{"id":383,"date":"2025-02-12T13:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T18:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/?page_id=383"},"modified":"2025-02-12T13:49:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T18:49:54","slug":"getting-started-on-your-job-search","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/job-search\/getting-started-on-your-job-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started on your Job Search"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Getting Started on your Job Search\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1. Who Are You?<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/th><th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>What Are Your Interests?<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>What Are Your Values?<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>What Are Your Skills \/ Abilities?<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Indoors or outdoors?<br>Hobbies?<br>What do you like to read?<br>Working with people or alone?<br>Favourite courses?<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">What is important to you?<br>Teamwork?<br>Trust?<br>Respect?<br>Accountability?<br>Flexibility?<\/td><td>Strengths? Weaknesses, skills that you have? Skills that you want to develop?<br>Communication<br>Analytical<br>Numeracy<br>Relationship building<br>Organizational<br>Research<br>Analyisis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2. Research Careers<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Online Research<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Research Through Experience<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Networking<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Get an idea of what companies are out there. What are they looking for?<br>Review job descriptions for jobs or organizations of interest.<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Try different jobs to learn what you like. See whether the culture of an organization matches what you know about yourself.<\/td><td>Talk to professionals doing the type of work you are interested in.<br>Conduct information interviews to gain a wealth of information.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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?CommunicationAnalyticalNumeracyRelationship buildingOrganizationalResearchAnalyisis 2. 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