Chapter 6
Finding a Job
Lesson 6.2
Organizing Your Job Search
Organizing Your Job Search
Discover
How to keep track of job leads
How to gather information about
jobs and businesses
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Why It’s Important
When you’re organized, it’s
easier to use the information
to get the job you want.
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Key Terms
database
employer
annual report
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Keeping Track
Being organized is the key to a
successful job search.
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Setting Up a System
A simple way to organize your
job search is to record job leads
on index cards or sheets of
paper.
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Setting Up a System
If you prefer working with
computers, you can organize
your job leads in a database
program.
A database can store data, or
information, in different ways.
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Getting the Details Down
Create an index card or a
database entry for every person
on your contact list.
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Getting the Details Down
If there are any businesses you’d
like to work for, create a card or
database entry for each.
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Getting the Details Down
You can also create card or
database entries for classified job
listings you are interested in.
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How the System Works
After you’ve made a card for
each contact or lead, make
contact.
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How the System Works
After contacting the person or
business, make notes on the
card.
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How the System Works
If someone you’ve talked to calls
you, get out his or her card.
Use it to refresh your memory.
Update the card with new
information.
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Researching Jobs and
Employers
In between getting a job lead and
getting a job, you must do some
investigating.
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The Benefits of
Research
You want to find out as much as
you can about possible jobs and
employers.
An employer is a person or
business that pays a person or
group of people to work.
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The Benefits of
Research
Knowing about a job or business
will give you self-confidence,
which will help you make a good
impression.
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The Benefits of
Research
What you learn will also help you
decide whether a particular job is
right for you.
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Questions to Ask
You can get some basic facts
about a business by asking
questions like these:
What kinds of goods or
services does the business
offer?
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Questions to Ask
What kind of reputation does
the business have with its
workers and customers?
What types of work do people
do there?
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Questions to Ask
Is the business growing and
expanding?
Is it possible to move up in the
business?
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Ways to Get Answers to
Your Questions
How do you get answers to your
questions? Here are a few
suggestions:
Talk to employees.
Talk to customers.
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Ways to Get Answers to
Your Questions
Visit the business.
Read the company’s annual
report. An annual report
describes the company and
reports yearly financial results.
Review the business’s Web site.
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Attitude Counts
Starting a New Job
Starting a new job is hard for anyone.
Your employer doesn’t expect you to
know everything right away. If you’re
willing to learn and have a sense of
humor, your first few weeks will not be too
difficult.
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Investigating Career
Clusters
Finance
Finance Acquiring, investing, and
managing money
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Investigating Career
Clusters
Finance
If you are the type of person who always
puts birthday checks in your savings
account, a career in finance might be right
for you.
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Critical Thinking Review
Critical Thinking
Q Why is it important to organize your job
search from the beginning?
A Organizing your job search will help you keep
track of all your job leads and where they are
heading.
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Critical Thinking Review
Critical Thinking
Q What would be convenient about using a
database instead of cards to organize job
leads?
A A database allows you to organize your
information quickly, and it can be
reorganized as needed.
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End of Chapter 6
Finding a Job
Lesson 6.2
Organizing Your Job Search