Principles of seeking employment

Educate! Network! Present!

“It is interesting that the first recorded instruction given to Adam after the Fall, dealt with the eternal principle of work. The Lord said: ‘In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.’ (Gen. 3:19.) Our Heavenly Father loves us so completely that he has given us a commandment to work. This is one of the keys to eternal life. He knows that we will learn more, grow more, achieve more, serve more, and benefit more from a life of industry than from a life of ease.” - Howard W. Hunter

https://www.ldsjobs.org - Tools for unemployed, underemployed, employers, self-employed, and employed. Excellent resource. Open to other faiths. Create an account and check it out!

“Education provides understanding and skills that can help people develop self-reliance. . . Work is the foundation upon which self-reliance and temporal well-being rest.”
- Handbook 2

Educate!

Here are some sites that offer MOOCs. https://www.coursera.org/ - the most popular right now https://www.edx.org/ https://www.udacity.com/ https://www.khanacademy.org/ - math focused http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com - Microsoft related http://www.codecademy.com/ - just for learning how to code http://is.byu.edu/site/courses/free.cfm - mostly Mormon-y stuff

Network!

“This is your phone call” - Richard C. Edgley

Present!

Have three resume formats:

• Everything (including kitchen sink)
• Text only (for online forms)
• One page (for handing out)

Find creative ways to leverage non-work experiences!
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http://xkcd.com/192/

http://xkcd.com/1037/

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