Module 1: Career Development The current job market is highly competitive, and employers hold the advantage over job seekers. Because of this, it is important for prospective applicants to have a well tailored resume that is specific to the position they are applying for, and ensure that they have worked to develop their professional interviewing skills. If either of these areas are lacking, employers are likely to pass over the candidate for someone whose resume is more refined, or whose personality is better demonstrated in an interview.
The Job Search One of the most critical parts of landing a job, begins with searching for the right position that meets the candidates skills, qualifications, and desires. This author, who will be graduating …show more content…
On tip found to increase the visibility of a candidate rèsumè, is to include specific verbiage from within the companies initial job posting, without going overboard (Smith, 2014). For example, if within the companies posting they mention needing someone who can “keep detailed records”, listing this within the specific skills section of the rèsumè can draw a recruiters attention. A specific issue this author ran into, was knowing what to include, and what not to include. There are jobs that are from ten years ago, which have good qualities, but from a decade ago. This is generally considered to be to distant to be qualifiable, and should be excluded from the rèsumè as is will generally be viewed as obsolete (Levin-Epstein, 2012). In addition, a candidate should avoid listing to many generalities, bloated words, and useless duties under each specific job. Keeping your experience in your pervious roles as short on concise as possible is recommended. In addition, if applying for a job in another county, the candidate should include anything that would highlight their ability to adapt and assimilate to new situations and environments. Once the application has been submitted, its time to prepare for a potential …show more content…
Plus, most job interviews are strange and uncomfortable environments, hence the reason preparation is important. In practicing for potential job interview, this author discovered that it is very challenging to have an answer to the question “what is a weakness” or “your areas of improvement”. In this response, it is important not to say something that makes you should unemployable like, a poor attendance record, and yet you also don’t want to respond with such arrogance as to say, I don’t have
The Job Search One of the most critical parts of landing a job, begins with searching for the right position that meets the candidates skills, qualifications, and desires. This author, who will be graduating …show more content…
On tip found to increase the visibility of a candidate rèsumè, is to include specific verbiage from within the companies initial job posting, without going overboard (Smith, 2014). For example, if within the companies posting they mention needing someone who can “keep detailed records”, listing this within the specific skills section of the rèsumè can draw a recruiters attention. A specific issue this author ran into, was knowing what to include, and what not to include. There are jobs that are from ten years ago, which have good qualities, but from a decade ago. This is generally considered to be to distant to be qualifiable, and should be excluded from the rèsumè as is will generally be viewed as obsolete (Levin-Epstein, 2012). In addition, a candidate should avoid listing to many generalities, bloated words, and useless duties under each specific job. Keeping your experience in your pervious roles as short on concise as possible is recommended. In addition, if applying for a job in another county, the candidate should include anything that would highlight their ability to adapt and assimilate to new situations and environments. Once the application has been submitted, its time to prepare for a potential …show more content…
Plus, most job interviews are strange and uncomfortable environments, hence the reason preparation is important. In practicing for potential job interview, this author discovered that it is very challenging to have an answer to the question “what is a weakness” or “your areas of improvement”. In this response, it is important not to say something that makes you should unemployable like, a poor attendance record, and yet you also don’t want to respond with such arrogance as to say, I don’t have