Get a Job Using Jist Cards

You are looking for a job. You want to find a way to separate yourself from those others that are looking. If you could just get your 'foot in the door', you know your abilities will help you get that job. This wiki will show you a way that is not used a lot that will catch a potential employer's eye and also, potentially increase your employment/job network.

Steps

  1. Understand what 'jist cards'[1] are. They are bigger than a business card and can hold vital information about your abilities. Sort of like a textual, 'fifteen second elevator pitch/speech'.[2]
  2. Take notes on your skills and abilities and what can best be represented on a 3 X 5 card.
  3. Use a word processing software to begin putting it together. If designed properly, you can put 2 or 4 cards on a single sheet of paper.
  4. Acquire some heavier weight paper (such as 110 lb. paper), about the weight of a 3 X 5.
  5. Create your basic shape/size of the cards, per sheet of paper, and start filling one of the tables out. Basically, you have a 4 cell table in your word processor and you fill in the space with the information. Once you have one done, you can copy the information to the other three. The actual process will vary a small amount depending on your software.
  6. When you set up your interview, you can leave your card(s) with the interviewer in a number of ways.
    • Send an email with a single card made into a PDF or a word document.
    • Make an appointment in person, and leave a few of the cards with the person or his/her secretary.
    • If you are arranging everything through the mail, add a few cards in with your resume and cover letter.
      • The intent of the multiple jist cards is that, possibly, if your interviewer doesn't have a position that will fit you at the moment, perhaps he knows someone that does and he can share a card with them.

Tips

  • It is best to leave your jist cards easily changed, as in a word processor document, so that you can make it 'fit' the particular place/position that you are applying for.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.gundertfoundationschool.com/job-finder.html
  2. ↑ http://www.creativekeys.net/PowerfulPresentations/article1024.html
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