Class 7: Job Search Preparation

Learning Outcomes & Resources Learning Outcomes: Assess levels of readiness of a client in and for the job search process. Guide clients in the development of self-marketing skills. Resources: Creating Marketing Statements (Course notes online) The Job Seekers Calling Card (Career Development Manual, page 72) Sample Job Seekers Calling Cards ( PDF file ) Please find your Pride Story material (skills and clusters) from CCT1. You will need this material to create your marketing statements for this lesson

Learning Outcomes:

Assess levels of readiness of a client in and for the job search process.

Guide clients in the development of self-marketing skills.

Resources:

Creating Marketing Statements (Course notes online)

The Job Seekers Calling Card (Career Development Manual, page 72)

Sample Job Seekers Calling Cards ( PDF file )

Please find your Pride Story material (skills and clusters) from CCT1. You will need this material to create your marketing statements for this lesson

Action Learning Log Review Graph courtesy of Lindsay Gerrard

The Process for Identifying and Marketing Your Skills Tell your stories (7–10) Develop a skills list Group the skills together & name the groups Re-tell the stories to illustrate specific skills cluster (SAR/PAR format) Create 90 second commercial from skills stories (aka ‘elevator speech) Create job seekers calling cards & resume Prepare for interviews

Tell your stories (7–10)

Develop a skills list

Group the skills together & name the groups

Re-tell the stories to illustrate specific skills cluster (SAR/PAR format)

Create 90 second commercial from skills stories (aka ‘elevator speech)

Create job seekers calling cards & resume

Prepare for interviews

Job Seekers Calling Cards

ALL 6: Self-Marketing You are to write: Marketing statement from your skills cluster (i.e. a sentence of phrase that describes a core skill that you have); Job Seekers Calling Card; and 90 second self-marketing statement (i.e. a personal introduction that you would use to introduce yourself to others, sometimes referred to as an ‘elevator speech’). Please post these three pieces of material to the Discussion Board as your learning log.

You are to write:

Marketing statement from your skills cluster (i.e. a sentence of phrase that describes a core skill that you have);

Job Seekers Calling Card; and

90 second self-marketing statement (i.e. a personal introduction that you would use to introduce yourself to others, sometimes referred to as an ‘elevator speech’).

Please post these three pieces of material to the Discussion Board as your learning log.

Do you have any questions?