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Haunted Hunt: Spook Up Your Career

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"Dare to embark on a journey through the eerie halls of the Workforce Development Center, where haunted stations await those brave enough to face their career fears. At each ghostly stop, you’ll be tasked with spine-chilling challenges designed to help you unlock the secrets of career success. Collect letters at each station to form a code word that will lead you to your final reward—a treasure fit for the boldest job seekers!

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Will you dare to finish and unlock the code word? Gather your courage, follow the clues, and see if you have what it takes to spook up your career!

Station 1: The Haunted House of Resume Horrors

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Your resume has risen from the grave, but it’s still missing life! What’s one thing you can add to make it stand out from the rest of the corpses?

Keywords tailored to the job posting.

The name of your personal hobbies.

A spell to summon the perfect job.

02

Beware! A haunted resume can doom your job search! What’s one thing you should NEVER include in your resume?

Personal details like age, photos, salary expectations.

Your Education.

You work experience.

03

Resumes are often buried in a hiring manager’s inbox. How can you make sure yours rises from the dead?

Use strong action verbs, tailor it to the job posting, keep it concise.

Writing "left the job due to a toxic environment."

Writing in small 8 inch font

04

Your resume has been cursed with boring language! How can you bring it back to life with powerful words?

Update it regularly with new skills and experiences, remove old jobs that are no longer relevant.

Writing your favorite movies and songs. Maybe we can be BFFs!

keep it boring, employers like boring.

This is not correct...

Find the key and the code to continue

Continue exploring the house

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2nd HINT: To find the code, look carefully and see, what numbers appear in your reflection.

Enter the secret code

Code

A briefcase has appeared...

It's locked...look in the inventory for something to open it

Congratulations

Your resume has risen from the grave, but beware! Next, seek out the place where careers are born and all resources are webbed into the spiders nest. Find the Web of opportunities.

Are you sure you want to exit?

You will lose all progress made so far...

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Exit

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