Job Seeker Toolkit

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Community Career Services

Student Career Services

Community Career Services helps job seekers through:

• Job Clubs
• Individualized Career Planning
• Career Planning Workshops

If you need materials to get your job search started, you may find what you're looking for in the following downloadable (.pdf) documents.

Job Search Strategies

• Job Search Methods for Professionals
• Job Banks, Associations, Recruiting & Staffing

Networking to Your Next Job

• Networking Introductory E-Mail
• Targeted Introductory E-Mail
• Introductory E-Mail to Professional
• Informational Interviewing
  

Targeting Companies

• Online Business Databases
• Greater KC Chamber of Commerce Small Business of Year Award Winners
• Greater KC Chamber of Commerce Top 10 Small Business Alumni
• Area Chambers of Commerce

Connecting to Federal Government Opportunities

• Federal Contractors, Subcontractors at Fort Leavenworth
• Articles on Federal Government Employment
• Federal Application Process Guide & More
  

Resumes and More

• Resume Advice Web Sites

Job Search Correspondence

• Job Search Correspondence Packet
• Cover and Thank You Letters Web Sites

Interviewing

• Interviewing Guidelines

Survival $$$ Gigs and Ideas

• $$$ Gigs, Ideas, Project Work and More
• Substitute Teaching
• Part-Time Jobs With Benefits
• Deducting Job Search Expenses

Barriers That May Sabotage

• Age
  • Hudson Heroes’ Experience Resonates

Going Solo - Starting Your Own Business

• JCCC Kansas Small Business Development Center
• Area Small Business Development Centers

Changing Careers

• Exploring A Mid-Life Career Change Workshop
• Teaching
  • KCK Teaching Fellows
  • Professionals As Teachers
• Future Jobs Today
  
  • Is It Time to Change Jobs?
• Twenty Questions to Ask Yourself Before Changing Jobs
• Transferrable Skills--An Important Asset in Today's Job Market

Career Exploration

• Your Career Decision-Making Process
• First Steps toward Exploring Careers
• Next Steps toward a Career Decision
• Informational Interviewing Handout
• What To Do With A Major In
• Application Form Guidelines
• Students with Disabilities Web Sites (Career Planning)
• College and University Research Web Sites
• General Career Information Web Sites
• Web sites for Wages and Trends Information
• Location Research Web Sites
• Program Outlooks

Local Career Resources

• Diane Stafford, Kansas City Star columnist
• Missouri SHARE Network Access Points

Staying Positive in a Down Economy

• Become A Volunteer

Maintaining Your Health & Health Care Coverage

• Health Care, Insurance for the Unemployed

Re-Training For Job Seekers

• Retraining Funds - JCCC Student Guide
• Retraining Financial Aid Resources
• Education Funding For Laid-Off Workers
• Credit Career and Certificate Program List
• Continuing Education Certificate Programs
• KC Metro Bachelor Degree Completion Programs
• Kansas Colleges and Universities
• Missouri Colleges and Universities