget...it is is not always what
  you know but who you know that counts!

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III. Ask for Information - Part 2 The
informational interview

• Their organization where to find out more about
  their company, who their competitors are, what
  problems they are currently facing

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III. Ask for Information - Part 2 The
informational interview

• Their field sources of information and job
  listings they use, what you should do now to get
  into that field in the future. Ask if they are
  willing to give you names of other professionals
  or to let you know if they hear of an opening in
  their field.

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III. Part-time positions, clinicals, fieldwork,
ex/internships, Co-ops, temporary agencies

• Gain experience and make contacts with those that
  specialize in your field
• Make inside contacts
  at organizations and
  be available to
  move
  into full-time openings
• Earn money get
  credits while job hunting
• Work smarter faster
  to complete your degree

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III. Contact your Career Services Office

• To learn about different career areas of your
  major, work settings and develop contacts
• Attend workshops and make individual appointments
  with career professionals
• Develop skills needed to create utilize
  networking informational interviewing
  techniques
• Career Services may also act as a referral source
  to other UND departments that can assist you

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III. Sign up for pro-bono programs, join
organizations, VOLUNTEER!

• Develop your skills while helping others
• Meet professionals in your field working for
  organizations of interest to you
• Get involved and show your commitment
• Openings may be made known to you before they are
  advertised elsewhere
• Network! Network! Network!
• Over 75 of all jobs are obtained through
  networking!

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III. Self Employment

• Lots of independence
• Risky, high start up costs
• Requires a great deal
  of knowledge about small
  business management

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10 Effective Job Search Strategies

• 1 - Narrow your focus
• 2 - Research your field
• 3 - Create a targeted resume
• 4 - Be creative in your strategies
• 5 - Get assistance from Career Services

• 6 - Evaluate your success
• 7 - Follow up with potential employers
• 8 - Maintain complete records
• 9 - Use all available resources
• 10 - Persist through all the rejections and
  delays

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1 - Narrow your focus

• Where do you see yourself in 5 yrs. ?
• What kind of experience would a position like
  that take?
• Where can you get related experience now?
• Remember, a companys number one hiring expense
  is training costs.
• Convince them you know what you want and why by
  doing YOUR homework!

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2 - Research your field

• Decide what service or industry you want to be
  involved in.
• Check them out on the internet or come to Career
  Services.
• Find out ALL the businesses that are in that
  field.
• What kind of work would you like to do for them?
• Where are their locations?
• Do they have an intern/co-op program?

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3 - Create a targeted resume
To obtain a position as your job with ABC
Company

• Know your objective and state it clearly
• Prioritize your information in order of
  importance to the employer
• Page 1 job qualifications Page 2 gravy but
  wont cost you the job.
• Page 3

Only 1out of 1470 resumes a job offer
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4 - Be creative in your strategies

• Job Shadow
• Informational Interviews
• Volunteer
• Co-op or Internship
• Tour their facility
• Join a Professional Assn.
• Network
• What problem do they have that you could assist
  with? (Find a need and fill it!)

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5 - Get assistance from UND Career
Services
777-3904 / 4105
Room 280 McCannel Hall
ABC Co.
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6 - Evaluate your success What
have you learned about ...?

• Yourself?
• Focusing?
• Job hunting?
• The world of work?
• Skills you need to improve?
• Other classes to take?
• Other resources?
• Planning a life?

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7 - Follow up with potential employers

• Dont assume they will get back to you!
• Call, if you havent heard from them in 2 weeks.
• Write THANK YOU notes and brief letters .
• Keep your name and resume before them.
• Let them know you want the job!

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8 - Maintain complete records

• Keep track of who you have contacted and when.
• Know what you need to do next with each employer.
• Know who you are talking to when they call!
• Keep track of the pluses and learn from the
  negatives!

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9 - Use ALL available resources

• Network!
• Network!
• Network!
• How many jobs
• are obtained by networking?
• 75 You got it!!

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10 - Persist through all the rejections and
delays

• Babe Ruth was at bat 8399 times before he hit a
  record breaking 714 home runs!
• Try not to get discouraged! Any rejections you
  may encounter arent personal this is business!
• Stay focused! If you really want it dont
  give up just find another way to approach it!
• It isnt how many times you fail but how many
• times you get up that counts !!(Babe Ruth)

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So, what are the 5 Best Ways to Find a Job

• 33 - Asking for job leads
• 47 - Knocking on the employers door
• 69 - By using the phonebook yourself
• 84 - With a (support) group of other job hunters
  all contacting employers
• 86 - Using the Creative Approach
  
• ( see Career Services for details and workshops)
  Success rates taken from What Color is Your
  Parachute, by Richard Bowles

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Dont forgetPEOPLE HIRE PEOPLETHEY DONT HIRE
PAPER!
Relax, be yourself!