Career and Job Training Readiness Center

Whether you’ve been recently laid off, out of work for a while, or just looking for a better position, you’ll find that employers are looking for attitude!  You can have the best resume and the most accomplished interview style in the world, but if you lack that special spark, you’ll also be lacking that job.  It’s tough to get that spark to show through your resume and job application.  So how do you show enough sparkiness to get your foot in the door to convince prospective employers to give you a chance?

The answer is networking.  When you are considering a job change or looking for a new position, your best strategy may lie in making friends and getting to know people.  I don’t care how many resumes you send out or how many applications you complete; your best chance for a job comes when you have connection to the people who are hiring.

Make yourself more attractive to employers and more well-known by volunteering or doing pro bono work in your field or in a related field.  Show people how valuable of an employee you can really be.  Get passionate about your work, even if there’s not a paycheck attached, and sooner or later your dream job will open up and you’ll be right there to take advantage of it.