Getting Ready for Work Part 2 Career Exploration/Job Search

Who can help you completer your career explorations?

Check all that apply

• Arkansas Rehabilitation Services

• Your Teacher

• School Counselor

• Arkansas Department of Workforce Services

• Career Services at Colleges and Universities

Getting to know yourself, your job preferences, and job skills for a particular job is your " (a)   ".

You really want to be a taxi driver after you graduate High School, what will be some of the things you not might need to get that taxi driver job!

• 4 year bachelor's degree

• OSHA 10 certification

• Driver's license

• a clean criminal record free of felonies

Write down these three things:

1) Your complete name

2) Your school

3) Your grade classification

What is Cold Calling?

• Making random phone calls to businesses to see if they are hiring

• Talking on the phone with no emotion.

• Applying for a job and getting a call from the employer that the position has been filled.

• Calling an employer that never answers the phone

what part of the newspaper can you find employment advertisements?

• Comics

• Sports page

• Newspaper classified

• Obituaries

What place can you do a job search on the internet?

• Tick Toc

• YouTube

• Indeed.com

• Farmersonly.com

Give me your two minute elevator Job Pitch. In other words how are you going to explain yourself and your value to an future employer that you may meet.

Where is the nearest Workforce Center in your area?

Ten extra points if you have the phone number!

Most of you have done some form of paid work at school. Please describe your experience, where you worked this week, and what you learned this week. (1 paragraph)