North Iowa Area Community College

Course Title: Job Seeking Skills (formerly Employment Strategies)
Credit Hours: 1 Semester Hour
Instructor: Susan Nagle
E-Mail: naglesus@niacc.edu

Course Description: Develop skills necessary to enter the job market and experience long-term career growth. Students learn basic job seeking techniques, job keeping skills, and strategies for continued growth.

Text: Graber, Steven, The Everything Get-A-Job Book, The Adams Media Corporation, Holbrook, Massachusetts, 2000.

Course Outline: 

Unit 1: Career development theory, job seeking reference guides, and self assessment.

Unit 2: Abbreviated Resumes, Resumes, and Professional Portfolios.

Unit 3: Targeting potential employers, utilizing Internet resources, company research, informational interviews, and job shadowing.

Unit 4: Applying for a job, completing job applications, and writing a cover letters and other job related correspondence..

Unit 5: Interviewing skills, preparing , succeeding and following up after the interview.

Unit 6: Developing strategies for becoming a valuable employee; effective work habits and attitudes, continuing education, and updating skills.

Unit 7 : How and when to leave a job, change careers and prepare for future jobs.

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