Starting Your Job Search

A job search is really very simple.

Take the first step.

"The secret to getting ahead is getting started."  Mark Twain

No secrets, no magic, no special skills required. BUT you do need to take action.  You do need to make the effort.  And you do need to keep at it, to stay the course. 

Step 1 is Make Contacts

You get started by making contact.

• Start with a website like www.indeed.com and search for jobs of interest.  Use the titles and keywords of jobs which you have done, or believe you can do, and in which you have an interest.  You can also search using the names of companies for which you would like to work. 
• Then apply according to the instructions -- online, submit a resume and a cover letter, email, fax, mail, in person, and/or phone. 
• Don't delay by continuously reworking your resume, your cover letter.  Capture the keywords from the posting, incorporate them into your application, resume, and cover letter and send them on their way.

"If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen."  Joe DiMaggio

• Then expand your contacts to any and all companies that are similar to the companies to which you have applied.  Even if they are not hiring currently. 
• The objective, your goal, in Step 1 of your job search is to make contact with, become known by, and, hopefully, impress, every employer who might sometime have a job for you.

If you need help in making those contacts,

make contact with us at JVS.

Visit us at www.jvsdet.org 

We can help.

Southfield, MI 48076