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Sources of Job Leads:

The following list gives suggestions of where you can go to get help in locating job leads.

• College Placement Offices
• State Employment Agencies
• Private Employment Agencies
• Help Wanted Listings in Newspapers
• Placing Advertisements Yourself
• Other Parts of the Newspaper (articles on retirements, promotions, resignations, new businesses, development of a new manufacturing line, etc.)
• Direct Mail Applications to Employers
• Personnel and Employment Offices
• Professional and Trade Organizations
• Executive Search Firms
• Career Days or Job Fairs
• Drop-in Visits to Heads of Companies
• Telephoning Employers
• Internships and Co-ops
• Government and Civil Services
• The Military
• Periodical sand Publications
• Personal Contacts

*From Job Search, R. D. Lock. Copyright (c) 1988 by Wadsworth, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the publisher, Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, Pacific Grove, California, 93950, a division of Wadsworth, Inc.