Practical Means of Acquiring Work

1. WHAT CAN I DO TO
IMPROVE MY JOB
SEARCH?
Do I Need a Resume!
Is it Worth Thousands of
Dollars?
AHaller

2. MR. WANTTABE 
123 MAIN STREET
TAMPA, FLORIDA
Telephone: 813-555-1111
E-mail: BorntobeWild@aol.com
Skills
One big vivid imagination
Not being independently wealthy I am seeking any emploment.
Education: PhD Astroid Physics. Originator of the
Heisenberg principle of uncertainty
Experience
Consultant to the Stars


3. Office Word

5. Direct Approach
Many Jobs Never Appear to Us as Others
Approached Directly. They were hidden
from us or we decided not to apply –
example joining the military

6. Employment Agency
• Employers do not need to spend $$$ on internal
Human Resources Department. Employers are afraid
of who might be hired.
• They get to preview employees and not pay workers
unemployment if it does not work out.
• The agency receives 15% as a placement fee if the job
turns full time. They want to place you!
• Some agencies are dead-end unwanted positions due to
poor working conditions or low pay.

7. Cold Calling
Searching the Web – Odds greater than 1
in a 1000
•Indeed.com
•Craigslist.com

12. JobHuntersBible.Com

13. Friends and Relatives

14. Employers List of Where to
Find New Employees
People on any given day
•Retire
•Get Fired
•Quit
•Get Ill or Injured
•Get Promoted
•The Company Grows
Hire Internally
Ask Existing Employees if they know of someone
Look at list of recent direct approach candidates
Post on the Company Website and hope someone
applies
Call up an employment agency
In desperation post it on the web with Monster or
others – await hundreds of resumes to appear

15. Unemployed Look
In desperation go to the web with Monster or others
– get no answer as hundreds applied for the
position or got there first.
Call up an employment agency
Look at a Company Website and may be apply
Do a direct approach to various firms.
Ask a friend or relative or let it be known to a wide
circle of friends. Do they have any ideas?
Get discouraged and quit

16. Study: Nearly 1 in 3 U.S.
Youths Will Be Arrested by
Age 23
Startling Numbers Are a 'Wake-Up Call' That Can Harm
Health of Youth and Community
By Rita Rubin
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD
Dec. 19, 2011 -- America’s youth are in trouble -- literally.
Parents and non-parents alike might be shocked to learn a
new study estimates that roughly 1 in 3 U.S. youths will be
arrested for a non-traffic offense by age 23 -- a “substantively
higher” proportion than predicted in the 1960s.

18. Why the Rise in Arrests?
The researchers cite some “compelling reasons” for the
increase.
“The criminal justice system has clearly become more
aggressive in dealing with offenders (particularly those who
commit drug offenses and violent crimes) since the 1960s,” the
authors, all criminologists, write. In addition, “there is some
evidence that the transition from adolescence to adulthood has
become a longer process.”
From the 1920s through the 1960s, the proportion of the
population that was incarcerated remained remarkably stable at
about 100 inmates per 100,000 people, researcher Robert
Brame, PhD, of the department of criminal justice and
criminology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte,
tells WebMD. Today, Brame says, that figure has soared to 500
inmates per 100,000 people.

19. 16,000,000
2013

20. Expect rejection
Avoid Self Defeatism
I’m too young or old I’m too that
or this I have this visible or
invisible handicap
 Courage: To do that which is
difficult or risky

21. Expect rejection
Avoid Self Defeatism
I’m too young or old
I’m too that or this
I have this visible or invisible handicap
 Perseverance: Courage that
does not quit

22. WHAT CAN I DO TO
IMPROVE MY JOB
SEARCH?
I Need
• A Resume
• Direct Approach
• An Employment Agency
• More Friends and Relatives
• Courage and Perseverance
• Use of Social Media

23. WHAT CAN I DO TO
IMPROVE MY JOB
SEARCH?
Your online presence will replace
your resume in 10 years.
Dan Schawbel, Contributor at Forbes.com

24. 83 Percent of Recruiters
Look for Digital Dirt
Job seekers, beware! That social media photo of you dancing
on a table top may get a few laughs from friends, but it's no
laughing matter in the job market.
Employers scour the Internet for "digital dirt“. At least 43%
employers admitted to eliminating candidates based on the
negative information they find.
Racy social media profiles, scathing posts on community
message boards, arrest records etc. are to blame. Perfectly
qualified candidates miss out on great job opportunities.
The Internet might reveal that you're a member of a
controversial association whether religious, political, or
advocacy group.
Sharing a common name with people who work in the same
field or live in a similar area can be extremely problematic.
Prior worker compensation or civil law suits for job seekers
could lurk out there.

26. Tutorials on LinkedIn
AnsonAlex.com
1. Introduction and Overview
2. Creating a LinkedIn Profile
3. User Interface and Navigation
4. Adding Connections on LinkedIn
5. Interacting with LinkedIn
Connections
 LinkedIn Tutorial Introduction