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- GETTING STARTED
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- Your job search is a multi-faceted operation. You will need to make
- plans, develop materials, research companies, write correspondence,
- make phone calls, hold meetings and interviews, and keep records.
- Your success will have a direct bearing on how well you administer
- this process. The following will provide assistance in effective
- organization.
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- 1. Set up a work area in a quiet part of your home.
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- 2. Buy needed stationary and envelopes, folders, labels, a
- looseleaf binder and dividers, and a pocket calendar. Print 10
- copies of the "Weekly Calendar."
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- 3. Have a typewriter or word processing program available for
- correspondence with employers and job search contacts.
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- 4. Have a telephone as close to your work area as possible.
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- 5. Purchase an answering machine to take messages from prospective
- employers when you are not available.
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- 6. Use the "Weekly Calendar" form to plan your search.
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- 7. Use the "Starter Contact List" form to start your informal
- links.
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- 8. Set up a system to maintain all correspondence, literature, and
- notes.
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- A good plan defines:
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- 1.) What you must do,
- 2.) How you must do it, and
- 3.) When you will do it to get what you want. Plans break large
- tasks into manageable, prioritized steps. The real key is not
- how you organize your plans, but that you organize them. The
- time you put into planning your job search campaign will show in
- your final progress and success.
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- Set weekly goals for yourself. Weekly goals help keep you on course
- and will encouragement you as you accomplish your goals. Set high
- standards for yourself, but keep them realistic.
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- Enter your job search goals:
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- Number of Letters per week: Example: 40 ______________
- (Inquiry, Cover, Thank You)
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- Number of Telephone Calls per week: Example: 40 ______________
- (Completed Calls)
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- Number of Interviews per week: Example: 5 ______________
- (Both informational and employer)