Seven Steps to Getting a Job

With links to On-line Career Resources

Information on how to utilize your MAPP, plus resources and ideas to apply what you have learned from your MAPP.

Seven steps to consider when beginning a career plan or a career change:

1. Conduct a rigorous self-assessment; identify your interests, skills, aptitudes, values, motivations, personal roles, past roles, preferred environments, developmental needs, and personal realities.
2. Identify and evaluate career possibilities and research:
• Occupations
  • Books on government careers
  • Online information on government careers
  • Online information on occupations and careers
  • Books on occupations and careers
  • Reference information on occupations and careers
  • Top 30 occupations and careers in the 22nd century
• Industries
• Growth in service industry
• Specific Employers
• Internet information on employers
• Internet information on employers for a fee
• Reference Material on employers
• International information on employers
• Labor Market Trends
3. Match your self-assessment results to career options. Whether you decide to work for someone else or become an entrepreneur, choose a career field.
4. Develop job skills and prepare to start looking.
• Traditional resume writing
• How to post an online resume
• Writing cover letters
• Writing thank you letters
5. Launch your job search!
• Online newspapers
• Networking
• Online kob search
6. Evaluate job offers, compare salaries, consider relocation problems, and weigh all the changes involved in accepting a new position.
7. Enjoy your new challenges and learn from them. Continually update your résumé and document your successes. You can now use your MAPP results to help you excel in your job. Consider using MAPP for building work teams, hiring, promoting and reorganizing as a company. With MAPP, the possibilities are endless!