Finding Jobs

Driving Question:

How do I look for available jobs and explore the opportunities that are available?

The difference between finding a job and finding the best job for you often takes a well-defined strategy. Identifying how your personal ambitions, goals, and needs align with a particular job opportunity is no easy task. But outlining these factors is essential when searching for a job that’s the right fit for you. 

Job vs. Career?

A job gets you paid. A career gets you fulfilled.  An employee needs to be excited about learning new skills and competencies. Consider how you feel about the following:

• In order to get better in your position, are you willing to take additional training?

• Do you take the initiative to solve problems?

• Are you a good teammate (willing to help whenever needed)?

• Do you have the ambition to someday be an engineer, supervisor, or quality technician?

Whatever their current position, career-focused people answer “yes” to these questions. Their positive energy is noticed by management, often giving them more opportunities.

 Learning Targets:

• Understand the process of job searching and available tools

• Organize a strategy for job searching using available tools

• Explain the concept of networking to help find a job

• Get-Job-as-a Teen

• Networking

• Indeed  Indeed.com is an aggregator, which means this site includes job listings from hundreds of websites, including major job boards, top newspapers, as well as hundreds of associations and company career pages. 

• SnagAJob   SnagAJob.com lists both full-time and part-time jobs. 

• CoolWorks  If you're interested in a seasonal part-time job, CoolWorks lists thousands of summer and seasonal jobs. 

• Job Hunting Tips for Teens-Business First

• How to find the perfect student job-Snag a Job

• Networking TED TALK

Assignment:

Look for a job currently or for a future career field using one of the above online search engine tools