This competency booklet for individualized competency-based instruction is the first of five in the Job Search Skills package. (Instructor program and guides are available separately as CE 031 965 and 966, the other booklets as CE 031 968-971.) It contains 15 operational units related to the job search competency of preparing for the job search. (The competency is divided into tasks which are further divided into operational units or units of work that relate to the task.) Each operational unit is presented in this format: competency, task, operational unit, performance objective, steps to follow to do the unit of work with the procedures outlined, information sheets, worksheets, and evaluation checklist. The tasks (and operational units) covered include (1) choose a job and prepare for employment (determine jobs for which qualified, define hiring practices, meet hiring requirements), (2) compile information for application and/or resume (record personal data; state career objective; list formal education and training, special skills, work experiences, volunteer experiences, military experiences, special credits and activities, references), and (3) prepare resume (choose resume type, prepare draft and final copies). (YLB)