Career Ministry Job Search Training manuals
The 150 page "Quick Start" manual Version 2 is used in the "Quick Start" workshops, and as the curriculum manual for your weekly support group meetings. This means you don't have to buy or create separate learning materials for the workshops and the weekly support group meetings! The workshop manual may be purchased completely bound and ready for a workshop/support group meeting or downloaded as an eBook. This comprehensive manual covers everything a job seeker needs to begin an effective job search campaign the next day. Check out the table of contents below!
Career Ministries Workshop and Support Group manual
Version 2.1
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Week 1 of 15
Devotional: Planting Tears and Reaping Joy
Orientation to program
Unemployment 101
2. Managing the Stress of Job Loss and Job Search
Week 2 of 15
Devotional: Assurance of God’s Guidance
Emotional Stress – Four Stages
Individual and group exercises
Financial Stress – Know Your Financial Situation
Individual and group exercises
Filing for Unemployment
Federal Unemployment Resources
Tax Impacts of Unemployment
Individual and group exercises
Time Stress – Job Search and the “Time Trap”
Dealing with FEAR
Individual and group exercises
Fingerprints of Successful Job Seekers
Individual and group exercises
External resources list
3. Career Transition & Defining Your Work
Week 3 of 15
Devotional: Learning From Trials
What type of work do you want to do?
Individual and group exercises
External resources list
4. Transferable Skills
Week 4 of 15
Devotional: Caring for God’s Gifts
Identification of your skills
Portraying your skills for a new career
Individual and group exercises
External resources list
5. Your Title and Work Objective
Week 5 of 15
Devotional: Living the Disciplined Life
Your job title and why it is important
Your work objective and when to use it
Individual and group exercises
External resources list
6. Target Market Companies
Week 6 of 15
Devotional: Faith Overcomes Worry
What is a target company list?
Target company list criteria
Individual and group exercises
External resource list
7. What is Your Core Message?
Week 7 of 15
Devotional: Employer-Employee Relations
What is your core message?
How to develop your “core-mmercial”
Individual and group exercises
External resources list
8. Job Search Strategies
Week 8 of 15
Devotional: How Well Do We Listen?
Job Search Strategies
Individual and group exercises
Top 10 reasons for long job searches
How do companies hire employees?
Which strategies should you use and how many?
Individual and group exercises
External resources list
9. Employment and Temp Agencies, and Recruiters
Week 9 of 15
Devotional: Experiencing Life Together
What is the difference between the three?
Should you work with them?
What should you expect?
How to find them
Individual and group exercises
External resources list
10. Job Networking
Week 10 of 15
Devotional: Seeking God’s Wisdom in Our Decisions
Three types of networking
Communication perceptions
Electronic social networking
Five step job networking process
Where to productively focus your networking
Tapping the hidden job market
Individual and group exercises
External resource list
11. Job Search Action Plan
Week 11 of 15
Devotional: It’s Hard to See from Here
Developing a job search action plan
What is your job search timeline?
Your contact sheet and progress chart
Individual and group exercises
Job search action plan summary
External resource list
12. Cover Letters & Resumes
Week 12 of 15
Devotional: Facing a Giant? Use Your Stones!
How to writecover letters – two samples
Individual and group exercises
Writing effective resumes
Three types of resumes
What to include, what to exclude
Keyword filters
Paper or digital or both?
Three resume samples
Individual and group exercises
External resource lists
13. Creating Your Portfolio
Week 13 of 15
Devotional: Wisdom for Your Trials
What is a portfolio and how can it help you?
Three types of portfolios
Individual and group exercises
External resource list
14. Creating Your Pre-Application
Week 14 of 15
Devotional: Thinking About a Decision
Why create a pre- application?
Typical job application
Job application information issues
Individual and group exercises
External resource list
15. Winning the Interview Game
Week 15 of 15
Devotional: Has the Wind Gone Out of Your Sail?
Pre-interview checklist
Four types of interviews
Traditional versus behavioral interview questions
Ten common interview questions
Individual and group exercises
External resource list
16. Salary/Compensation Negotiation
Week 16 of 16
Devotional: Not the Way You Planned
Salary negotiation tips
Other negotiable items
Factors determining your worth
How to respond to a salary request
Individual and group exercises
External resource list
Manuals may be ordered by calling Career Ministries at 1-813-960-1876 or ordered online by clicking here.
