Using the Web in Your Job Search

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World Wide Web

• General Search Tips
• Use search engines to locate useful sites
• If you want to find job listings for your local
  area, type jobs in your city
• If you want to find entry level salaries for
  mechanical engineers, type salary information
  for mechanical engineers

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World Wide Web

• General Search Tips
• Make your search topic is descriptive to avoid
  numerous and irrelevant results
• Dont type jobs (too vague)
• If you dont get many matches, then broaden your
  search topic
• Instead of salary information for mechanical
  engineers, type salary information

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World Wide Web

• How Does The Web Aid In Your Search?
• Research industries and occupations
• Search for jobs
• Apply for jobs
• Post your resume

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Researching Career Fields and Industries

• Career and Industry Information
• Find out what workers do on the job, earnings,
  and the training and education needed in a wide
  range of occupations
• Recommended site
• The Occupational Outlook Handbook
  (http//www.bls.gov/ocohome.htm)

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Researching Career Fields and Industries

• Profile Information
• Read profiles of people currently employed in
  your field of interest

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Researching Career Fields and Industries

• Employer Information
• Find information on those companies hiring,
  including an overview, financial statistics, and
  contact information
• Recommended sites
• WetFeet.com and Vault.com

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Resumes

• Have electronic resumes that can be submitted via
  the Internet
• Submit your resume to a company via electronic
  mail (e-mail)
• Post your resume to a job listing site via an
  electronic form (e-form)
• Post a Web resume to your own site

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Submit via E-mail

• Employer should specify which formats are
  acceptable
• Options include the following
• Embed ASCII text resume into the body of the
  message
• Send Word Processed resume as an attachment

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Resume Postings

• Resumes are stored in a database where recruiters
  can retrieve and view your qualifications
• Options include the following
• Post a resume via e-form
• Post text resume to the site

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Create an HTML Resume

• You have more options and flexibility when its
  on your site
• You must attract the attention of employers and
  recruiters
• Tips
• Put your HTML resume address on resumes sent via
  email and mail
• Put keywords in ltHEADgt using META tag

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Using Keywords

• Keywords should be used for any resume that will
  be searched by employers in a resume database
• Optional Keywords section identifying skills
  and other qualifications
• Examples of keywords BA/BS, computer skills,
  communication skills, sales, customer support
• When applying for an advertised position, the
  keywords are the "wants" in the position
  description
• Focus on nouns

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General Job Listing Sites

• Uncover all types of jobs
• Searchable by job type and region
• Offer additional features to those registered
• Post resume(s)
• Select confidentiality level
• Create search agents that will search the site
  and send you email with job postings of interest

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General Job Listing Sites

• JobTrak.com is a good site for undergrads and
  grad students seeking their first job or
  internship
• allows companies to target students nationwide or
  from their preferred universities or academic
  programs

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Specialty Job Listing Sites

• Provide more targeted information and content
  regarding specific job categories
• Smaller than general job listing sites, but
  contain information valuable to your search
  campaign

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Specialty Job Listing Sites

• To find specialty job sites
• Use a search engine
• search on occupations, disciplines, and
  industries
• Get a listing
• go to The Riley Guide (www.rileyguide.com), and
  follow the link to Job Listings

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MetaSites for Job Listings

• Allow you to quickly search multiple job listing
  sites through one interface
• If used alone, you wont have some of the
  features offered by individual sites
• Example sites
• www.hovers.com
• www.monster.com

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Job Listings by Region

• Use Online classifieds
• www.newsdirectory.com
• www.myjobsearch.com
• Use a search engine
• types jobs in city (use quotes)
• Research wage and salary information, and
  relocation information
• www.homefair.com

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Newsgroups and Listservs

• Newsgroups and listservs are available for just
  about every possible career field and industry
• Subscribing is a good way to pick up insider
  information and make contacts
• Always act professionally while posting and
  responding to messages from the group