▶️ Start here: Career Search

This module highlights essential information about a range of topics for conducting an effective career search.

Answering the following questions will help you determine the relevancy of this module for you at this time.

If you answer NO to one of these questions, then you are likely to find this module pertinent.
If you answer YES to these questions, consider a quick scan of this module before moving directly to the next unit, Discovering Connections.

• Can you easily describe your human capital resources: your experience, skills, and education?
• Do you know what the hidden job market is?
• Can you develop a list of relevant closing interview questions?
• Do you know about live and pre-recorded virtual interviews?
• Are you aware of the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in the recruitment process?

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this module, you should be able to:

• Describe the hidden job market
• Recognize steps needed for a career search
• Distinguish transferable skills in job postings
• Tailor career applications
• Recognize various job interview practices, including AI
• Identify skills gaps and how to address them
• Negotiate job offers

Learning Activities

• Identify technical and transferable skills from a job posting of interest
• Complete a T-Chart from a job posting of interest
• Compose a cover letter and resume for this job posting
• Review the Summary activity to complete the module

Introduction

Every professional application should tell a unique career story in written form. This is why developing stories have been proposed as activities throughout the Resource. Stories are memorable, they create connection, evoke emotion, and lead to increased interview opportunities. 

You will see in this module how they come into play.

We introduce the module by first tapping into the hidden job market, then launching into highlights about:

• Career search
• Professional applications, cover letters, & resumes
• Interviews
• AI in the recruitment cycle
• Negotiating job offers

Next, continue on to Foundation: Career Search