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Benefits for You
Why will “walking in the employer’s shoes” help you in your work search? Like everyone else, employers like people who are interested in their needs and concerns.
The traditional cover letter and résumé as well as the interview are an important part of the work application process. But they have both pros and cons.
Find out about these pros and cons and how the Can-Do Work Search Tool can help you overcome the “cons” of each step in the job application process.
User Comments
The Can-Do Work Search Tool was tested with high school teachers/students in co-op placement programs and also shown to educators involved with curriculum development.
- What students have to say
- What educators have to say
What Students Have to Say
The Can-Do Work Search tool:
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“…shows me a way to be ahead of the competition!” |
| “…taught me what a manager looks for in an employee.” | |
| “…showed me that I should learn more things about where I am applying for work.” | |
| “…teaches me the importance of every detail of my skills.” | |
| “…allows me to make a summary of all the good things I can offer to the company.” | |
| “…emphasizes your strengths and gives you confidence in yourself as a valuable person and perspective employee.” | |
| “…helped me understand a lot more about how to organize information.” | |
What Educators Have to Say
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“What a great message!—to value everything you’ve done and do—for so many of our students lack self-esteem and tend to under-value their accomplishments.” |
| “Can-Do puts job search within a specific context. Job search educational units often focus on individual student career/job interests. This approach is too general.” | |
| “It’s such a new and innovative approach to résumé-writing. There are many places, in fact too many, where we teach kids to write résumés, and they got tossed the same approach many types over—in English, in Business, in co-op, in the career studies course. It gets taught in many places, but always with the same model. When I saw the Can-Do model, I saw it as a very new approach and would be more effective.” |
