iThink’s Smart Job Search Program goes beyond basic resume preparation. It’s a comprehensive, customized program administered by professional counsellors that provides you with the skills, confidence and winning attitude you need to find, prepare for and land a job.
The following are topics you will cover with our iThink counsellors:
- Assessing skills - taking inventory of your skills and careful evaluation of transferable skills
- Understanding the labour market - what it is today and what are the official projections for the future
- Winning resume - developing a winning resume that will get you noticed
- Handling the first call from a prospective employer - how to successfully handle the initial telephone call or communication (pre-interview) from a prospective employer - this preparation is often the difference in getting an interview
- Tapping into the hidden market - finding effective networking strategies and leveraging personal referrals
- Using the internet - searching for jobs, communicating and posting resumes
- Learning to discuss skills - promoting yourself in a smart and interesting way and clearly understanding the expectations of recruiters
- Practicing interview skills - understanding the hidden meaning behind interview questions and the importance of body language and how to behave in different types of interviews
- Observing interview skills - participating in video-taped mock interviews to observe, receive and give feedback on how you presented yourself in an interview
- Handling the post-interview - learning the "final touches" of an interview such as following up and thank-you letters
Looking for a job can be a stressful time for many people. iThink’s caring counsellors will cover topics that can help our students cope with time, stress and change management. In addition, students will learn about the best on-line sites for job hunting and will post their resumes onto the most popular job sites.
