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Rms Consulting: Winning Interview Strategies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides some general guidelines that a person should follow when going for a job interview.
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Letter Writing Guide

Sample Interview Thank You Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
This informational site provides a well-written thank you letter exemplar. This example of a thank you letter is intended as a follow-up to an interview.
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Letter Writing Guide

How to Write a Thank You Letter After an Interview

For Students 9th - 10th
This student and teacher-friendly site contains the rationales for writing thank-you letters after job interviews. In addition, the article discusses the elements to include in a thank-you letter.
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College Grad

College Grad: Job Fair Success

For Students 9th - 10th
The reality of the job fair meat markets, and how to rise above the crowds! Use this article to be a job fair success!
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Live Career: Proper Phone Interview Etiquette Can Propel You to the Next Step

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Although targeted at those doing phone interviews as part of a job search, the etiquette tips in this article would serve a journalist well. Focus on contact, follow-up, and how to seem organized and prepared.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Finding a Summer Job or Internship

For Students 9th - 10th
As the summer begins teens rush out to grab the most desirable job. Learn what you should consider before acquiring employment and how to make your part time job as rewarding as possible.
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College Grad

College Grad: Get the Job Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
College Grad is a site developed for specifically for entry-level individuals looking for a job. There is a variety of job-realted information that assists you in getting the job you want!
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When Job Hunting: Dress for Success

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides some hints for dressing for success for both men and women. Also includes some accompanying sample pictures.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Character Analysis Through Job Placement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to write resumes and interview questions for characters in Tennessee William's "The Glass Menagerie," although the lessons can be easily adapted to other works as well. In addition to...
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Privacy Rights Clearninghouse: Employment Background Checks

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is helpful to both the applicant and the interviewer. Information is given regarding what data can be found through a background check. Explains how employers can gather information themselves. Lists certain topics that can't...
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How to Create a Great First Impression

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes how to make good initial immpressions by developing adequate telephone skills. Students who practice these skills will be more prepared for job interviews and careers.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Heart Line Express

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this lesson plan, students will plan and execute a week-long school-wide valentine sales business. From the Grand Plan to job applications, interviews, valentine production, advertising, sales and profits students are immersed in...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Science Careers: Industrial Safety and Health Engineer

For Students 9th - 10th
On the job safety is an important goal for industry. The industrial safety and health engineer is the one responsible for recognizing risks, and developing strategies to address them. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile:cartographers and Photogrammetrists

For Students 9th - 10th
Cartographers and photogrammetrists--big words for careers in mapping, both 2-D and 3-D. Watch interviews with people who use their expertise in geographic information to help make policy decisions. This Science Buddies site lays out the...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Nuclear Monitoring Technician

For Students 9th - 10th
With the increasing use of nuclear technology in medicine, energy, and even agriculture, there is a need for monitoring radiation exposure. That is the job of the nuclear monitoring technician. Science Buddies offers a career profile...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Semiconductor Processor

For Students 9th - 10th
Semiconductors are integral to all computers. Manufacturing these semiconductors and assuring that they work properly is the job of the semiconductor processor. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed for this career,...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Science Manager

For Students 9th - 10th
Imagine teams of scientists off in all directions doing their research. Someone has to plan and be the administrator to be sure everything runs smoothly. That is the job of the natural sciences manager. This career requires not only...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Chemical Technician

For Students 9th - 10th
A career as a chemical technician requires an associate's degree as a minimum. If you like testing products, working in a lab, and are detail-oriented, you may be interested in this career strand. This Science Buddies site lays out the...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Veterinary Technologist and Technician

For Students 9th - 10th
If you love animals and would like a career working with them, but don't want to spend eight years in post-secondary training, perhaps being a veterinary technologist or technician would be of interest to you. Science Buddies offers a...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Pharmacist

For Students 9th - 10th
Science Buddies offers a profile of what it is like to have a career as a pharmacist. Find out the education requirements and the on the job duties of a pharmacist in both a retail and hospital setting. Included are interviews with...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Database Administrator

For Students 9th - 10th
With so much data gathered on the computer, someone needs to be able to organize it. That falls to the database administrator. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a database administrator , as well as the...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedic

For Students 9th - 10th
If you are interested in a medical career which offers a lot of excitement, you might want to look into the career of emergency medical technician. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a emergency medical...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Science Careers: Materials Scientist and Engineer

For Students 9th - 10th
An interest in chemistry and physics is what you need to explore the career of materials scientist or engineer. In this career you manipulate atoms to change the structure of materials to make new products. This Science Buddies site lays...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Science Careers: Math Teacher

For Students 9th - 10th
A love of mathematics and the ability to share this love is what it takes to be a math teacher. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a math teacher, as well as the education and job description. Included...

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