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Organizing
and listing your personal skills could help you easily fill
out job applications, provide useful information for job interviews,
and prepare quality resumes.
First, you should categorize the skills by separating your interests
and aptitudes from your work experience.
1) Aptitudes and interest. These include all of your hobbies,
activities you have been involved in the past, and all the things that
interest you. By listing all of these down, you could examine the
skills it takes to achieve each item.
Skills from aptitude and interest may be homemaking, playing
basketball, fixing cars and many more. All of these items could
determine if you are capable of working with a team, able to handle
multiple tasks, have viable knowledge of human development, knowledge
of electronics and ability to diagnose mechanical and numerical
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Most of the time, even if your warm contact knows little in the field
where you are trying to find a job, they might offer you
advice. Be polite and interested in what they are
saying. Who knows, the information that they are giving may
be valuable to you in the future.
There are times that your warm contacts may be telling you tips on what
manner will work best when you talk to the persons to whom you are
being referred. Your warm contacts may also imply what
qualities and qualifications the person is looking for.
* Ask for at least two referrals.
Before you ask for referrals, make sure that your warm contact had said
everything that he or she can say about your field of interest.
Even if they know little about that field, it is impolite if you cut
them short while they are speaking to ask if they know somebody who
will be able to help you.
If they weren't able to refer you to at least one of their contacts,
thoughtfully ask them why they couldn't do so. They may give
you answers that may include indirect comments or
suggestions. They may also indicate a lack of confidence in
your work strategy. If this is so, you may have to make
follow ups with them to prove that you are indeed credible and match
their requirements.
However, there are also times when they can't refer you to their
contacts because they just don't know anybody who might have the
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Employment Documents
In several states, when one has not reached the age of eighteen yet, it
is required get working documents which are officially known as
Certificate of Employment or Age to be allowed to work legally. Schools
are good venues for one to acquire these important papers. The
Department of Labor offers such service, too. Browse on the
certification list for Age or Employment to know which rules apply to
you. Your school's Guidance Office can be of great help. One's state
office will assist greatly if one is directed to the Department of
Labor. Particular states such as New York, for instance, have special
web site sections on Youth Jobs, which will produce the information and
documents you are required to have.
Fantasy Jobs
Make sure you take a job you can maintain interest in. You might want
to consider after-school programs and working with kids. Or you may
want to work part time on the beach, recreational facilities, zoos and
other areas. The important thing is that you choose a job that you
enjoy and can perform in with the best of your capabilities. It is very
important that you do your best in your job and pick one you truly
enjoy, as your experience with this job could very well dictate your
future career.
Job Search
Your high school guidance counselor may be able to assist you with
finding a part-time job that is just right for you. Aside from having
contacts among local businesses, they may also help you evaluate which
jobs you will enjoy and excel at.
It is also a good idea to tell everyone you know that you are looking
for work. Don't underestimate your network of acquaintances. They may
very well have other networks of acquaintances that may help you find
good jobs.
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