Good afternoon, everybody. I’m pleased to be here with you,
graduates of 2007. I’m a (1) , and students often approach me
with (2) . You see, we are living in a society of great
changes. With the presence of (3) , the process of getting a
job in today’s world has changed for (4) .
Well, how can you use new technologies to help you7 First, let’s look at
how you (5) . The traditional method of hunting for a job in
the past required first, doing research on jobs that were (6)
, typically by looking in newspapers, periodicals and magazines, as
well as TV ads, and (7) . Then you decided where and for what
post you were going to apply, put your resume (8) in a
stamped envelope, and waited anxiously for someone to (9)
.
Well, today, maybe the job search and (10)
are very much the same, but the tools used are much more advanced,
and they (11) . In fact, technology has not so much changed
the process as enhanced it. The benefit, both for (12) , is
that this makes the search more open to people of (13) from
all over the world. But as more people are involved, it becomes (14)
for the applicant than it ever was before.
The
(15) for the working world today is learning these new and
(16) and combining them with the older methods people have
been using for years. For example, (17) , you can research
employment not just in your city, but also in your state, your country, and
(18) . You can copy information from a web page and paste it
into a Microsoft Word document that’s easy to (19) . In many
ways, it’s easier now. Just type your job application, click, and (20)
; it gets there in an instant.
