Career and Work Exploration 10, 20, A30, B30
CWEX13
Module 13: Job Search (Core)
Outcome
Explore skills, tools and strategies that support the job search process.
Indicators
| (a) | Research sources of employment/job postings locally, provincially and nationally. |
| (b) | Research how employers accept, review and analyze applicants’ resumes using processes such as online submissions/uploading documents, keyword searching, and automatic tracking systems. |
| (c) | Discuss the process for accurately completing an application form. |
| (d) | Complete sample job application forms for a variety of positions. |
| (e) | Investigate the hidden job market and recommend ways to access it. |
| (f) | Discuss the concept of unconscious bias and how it might impact a job search. |
| (g) | Develop a list of questions that are commonly asked in a job interview and develop responses to them. |
| (h) | Demonstrate effective interview skills through role-playing scenarios or mock interviews conducted by community professionals that include common parts of an interview (e.g., introduction, interviewer’s questions, interviewee’s questions and closing). |
| (i) | Analyze one’s performance during role-playing or mock interviews and suggest areas for improvement. |
| (j) | Role-play what to do and what not to do at a job interview. |
| (k) | Discuss how networking, interviews, application forms, letters of application, resumes and personal career portfolios can support a job search. |
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Brilliant Answers to Tough Interview Questions(5th ed.)
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Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
$19.18
Record posted/updated:
December 6, 2021
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Media and Formats :
Video
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
February 7, 2022
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Your Career: How to Make It Happen(9th ed.)
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Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
December 6, 2021
R012154
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Book
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$25.95 USD
Record posted/updated:
December 6, 2021
R017480
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Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
$28.00
Record posted/updated:
December 7, 2021
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Connect to Your Career. Instructor's Resource CD: Job-Search Skills for a Digital World
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Book
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$49.95 USD
Record posted/updated:
December 7, 2021
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Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
$23.99
Record posted/updated:
December 6, 2021
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Soft Skills for the Workplace. Online Instructor Resources
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Book
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$50.00 USD
Record posted/updated:
March 15, 2022
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CD/DVD
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See publisher.
Record posted/updated:
June 10, 2022
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Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
June 10, 2022
R015521
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Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
See publisher.
Record posted/updated:
June 10, 2022