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Finding Job Leads: Effective Techniques and Sources

Discover effective techniques and sources to find job leads for your chosen career. Learn from family, friends, and professionals about their job-hunting experiences. Explore networking, employment agencies, and more.

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Finding Job Leads: Effective Techniques and Sources

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  1. Chapter 38 finding and applying for a job Section 38.1 Finding a Job Section 38.2 Applying for a Job

  2. Finding a Job Section 38.1 CONNECT Find out how family members and friends found their jobs, and the job-hunting techniques they used.

  3. Finding a Job Section 38.1 • Identify a variety of sources for job leads. • Describe the best ways to develop job leads.

  4. Finding a Job Section 38.1 It is important to know how to locate job leads. This will help you find a job in your chosen career.

  5. Finding a Job Section 38.1 • job lead • networking • public employment agency • private employment agency • staffing/temporary agency

  6. Finding a Job Section 38.1 Six Types of Sources for Job Leads

  7. Finding a Job Section 38.1 Six Types of Sources for Job Leads

  8. Finding a Job Section 38.1 Finding Job Openings Job Leads job lead Information about a job opening, perhaps providing some indication about the type of work and who to contact. Networking Cooperative Education and Work Experience Programs Internet networking The art of building alliances. Newspapers and Magazines Employment Agencies Company Personnel Offices

  9. Finding a Job Section 38.1 Finding Job Openings Networking SchoolCounselor ProfessionalPeople FormerEmployers

  10. Finding a Job Section 38.1 Finding Job Openings EmploymentAgencies public employment agency An employment agency supported by state or federal taxes that offers free services to both job applicants and employers. Public EmploymentAgencies private employment agency An employment agency not supported by taxes that must earn a profit to stay in business; it charges a fee for its services, paid either by the job applicant or the employer. Private EmploymentAgencies Staffing/TemporaryAgencies staffing/temporary agency An employment agency not supported by taxes that must earn a profit to stay in business; it charges a fee for its services, paid either by the job applicant or the employer.

  11. Finding a Job Section 38.1 Finding Job Openings Differences and Similarities Between Types of Employment Agencies

  12. Finding a Job Section 38.1 Finding Job Openings Differences and Similarities Between Types of Employment Agencies

  13. Finding a Job Section 38.1 Following Up Your Job Leads Before writing a letter of inquiry, you should have conducted your research about the company and found the name and contact details of the person to whom you should address your correspondence.

  14. Finding a Job Section 38.1 Section 38.1 1. Define the term job lead. A job lead is information about a job opening, perhaps providing some indication about the type of work and whom to contact.

  15. Finding a Job Section 38.1 Section 38.1 2. Discuss the most effective way to find a job. The most effective way to find a job is through contacts among members of your network, which includes people you know, such as family, friends, classmates, former employers, teachers, coaches, and so on.

  16. Finding a Job Section 38.1 Section 38.1 3. Identify nine possible sources of job leads. Sources of job leads include family and friends, school counselors, professional people, former employers, cooperative education and work experience programs, Internet Web sites, newspaper ads, employment agencies, and company personnel offices.

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