Create Your Own

Creating your Can-Do Work Search Tool is a process that begins with the job ad and ends with a document that you can use for information or add to your work search application. Here is how it works.

• Study the Job Ad. Learn how to “read between the lines.”
• Research the Employer. Find out everything you can.
• Duties/Skills Sum-Up. Itemize the responsibilities of the job and the skills required.
• Résumé/Can-Do Checklists. Determine what you can “prove” in your résumé and find out ways to put a positive “spin” on your skills.
• The Can-Do Work Search Tool. “Walk in the employer’s shoes” and make yourself the perfect candidate.

Note: For another example of this process, go to Mid-Career Work Searcher.