Week Three: Assignme

Assignment - Job Search

Following the theme of the course, conduct a job search using the techniques below. Where possible, jobs should be relevant to your field of study and applicable to your next career move.

Copy and paste the following job search exercises into a Word document and submit the completed work in the drop box.

Please complete all of the following exercises (A - D):

A. Newspaper:

Do the following:

·         Find 1 job lead from a local newspaper web site

·         Copy and paste the position into the Word document.

 

B. Internet Job Search:

Do all of the following:

·         Register with at least one on-line job search company, like Monster, CareerBuilder, Hotjobs, etc.

·         List the name of all companies where you are registered.

·         Find 1 job lead from one of the web sites.

·         Copy and paste the position into the Word document.

C. State Employment:

Each state has an agency designed to help you find jobs (in Utah it is the Department of Workforce Services). Find the agency in your state.

Do all of the following:

·         Register with them either in person or online.
·         Find 1 job lead from the job boards or the web site.
·         Copy and paste the position into the Word document.

D. Government Employment:

Do all of the following:

·         Register with http://www.usajobs.gov (Links to an external site.) (They will notify you when jobs in your field are posted).

·         Find 1 job lead from the internet site.

·         Copy and paste the position into the Word document.