This document provides 10 tips for effective job hunting: 1) conduct a career self-assessment to identify targets that match your interests, values, and skills; 2) view your job search as selling yourself and emphasize quantifiable achievements over job responsibilities; 3) tailor your resume length and format to suit your experience level and position sought; 4) focus your resume on the skills most relevant to the job and highlight achievements and qualifications; 5) choose a chronological, functional, or combination resume style depending on your background and position; 6) quantify your achievements using measurable results rather than just describing responsibilities; 7) understand an employer's needs and how you can fill them; 8) treat your job search like a full-time job

1. 10 Job Hunting Tips
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2. 1. Who are you and what do you want?
• Do your career self assessment
• Find your career targets
• Compare with your interest,
values, and skills
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3. 2. Writing to sell best product YOU!
• Job search is Like selling
yourself
• Understand the product YOU
• Position the product (Use
planning and
Management Skills)
• Emphasize benefits not features
• Add credibility with specific,
measurable results (Savings,
%age improvements)
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4. 3. One Page Resume rule
• No one page rule
• Recent graduate (1 Page)
• Person with 30 years experience
(3-5 Pages)
• Highlight achievements &
Success
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5. 4. Resume Rules
• No rules for resume writing
• Start with most supportive skills
that are required
• Professional Qualification
• Career Profile
• Summary of Skills
• Career achievements
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6. 5. Select the resume-suitable for you
• Chronological Resume
– Recent to last
– Responsibilities, Highlights,
achievements, projects
• Functional Resume
– Strength of Skills & Qualification
– Suitable when Past job is not
related with new job
– Highlight skills, achievements,
project
• Combination Resume
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7. 6. Sell it to me - don’t tell it to me
• Improved customer satisfaction
ratings.
VS
• Increased customer satisfaction
ratings from 72 to 97 percent
within three months following an
intensive employee training
Program
• Sell your Knowledge and
Success
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8. 7. Think Like the Employer
• Determine the target employer’s
needs
• Determine your fit for each
position
• Make it easy for the resume
readers
• Prove your worth through
reproducible, quantifiable
achievements that reflect your
success
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9. 8. Job search is a job
• Identify your skills
• Research the job market
• Market yourself in a right way
• Know what employer want
• Develop job leads
• Use time wisely
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10. 9. By Pass the HR Department
• Send one Resume also to
Decision Making Authority
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11. 10. Create your own personal brand
• Job search in 21st century is
changed
• Market yourself as package of
benefits
• Employment not for titles but
results
• I did for xyz & more better for
you.
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