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• Prayer time / Read Scripture
  (10pts ea, select once, any day)
• Review your "Weekly Scorecard" with your spouse or partner
  (5pts ea, select once, any day)
• Participate in a JTSG Monday meeting
  (20pts ea, select once, Monday)
• Initiate a meeting with a Job Transition Coach (yellow tagger)
  (30pts ea, select multiple, Monday)
• Reach out to the Minnesota CareerForce Center
  (25pts, select once)

Step 1 - ATTITUDE

• Review the "Read These Documents" in Step 1
  (5pts, select once)
• Take the Attitude Quiz
  (8pts, select once)
• List 2 negative attitudes that you must change
  (8pts, select once, write list)
• List 5 successes that you are most proud of
  (5pts, select once, write list)
• Devote at least 15 minutues to reading/listening to "positive" material
  (5pts ea, select once, any day)
• Create a Gratitude Journal
  (8pts, select once)
• Update your Gratitude Journal
  (5pts ea, select once, any day)
• Participate in a volunteer activity
  (8pts ea, select once, any day)
• Attend a local chapter of Toastmasters International
  (8pts ea, select once, any day)

Step 2 - ASSESSMENT

• Review the "Read These Documents" in Step 2
  (5pts, select once)
• Create, practice/record, at least 20 STAR stories
  (30pts, select once)
• List findings from an Interests Assessment
  (5pts, select once, write list)
• List findings from an Aptitude Assessment
  (5pts, select once, write list)
• List findings from an Emotional Intelligence Assessment
  (5pts, select once, write list)
• List findings from the Strength Finders Assessment
  (8pts, select once, write list)
• Define values you will bring to employer
  (8pts, select once)

Step 3 - MARKETING STRATEGY

• Review the "Read These Documents" in Step 3
  (5pts, select once)
• Define and document your marketing strategy
  (8pts, select once)
• Identify at least 5 networking contacts from JTSG Networking Database
  (8pts, select once)
• Create/revise your list of ten target employers
  (8pts ea, select once, any day)
• Create a Networking Handout
  (25pts, select once)
• Contact an appropriate recruiter and/or staffing agency
  (8pts ea, select multiple, any day)
• Create and post a proper LinkedIn Profile
  (20pts, select once)
• Conduct a face-to-face networking meeting
  (30pts ea, select multiple, any day)
• Conduct a telephone networking meeting
  (20pts ea, select multiple, any day)
• Create a "Tell Me About Yourself Cheatsheet"
  (20pts, select once)
• Create, practice/record, your Elevator Speech
  (15pts, select once)

Step 4 - MARKETING MATERIALS

• Review the "Read These Documents" in Step 4
  (5pts, select once)
• Create/distribute a Marketing Letter
  (8pts ea, select multiple, any day)
• Create a template for your Cover Letters
  (8pts, select once)
• Create a Resume
  (15pts, select once)
• Ask a Job Transistion Coach (yellow tagger) to review your Resume
  (15pts ea, select multiple, any day)
• Purchase business cards
  (8pts, select once)
• Purchase thank you notes
  (8pts, select once)

Step 5 - INTERVIEWING

• Review the "Read These Documents" in Step 5
  (5pts, select once)
• Document/record your responses to the "64 Toughest Interview Questions"
  (10pts, select once, write list)
• Identify at least 5 soft skills valued by hiring managers for your profession/role
  (10pts, select once, write list)
• Research one or more prospective industries
  (8pts ea, select multiple, any day)
• Research one or more prospective employers
  (8pts ea, select multiple, any day)
• Research a hiring manager
  (8pts ea, select multiple, any day)
• Complete an "Interview Research Checklist"
  (8pts, select once)
• Review your Interviewing strategy with a Job Transition Coach (yellow tagger)
  (15pts ea, select multiple, Monday)
• Participate in an interview
  (30pts ea, select multiple, any day)
• Ask the "Rocking Chair Question" during an interview
  (10pts ea, select multiple, any day)
• Ask for "the job" or "the next step" during an interview
  (10pts ea, select multiple, any day)

Step 6 - FOLLOW-UP

• Review the "Read These Documents" in Step 6
  (5pts, select once)
• Send/deliver thank you notes immediately following an interview
  (10pts ea, select multiple, any day)
• Send a thank you note following a networking meeting
  (8pts ea, select multiple, any day)
• Conduct a "curbstone critique" after an networking meeting or interview
  (8pts ea, select multiple, any day)
• Send a follow-up of some kind to a interviewer or networking contact
  (5pts ea, select multiple, any day)
• Send a thank you note for a "Rejection Letter"
  (8pts ea, select multiple, any day)