As written in my previous blog, I enjoyed the opportunity to attend the career fair in September so this time I decided to attend a webinar. For this event, I decided the Job Search Strategies webinar would offer the most practice advice for my current needs.
The webinar began with advising the audience to begin a job search before you actually need a job or while you are still employed. One reason for this is the fact that it is much harder to find a job when you are unemployed and that you are more attractive when you are currently employed, especially if you can receive a positive review from your current employer or supervisor.
The webinar then moved on to 5 steps for job searching. First, identify the job you want. Second, create your resume. Third, find open positions. Fourth, brush up on interviewing. Fifth, evaluate your strengths and the needs of the company. All that remained in the webinar was based off of the five steps and each step was discussed in detail. For me, the most beneficial aspect of the webinar was the resume portion. This was very important because it provided examples that applied to each job category. The final aspect that I found most beneficial was the portion of the webinar that showed us how to find jobs and where to locate jobs in our prospective fields of work. This was worth every bit of my time and I want to thank those who took the time to put this on.
I think this is exceptionally important for us now as graduate students. I have actually just begun to look for work, anticipating being able to start some time at the end of May or in early June. Hopefully the early start pays off!!!!!
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