Job Application and Interview
This document lists your experience, education, and personal contact information.
Resume
This is work you do without pay to gain experience and help others.
Volunteering
This word means arriving on time to interviews, work, and meetings.
Punctual
Timely
This word means skills or experience that indicate to a potential employer that you are able to do a job.
Qualifications
This is something you are good at that can help you in a job.
Skill or Strength
This is what it is called when we give cues to someone to show them we are listening and paying attention. These could include nodding, making eye contact, or summarizing what someone said once they finish.
Active Listening
You should do this the day after an interview.
Send a short follow-up email thanking the interviewer for speaking with you.
These are some important factors when thinking about whether or not a work environment is a good fit for you.
Noise level
Pace
Hours
Indoor or Outdoor
Team or Independent
Stationary or Moving Around
Flip Flops, T shirt, Shorts
Unprofessional Outfit
Research!
Choose a professional outfit!
Practice responses to questions!
This is someone who can help you find what kind of jobs you like and look for specific job openings.
Job Coach
This is a separate field in an email where you can type of short summary of what the email is about.
Subject Line
This word means giving background information about a situation or experience. For example, instead of saying "at my jobsite," you could say "when I was at the Davis Career Center, I worked at [Insert Jobsite]"
Context
Indeed
Glassdoor
Handshake
This is how many emails you should send if you don't hear back from a job you have applied to within two weeks.
1!