STEP 4 OF 7
Update your job search library
Step 3 helped you expand your understanding of your skills and strengths, and enabled you to identify job titles and companies that might be a fit for you. We want to add this new info to your job search library
YOUR ASSIGNMENT
Update your existing knowledge blocks, if the Step 3 exercises uncovered new insights into your past experience and accomplishments. Then, write two new ones: a Target Job Profile and Questions and Concerns.
Grow your library
Re-read each of your original knowledge blocks. Add any new insights or information that occurred to you during step 3. You can probably do this without using your AI assistant, but here’s a prompt if you want some help.
PROMPT
Here are my 5 target job titles: [list them]. Below is my [name of knowledge Block]. Tell me 5 things to add, cut, or emphasize so it supports these job titles. [Paste one Knowledge Block] Don’t rewrite the document, just give me suggestions.
Write a one-page description of the job you are aiming for. It will help you identify potential employers, and help you judge every job listing against what matters to you.
If you want help writing your Target Job Profile, here’s a prompt you can use.
PROMPT
Interview me, one question at a time, to write a Target Job Profile. Cover job titles, hours, pay I need, commute or remote, work environment, must-haves, dealbreakers, and skills I want to use. When we finish, write it as a short bulleted list.
Everyone has worries about a job search. Common ones: gaps in work history, changing careers, no degree, technology skills, childcare or transportation, or a record. Name yours, then plan how to talk about them. Also list questions you want to ask employers.
REMINDER Use general terms — Describe your concerns without private details. For example, write “I have a gap in my work history while I cared for family”, not names, dates, or medical or legal specifics.
You can use your AI assistant to help you figure out how to talk about your concerns.
PROMPT
Here are some concerns about my job search, in general terms: [your concerns]. For each one, suggest a calm, honest way to talk about it in 2 sentences or less, focused on my strengths. Then give me 3 questions I should ask employers.
Put all of your knowledge blocks into your job search folder
- Employment narrative
- Paid employment chronology
- Unpaid employment chronology
- References
- Voice and tone
- Accomplishments
- Target job profile
- Questions and concerns