2. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. DO YOU WORK BACK HOME? IF SO, WHAT’S YOUR TITLE?
2. HAVE YOU OR ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY EVER LOST A JOB? IF SO, WHAT
HAPPENED?
3. IN YOUR COUNTRY, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR JOB? DO YOU
GET COMPENSATION FROM THE STATE?
4. DO EMPLOYEES HAVE PROTECTIONS WHERE THEY WORK? IF SO, WHAT
KIND?
5. DOES EVERYONE SIGN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS IN YOUR COUNTRY? IF
SO, WHAT INFORMATION IS IN THE CONTRACTS?
6. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO FIND A GOOD JOB WHERE YOU ARE FROM?
7. DO YOU THINK IT’S EASY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO FIND A JOB WHERE YOU
LIVE? WHY OR WHY NOT?
8. WHAT ARE THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WHERE YOU ARE FROM?
9. DO YOU NEED A DEGREE TO GET A GOOD JOB IN YOUR COUNTRY?
10.WHAT STEPS DO YOU NEED TO TAKE TO FIND A JOB?
11.HOW IMPORTANT IS HAVING THE PERFECT RESUME?
12.DO YOU THINK THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION IN GENERAL IS GOOD WHERE
YOU ARE FROM?
13.WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR SOMEONE TRYING TO FIND A JOB?
14.WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON REASONS PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR JOBS?
3. VOCABULARY
TO LAY OFF TO BE LAID OFF
TO FIRE TO BE FIRED
TO HIRE TO BE HIRED
TO TERMINATE TO BE TERMINATED
TO RESIGN TO QUIT
TO MAKE REDUNDANT TO BE MADE REDUNDANT
TO LET GO TO BE LET GO
TO EMPLOY TO BE EMPLOYED
TO BE UNEMPLOYED TO BE UNEMPLOYABLE
TO WORK YOUR WAY UP TO BE PROMOTED
TO BE DEMOTED TO BE SELF-EMPLOYED
TO FILE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT TO GET UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
TO BE ON THE DOLE TO GIVE UP
TO MASS EMAIL RESUMES TO BE OUT OF WORK
TO VOLUNTEER TO DO AN INTERNSHIP
TO WORK PART TIME TO WORK FULL TIME
TO WORK OVERTIME TO WORK A 9 TO 5
TO TAILOR YOUR RESUME TO KISS THE BOSS’S ASS
TO MOONLIGHT TO TEMP
TO BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST TO GET YOUR FOOT IN THE DOOR
TO UPDATE YOUR RESUME TO BE HARRASSED
TO MAKE A RESUME TO GET PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION
TO CHANGE CAREERS TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION
TO MAKE ENDS MEET TO APPLY ONLINE
A DRESS CODE TO KEEP YOUR HEAD ABOVE WATER
TO APPLY FOR A JOB TO BE DRAINED
TO SUCK UP TO THE BOSS TO TAKE ON MORE RESPONSIBILITY
TO DRESS DOWN TO DRESS UP
QUALIFICATIONS BENEFITS
PERKS A CUBICLE
SOCIAL SECURITY SKILLS
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FRINGE BENEFITS
AN APPLICANT A DEAD END JOB
AN INTERVIEW A SHORTLIST
HR AN HR MANAGER
A GROUP INTERVIEW A CANDIDATE
A RAISE A PROMOTION
A DEMOTION AN INTERNSHIP
OVERTIME A TEMP AGENCY
4. AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY AN EMPLOYER
AN EMPLOYEE TURNOVER
AN INTERN A MENTOR
A TRAINEE STAFF
PERSONNEL MORALE
A SALARY A WAGE
MINIMUM WAGE LAY-OFFS
REDUNDANCIES A CONTRACT WORKER
A JOB VACANCY A JOB OPENING
AN OPEN POSITION A JOB ADVERTISEMENT
NETWORKING NEPOTISM
WHAT DOES ________________ MEAN?
5. 15 TIPS ON FINDING A GOOD JOB
Unless you are one of the lucky few who works in a high-demand career, finding a
new job can be a challenging and frustrating experience. You can make the job-
search a bit easier on yourself if you use proactive strategies for finding a new job --
and the tips included in this piece are applicable to all job-seekers, from those just
starting out to experienced folks who need a quick refresher.
Here's our list of the 15 best tips for finding a new job.
1. Start with self-assessment. Before starting your job-search, take time to
reflect on your strengths and weaknesses and the type of work you like
accomplishing. The better you know yourself, the more likely you'll find a
new job that provides you with greater satisfaction.
2. Conduct critical research. Information is the true secret of a successful job-
search. Gathering information on types of jobs, job openings, and prospective
employers (and those employer's hiring managers) not only provides critical
information for tracking down real job leads, but helps you in tailoring your
resume and preparing for the job interview.
3. Write, edit, and revise your resume -- and not just one resume. Your resume
is still the most critical tool of a job-search, one that can easily derail an
otherwise smart job-search. Start with creating/revising a resume that
focuses on your key accomplishments, skills, experience, and
education/training. Once you have a top-notch resume, the key is tailoring it
to each job, each employer -- using keywords and phrases specific to the
opportunity you seek.
4. Create your online career brand. The job market is slowly evolving from a
paradigm of job-seekers and employers using job boards to find each other to
one in which employers find job-seekers online -- whether through LinkedIn,
Twitter, Facebook, or the job-seeker's personal Website. Building your brand
simply means showcasing your expertise and passion online where employers
searching the Web could find it -- and removing any unsavory -- digital dirt --
you can find.
5. Get organized. Before you start applying for jobs, going to job fairs, or
interviewing with employers, take a moment to develop a system that works
for you in organizing your job-search. A simple spreadsheet works best for
many -- and some online sites can even help keep your job-search organized.
6. 6. Build, cultivate, and utilize your network of contacts. For the vast majority of
job-seekers, a large and strong network of contacts -- of people who know you
and want to help you uncover job leads -- results in more job opportunities.
Networking -- in person and online -- is essential to your job-search success.
Continually seek out new people to add to your network.
7. Consider conductinginformational interviews. A great tool for both
researching and networking is the informational interview, which as its name
implies, is an interview with someone in your career field who can offer you
insights and advice. This tool is especially useful for new college grads and
career-changers, but can work for any job-seeker who wants to learn more
while expanding his/her network of contacts.
8. Attempt to complete several job-related goals daily. It's a bit of a cliché now,
but in all clichés there is truth -- and that truth is that it takes a great deal of
time and effort to find a new job. In a long job-search, it's easy to get
discouraged and distracted, but by focusing on achieving daily goals you can
motivate yourself while also building a foundation for success.
9. Don't do it alone. Job-hunting is also a lonely enterprise, and if you're
unemployed and living alone, the search can seem frustrating and endless.
Instead, try to keep in touch with people in your circle who are also job-
hunting -- or consider joining a job club. Besides the camaraderie, sharing
job-hunting ideas and strategies with others can help you focus and improve
your job-hunting methods.
10.Develop anecdotes and stories that showcase your skills. People remember
stories over bullet points, so your goal should be developing a set of anecdotes
you can use in networking and interviewing situations that clearly
demonstrate your skills, accomplishments, and passion for your work. Using
stories may also help you feel more comfortable talking about yourself.
11.Prepare for all job interviews. Before you get called for your first interview,
develop responses for common interview questions, and then practice them --
ideally using the mock-interviewing technique with a friend, network contact,
or career counselor. The more prepared you are for the interview, the more
comfortable you'll be -- and the more likely you'll succeed.
12.Excel in the job interview. Research the employer and interviewers, know
your route for getting to the interview, dress appropriately, arrive about 10
minutes early (to compose yourself, observe your settings, complete any
paperwork), greet everyone warmly (from receptionist to hiring manager),
use positive body language (firm handshake, strong eye contact, attentive
posture, and friendly smile), confidently respond to interview questions, show
7. enthusiasm, ask questions of the interviewer(s), and close the interview with
appreciation and a request for information about next steps in the process.
13.Write thank-you notes after interviews to all interviewers. A quick note (by
email and/or postal mail) of thanks that emphasizes your interest and fit
with the job and employer will not get you the job offer, but it will help make
you stand out from the majority of job-seekers who do not bother with this
simple act of courtesy.
14.Continue following up with hiringmanagers. Your work is not done once the
interview is complete or the thank-you note sent. Following up with the
hiring manager regularly shows your interest and enthusiasm for the job.
The key is doing so in a way that is professional while not making you sound
pesky or needy.
15.Expect the job-search to take much longer thanyou can imagine. You can
hope to have a new job within a short period, but the likely reality is that it
will take months to find the right opportunity and get offered the position.
You should mentally prepare yourself for a long battle -- and then you can be
happily surprised if you are one of the lucky few whose job-search is short.
Final Thoughts on Job-Search Success
First, having both a positive attitude and outlook are extremely important.
Employers can sense desperation and despair; organizations want to hire
positive and competent people. If you've been unemployed for a long period
and depressed or recently downsized and angry, find a way to shrug it off
when job-hunting or you will only be hurting yourself.
Second, if you're an older worker trying to find a job, you may face age
discrimination. Among the ways to proactively counter any issues about your
age are to limit the number of years of experience you list on your resume (by
keeping to the last 10-15 years), eliminate dates in education section of your
resume, and focus on adaptability and flexibility in the interview.
Third, remember that you may need additional training or experience,
especially if you are entering a new career field.
Fourth, you may need to consider temping or volunteering for a short
period to gain experience and build network contacts that can lead to a full-
time position.
8. Fifth, in the most extreme cases, you may need to consider relocation to a
place that has a higher concentration of jobs in your field.
Finally, please note that you'll find no mention of posting your resume or
responding to excessive numbers of job listings on job boards among the 15
tips for finding a new job.
While you should include targeted job boards and job search-engines as a
small part of your job-hunting strategy, many misguided job-seekers waste
much too much valuable time that could be spent on more useful elements of
job-hunting -- searching for jobs online, responding to job "openings" that
have already been filled or that never were openings. Job boards and job
search-engines are good tools for conducting research for keywords and
employers, but rarely for finding a new job.
WORK TOGETHER A MINUTE, AND DECIDE WHICH
OF THESE TIPS ARE THE BEST AND WHY.
9. PARTNER INTERVIEW
QUESTION NOTES
WILL YOU GOING BACK TO A CERTAIN
POSITION WHEN YOU GO HOME?
IF YOU ARE IN SCHOOL, WHAT IS YOUR
MAJOR?
WHAT WOULD YOUR DREAM JOB BE?
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN FIRED?
WHAT KINDS OF TASKS DO YOU ENJOY
DOING?
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR SKILLS?
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUALIFICATIONS?
DO YOU HAVE A RESUME? IF SO, WHEN
WAS THE LAST TIME YOU UPDATED IT?
DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE HARD FOR
YOU TO FIND A JOB WHEN YOU GO
HOME (IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
ONE)?
WHAT KIND OF BENEFITS ARE COMMON
FOR JOBS IN YOUR COUNTRY?
WHAT DO YOU PARENTS DO?
WHAT ARE YOUR BEST PERSONALITY
TRAITS?
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR STRENGTHS?
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR
WEAKNESSES?
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU’D LIKE TO
WORK ON TO MAKE YOURSELF A BETTER
WORKER OR PROFESSIONAL?
DO YOU THINK WHO YOU KNOW, OR
WHAT YOU KNOW IS MORE
IMPORTANT?
WHEN WAS THE LAST INTERVIEW YOU
HAD?
WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE ME
FOR GOING ON A JOB INTERVIEW?
11. VIDEO 2: 7 STEPS TO FINDING A CAREER OR JOB YOU
LOVE
TO GET IT INTO GEAR IN A RUT TO KICKSTART
OUR WORTH OUR VALUE TO DEPRECIATE
A VALUABLE
COMMODITY
A QUICK FIX DRASTIC
TO UP YOUR IMAGE GROOMING TO CHECK OUT
TO TAKE INVENTORY TO SPRUCE UP AN APTITUDE TEST
INSIGHT TO SET YOU APART TO FRESHEN UP YOUR
RESUME
TO EXAGGERATE MODEST KICKASS
TO DO THE MATH TO PAY OFF KILLER
A HEADHUNTER GEARED TOWARDS TO NETWORK
TO FALL IN YOUR LAP CHANCES ARE SLIM GET WITH THE PROGRAM!
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