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How to Complete E-Form Job Applications
The e-form job application is a shorter version of a plain text resume, usually found on company Web sites. You add information to an e-form by entering the data within the designated fields of the form [more…]
How Online Screening Techniques Affect Your Job Search
Your targeted resume may be screened out if an employer’s online screening program decides that you aren’t qualified for the position. Online screening software has the first word about who is admitted [more…]
Using a Person-to-Person Approach in Your Job Search
The person-to-person approach to job searching de-emphasizes technology and can be effective in a few scenarios. For example, your exclusion rate from interview offers may be high when the employer uses [more…]
Tips for Filling Out Paper Job Application Forms
Filling out paper job application forms may require a shift in what you write, because you have to sign them, making the application form a legal document. [more…]
Skills and Personal Qualities that Employers Want
Learning how to identify your workplace skills and personal qualities and to believably write and talk about them with employers — in resumes, cover letters, and during interviews — will transform your [more…]
When to Acquire Professional Job Certifications
Professional certification can be a kind of passport, identifying you as a citizen of a career field with all its rank and privileges. Professional certification [more…]
Understanding the Challenges of Changing Careers
People typically change careers for one of two reasons: They leave their career or their career leaves them. Either way, employment challenges during a career change are much the same when it comes to [more…]
Comparing Popular Vertical Job Search Engines
Several vertical job search engines are available that can help narrow your online job search. Here's a comparison of the best-known vertical job search engines — those that offer the most amenities and [more…]
Searching Online Job Boards
A job board is a Web site that posts general or specialized job listings. Employers pay job boards to post their open positions. Job seekers typically view these job postings for free. The number of job [more…]
Reviewing Newspaper Ads During Your Job Search
The trend for job ads is to appear online; but don't overlook the profusion of classified print ads in newspapers and in specialized publications during your job search. The Help Wanted section in newspapers [more…]
Search Company Web Sites for Job Listings
Consider searching company (also called corporate) Web sites for job listings, in addition to using vertical job search engines and job boards. Company Web sites are so numerous, of course, that you can’t [more…]
Researching Other Countries During a Job Search
Considering a job search in a foreign country? Develop a job search plan for each country of interest. The plan should include foundation research that you'll need for most interviews. Add to that base [more…]
Blogs, SEO, and Other Web 2.0 Job Search Tools
A resume sometimes isn't enough in this world of social networking and blogs. In the new Web 2.0 world of interactive Internet, Web 2.0 tools are available that can play a role in your job search. You [more…]
Job Search: Pros and Cons of Online Social Networking
Your online image in social networking services is becoming as important as the customized cover letters and resumes you send in more familiar employment explorations. Get an edge by making sure you know [more…]
How to Use Online Employee Referral Services
Companies use online employee referral services mainly because good people tend to know other good people. Employers often rely on referral services as a way to spot great candidates. Therefore, job seekers [more…]
How to Boost Job Contacts with Online Social Networking
Job seekers and employers are now using business-oriented online social networking sites (such as LinkedIn), where people post career profiles and recruiters search for prospective employees. The only [more…]
How to Start a Blog to Develop Job Leads
A blog can be useful to job seekers when it garners attention that develops into job leads. Today's blogs have morphed into sleek Web sites that showcase content posted by one or several authors, and which [more…]
How Get New Job Postings with RSS Feeds
RSS feeds are a wonderful way to get the first word when a new job is posted. RSS technology sends free live feeds to your computer or handheld device with the latest jobs from thousands of employers and [more…]
How to IM in a Job Search
Use instant messaging (IM) services as a job search tool to receive real-time or near real-time job postings. An IM service enables you to send resumes and messages to anyone on your [more…]
How to Use Podcasts as a Job Search Tool
As a job seeker, you can use a podcast the same way you can use a blog to spotlight your job achievements and experience. Having a podcast is cutting edge and differentiates you from the competition. Consider [more…]
How to Create Effective and Professional Online Profiles
Online networking for a job search has opened the floodgates for professional online profiles — the kind you place on networking sites like LinkedIn and Facebook. You want an edge over countless competitors [more…]
Samples of Online Profiles for Job Seekers
A professional online profile is like a 24/7 digital billboard used for passive career networking. You put your job-worthy online profile out there, hoping employers will find you and like you for their [more…]
Job Seekers: Where to Post an Online Profile
When choosing where to post your online profile to help with your job search, keep quality and quantity in mind. For job seekers, an online network is most useful when it’s gained a critical mass of people [more…]
How to Add a Sound Bite to Online Profiles
Add some punch to your online profile by including an audio sound bite. Keep the audio sound bite in your online profile short — perhaps 15 to 20 seconds. For a topic, you can give your branding statement [more…]
Turn Social Networking into International Job Contacts
When seeking a job in another country, consider social networking to develop international job contacts and to track interviewing conventions in the chosen country. The secret to your global search success [more…]
