Welcome
Welcome
Department of Labor
Employment Workshop
Webinar
1 Hour Section Two:
Career Exploration & Validation
Open of Day Two:
 Review of Day One
Day Two
 Daily Logistics / Sign Posting
Attitude
1 Hour Section Two:
Strength
Career Exploration & Validation
Day Two
Target Employers:
FG pg 53
Strength
1.5 Hour Section Two:
Career Exploration & Validation
Find Opportunities & Target
Employers:
FG pages 54 - 57
Day Two
Job Boards
1. Heroes to Hired
2. New Generic domain name – .jobs
3. Cautions
1.5 Hour Section Two:
Possibility
Career Exploration & Validation
Find Opportunities & Target
Employers:
FG pages 58 - 65
Day Two
Fact-finding Calls
1. Video – Bad call/Good call
2. Sample Scripts for Fact-finding Phone Calls
3. Company Information Record Template
1.5 Hour Section Two:
Prospect
Career Exploration & Validation
Networking Communities:
Day Two
1. Online Groups
I. Meet Up
II. Pinterest
FG pg 66
1.5 Hour Section Two:
Resilience
Career Exploration & Validation
Find Opportunities & Target
Employers:
FG pg 71
Day Two
Business Environment/Business Concepts
1. Understanding Business will set you apart
2. Bridging to Business Acumen
Resilience
1.5 Hour Section Two:
Career Exploration & Validation
Read
Business
Publications
Watch
Business
News
Join
Professional
Networking
Orgs
Attend
Courses
Mentor for
Business &
Profession
Develop Understanding of Business Concepts
FG pg 72
Accountability
Partner
Attitude
1.5 Hour Section Two:
Career Exploration & Validation
FG pages 74 – 78
Develop your Professional Introduction
Day Two
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Begin with success stories
STAR Method
1.5 Hour Section Two:
Attitude
Career Exploration & Validation
FG page 78
End of Section Two
Day Two
•
Update ITP
Activities
Section Two:
Career Exploration & Validation
Day Two
Activities
Employment Data for your career
Checklist of Essential Tools
Your Phone: Checklist
Draft Your Professional Introduction &
Practice
Accountable
Talent
Section Three:
Job Search Plan
Career
Work
Family
Day Two
Finances
House?
Retirement
Kids
Changes
Section Three:
Job Search Plan
Changes for this Section:
Clean up online presence
Day Two
Use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and
other apps for effective job search
Potential
Focus
Section Three:
Job Search Plan
Day Two
What to focus on in this Section:
 This combines Legacy ‘Best Practices’
with the current Job Search strategies.
 Creates capacity in participants—
what they need for an effective job
search.
Execution
2.5 Hours
Section Three:
Job Search Plan
Day Two
Objectives
• Set Goals
• Schedule
• Network
• Utilize Job Search Methods
• Analyze Job Postings
• Complete Application Forms
Aptitude
FG pages 79 – 98
Section Three:
Job Search Plan
SMART
GOAL
Trackable
Realistic
FG pages 80 – 83
2.5 Hours
Section Three:
Job Search Plan
Day Two
Schedule
Fitness
FG pg 84
Day Two
2.5 Hours
Section Three:
Job Search Plan
FG page 84
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
8-10
8-10
8-10
8-10
8-10
Review Job
Postings
Research
Companies
Review Job
Postings
Interview
Review past
week
10-12
10-12
10-12
10-12
10-12
Target Resumes
Practice
Answering
Questions
Play Golf
(network)
Send Thank
you, Analysis
Review Skills,
add more
12-1
12-1
12-1
12-1
12-1
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
1-4
1-4
1-4
1-4
1-4
Complete
online
application,
Calls
Interview,
Network event
Send Thank
you, Analyze
Interview
Twitter,
LinkedIn,
Facebook
Target
Resumes
4-5
4-5
4-5
4-5
4-5
Plan for
tomorrow
Plan for the
week
Cook Dinner
with Friends
Walk
Clean Office
2.5 Hours
Section Three:
Job Search Plan
FG page 85
Methods Used by Job Seekers
27% Employer Directly
27% Resume/Application
9% Answered Job Posting
14% Friends/Relatives
11% Public Employment Agency
4% Private Employment Agency
Day Two
8% Non-specified other
4%
11%
8%
27%
14%
9%
Average number of methods used: 2.03
27%
Day Two
2.5 Hours
Section Three:
Job Search Plan
FG page 87
2.5 Hours
Section Three:
Job Search Plan
Day Two
Networking Plan
Resolve
FG pages 90 – 91
Face-to-face Networking
Online Networking
1. Networking and Job Search via Social
Media
2. LinkedIn: Recruiters and Headhunters
3. SimplyHired and LinkedIn
2.5 Hours
Section Three:
Job Search Plan
Day Two
Simply Hired Job Aid
Determination
FG pages 90 – 91
2.5 Hours
Section Three:
Job Search Plan
Simply Hired Job Aid
Perseverance
FG pages 90 – 91
2.5 Hours
Section Three:
Job Search Plan
Simply Hired Job Aid
Ability
FG pages 90 – 91
2.5 Hours
Section Three:
Job Search Plan
Proficiency
FG pg 92 – 94
Day Two
Facebook for Job Search
a. Facebook Applications for Job
Searching
Twitter for Job Search
Section Three:
Network Plan
Network
Online
Effort
Organize
In
Person
Schedule
Focus
Target
Employers
Resume
2.5 Hours
Section Three:
Job Search Plan
Complete Application Forms
Day Two
Your Right to Privacy
Skill
FG pg 98
Activities
Section Three:
Job Search Plan
Activities
Draft a short-term and long-term goal
Day Two
Identify Network Contacts
Activities
Day Two
Section Four:
Build an Effective Resume
Talent
Changes
Section Four:
Build an Effective Resume
Potential
Day Two
Changes for this Section:
 Updated resume sections: Summary section as an
option to an Objective Statement
 Include instruction on efficient use of electronic
Master Resume
Focus
Section Four:
Build an Effective Resume
What to focus on in this Section:
Day Two
Draft a Targeted Resume section-bysection
Execution
4.5 Hours
Section Four:
Build an Effective Resume
Skill
FG pages 99 – 165
Day Two
Section 4 Objectives:
Understand the Resume Reader
Target Resumes and Master Electronic Resume
Sections of a Resume
Contact Information
Career Objective Statement
Summary
Areas of Expertise
(cont.)
Experience
4.5 Hours
Section Four:
Build an Effective Resume
Competent
FG pages 99 – 165
Day Two
Section 4 Objectives:
Education and Training
Prepare References
Resume Types
Resume Formatting
Resume Review
Cover Letter
Salary History
4.5 Hours
Section Four:
Build an Effective Resume
Skillfulness
FG page 100
Day Two
Resume Quiz
4.5 Hours
Section Four:
Build an Effective Resume
Understanding the Resume Reader:
Scanners and Parsers
Day Two
Screeners
Hiring Managers
Handiness
FG pg 102
Section Four:
Build an Effective Resume
Talent
FG pg 107
Day Two
Target Resumes and Master Electronic Resume
4.5 Hours
Section Four:
Build an Effective Resume
Day Two
Target Resumes and Master
Electronic Resume;
Aptitude
FG pg 121
Sections of a Resume
Career Objective Statement or Summary
Areas of Expertise
4.5 Hours
Section Four:
Build an Effective Resume
Skill
Day Two
FG pg 130 – 143
Sections of a Resume
Identify Your Skills and Accomplishments
a. Roles for Effective Leaders
b. Success Stories
c. Action Verbs for Accomplishments
d. Power Words & Phrases
e. Keyword Integration
4.5 Hours
Section Four:
Build an Effective Resume
Video #2: Wordsmithing bullets into
Accomplishment Statements
Day Two
Appendix E: Supplemental Exercise
Capable
FG pg 139
Activities
Section Four:
Build an Effective Resume
Experienced
Day Two
Activities
Resume Quiz
Targeted Objective or
Summary Statement
Areas of Expertise
Write Accomplishment
Statements
Resume Lab
Build Keywords into
Targeted Resumes
Potential References
4.5 Hours
Section Four:
Build an Effective Resume
Skill
FG pg 144
 Estimated end of Day Two
Day Two
 Remind add to ITP
 Summarize Day
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