Job Search, Application and Interview Skills Training

If you are still searching for the right job, PD Training’s Job Search, Application and Interview Skills training course is designed to guide job seekers through every step from searching and applying for the job to interview techniques and followup.

This course covers the following topics: your objectives and goals, the hidden job market, finding the right jobs through networking, developing a plan of action, designing an effective resume and cover letter, how to create your portfolio, types of interviews, how to succeed at interviews and much more.

This comprehensive training course is available across the U.S., including Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Jackson, Los Angeles, Manhattan, Miami, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Antonio and Seattle.

Your Learning Outcomes

After completing this program, you will have the necessary knowledge and skills to search for the perfect job for you.

After completing this course, participants will have learned to:

  • Assess their skills
  • Build a resource system
  • Set SMART goals
  • Understand basic resume formats
  • Create an attractive package
  • Understand branding
  • Add extra touches
  • Create and customize a template
  • Create a portfolio
  • Use networking skills
  • Understand the importance of organizing
  • Look at the hidden job market
  • Use networking to find the right jobs
  • Understand the various types of interviews
  • Develop skills to give perfect interviews
Duration: 1.0 day course Live Online Experts



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Job Search, Application and Interview Skills Training Reviews:

I found it very refreshing not to do another personality type course on leadership, but more about applying the leadership style to the staff member's developmental stage. Great delivery, lots of hands on and lots of involving staff. I got my staff to do stuff they don't like doing which was really good!




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Job Search Skills Training Course provides participants with the knowledge and the skills to find the right job and to succeed in getting it. During the course, participants learn to define their objectives and goals, use SMART goals, develop a plan of action, design an effective resume, create an attractive cover letter, and more. The training course also equips you with the skills to handle and succeed at interviews.

Course Outline for Job Search, Application and Interview Skills Training

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Topic 1
Getting Started
  • Housekeeping Items
  • Pre-Assignment Review
  • Workshop Objectives
  • The Parking Lot
  • Action Plan
Topic 2
Networking Skills
  • What is Networking?
  • Getting a Conversation Started
  • But I'm So Nervous!
  • Wrapping Up and Moving On
Topic 3
Ready, Set, Go!
  • Indentifying Your Values and Purpose
  • Assessing Your Skills
  • Setting SMART Goals
  • Building a Resource System
  • a 30-Day Plan
Topic 4
Skills for Success
  • Being Organized
  • Becoming a Punctual Person
  • I Can Do This!
  • Important Etiquette Points
Topic 5
Building Your Resume
  • Basic Resume Formats
  • Dealing with Awkward Points
  • Checklist for Success
Topic 6
Where to Look?
  • The Obvious Places
  • The Hidden Job Market
  • About Cold Calling
  • The Power of Networking
Topic 7
Polishing Your Resume
  • Creating an Attractive Package
  • About Branding
  • Some Extra Touches
  • Checklist for Success
Topic 8
Understanding the Interview
  • Types of Interviews
  • What to Expect
  • About Behavioral Questions
  • About Knowledge Questions
Topic 9
Writing a Cover Letter
  • Types of Cover Letters
  • Creating a Template
  • Customizing the Template
  • Checklist for Success
Topic 10
Interview Skills
  • Dressing for Success
  • Answering Questions
  • Asking Questions
  • Following Up
Topic 11
Creating a Portfolio
  • When Do I Need a Portfolio?
  • Types of Portfolios
  • Essential Elements
  • Checklist for Success
Topic 12
Wrapping Up
  • Words from the Wise
  • Parking Lot
  • Lessons Learned
  • Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations
 

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Face-to-Face, Live Online, or Hybrid Class Tailored to Your Needs

When you want a tailored learning experience targeting exactly what you want without bringing everyone physically together, the best choice is a Live Online Class run by PDT.

We tailor the content and activities to be specific to your current needs and the needs of the people and run the course in our usual activity-based workshop style training, however, the participants can all be offsite, or some can be in the room with others offsite.

Unless you have a preferred tools we use 'Zoom for Education' that includes enhanced collaboration features such as One-click content sharing, real-time co-annotation (people can work together in activity files), and digital whiteboarding, we also include things like live polls and group chats so you virtually have the same collaborative learning experience of attending a course in a room with other people.

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We have delivered these 100's (if not 1000's) of times, and get great outcomes. We achieve great outcomes because we keep our learner centric approach - just because it’s delivered through a screen to some or all participants doesn’t mean it needs to be less tailored or less personalised.

You still have an expert trainer who talks to you prior to the session and tailors the delivery to use your terminology, ensure activities are relevant and directly applicable and ensures an engaging learning experience that provide people with skills and techniques they can apply the very next day.

A hybrid class is with some people connecting online, and some people physically together in the same room.

Live Online Participant Feedback:

90% Overall Trainer Rating

88% Delivery was Adapted to me Personally

75% I Would Recommend this Course to Someone Else

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At the completion of training participants are encouraged to create an action plan, and invite an accountability buddy via their Orgmenta App.

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