Online Job Search
Albeit the popularity of online job boards establishes millions of jobs at one's fingertips, it has also made the job applicant pool that much bigger. For this situation, international job search sites and the Internet have obtained a bad rap from some industry professionals as an inadequate job seeker tool; on the contrary, the Internet really can be a great resource for job seekers; they just need to know how to use it.When it comes to a productive online job search, flourishing job seekers follow these 10 guidelines.
If you build it, they can come.
Instead of solely posting your resume on a Web site, have an idea better and design an easily-navigable Web site or online portfolio where recruiters can observe your body of work, read about your goals and get contact information.-
Check yourself to make sure you haven't wrecked yourself.
Google yourself to discover what comes up, and what potential employers will observe if they do the same. If you don't like what you find, it's time to do damage control. -
Narrow your options.
Several job boards provide filters to help users improve their search results more quickly. You should have the chance to select your job search by region, industry and duration, and, frequently, you can narrow it even more by keywords, company names, experience needed and salary. -
Go directly to the source.
Instead of solely applying for the posted job opening, one of the best plans to finding a job is to first figure out where you wish to work, target that company or industry and then contact the hiring manager. Also, many employers’ career pages request visitors to fill out candidate profiles, presenting their background, jobs of interest, salary requirements and other preferences. -
Find your niche with industry Web sites.
Improve your search even more by entering your industry's national or regional Web site, where you can discover jobs in your field that might not be on a national job board. Progressively employers are advertising jobs on these sites in hopes of obtaining a bigger pool of qualified applicants. -
Try online recruiters.
Recruiters will help find you with jobs that meet your concrete skills and needs. Not sure where to begin? Sites such as recruiterlink.com, onlinerecruitersdirectory.com, searchfirm.com and i-recruit.com offer links to online headhunters for job seekers. -
Utilize video resumes.
Video resumes are simply one more way to stand out to employers. Planned as supplements to; not replacements for; traditional resumes, video resumes permit job seekers to present a little bit of their personalities and highlight one or two points of interest on their resumes. -
Run queries.
You control searches on everything else, from your high school sweetheart to low-fat recipes, so why not jobs? Register a query that describes the precise kind of job you're seeking and you may find more resources you wouldn't find otherwise (but be prepared to do some sorting). -
Utilize job alerts.
Majority of job boards have services that permit you to sign up to receive e-mail alerts about recently available jobs that match your chosen criteria. Or go a step further and arrange an RSS (really simple syndication) feed from one of these job sites to appear on your customized Internet homepage or your PC's news-reader software. -
Get connected.
Thanks to the growth of professional networking sites like LinkedIn.com, job seekers no longer have to depend on the old standby of exchanging business cards with strangers. These sites are conformed of millions of industry professionals and permit you to connect with people you know and the people they know and so forth.
Caution Note:
When you present or sign up for online social networking sites, you are in a public domain. Unless you are able to put a filter on some of your information, nothing is private, and it can be difficult to erase once it is posted.)Back: Cover Letters
