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Chapter 6
Finding a Job
Lesson 6.1
Gathering Leads
Gathering Leads
Discover
What is involved in a job search
How talking with people can turn
up job leads
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Discover
Other ways to find out about job
openings
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Why It’s Important
One day, you will be looking
for a job. You’ll want to know
where to look for information
about job openings.
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Key Terms
work permit
job lead
networking
career fair
contact list
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Key Terms
referral
classifieds
school-to-work program
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Once you have an idea of what
you want to do, you can take the
next step and start your job
search.
To apply for some jobs, you’ll
need a work permit.
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Starting Your Job Search
Your search for the right job will
begin with a job lead.
A job lead is information about a
job opening.
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Networking
Networking is one of the best
ways to find job leads.
Networking is communicating
with people you know or can get
to know.
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How Networking Works
It’s easy to start networking to
find a job.
You can begin by just talking with
people about your interests.
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How Networking Works
Ask people you know to spread
the word to others for you.
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Start Building Your
Network
School clubs and events such as
career fairs are great places to
network.
A career fair is an event where
employers offer career and
employment information.
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Start Building Your
Network
The steps in networking are
simple.
First, make a contact list, which
is simply a list of people you know.
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Try This Activity
Get Started
Start a Contact List Include everyone—
family members, family friends, neighbors,
teachers, classmates, friends of friends.
Keep your list up-to-date by adding new
people you meet or get to know.
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Grow Your Network
With Referrals
The next step in networking is to
get referrals from each person
with whom you speak.
A referral is someone to whom
you are referred, or directed.
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Grow Your Network
With Referrals
Your contact list will grow with
each referral.
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Q and A
If a contact has no job leads or
referrals for me, can I cross this
person off my list?
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Q and A
No! You aren’t finished with this
person yet.
Keep in touch with your contacts. Who
knows, they might have a job for you
next time.
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Phone Businesses for
Leads
One of the first things many job
seekers do is call businesses they
might like to work for.
They ask about job openings and
whom they can talk to about them.
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Phone Businesses for
Leads
Calls like these are known as cold
calls.
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Check the Classifieds
Many job hunters go straight to
newspaper classifieds.
The classifieds are
advertisements that are
organized in classes, or groups.
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Check the Classifieds
Classifieds list job openings,
often in the region the newspaper
serves.
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Search Internet Job Sites
The Internet is another place to
look for job ads.
On the Internet, you can find jobs
far beyond your own community.
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Try This Activity
Find Online Job
Listings
Just for fun, locate some job listings
on the Internet.
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Try This Activity
Find Online Job
Listings
Search Smart Use a search engine
or Web directory to find links to job
sites.
Read Company Job Listings Go to
company Web sites.
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Try This Activity
Find Online Job
Listings
Take Notes Take notes on three
interesting job openings you find on
the Internet. Record where you find
the posting, what the job is, and why it
interests you.
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Ask for Help and Advice
at School
You can also look for help or
advice about jobs at your school.
Make your counselor part of your
network.
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Ask for Help and Advice
at School
In high school, your school
counselor may be able to help you
get into a school-to-work program.
A school-to-work program
brings schools and businesses
together.
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Critical Thinking Review
Critical Thinking
Q Is it important to know what kind of job you
want before you start looking for a job?
A Yes; if you don’t know what kind of job you
want, your job search will lack direction and
focus. You need to target your efforts in order
to be effective.
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Critical Thinking Review
Critical Thinking
Q Why do you think most people get their jobs
through networking?
works because it gives you inside
A Networking
information about job openings, and because
the people you meet by networking may
recommend you for a job.
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End of Chapter 6
Finding a Job
Lesson 6.1
Gathering Leads