Week One in-class lesson in Moving Forward Pittsburgh's From the Inside Out training program, Rocking Resumes module.

1. ROCKING RESUMES™
WEEK ONE/WEDNESDAY:

2. Lesson Source
• (2006) Julie Griffin Levitt, Your Career, How To
Make It Happen, 6E.

3. PART I: Planning Your Career
CHAPTER ONE OBJECTIVES:
Reach Your Full Career Potential
1. Use affirmation statements and positive self-
talk to help achieve your goals.
2. Identify techniques for successfully setting
and achieving your goals
3. Improve your assertive behavior and apply it
to your job search.

4. USE 9 SUCCESS STRATEGIES
1. Positive thinking and behavior
2. Visualization
3. Positive self-talk
4. Affirmation statements
5. Dynamic goal setting
6. Positive action
7. Assertive behavior
8. Self-esteem builders
9. Proactive habits (page 2)

5. 4 POSITIVE THINKING HABITS
1. Deliberately motivate yourself every day.
2. Project energy and enthusiasm.
3. Practice positive expectations until it is habit.
4. Dwell on past successes.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the
stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened
a new heaven to the human spirit
Helen Keller (page 4)

6. POSITIVE VISUALIZATION
1. Relax.
2. Imagine yourself succeeding in your goal.
3. Make the picture detailed and visualize
success.
4. Incorporate pictures, words, actions and
senses.
5. Be able to recall the image instantly.
(page 4)

7. Stop SHOULDING Yourself!
Stop negative self-talk
Negative Positive
I’ll try I will
I should I will
I must I will (adapted from p. 5)
Practice positive self-talk. Congratulate yourself.
I did a good job I CAN do this.

8. Assertive Behavior
is Critical in Your Job Search
1. Employers hire people who behave
confidently and are able to convey their job
qualifications comfortably and clearly.
2. How assertive are you?
3. Being assertive requires a healthy self-
esteem.

9. Wednesday - Homework
THREE THINGS FOR NEXT MONDAY . . .
Page 9
Use one of the techniques for developing assertiveness, write
down what you did and share the results with the class.
Page 10
Enhancing your self-esteem. Make the two lists as instructed
and the Action Plan. Share with the group or your counselor if
you are comfortable.
Page 12
Use one of the PROACTIVE behaviors, write down what you did
and share the results with the class.

10. Professional E-mail Homework
1. Create on Yahoo, Gmail or AOL a professional
email address for yourself that you will use
only for job searching and career building.
2. First_Last_0628 (where the numbers are
day and month – NOT YEAR – of your
birthday)
3. Send an email to me: bshafran@mvfwd.org
with your name in the subject line.