Read this article (it gives a nice short overview of important information for the biggest job sites, including industry-specific ones) and then access the various sites listed (or any others you know of and like) to find three job postings that have decent descriptions (a nice, detailed list or at least two paragraphs describing duties and requirements to be eligible–but you are welcome to “pretend” you have finished the degree or certificate that you are currently working on if it is a prerequisite!) for jobs, internships, or scholarships that are in fields that you are seriously interested in (even if currently it’s just interested in learning more about). Ideally, they should be jobs that are open to applications currently and will remain available for at least two weeks for companies that are listed so that you can do some internet research on them.
To submit this assignment, follow the directions below, using “Inert” < "Page Break" to complete each step on a separate page of your Word document:
In your Word document, you will want to create three sections using “Page Break” to separate the information listed in these steps for each separate job posting you find and analyze.
Start by listing the title of the job position and the company it is being offered by for each of the three links you found that you feel are the most useful for you to analyze and potentially apply to, either now or in the future. Make sure the links work even if you’re not logged into a particular job site; if they require you to be signed in, skip the link and just do the following (required for every posting, even if the link works): take a screen shot of the full description and drop the images into your Word document instead of the link–just please be sure I can clearly read them!Whenever possible, use the information in these postings to track down the job post on the company’s actual website, as these are more likely to actually reach the company’s HR department because you’re cutting out recruiters and other middle-men who may screen your application out of the running before it even gets to the company.
Note that a later step asks that you also be sure to use each company’s website to gather as much information as possible about what type of applicants the website not only *says* they want, but also who they *show* (and what they show them doing or behaving like) when posting pictures that are supposedly of their employees.
Write a brief description under each job’s section as to how you found it and what influenced you in choosing that particular posting.
In each job’s section of your Word document, after going to each company’s website and looking for clues in their mission statement, how they describe their company and work environment, and even analyzing images of employees who might be in similar positions, draft a short list of 4-6 personality traits–what you are like–and skills–what you can do well–(try to identify at least two of both categories) that you feel they are looking for in their ideal employees for each job posting. If you are having trouble brainstorming these, you may find the last three pages of this handout I designed for a Personal Statement workshop helpful: PersonalStatementsPacket.pdf NOTE: You do not need completely different skills and traits for the three jobs, so feel free to use some more than once. They all shouldn’t have identical lists, however, as they are different job descriptions for different companies.
Review the job postings again and analyze the language on them to develop additional lists, one for each potential job, of 4-6 personality traits and skills (again, try to identify at least two of both categories) that you feel they are looking for in their ideal candidate for the specific position.
Next, review your lists for the three jobs and identify which one you feel you are the best fit for. Try to identify one that you have at least three skills they are looking for and at least three personality traits. Clearly mark at the top of that job’s section which job you decide is the best fit and place the skills and personality traits you feel you have that match what the company and the exact position most desire in their ideal candidate in bold within your existing lists.
In the final section of your word document, select two skills and two personality traits from step 5 that you feel you could tell a “mini-story” about yourself that would help to “prove” that you really have these skills and personality traits. Draft a 2-3 sentence “mini-story” for each of these four items and include data whenever possible. Example: Skill: Project ManagementI have been taught to take initiative to solve problems and improve operations when in leadership roles. When I worked at Apple, Inc., in my role of Operations Manager I had to schedule 350 employees according to payroll budgets determined by the previous year’s sales. This data was broken down by department and hour. Due to the challenges of scheduling appropriately, I assembled a team of coders and software experts to develop a program to assist with scheduling. The program we developed automatically imported the hourly staffing needs of each department as well as each employee’s availability. I then was able to use simple drop-down menus to assign available qualified employees to each hour according to the budget calculated from the previous year’s sales data. This decreased scheduling errors significantly and also reduced the time needed to complete schedules each week by 70%.
Personality Trait: LeadershipAs a leader, I have the ability to accurately assess management skills and build “grow your own” management pipelines. While working at Progressive Storm, Inc., in my initial position as a retail store manager, I was able to recruit, train, and retain skilled sales staff that resulted in holiday sales that exceeded the previous year’s sales by 30% while remaining within the same payroll budget. As I moved up in the company during its growth phase, I continually sought out, identified, and hired candidates with potential managerial talent, provided those individuals with coaching and increased responsibilities, and developed a “grow-you-own” management pipeline that ensured that the company always had a pool of trained and eager management candidates for the next nine years as it expanded.
When you are done, upload this as a Word file in .doc
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