Internet Job: Searching for Jobs Part (2)

website2 300x201 Internet Job: Searching for Jobs Part (2)At the bottom of the job description page, click How To Apply for instructions on how to submit your résumé. Now, we don’t want to appear non-businesslike here, but is this cool or what? In less than five minutes, we found multiple job listings in our area, and in less than a couple of minutes more, a résumé could be arriving in the mail box of a potential employer. Sure beats the heck out of combing the Sunday classifieds and snail mail. Read More…

Posted in Internet, Job at December 31st, 2011. No Comments.

Internet Job: Searching for Jobs

website4 Internet Job: Searching for JobsHow you search for jobs on the Internet depends on how the individual site is structured. At some sites, you must first register even if you can search for free. In this section, we’ll look at how to search for a job at America’s Job Bank. At this site, you can post your résumé for free, and you can search the jobs database for free and without registering. You can search by occupation, keyword, military code, and job number. To do so, follow these steps: Read More…

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Job Searching on the Internet Part (3)

job6 Job Searching on the Internet Part (3)Summary or keyword paragraph.

This paragraph summarizes your skills and, like the objective, needs to contain as many keywords as possible. Professional opinions vary as to whether you should include both an objective and a summary, and some even advise including your objective in the summary paragraph. Regardless of which you do, this information needs to be close to the top. Read More…

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Job Searching on the Internet Part (2)

job5 300x268 Job Searching on the Internet Part (2)The Content of an Electronic Résumé

Opinions vary among human resources professionals about the elements that an electronic résumé should contain, and some résumé database sites actually have a résumé form that you fill out. To add your résumé to the giant database at this site, you must complete this form. An electronic résumé typically has most, if not all, of the following elements. Read More…

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Job Searching on the Internet

job4 300x198 Job Searching on the InternetIf you are just starting a job search, the Internet should be the first place you turn to, not the last. Why? In most cases, it’s free, and it’s fast and far-reaching. If you read the first part, you’ll remember that those are similar to the reasons that employers are now recruiting on the Internet in record numbers. Read More…

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