Rosa attended The Career Workshop offered at a faith-based employment service. The first day of the 2-day workshop taught her how to convince employers to hire her. The second day, workshop participants were told to visit two potential employers before returning to the 10:30 start time. Rosa returned at 10:40 and excitedly reported that one of the two companies she contacted offered her a job. She negotiated the exact salary she wanted.
Benefits of Attending Job Search Workshops
A lot of people reject the invitation to attend job search workshops because they want to get a job quickly. They mistakenly assume that they will waste time at the workshop. They fail to recognize that time spent improving their skills, or as Stephen R. Covey said Sharpening the Saw, saves time.
Attending a job search workshop improves your ability to find employment faster and with better pay. Good workshops not only teach principles but practice skills needed to find a job. These include how to:
- Find advertised and unadvertised job leads
- Network effectively with family, friends, and former colleagues
- Obtain referrals of people you can talk to from current contacts
- Gather information about the goals, projects, and culture of potential employers
- Say the right things in phone calls so that employers will let you into their offices
- Open and close interviews to make good first and last impressions
- Answer or ask interview questions impressively to make employers want to hire you
- Follow-up effectively after interviews so that companies want second interviews
- Negotiate salary, benefits, and other perks
Some workshops videotape participants’ interviews and give feedback to help them improve.
How to Find Workshops in Your Area
Some workshops are free. Others cost. You can find job search workshops through:
- Your state Department of Workforce Services or Job Service
- LDS Employment Resource Services (see www.LDSJobs.org)
- Catholic Charities
- Public libraries
- Local community colleges
- Google “job search workshop” and the name of your city
Wednesday we will analyze the impact of doubt and belief on finding a job
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