I will use the following job search strategies, in this order.

1. My networking activities to find a job


2. State-based job bank found via Career OneStop  - Get your state's information and job banks if you want to stay in your state. For example, here are a few state-based job banks.
   
   
   1. Massachusetts (Note free JOBQUEST JOB SEARCH service)
   
   
   2. Washington
   
   


3. Job banks listed in The Riley Guide,
   
   
   1. Indeed job bank
   
   


4. Google searches and Google Alerts containing my job keywords plus my ZIP code


5. Local papers
   

Additional job search resources

1. How to Job Search from The Riley Guide,


2. Google search for "a job search plan is"


3. About.com Best job search websites of 2008

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1. Linkages
   
   
   1. Change all links in the template to links to posts you have created from those templates.
   
   
   2. If there is a Table of Contents in your post, you must edit it after you COPY/PASTE it into your new post by doing the following.
      
      
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   3. Return to the post that links to the post you are editting and change the link to the template to point to your copy of that template.
   
   
   4. Provide a backward link to that calling post
   
   


2. Add your initials and any other tags/keywords to the "Keywords" section.


3. If your post does not have private information in it, save it with an Access Restriction (AR) of "Public"; if you want another LWPS member to see your post, create a Group Access Restriction (GAR) for them and save your post with that GAR; otherwise use an AR of "Private".

Keywords that described this job that could be used in a Google search to find similar jobs

List below keywords that describe your job. When compete, prioritze them so the most important keywords appear at the top.

1. (keyword)


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Now, list the top five keywords sequentially like in a sentence and go to advanced Google search to develop the list (specifically listing unwanted words), then COPY/PASTE the URL below.

Create variants and COPY/PASTE them here as well. 

1. "auto mechanic 02645"

Use the same searches in Google Alerts to send you emails of matches when they happen.

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Go to ONET and find your occupation listing and COPY/PASTE the link below. Add other descriptions that interest you.)

1. current job

(Here a few examples)

1. computer programmer


2. Auto mechanic (choose from 378)
   
   
   1. Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
   
   

Return to My current job (template)

BLS info
15-1021.00
Online ONET Center

View the following details for a programmer's occupation

My current job

1. Job description


2. Skills I use


3. What I like about this job


4. What I don't like about this job


5. Additional Information about my current job

(Top, Bot)

Job description

1. ...


2. .


3. .

(Top, Bot)

Skills I use. (Make sure these are also listed in My Skills)

1. ...


2. .


3. .

(Top, Bot)

What I like about this job. (Make sure these are also listed in My Values and My Interests)

1. Review the following resources for the "attributes" you want to use to evaluate each job.
   
   
   1. http://www.uwplatt.edu/careercenter/resources/ChoosingEvaluatingOffers.html
   
   

(Top, Bot)

What I don't like about this job

1. ...


2. .


3. .

(Top, Bot)

Additional Information about my current job

1. ONET listing of my current job


2. Career cluster and job path


3. Other jobs similar to my current job.


4. My Job Search Plan


5. Google searches for jobs

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See About.com's "My first job"

Let's say you create fifty (50) posts in your personal blog. You could click on "Your Blog" and see the full content of all of the posts, or you could add your initials to the "Keywords" section of each of your posts and then click on one hyperlink instance of your initials to see the title of all of your posts. But neither method organizes your posts. You create APs to do that - to organize links to your posts.

Go to the next milepost of What is a "My LifeWork Portal" post and why is it important. or return to this milepost in the Roadmap.

If you have a paper notebook, journal or diary

1. Write page numbers on every page


2. Create a Table of Contents in the front and an Index in the back associating major information sections with their page number.  

If you create/maintain files offline on your computer

1. Learn how to insert hyperlinks to files on yor computer


2. Create a Table of Contents in the front and an Index and insert hyperlinks to appropriate files

If you have a blog

1. Create a Table of Contents in the front and an Index and insert hyperlinks to appropriate files

(to be added later)

If you have an LWPS blog

You already learned about adding your initials to the "Keywords" section of each of your posts so you could click on that tag/keyword (or do a search for it) to find ALL of your posts your initials.

You already learned about creating hyperlinks. Soon we will show you how to add several hyperlinks to one post so you collect and organize similar posts making it easier to find them. You saw a glimpse of that when we just talked about creating posts for your values, interests and skills. 

We'll talk about that soon, but first we want to emphasize the importance of constantly developing each of your posts so they reflect who you are at this instant and what you want.

Go to the next milepost of Reviewing, reflecting, revising, and reintegrating (4Rs) what you have written. or return to this milepost in the Roadmap.

Have fun! Your first post should be about anything you want to write about that pertains to your lifework/career planning. If nothing comes to mind, consider one of the titles in my LifeWork Portal. You can COPY anything that you want.

Go to the next milepost of Link to that post or return to this milepost in the Roadmap.

A post is like a page in a book. There are thousands of posts ("pages") in this LWPS blog ("book").

Communities are like chapters.

Although posts are not sequentially ordered within the chapter/community, they are logically ordered based upon which sub-blog (personal blog or community blog) they are saved in.

Go to the next milepost of The anatomy of a post. or return to this milepost in the Roadmap.

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