Ace a Job Fair: Webinar Or Any Information Or Materials Presented Therein

9/8/2016

The views, opinions, and information expressed during this webinar are those of the presenter and are not the views or opinions of the Newton Public Library. The Newton Public Library makes no representation or warranty with respect to the Ace a Job Fair: webinar or any information or materials presented therein. Users of webinar materials should not rely Presentation, Cover Letters, upon or construe the information or resource materials contained in this webinar as legal or Resume’s and beyond. other professional advice and should not act or 09/08/16 To log in live from home go to: https://kanren.zoom.us/j/561178181 fail to act based on the information in these The recording of this presentation will be online after the 18th @ https://kslib.info/1180/Digital-Literacy---Tech-Talks materials without seeking the services of a The previous presentations are also available online at that link competent legal or other specifically specialized

Presenter: Nathan, IT Supervisor, at the Newton Public Library professional.

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General SubTitle: The Sources Resume Writing and Online Job Search Before we begin I would like to mention some of my sources. • Randy Merrell, Tech Trainer Salina Public Library 2012 • Trent Rose , Tech Trainer Salina Public Library 2010 • Nancy Jo Leachman Librarian who has spent countless hours reviewing resumes. • Quintcareers.com an online job board which provides informative advice for job seekers. • Monster.com one of the most popular online job boards • Adams Cover Letter Almanac • Can’t Miss Resumes and several others mentioned in links

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Career Interest Career Interest Sites • Many job seekers find they are unable to find similar job opportunities because of market • Career Fitter offers a quick and free exam and industry conditions or geography limitations. which can help job seekers identify interest areas • There are a number of free online career • https://www.careerfitter.com/ interest and aptitude tests. These sites are often • I recommend career fitter especially for those who are trying to ad supported which can bring up privacy issues. re-enter the market. • ALMOST NEVER PROVIDE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS DATE OF BIRTH or sometimes even HOME TELEPHONE. (discussion?) • Community colleges also offer in-depth career testing for a small fee or for free.

Career Interest Sites Career Aptitude • SitesLiveCareer A free career aptitude test. • Quest Career Services provides a detailed • Sample Resume exam which will provide a number of potential careers. • livecareer.com

• http://www.questcareer.com/

• Specializing in outplacement and resume writing services

These facts are old but the numbers have only grown since then.

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Using Facebook for Job Searching The Hard Part First • Remain professional and friendly at all times Set up a strong profile : Focus on work and education, including where you worked the past 10–15 years, omitting any places you worked for fewer than six months. Add during your job search. It is of key importance professional skills and education. Your contact information should include links to your website or blog (if you have one). You may also want to include your email address, but people can also to be courteous to receptionists and other contact you using Facebook's message feature. gatekeepers which assist department and Be Discreet : If you don't want to be identified in a photo, untag yourself. Find networking connections : fellows or mentors in your field human resources managers. Follow companies or organizations that interest you • Maintain your network at all times during and Search for local job “groups”: Example: (Newton KS Job & Biz Opportunities) after a job search.

Clever Facebook Apps • Maintain a professional contact with at least one Reppler and SimpleWash are Facebook timeline scanning tools that scrutinize your pictures and timeline posts for tone, appropriateness and any signs of someone hacking person from your former employer. your account. To use either tool, log in with your Facebook account and give it a few minutes to scan your timeline. Repeat the scan every couple of weeks to make sure your • Remember, You are not an island. timeline is still clean. BranchOut analyzes your Facebook friend network to help you identify all of your – Ex: I made this power point with the professional connections, assistance of several friends For more on this topic try: http://www.aarp.org/work/job-hunting/info-2015/facebook-job-search-networking.html

Cold Calling Calling Before cold calling • According to QuintCareers.com four-fifths of the current job market is closed. • it is important to gather as much information as This doesn't mean there are no jobs to apply possible about an employer. for but job seekers will need to be more creative • Find out what products the company makes and look harder to find them. http://www.quintcareers.com/cold_calling.html • Services it provides • There are a number of methods for doing this • Ranking within the industry such as cold calling. • How long it has been in business • Cold calling is the process of making contact with a potential employer in person or by mail • Recent projects even though they have not advertised for help.

Finding Out About a Company Check the companies website for information first. • Step 1, seriously though • Hoovers.com provides information about businesses across the country. – Although only a certain amount of information is free it will provide enough information to be helpful. • Yahoo Finance provides additional information about publicly traded companies.

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Applying Online Tips for Applying Online • This can be the most difficult area of any job • In most cases, do not provide your Social Security search. Number or date of birth. • It is important to keep in mind job boards like (if wise, they will respect your stubbornness on this point) Monster.com primarily appeal to staffing • You may want to create a separate e-mail from your primary one as an attempt to ward off spam and agencies acting as an intermediary between to make it more professional. you and an employer. Make sure your e-mail address conveys a business like • Online job searching can be as effective as the image. (kittycat340 vs Sara.Jayne.Moore) newspaper classifieds however privacy can • Beyond traditional background checks employers become an issue. may check the Internet for information about an applicant. Avoid distasteful MySpace/Facebook or other online profiles.

Creating Online Resumes Tips for Applying Online • It is important to use formatting conservatively • If an employer contacts you by e-mail print off in online resumes to make the documents look the message and save it. Place it in a folder. the best and work on multiple software suite. • An e-mail message is usually a first point of • Online resumes are generally used for job boards contact but it is advisable to call the like Monster.com. interviewer to schedule a time. • What looks good on paper may not appear the • Write down information from phone messages. Place same online. it in that same folder. • Online resumes should avoid centering and • Find out the relationship of the interviewer to bullets, keep it straightlaced. the company and the terms of employment. • Use descriptive words rather than active words • Interviews from online job boards often take found in paper resumes. place in informal places like Coffee houses. – “Problem solver” rather than “problem solving”

Creating Online Resumes/Words Keyword Inconsistency • It is important to use words that the employer will be searching for. • It is a generally accepted standard for online resumes to use different keywords to describe • For example instead of saying managed a the same thing. restaurant crew of 20 try restaurant manager, manager or General Manager. • In your cover letter you might use A.A. degree then use Associate degree in your resume • Instead of bakery line worker try baker • Take a survey of the ads for jobs you want look at what skills they want and the words they use. Apply these keywords to your resume.

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http://www.wordle.net/ References

• ALWAYS INCLUDE EMPLOYMENT REFERENCES when applying to a specific employer.

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It is important to pack your online resume with target words that • may be picked up by employers search engines. Generally references are not included in This wordle is packed with target words that employers may possibly resumes on online job boards. be looking for.

Sample Online Resume Tools for Resume Creation • http://www.wa.gov/esd/guides/resume/post/post_sample.htm • There are a number of tools you can use for • Notice the lack of bullets use asterisks instead creating a resume. • Microsoft Office Word 00-16 available at • The entire resume is left justified nothing is many libraries. centered. • Alternatively most computers come with • Once again: Privacy experts suggest hiding your Microsoft Word, Notepad or Wordpad. name and mailing address when posting to online • A free and comprehensive office suite is job boards. available at Google Docs, Microsoft 360, OpenOffice.org or libreoffice.org • Keep in mind most of these tools have built in resume templates.

Writing a Hard Copy Resume Writing Hard Copy Resumes • Avoid posting hobbies or other interests unless they directly relate to the job. • Military experience Items which are found on a resume • Add certifications and licensure • Name address telephone fax and email • Awards (academic on the job recognition etc.) • Education/vocational training • On the job training • Work experience • Skills summary (try to apply your skills to the job you are applying for • Major accomplishments • Military experience

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Resume Types Continued Resume Types • There are two main types of resume formats Functional chronological and functional. • This format allows candidates to flaunt the skills of Chronological their choice and the experiences of which they are the • The most current work experience is presented proudest. first and works in reverse. • This format gives candidates the luxury of combining a • The last five to seven years of work experience lifelong dedication to community service into their for- is generally enough. profit achievements when switching career tracks. And • Chronological resumes are not for people who as an added bonus they work well for candidates who have taken time out of the workforce or who have want the world to forget about their brief professional more diverse work backgrounds. dalliance with interpretive dance.

Functional Resume Chronological Resume for Retail

• Example • Functional Resume www.1stwriter.com/ExampleResume1.pdf http//jobsearch.about.com/library/samples/blresumefunctional.htm • Positives: • Notice the work experience diversity Considerable detail Provides an • Pros ample amount of experience – Well crafted resume which is interesting to look at. • Negatives: • Cons Wordy, major accomplishments could be – Lacks any real leadership skills broken out with bullets.

Side note: did anybody notice that I changed bullet point formats from the last slide?

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• Resume • Resume http://www.1st- • http://www.1st- writer.com/Jane%20Doe%20HS%20Resume.pdf writer.com/Jane%20Doe%20Resume.pdf

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Helpful Resume Resources

• 1st Writer provides a comprehensive resource about creating resumes from templates and scratch. http://www.1st-writer.com/free_resume_examples.htm

• About.com Job Search Resources: this area of the site provides resume writing hints and other helpful job seeker information. http://jobsearch.about.com/

Resume Hints Cover Letter Writing • No spelling or typing errors. Not even one. • Ask a friend or family member to review your • Address it to the person who can hire you. resume for consistency and effectiveness. Resumes sent to the personnel department have a • tougher time of it. If you can find out (through Feel free to email me: [email protected] networking and researching) exactly who is making • Make sure you replace all information which is the hiring decision address the letter to that person. part of a resume template. • Be sure the name is spelled correctly and the title is correct. • Use SPELL CHECK • A touch of formality is good too, • Watch for formatting inconsistency address the person as Mr. Ms. Mrs. Miss Dr. or Professor. • The format painter in word processing (Yes life is complicated.) applications can help. • Write it in your own words so that it sounds like you--not like something out of a book and packed with • One or two pages should be the MAXIMUM SIZE personal experience examples. for most resumes. Employers are looking for knowledge enthusiasm & focus.

Cover Letter Writing Cover Letter Writing • Being “natural” makes many people nervous: even • Show that you know something about the more nervous because they are trying to avoid spelling company and the industry. This is where your research comes in. errors and grammatical mistakes. – Don’t go overboard--just make it clear that you didn’t pick • If you need a little help with grammar (do they still this company out of the phone book. You know who they are what they do and you have chosen them! teach grammar)--check out the classic work on simple • Use terms and phrases that are meaningful to the writing “Strunk Whites Elements of Style” published in employer. (This is where your industry research and 1918 and now online. A good place to begin is Chapter networking come in.) If you are applying for 5 “Words and Expressions Commonly Misused.” an advertised position use the requirements in the ad and put them in BOLD type. For example the ad says-- • The book in our catalog http://catalog.newtonplks.org/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=3.1033.0.0.4&type=Keyword&term=2785&by=CN&sort=RELEVANCE&limit=TOM=*&query=&page=0 – 2 years experience processing magnetic media (cartridge tape disc) interface with benefit plan design contracts and • The book online claims and business background with strong analytical http://faculty.washington.edu/heagerty/Courses/b572/public/StrunkWhite.pdf technical skills--dBase Excel RR SQL.

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Cover Letter • Cover Letter Builder • http://jobstar.org/tools/resume/clet-ex1.php

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Online Job Boards Local Job Boards

• There are a variety of online job boards • http://www.hayshasjobs.com/ available. • http://www.westernksjobs.com/ • The job boards can be national state regional local etc. • http://www.gomcpherson.com/ • Make note of the address account information • http://www.indeed.com – better opportunities and date a resume was posted to a job board. for small to medium towns • Note whether your resume status is private or • https://www.kansasworks.com/ public. • Experts advise job seekers to post their resume • http://www.360wichita.com/ to no more than 1-3 job sites.

National Job Boards These advertise more jobs but they are mainly in Other Great Sites larger cities. • http://www.monster.com/ – a national job board which features a resume • www.careerbuilder.com builder. The site has come under fire for not – Temp Agencies but it has some LARGE industries and great tools. protecting users privacy. • http://www.linkedin.com/ – Social network to promote yourself. • http://www.simplyhired.com/ A great way to show those in your field your latest successes. – another national job board with more opportunities • http://www.learnatest.com/LEL/index.cfm/general/moreInf nearby. This site is rated as one of the best job o/workplaceSkills resources by US News and World Report – Learning Express: I Just wanted to mention once again that there • http://www.collegerecruiter.com/ are loads of free online tools from your local library – a site which presents job opportunities for recent graduates.

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And books Using the Newton Public Library “Learning Express Library” • I would be remiss in my duty if I failed to mention that libraries do have all sorts of Job and Career Accelerator physical books and materials and librarians available to assist you in your career finding • I will walk you through how to get into the Job quest. and career accelerator from the Newton Public Library’s website and give you the link to get directly there if you’d prefer that but know it may be a slightly different process from each different library

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• Go to www.newtonplks.org Navigating the “LearningExpress” Library – Click on “Online Resources” then “Search You must first Register here before you can go on to the “Career Center” Databases”

Scroll down the list and then click on “Learning Express”

Navigating the “LearningExpress” Library Enter all your personal information and click “Create Account”

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