Class 7: preparing for and finding jobs and interships

Today you will be looking for tools to help you find a job. Then you will look for summer jobs and internships in some English speaking countries (or Spanish or German speaking countries too).

- From the following site, find out what a “resume” is and how it is a “selling tool”.
http://jobsmart.org/tools/resume/index.cfm

(if you cannot find the definition, look at the Sample Resumes section and look at the examples. You will recognize what a resume is from these.)

- Find the right kind of resume format for you now or for when you finish your studies in LEA at Cergy (you are a “new graduate”).

- What is the British English word to say a job resume? How is this same word (the answer to the first question) used differently in American English (hint: the definition is more specific)?

- Compare these three more sites about writing a resume:
a) www.rockportinstitute.com/resumes.html
b) http://esl.about.com/library/howto/htresume.htm
c) http://www.questcareer.com/tips.htm

- Describe each site and its style with one or two sentences.
- Which one is the most adapted to you?

- Write down some notes about yourself following the example in the b) site. This means, answer questions 1, 2 and 3 on the advice given in the Here’s How section.

- What must you write and include with a CV when you apply for a job? (What is this called?)

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Here is a giant site that specializes in Job hunting: http://content.monster.com/

Go to the Jobs Basics section and look up the Resume Center. Scroll to the bottom of the page. And look at some sample resumes and letters.

Now go back to the Job Basics section and click on the Interview section. Scroll down the page and choose Virtual Interviews.
- What is a Virtual Interview?
- Then chose the Campus Virtual Interview and follow the interview for a couple of pages (this takes too long to finish, so only do a few pages).

Go back to the main Interview section. You will see the Dos and Don’ts section.

Click on “More articles like this” after the Dos and Don’ts section. Now click on the article “Your turn to Ask”.
- What does it tell you about your role in the interview?
- How can Hobbies benefit you? (Another article in the Dos and Don’ts section)

What is the definition of an “internship”? Go to Google and type into the search bar “define: internship” (the 3^rd definition is the easiest to understand)

Find some internships in foreign countries like England, the USA, Australia, Spain, Austria…

http://www.studyabroaddirectory.com/listingsp3.cfm/listing/712
http://jobsearch.about.com/cs/summerjobs/a/summerjob.htm
http://www.idealist.org/
http://www.foe.co.uk/press_for_change/volunteer/
http://www.jobsabroad.com/listingsp3.cfm/listing/23592

HOMEWORK:

Read the text: Managing Email (pages 14 -17 in your brochure)

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Extra information:
http://www.directetudiant.com/ (the French equivalent of the Jobs Abroad site for you to look at later)

Career Advice:
Go back to this site: http://jobsmart.org/tools/resume/index.cfm, look for the Career Guides Section and select Career Guides for Everyone. Then choose the question “What do I want – Online career tests”. Select the The Keirsey Temperament Sorter and follow this text for Non-English Temperment Sorters (the link is at the bottom of the page). How did you do? What is your personality like?

Go back to the jobsmart.org page and find another test to help orient yourself towards a career.