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Resume Writing
Tips and Tools |
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Job Search Tools |
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Job
Search Tips
Resume Tips |
| Job Search
Tips for Online Applicants |
| Let's say you
have updated your resume and cover letter.
You now have the tools you need to get you
into interviews. Here are a few practical
tips for searching for jobs online and offline.
You are probably familiar with traditional
nuggets of job search wisdom. We agree with
the obvious — networking for instance.
Here are a few tips that can help you in your
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| Manage
your job search |
If you are handling
your job search properly, you are customizing
your resume based on the position applied
for. Keep track of all jobs, and various versions
of your resume, with contact management software.
You can use the Microsoft Outlook contact
manager to track the positions you apply for.
Outlook will allow you to sort your contacts
by company name, contact person, location
etc. You can paste each customized resume
in the body of the contact card - Outlook
will retain the formatting of Word documents.
This will enable you to keep track of the
version of the resume you submit for a particular
opportunity. This is important because you
will want to present the correct version of
your resume when you go to each interview.
You can also use Outlook to set up follow-up
reminders. You will probably not want to use
it as an email client because of its well-documented
vulnerabilities. (See Electronic
Resume Writing Tips for information on
a very serious defect.)
The resumes that you send out should all have
the same file name because you do not want
to make it obvious that you have multiple
versions of the same resume, even though this
is the prudent thing to do.
The title of each customized resume file should
be:
JaneSmith_Resume.RTF
Jane_Smith_Resume.RTF
Jane-Smith-Resume.RTF
NOT Jane_Smith_Resume1.RTF,
Jane_Smith_Resume2.RTF,
etc.
Your name should be part of the file's title
to facilitate search and retrieval by recruiters.
You can organize the different versions by
placing them in separate electronic folders
(one for each employer) or by using a contact
manager like Outlook. Outlook is preferable
because it is less cumbersome and has many
useful features. |
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| Use nontraditional
job search resources |
Most people who
search for jobs online use major job boards
like Monster, HotJobs and Dice. As large as
these engines are, the number of jobs listed
do not begin to approach the total number
of jobs available at any given time. Many
jobs are never advertised. Of the jobs that
are advertised, employers may be reluctant
to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for
national online advertising. There are many
more jobs on corporate, newspaper, and specialty
Web sites than there are on the top job search
engines.
For example, for engineering jobs, look at
sites like: |
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You can use meta
job search engines to search newspaper classifieds
and corporate Web sites. Meta search engines
search other search engines. Many newspapers
place all their classified job ads in online
search engines located on their Web sites.
If you are targeting jobs within a limited
geographic area, you can search the classifieds
on these Web sites.
Various business activities can lead to additional
hiring. Press releases offer a good source
of information on mergers and acquisitions,
new product releases, and industry trends.
Other sources of useful information include
online trade publications and yellow pages.
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| The following
links point to pages with further advice on
resume writing. |
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