A Job Seeker’s Crash Course | Get Noticed- Get Hired!

Steer Your Career: What you wish HR told you

Created by: Dawn Sipley
Part-Time HR Director

What Will I Learn?

• Create compelling written materials (resumes, cover letters, letters of recommendation) for job applications
• Strategically navigate, browse, and use job boards
• Learn to craft a professional presence on both traditionally work-related social media and on personal profiles.
• Network at local events, chambers of commerce, alumni events, and related groups.
• Determine signs of employer-employee fit during the recruitment and interviewing process
• Prepare for an interview with appropriate attire and materials
• Respond to behavioral and situational interview questions with appropriate, clear, and specific responses
• Follow up in a timely and professional manner after the interview
• Process positive and negative emotions after rejection and create strategies to constructively move forward after receiving a declination
• Negotiate the monetary and nonmonetary compensation associated with a job to create a mutually beneficial relationship between yourself and the employer.

Requirements

• No requirements but an eagerness to learn!

Target audience

• Job Seekers who want to streamline their search to find their dream job.