How to Conduct an On-Line Job Search OMDE Graduates Course (OMDE)

Module 1: Guide to Distance Education Job Search Resources

Student Feedback

Your Name: back

Please answer the following questions and submit this document to me as an attachment.

1. Were you able to logon to the on-line career development software program: Discover^®.?

Yes No

2. Please comment on any problems you may have had with the logon process.

3. How do you think the three websites will be of help to you with a future job search.

4. Based on your selections in Chapter 7 of Take Hold of Your Future, what is the occupation in which you will be seeking a job?

5. In which of the following kinds of organizations would you like to practice that occupation?

For-profit company

Not-for-profit Company or Organization, State or Federal government agency

My own business

6. Will you limit your job search to companies/organizations that, when researched, appear to excel in their quality of product and service?

Yes No

7. What At this stage of your life, how important is the fringe benefit package?

I need an outstanding fringe benefit package.

An average fringe benefit package will suffice.

Fringe benefits are not important.

6. Which of the following best describes your current wishes related to career opportunities?

A job with potential to allow promotion into management

A job which offers great variety of work without having to manage others

A job which offers high opportunity to learn new skills and knowledge

7. To what extent do you want your job to use the specialized training you have had?

This is very important to me.

I don’t mind entering a different field.

8. To what extent are you willing to work more than a 40-hour week if that is needed?

I would be willing to do this only on rare occasions.

If that’s what it takes to succeed well in my job, it’s OK.

1. List three or more additional criteria that you want to use in selecting a job. (Use the back of this sheet if needed).