Job Club Activities

College grads looking for a place to start networking? Check out Job Clubs. They are a fun and interesting way to learn and test out essential job skills as well as braodening your job search capabilities.

 Members can bring resumes, both so you can critique each others' and so you can exchange them and distribute members' resumes when opportunities present themselves.
 You could mesh the job-club and book-club models. Each member could read a book about an aspect of job-hunting and share the best ideas from the book with the group. Members can also pass out helpful articles about job hunting.
 Members can conduct mock interviews with each other. See our Interview Question Collections for ideas on what to ask. Members can also brainstorm ideas for questions to ask the interviewer.
 Members could critique and help each other pick out interview attire.
 Part of the meeting could be spent conducting employer research, especially if laptops or other computers with Internet access are available.
 Members could take free or inexpensive online or paper-and-pencil career assessments to increase self-knowledge and get an idea whether they've chosen an appropriate career path. See our table comparing and reviewing online career assessments. Caution: It's best to review assessment results with a qualified career counselor.
 Members could nominate favorite career Web sites to share with the group.
 The job club can hold special parties and events during the holidays.
 Members could test their knowledge of job-hunting techniques by taking Tests and Quizzes for Job-Seekers.
 The club could develop a special ritual or ceremony for "graduating" members who've found a job.
 Guest speakers could be invited to job-club meetings. Career counselors, career coaches, resume writers, authors of career books, college professors, and other experts generally welcome the opportunity to speak on their area of expertise. Topics might include career assessments, resumes, cover letters, interviewing, job-search follow-up, salary negotiation, Internet job-hunting, and company research.
 Club members could take field trips to tour companies of mutual interest. Informational interviews in small groups may even be possible.

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