Getting Started on your Job Search
| 1. Who Are You? | ||
|---|---|---|
| What Are Your Interests? | What Are Your Values? | What Are Your Skills / Abilities? |
| Indoors or outdoors? Hobbies? What do you like to read? Working with people or alone? Favourite courses? | What is important to you? Teamwork? Trust? Respect? Accountability? Flexibility? | Strengths? Weaknesses, skills that you have? Skills that you want to develop? Communication Analytical Numeracy Relationship building Organizational Research Analyisis |
| 2. Research Careers | ||
| Online Research | Research Through Experience | Networking |
| Get an idea of what companies are out there. What are they looking for? Review job descriptions for jobs or organizations of interest. | Try different jobs to learn what you like. See whether the culture of an organization matches what you know about yourself. | Talk to professionals doing the type of work you are interested in. Conduct information interviews to gain a wealth of information. |