Land Your Next Role
This comprehensive course guides job seekers with practical advice to secure their desired positions. Topics include resume writing, networking, interview preparation, and job market navigation.
About This Course
Land Your Next Role will help job seekers find, prepare for, and land their next job. With practical guidance on how to showcase strengths and skills, write a resume and cover letter, find job listings, decipher job descriptions, network, prepare for an interview, respond to an offer letter, and more, Land Your Next Role will be a valuable tool for those asking, “What’s next?”
By the end of this course, you’ll be prepared to:
- conduct a job search.
- articulate your career goals.
- identify your skills, talents, strengths, and passions.
- craft a professional resume and tailored cover letter.
- navigate various job sites and application systems.
- leverage your network for job opportunities.
- conduct a successful job interview.
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knowledgeably evaluate a job offer.
Skills You Will Gain
Course Curriculum
Introduction to the course
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Job Search Overview
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Goals, Skills, and More!
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- Overview: How to Prepare for Your Job Search (Intangibles) (2:27)
- Creating Your Career Goals (7:11)
- Activity: Create Career Goals
- What Do You Want in a Workplace (4:16)
- Activity: Rate a Workplace
- Identifying Skills, Talents, Strengths, and Passions (5:33)
- Activity: Create a List of Skills & Talents
- Accomplishments and Improvements (5:53)
- Who Is Your Network (3:59)
- Activity: Create a Network List
- Resources on Job Skills, Skill Sets, and Transferable Skills
- Goals, Skills, and More Knowledge Check
Prepping Tangibles
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- Overview: How to Prepare for Your Job Search (Tangibles) (2:01)
- Components of a Resume (5:53)
- How to Create a Resume (5:07)
- Activity: Create Resume
- How to Prepare a Cover Letter Template (5:48)
- Activity: Write a Cover Letter
- How to Set Up a LinkedIn Profile (6:27)
- Activity: Create Your LinkedIn Profile
- Priming Your Network (5:54)
- Activity: Create Network Outreach Template
- Informational Interviews (4:41)
- Samples of Resumes and Cover Letters
- Prepping Tangibles Knowledge Check
How to find job openings
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- Overview: How to Find Available Positions (2:28)
- Internal vs External Searches (3:39)
- Finding Job Openings (5:55)
- How to Interpret a Job Description (5:13)
- Working With a Recruiter vs on Your Own (4:59)
- Job Fairs (4:16)
- How to Find Jobs When None Are Posted (4:27)
- Activity: Create a Cold Email Template
- Where to Find Job Openings
- How to Find Job Openings Knowledge Check
Applying for a Job
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Preparing for Your Interview
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- Overview: Preparing for Your Interview (1:52)
- Professional Communication (3:20)
- Types of Interviews (4:19)
- Common Interview Questions (5:43)
- How to Prep Your Answers and Stories (4:01)
- Logistics: What to Bring, What to Wear, and Where to Go (3:26)
- Prepping Questions for Interviewer (3:49)
- Best Practices for Interviewing
- Preparing for Your Interview Knowledge Check
The Interview
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- Overview: Your Interview (2:21)
- Arriving Early and Checking In (3:16)
- The First Impression (3:37)
- Be Yourself and What That Means (3:25)
- Be Conversational… (3:28)
- How Much to Share in an Interview (3:21)
- Asking Your Interviewer Questions (2:19)
- Tricky Interview Questions (5:34)
- Wrapping Up the Interview (2:46)
- Interview FAQs (5:04)
- Activity: Answering Common Interview Questions
- The Interview Knowledge Check
Right After the Interview
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You Didn’t Get the Job
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You DID Get the Job!
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- Overview: When You Get the Job (2:48)
- Reviewing the Offer (3:59)
- How to Negotiate Salary (5:06)
- Benefits (3:14)
- How to Give a Two Week Notice (3:29)
- When to Turn an Offer Down (3:33)
- Preparing for Your First Day
- Understanding an offer/contract
- You Did Get the Job Knowledge Check
- Congratulations! (1:08)
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