• PLAN your career – if you aren’t sure what you want with your life, start a plan to change that now! Think about your interests, what skills you have and what you value in a career – work out what kind of job will give you satisfaction and go for it!
• PLAN your marketing tools – is your resume up to date? Even if you aren’t planning on job-hunting right now, it’s still a great time to start or update your resume so that you avoid a last-minute panic.
• PLAN your job-search approach – will you answer job ads from the paper, scour the internet, use an employment agency or do some cold calling to find one of the estimated 75% of jobs that are never advertised?
• PLAN your job application – do some background research on the employer and sock it to ‘em with a great cover letter.
• PLAN for the interview – look smart, be prompt, have some great examples of the way you’ve used your skills in previous jobs, work experience or community work.

For information on any of the above and links to helpful websites, go back to the Careers South West home page.

The Job Search Guide is a really useful publication “designed to help you look at your work options and apply for jobs”. It’s published by the Department of Training and Workforce Development and you can access it on line - scroll down the page to “get started”. Contact Careers South West if you would like a hard copy of the Job Search Guide.

 The Career Centre is a useful too for planning your approach to career and development planning.