Today’s Presentation
• Tough economic times
• Strategies to help you prepare
• Get noticed during your job search
• Questions
Strategies• Identify your values, interests and skills
• Emphasize content-specific, knowledge & transferable skills
• Gain applicable experience and skills
• Make your job search #1 priority
• Be optimistic and persistent
• Time is on your side!
Process
1. Takes time
2. People begin at different places
3. Requires an active not passive approach
1. Resumes
2. Ads
3. Agencies
4. Colleagues
5. Referrals
6. Contacts
7. Drop-Ins with Proof
8. Inside the Company
1. Inside the Company
2. Colleagues
3. Referrals
4. Drop-Ins with Proof
5. Contacts
6. Agencies
7. Ads
8. Resumes
Taken From What Color is Your Parachute? 2006 Richard Bolles
Job-Hunter’s Alternatives Employer’s Alternatives
Employer’s Alternatives1. Inside the Company
2. Colleagues
3. Referrals
4. Drop-Ins with Proof
5. Contacts
6. Agencies
7. Ads
8. Resumes
Inside the CompanyCompanies like to hire people they know!
Internships/Co-Ops
Volunteer
Contract Worker
Temporary Staffing
Family/Friends School Organizations Web
ParentsAunts/UnclesCousinsGrandparentsCoworkersFamily friendsAssociates
ProfessorsAdmin.AlumniSpeakersClassmates
Professional OrganizationStudent GroupsSports TeamsChurchCivic OrgsSororitiesFraternities
FacebookLinked In-Penn State Career ConnectionLion Link
Drop-Ins with Proof1. Employer Locator: One Stop Career Centers
www.acinet.org/acinet/employerlocator/employerlocator.asp
2. Chamber of Commerce
www.chamberofcommerce.com/public/index.cfm
3. Yellow Pages
www.yellowbook.com/
Career Services
• Nittany Lion Career Networkhttp://www.sa.psu.edu/career/nlr/default.aspx
Job Postings and On Campus Interviewing– Most jobs for undergrads; some for
grad students
• Career Fairs– Spring Career Days – March 29-30, 2010
Rejection
• A reality in this/any market
• Often a dispassionate business decision
• Painful and disheartening
• Keep going!
How can Career Services Help?Career Counseling and Planning
– Drop-In– Individual– Self-Assessment– Mock Interviews
Learning Opportunities/Outreach Programming
– Workshops– LionLink https://psualum.com/career/index.asp– Career Planning Course for credit- CN ED 100, Job Search
courses– Industry Panels– A Day in the Life (job shadowing program)
Recruiting and Employment Services– Nittany Lion Recruiting– Career Fairs/Graduate Fairs
Career Resources