New! Complimentary Instructor's Guide

The newly updated Instructor's Guide is designed to save time, help measure classroom success and maximize investing in The Get A Job Kit. The guide features a comprehensive course outline, and engaging interactive exercises to help job seekers of all ages and backgrounds succeed and shine.

The user-friendly format focuses on practical and timely tips and techniques to help students jump-start their job search and avoid costly and embarrassing mistakes. Recommended training time ranges from 8 to 12 hours (but the course can easily be shortened or lengthened), with about an hour to ninety minutes of daily instruction. To help measure learning comprehension, the guide includes The Get A Job Kit Quiz template for reproduction and Quiz Answer Sheet to help save valuable time.

On a personal note, thank you for helping and inspiring students to launch a successful job search with The Get A Job Kit in today's challenging marketplace.

Course Outline

• Set the Tone for Success – Review of current employment marketplace trends, salary ranges and other data, as well as education, training and experience requirements for vocational and professional jobs.
• Point Students in the Right Direction – Distribute The Get A Job Kit and complete Self-Marketing exercise (template included,) to identify strengths and weak areas. Establish career goals and complete brief self-commercial.
• Begin Drafting Resumes – Review Get A Job Kit's Career Planner section on resume writing, and developing rough drafts for review.
• Fine Tune Resumes – Interactive exercise for evaluating substance and style of resumes, and creating employment references.
• Submit Interim Resumes – Final exercise to strengthen mistake-free resumes for instructor evaluation.
• Polish Other Written Materials – Review Career Planner section on cover letters and job applications. Focus on Using the Internet for Your Job Search, and review popular sites and emerging resources.
• Project a Professional Image – Interactive exercises and money-saving tips on how to dress appropriately when interviewing, along with grooming and positive non-verbal communication tips.
• Develop Interviewing Skills – Review Pocket Guide to Confident Interviewing, featuring more than 175 savvy tips on interviewing do's and taboos. Practice responding to Top Ten Interviewing Questions (also in kit).
• Conduct Mock Interviews – Videotape mock interviews and provide constructive feedback to boost self-confidence and overall awareness of non-verbal communication signals.
• Reinforce Job Readiness – Review remaining Get A Job Kit tools, including Scheduler Notepad, Marketing Notes & Quotes, Job Travel Case and Congratulations, You Got the Job brochure. Distribute The Get A Job Kit Quiz, review answers, and practice writing thank you notes. Encourage students to share kits with other job seekers when they get hired, and congratulate them on a job well done!