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Navigate Your Career: Job Search Strategies and Workforce Trends

Learn how different work histories can lead to stable jobs, adapt to industry changes, monitor workforce trends, and prepare for job searches. Discover the importance of job goals, documentation requirements, and essential skills for success in today's dynamic job market.

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Navigate Your Career: Job Search Strategies and Workforce Trends

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  1. Search for a Job Chapter 3

  2. Work Histories & Stable Jobs • Different work histories can lead to a stable job • Stable job – one that you consider permanent and that may last for several years • Doesn’t mean that you will stay forever • Does not usually happen by accident • Most come from hard work and self-direction • Promotion is always a possibility • Effort pays off

  3. Stable Jobs Adapt to Change • World of work is continually changing • Some industries and occupations become obsolete (no longer exist) • People who are more successful adapt to change • Preparation for your career should include • Planning for change • Developing skills needed in tomorrow’s workplace

  4. Monitor Workforce Trends • Statistics are constantly collected to monitor the workforce • Keep track of what occupations are said to be growing or decreasing • Examples of some projected job losses from 2008-2018 • Department stores • US Postal Service • Newspaper publishing • Gasoline stations • Automobile dealers

  5. Job Search Preparation • Set Job Goals • Why do you want a job? • What are my priorities? • Is money more important to me than what the job entails? • Do I like to work with people? • What do I expect to get from working? • What benefits will I have from working?

  6. Get Required Documentation • Federal law requires a Social Security Number for every US citizen • Why is this number so important? • Identification • Allows a person to receive social security benefits • In allows your employer to withhold money from your paycheck and place it in your name • The government keeps a record of your earnings using your SS# • This number will remain with you for your life

  7. Get Required Documentation • Work permit - a form issued by school officials that gives a student legal permission to work during school hours as part of a work experience program • It restricts the number of hours worked • Restricts the TYPES of jobs a student can perform • Laws vary among states • NYS – under 18 need a work permit

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