Page 14/The Battalion/Monday, March 19, 1984
Job-search pros offer tips;
liken job hunt, courtship
United Press International
CLEVELAND — The job
hunt resembles the courtship
ritual — success brings incredi
ble highs while repeated rejec
tion can undermine a person’s
self-confidence.
Long, dry spells come more
often than anyone cares to
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Job-search consultant Phyllis
Martin says, “Job seeking can be
as fun as courtship if you do it
right.”
There’s the problem. Should
a novice job-hunter dress for
success, or just make sure he has
the proper parachute?
“I wouldn’t limit myself to any
one approach,” said Martin, a
Cincinnati-based jobs consul
tant, in a telephone interview.
Many college students gradu
ate with a degree but limited
work experience. That should
not keep them from getting a
job, Martin believes.
“Experience isn’t limited to
work experience,” she said. A
spelling bee champion can easily
qualify for a proofreading job,
for example, or someone with a
perfect driving record could
make the perfect delivery
driver.
Don’t look only at large com
panies, Martin said, because
many new jobs are in smaller,
emerging industries. Make sure
you look and sound your best,
and never, never ask for a job.
“It’s the biggest turnoff there
is,” said Martin, a former em
ployment counselor and the au
thor of “Martin’s Magic Formula
for Getting the Right Job.”
Instead, tell prospective em
ployers that you’re interested in
their organization, and let them
know what you can do for them.
Failed interviews can also
help the job hunter make con
tacts, and can be useful in othe*'
ways as well, Martin said. If
you’re turned down, ask the in
terviewer how you can improve
your presentation.
Many employment personnel
know where the jobs are, she
said, so ask them who’s hiring if
they’re not. When you use their
suggestion, you have a name to
give the next interviewer.
As many recent college gra
duates know all too well, the job
hunt can drag on for months,
with morale taking a corres
ponding plunge.
“People who are looking for
work tend to think there’s some
thing wrong with them,” Martin
said.
A “buddy system” can help.
Job hunting with a friend —
which does not mean going to
interviews together — can give
you a lift as well as someone to
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volved. The friend can also
force you to keep to a schedule,
she said.
The “cold call,” in which a
prospective employee drops in
unannounced, is best in the cur
rent job market because “the
employer can see you,” she said.
“You look the time and trouble
to come in.”
That personal touch makes
the job hunter stand out from
the masses, she said. Use a name
on the cover letter, not just
“Dear Sir or Madam.” Research
the company, and let them know
(subtly) that you have.
“You’re casing the company
with good intent,” she said.
The job hunter should sche
dule as many interviews + per
week as possible. That way,
“You don’t go home and get dis
couraged. Looking for a job is a
full-time job.”
Alan Schonberg, president of
Cleveland-based Management
Recruiters International, said
the future job-hunter must have
some idea before graduation
day of what he or she is looking
for.
“You can always switch direc
tion at any time,” he said. “Hav
ing the goal is the most impor
tant part.”
Once you have it, go for it full
blast. Read the want ads, send
out cover letters and resumes,
ask friends for ideas, make fol
low-up calls, drop by the com
pany — especially drop by the
company.
Contacts are invaluable,
Schonberg said. “People do hire
on that basis.”
Once in the interview, “being
open, being honest, being natu
ral are your greatest assets,” he
said. If you’re nervous, tell the
interviewer, and don’t worry ab
out revealing your inexperi
ence.
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“Older, experienced people
are nervous in interview, too,”
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WASHINGTON — With the
memory of the 1972 Munich
Olympics still lingering, the FBI
is preparing a crack Hostage
Rescue Team for potential ter
rorist acts at the summer Olym
pics in Los Angeles.
The FBI’s 50-member team
of specially trained agents put
on its first public demonstration
Friday to show off its newly hon
ed skills to deal with “major scale
terrorist incidents.”
“The memory of the tragedy
of Munich is still very much
among us,” FBI Director Wil
liam Webster told reporters who
watched the demonstration at
the FBI Academy at Quantico,
Va.
Eleven Israeli athletes were
killed by Palestinian terrorists at
the 1972 Munich Olympics,
prompting a call for elaborate
security measures at future
games.
The FBI’s team will be based
in Southern California for the
Olympics in July, and also will be
deployed to the national politic
al conventions in Dallas and San
Francisco this summer and to
the World’s Fair in New Orleans
in May.
Webster said he authorized
gap in the nation’s anti-terrorist
planning.
He said the FBI’s SWAT
teams and special state and local
units could not deal with major
terrorism, and using the military
would require presidential
approval.
Webster stressed the team is
civilian, not military, and that its
primary mission is “to save
lives.” Members of the team
spend about half their time
working on other FBI cases.
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The “big birds” haven’t de
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In 1973, Chicago newspaper
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