Career
Resources in the Greater Jacksonville Area - Listings of career
and jobhunting resources in Jacksonville area
Career Planning: Charting Your Course - Guide to self-assessment,
exploration and career decision making
Resume Writing - Basic guide to resume writing. Includes
an inventory, list of action verbs, and samples of various types of resumes.
Also has links to individual packets containing samples for specific majors
(College of Business, College of Education, etc.)
Job
Related Correspondence-Guidelines
for writing different types of job related letters including application
letter, letter of inquiry, acceptance letters, etc
Curriculum Vitae and Related Letters- Guidelines for writing
a curriculum vitae and covering letters. Discusses differences
between resume and curriculum vitae. Includes samples of both
CV and letters.
Job Interviewing- Complete guide to preparing for all different
types of job interviews. Includes discussion of all types of interview
situations and how to handle them as well as sample questions.
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Practice Interview: General
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Interview: Teaching
How
to Set Up A Career Internship-Provides definitions for a variety
of work experience opportunities and provides step-by-step guidelines
for setting up a "career internship" including how to identify
sources of available career internships.
Conducting
An Informational Interview-Provides step-by-step approach to setting
up and conducting informational interviews for researching careers.
Job
Search Strategies-Discusses different sources of job openings,
how to build and maintain your network, and how to conduct both local
job search and a long-distance job search.
Researching Employers- What do know about your potential employer?
In most job interviews you will be asked "why do you want to work for
us?" This guide provides a step-by-step process including worksheets
for gathering information about employers.
Evaluating and Accepting Job Offers- Trying to decide on a job
offer? This guide provides some checklists and guidelines to help
you evaluate each job offer.
Success at the First Job- Heading into your first "real" job
after graduation? This guide provides some helpful tips on how
to make a successful transition from academics to the world of work.
Applying to Graduate School- Thinking about Graduate or Professional
School. This comprehensive guide provides information that will
help you decide if graduate or professional school is for you and how
to go about researching programs and getting accepted.
Careers For Students With Disabilities- Students with disabilities
face important issues when it comes to career planning and job hunting.
This guide talks about many of those issues, how to handle them, and
helpful resources.
The Teaching Job Search- Looking for a teaching job? This
guide provides some tips on how to conduct a job search for teaching
positions. Includes a section on interviewing with sample questions.
Teaching In an Independent School- Opting not to teach in a
public school? This guide discusses the nuts and bolts of how
to get a job teaching in an independent school.
The Summer Job Search- Some tips on how to get a great summer
job. Includes links to websites for summer jobs.
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