The Job Search Unit

Dr. Gian Pagnucci

The Job Search Unit Overview

The most vital of all technical documents are the ones you use to apply for jobs: resumes and cover letters. For that reason, we'll spend plenty of class time talking about how to write and design effective job application materials. I want to help you create resumes and cover letters that will get you interviews. It's especially important to see lots of samples, to critique both your documents and those of your classmates, and to make calculated decisions about what goes into your job application documents. This documents matter! We want to make them outstanding.

Job Search Unit Materials

Career Planning

• IUP Career Services
  • College Central Network Services (register here to get campus interview information)
• TechJournal: Job Types
• Task: Career Planning and Goal Setting
• I'm almost done with college--now what?
  • Career Planning and College Majors
  • What can I do with this major?
  • What can I do with a major in...?
• Assignment: IUP Career Services Visit

Resume Writing

• Samples: Resumes
• Job Candidate Review Form 1 (for Sample Resumes)
• Sample: Effective Resume
• Resume Introduction
• Resume Design Tips
• A Guide to Writing Resumes
• Assignment: Resume
• Job Candidate Review Form 2 (for Student Resumes)

Job Application Letter (Cover Letter) Writing

• Task: Job Application Letter Critiques
  • Sample Job Application Letter #1 (Smith)
  • Sample Job Application Letter #2 (Sanchez)
  • Sample Job Application Letter #3 (Robinson)
• Assignment: Work Experiences
• Lecture: What do companies want?
• Guidelines: Writing Effective Job Letters
  • Sample: Effective Job Application Letter (Short Version)
  • Sample: Effective Job Application Letter (Long Version)
  • Sample Critique: Ineffective Job Application Letter #1
• Sample: Job Advertisement
  • Task: Job Change Application Letter
  • Task: Assistant Recruitment Coordinator Application Letter Critique
• Assignment: Job Application Letter

Additional Job Search Unit Materials

• Web Resume Posting
  • Yahoo Web Resume Posting
  • Sample Student Web Resumes
• Job Interviews
  • TechJournal12: Interviewing
  • Interviewing Strategies
    • Guidelines: Interviewing
    • Effective Interviewing
    • Behavioral Interviewing
    • Second Interviews
  • Interview Questions
    • The Most Common Interview Questions
    • Sample Interview Questions by Job
    • Typical Interview Questions
  • Task: Group Job Interview
• The Ethics of the Job Search
  • TechJournal13: Ethical Thoughts
  • Heartland Institute Survey on Cheating
  • Notable Liars
    • Steve Duchane ($123,000/year Chief Executive of a Detroit suburb)
    • George O'Leary (Notre Dame Football Coach)
  • Lying on Your Resume
  • Debate Judge's Score Sheet

Online Career Resources

• IUP Career Services
• Pittsburgh Job Listings
• Career Builder
• College Central
• Career Jet
• Dice-Tech Jobs
• Flip Dog Job Locator
• Monster.com
  • Monster Moving (Relocation Information)
• True Careers
• Yahoo Hot Jobs
  • Yahoo Careers
  • Yahoo Company Research
  • Yahoo Resume Posting
  • Yahoo Salary Information
  • Yahoo Salary Wizard
• Yahoo Relocation Information
  • Yahoo City Profiles/Cost of Living

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