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Before You Begin
- Gather documents
- Google yourself
- Managing your references
- Explain why you are looking
- Job search myths

Setting Your Direction
- Discover your "Motivated skills"
- Self-assessment
- Develop your search plan
- Weekly planning

Resumes
- Your resume is your "Ad"
- Have your target in mind
- The rules of resume writing
- Three types of resumes
    - Chronological resume
    - Functional resume
    - Combination resume
- Position objective
- Accomplishment Statements
- Text version of resume
    - Sample text version
- Resume DO's and DON'Ts
- Resume myths

e-Mail
- E-mail

Finding Job Openings
- Overview
- Professional associations
- Recruiters and search firms
    - Working with recruiters
- College placement offices
- Direct mail campaign
- Published job openings
- Creative example
   of finding leads

Interviewing
- Take some control
- Salary questions
- Types of interviews
- Behavioral Interviews
- Sample Behavioral Questions
- Preparing for an interview
- Secret to winning the job
- Filling out an application
- Picture yourself in the job
- Proper dress for an interview
- Illegal questions
- Keep making contacts
- Your best interview
- If you don’t get the job

Networking
- Networking Overview
- Who to talk to
- Expand your networking list
- The Cardinal rule of networking
- Don’t make this mistake
- Why networking works
- Your elevator speech
- Succeed at Networking events
- People will be glad to help
- Are you LinkedIn?

Effective Use of the Phone
- Professional image
- Leaving a message
- Getting accurate messages
- Are you accessible?
- Answering machines/voicemail
- Call waiting
- Text messaging

Research
- Overview
- Use Your Network
- Research sources


What Next?
- Wrapping Up and Preparing
   for the Future
- Tying up loose ends
- Getting started on the new job
- Career Planning for the Future
- The 99% Rule
- Managing Your Own Career
- Pay Back by Helping Others

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