JOB PLACEMENT Employment Assistance
San Francisco Vocational Service offers assistance in all phases of your job search. Once you are assigned a Job Placement Specialist, you will work one-on-one in:
Identifying appropriate job opportunities, with aid of Internet hard copy, job postings and announcements, employer contacts, cold-calling and classified resourcesCreation of professional resumes and cover letters using Pentium-level computers and laser printing
Completion of of a "master application" which contains all information needed by employers to correctly fill out most company employment packets
Developing interviewing skills by holding private "mock" interviews with your job placement specialist for review on video
Obtaining guidance on grooming, appropriate attire, and other important presentation issues
Job Seekers have access to our JOB RESOURCE LIBRARY, will work with a job placement specialist, and can use library resources for job-search, independent of supervision, at their own pace if desired.
Concurrent with your training program at SFVS, participate in the Job Seeking Skills (JSS) class, and learn ways to make job seeking interesting and productive and successful. Led by Job Placement staff, you spend 18 hours covering weekly modules examining attitudes, personal career "inventory", resume writing, phone skills and much more!
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