1_Unit_4-Reading_and_Writing.ppt

Hunting for a Job Reading and Writing Unit 4 Hunting for a Job Unit 4 Hunting for a Job Section 1 Getting Things Ready Section 1 Getting Things Ready Activity 2: Read the passage in Section 2 and complete the following paragraph. Section 2 Things to Do Section 2 Things to Do The 14 Ways to Look for a Job Most job-hunters think there are basically only three ways to go about their job-hunt: resumes, ads, and agencies. Actually, there are fourteen (the effectiveness rate in brackets): 1.?Using the Internet to look for job-postings or to post ones own resume. (1%) 2.?Mailing out resumes to employers at random. (7%) 3.?Answering ads in professional or trade journals appropriate to your field. (7%) 4.?Answering local newspaper ads. (5-24% depending on salary demands) 5.?Going to private employment agencies or headhunters. (5-24% depending on salary demands) Section 2 Things to Do 6.?Going to places where employers come to pick out workers, such as union hiring halls. (8%) 7.?Taking a Civil Service exam. (12%) 8.?Asking a former teacher or professor for advice. (12%) 9.?Going to the state/Federal employment service office. (14%) 10.?Asking family members, friends, or professionals you know for advice. (33%) 11.?Knocking on the door of any employer, factory, or office that interests you, whether they are known to have a vacancy or not. (47%) Section 2 Things to Do 12.?By yourself, using the phone books Yellow Pages to identify fields that interest you, then calling employers in those fields to see if theyre hiring for the kind of work you can do. (69%) 13.?In a group with other job-hunters, using the phone books Yellow Pages as above. (84%) 14.?Doing what is called the creative approach to job-hunting or career-change: doing homework on yourself, to figure out what your favorite and best skills are; then doing face-to-face interviewing for information only, at organizations in your field; using your personal contacts to get informed o