 Identifying the stages in the job application

process
 Researching yourself
 Highlighting your skill and experience
 Researching the market
 Establish a strategy for your contact and
networking
1. Researching yourself
2. Researching the market
3. Reading a job advertisement
4. Sending a cover letter and CV/resume
5. Making interview small talk and responding
to interview questions
6. Sending a follow-up letter
 Validate your skills

What makes a person

an excellent
professional?
 Examine your profile!
Self-analysis exercise

Your education: Your experience: Your knowledge: Your personality: Others:

• What did you do or • What did you gain • Among all your • Among all your • What other
learn during your from all your work specialized, personality experiences and
education (diploma, experience (job technical, computer characteristics, skills could be
courses, projects) title, and other which are pertinent interesting for your
that could convince responsibilities, knowledge, which for this position? profile (ex.
the employer that tasks, etc.), paid or items are pertinent Professional
you are able to do unpaid, that could for this job offer? membership,
each task? be connected to this certification,
future job? continuing
education, etc.)?
 Finding a job
 Cold calling
 Job advertisements
 Researching the market will help you to:
◦ Know the types of jobs available in your area of expertise.
◦ Better understand the employers needs.
◦ Validate the tasks or responsabilities that you would like to
find in a job.
◦ Comprehend the requirements of the labor market in your
field.
◦ Use the same vocabulary as the employer.
 The objective is to have a conversation and
build a conection with someone.

◦ Be genuine and friendly.

◦ Your shared interests might lead to something
interesting.
◦ Don’t focus on the end result.
◦ You will have to listen, to ask questions and share
information.
 Personal, academic and social network
◦ Classmates, friends, family, professor, Neighbors, etc.
◦ Parties, Laboratory, voluntering, conference,
departmental seminars, etc.

 Job fairs and career days

◦ More information to come

 Social media (Twitter, facebook and LinkedIn)

◦ Create a professionnal profil.
◦ Follow the compagnies of interest.
◦ Get information and do some research.