Assignment: Job Search

A well-developed resume remains an essential element of successfully obtaining a job.

This is a multi-part assignment.

Part 1: Conduct resarch and write a 1 page paper. Instructions include:

• Online Job Search - Conduct an on-line job search and identify a specific position you might be interested in applying for.

• In your paper, discuss your on-line search and how you went about finding the position...where the job is, the company, how you found it, what job search site did you use, etc. Please keep in mind, this assignment is about demonstrating the job search process via the Internet.

• Also, describe the job and how your background matches the requirements of the position. (Minimum length of 1 page).

• Include a title/cover page

[Notes: If you're in the military and have no plans of discharging in the near future, focus on a civilian job that you would like to transition into following your military career. If your circumstances do not allow you to work, consider volunteer activities within your community that you would like to be a part of.]

Part 2: Develop and write a 1-2 page resume.

• Write a 1-2 page resume, designed to compete for the position you researched and chose in Part 1 of this assignment.

Notes: If you're in the military and have no plans of discharging in the near future, focus on a civilian job that you would like to transition into following your military career.