Job Search Strategies - Want Ads/Job Announcements
Responding to want ads and the job announcements located in the career resource library.
What you will need:
- Access to newspapers and job announcements.
- Résumés
- Cover letter
- Other relevant materials (good time to look into getting transcripts, references, and
other supporting materials).
What you will do:
- Find positions for which you want to apply.
- Highlight key phrases.
- Use key phrases to customize your résumé and cover letter.
- Send and follow-up (unless the ad specifies no phone calls).
- Keep a file/log of your application activities and correspondence.
