Chapter 1: Strategies for Effective Managerial Writing

							     Chapter 11:
Making a Career Move:
  Seeking a New Job
   the “Write” Way



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          Strategy:
Opportunities and Introduction
Key Concept 11.1:
Job searches must be guided by a career
  strategy. The job seeker must follow a
  two-pronged plan: “Know yourself; know
  the prospects.”




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           Strategy:
 Opportunities and Introduction
• Section Outline:
• Develop Goals and Continually
  Reassess Them
• Research a Company
• Letters of Inquiry
• The Job Application Letter
• Cover Letter Writing 101

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        What Type of Letter?




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    Cover Letter Writing 101
• The Identification
  – Who are you?
• The Statement
  – Show what you know about the position
• The Request
  – Let the reader know you are interested
• The Close
  – Thanks will do well

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    Process: Identify Yourself
     Through Your Résumé
Key Concept 11.2:
Employers form opinions of job applicants
 based on initial impressions created by the
 letters and résumés they receive. A
 successful job candidate presents the best
 possible and most appropriate impression.



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      Process: Identify Yourself
       Through Your Résumé
• Section Outline:
• The Résumé




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                   Résumés Reveal
• A Résumé should always be honest.
• Follow these rules:
  – Your résumé layout should be clear.
  – If you lack experience relevant to the job for
    which you are applying, stress your skills
    instead of your experience.
  – Use the language of business; rather than
    saying “term paper,” say “research report.”
  – Remember to use action verbs and avoid
    errors.
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         Product: Interview and
             Presentation
Key Concept 11.3:
A job search culminates with a successful
  interview followed by a job offer and salary
  negotiation. The successful interview
  requires effective self-presentation.




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           Product: Interview and
               Presentation
• Section Outline:
• Preparing for the Interview
• The Interview Experience




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Common Themes in Interviews
1. Why are you interested in this type of
  work?
2. Why do you want this particular job? or
  Why do you want to be an assistant
  manager in our new widget-adjusting
  plant?
3. What interests you about our company?
4. What can you tell me about yourself that
  is relevant to this job?
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 What do You Want Them to See
           in YOU?
• Does the employer expect:
  – a concern for timeliness?
  – the ability to be a self-starter?
  – the acceptance of the team-player concept?
  – the vision, know-how, and ability to follow
    through that characterizes an initiator or
    change agent?



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                     Things to Avoid
• Do not become tense.
• Do not become emotional during the
  interview.
• Do not try to oversell your case.
• Do not make promises about
  performances that you cannot keep.



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          More Things to Avoid
• Do not try to be funny, overbearing, overly
  aggressive, or a know-it-all.
• Do not stress salary and fringe benefits
  demands unless prompted to by the
  interviewer




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