1. Sources of Job Leads

2. Information about a job opening
I. What is a job lead?
Information about a job opening

3. II. Networking talking with people you know about job openings
#1 way people get jobs
contact list – list of people you know
referral – someone who directs you to a job – tells you about a job
4 associations of networks (next slide)

4. 4 associations of networks:
Professional – people you work with
Organizational – people you know because of non-job related organizations or clubs
Personal – people you know personally (family, friends, neighbors)
Opportunistic – people you meet by chance

5. III. School resources Guidance counselors Teachers
Placement programs at colleges
Work experience, internships, job shadows

6. IV. Job advertisements
small percentage of people get their jobs through job advertisements
Newspapers, magazines, help-wanted signs, specialized magazines (business, farming, etc.)

7. V. Using the telephone
hot call – calling the business because you heard of the job opening there
cold call – calling a business to see if there are any jobs available
check the yellow pages of phone book
this could be the first contact – make a good first impression

8. VI. Employment agencies
matchmaker between job seekers and employers
Public – agencies that don’t charge a fee for their services
MV – Iowa Workforce Development
Private – agencies that charge a fee for their services

9. VII. Internet many sites that post jobs Examples: OMAHA metro area:
US area