Career Information Fast and Free

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Career InformationFast and Free
Angela HorneCornell University June 10,
2004 SUNY CDO Conference Lake Placid, NY
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• because you dont have time to waste!

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Overview

• Strategies
• Sites
• Questions!

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First, the Good News

• New grad hiring up 13 - 19 - NACE
  CareerBuilder.com Feb 2004 survey

• Hiring in healthcare, financial services,
  consulting, technology, accounting, and real
  estate, etc.

• Monster Employment Index reaches 128 in May 2004

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Monster Employment Index
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Second, the Challenge

• Keeping informed when are tight(er)
• Knowing which sources to trust
• Being in sync with your students
• Not wasting your time!

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You dont always need to pay to get what you want

• Most things in life arent free

BUT, much of the Internet is
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Keeping up with the Millenials
Your students are going to the Web for their
career information
(42 of US job seekers with online access use the
Internet for career research 2002 Mintel
report)
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Keeping up with the Competition
Recruiters are going to the web for candidates
During 1998-2001, change of 29 - 88 of Fortune
500 companies recruit online -- USA Today
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Keeping up with the Competition
Recruiters are going to the web for candidates
50 increase in of internet hires over 9 month
period (_at_ Johnson and Johnson) -- Nov 2002
Recruitment Strategies for a Competitive
Marketplace, Pharmaceutical Executive
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Keeping up with the Competition
In 2000, Coca-Cola saved 200 k by using online
hiring
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Corporate America is Just One Option

• Approximately
• 16 of the US workforce works for Fortune 500
  firms

• 72 work for private, small and mid-sized firms

• 18 work for the government
• -- c/o Bill Alberta ?

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Think Sideways
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(Free) Silver Lining

• Librarians and others have already done much of
  the online research work for you ?

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Internet Search Strategies

• Google isnt the answer to everything

• Advanced Google comes closer

• The Invisible Web is out there and it can be
  seen

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Internet Search Strategies

• Broad versus narrow

• On-target search terms

• Search by type of document

• Use advanced searches

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Google Tips

• synonyms

• OR

• career sitewww.cornell.edu

• career resources siteedu

• allintitleaustralia job

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Internet Search Strategies

• Its okay to use Yahoo again (search.yahoo.com)

• Specialized engines can help
• (geniusfind.com, teoma.com, dmoz.org)

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Company Information

• Mine the BII

• Hoovers.com

• Corporateinformation.com

• PRARS.com

• Idealist.org (non-profits)

• Company / organization website

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Company Information

• Environmental record (newdream.org/consumer/shop.h
  tml)

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International

• Country-specific search engines (Yahoo India)

• Expatriate sites

• Corporateinformation.com

• Library of Congress Portals to the World

• World Bank (www.worldbank.org)

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Industry Information

• Topix.net A site
• Magazines
• Associations

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Government Information

• Firstgov.gov is an A site
• Links to all levels of govt (federal, state,
  local)
• Learn about departmental structure
• Overview of county organization
• Links to jobs at each level

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Rankings

• Gary Prices List of Lists
• Local papers

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Associations

• Most have a career section

• There are excellent free databases that list
  either US or international sites (Union of Intl.
  Associations)

• Great student member benefits

• ASAEs dbase

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Keeping Up-to-Date
Check privacy statements!

• Web change trackers (watchthatpage.com)
• Alert services (NY Times, local papers)
• Newsletters (WetFeet, Vault, Industry Standard)
• Magportal.com

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Note that they dont request a mailing address.
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Keeping Up-to-Date

• US News and World Reports annual jobs guide
  (Feb/Mar)
• Canadas Rocket News
• Job alerts (LatPro.com)
• IPL.org (for mags)

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Miscellany

• Finding Work that Matters by Mark Albion (book,
  cassette CDs) (29.95 for CDs)

• Core textbooks

• Volunteermatch.org

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Miscellany

• Temp or contract work (guru.com, net-temps.com)

• CityRating.com

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Thanks!

• http//www.library.cornell.edu/johnson/
• library/SUNYCDO/fast_and_free.html
• Angela
• akh8_at_cornell.edu