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Job Search Spider - Online Job Search
Strategies
This page should be the starting
point in developing your overall online job search strategy. Each
individual has their own unique
skills, educational background and
job history. Your strategy will ultimately be as unique as yourself but we
hope these tips
give you a good place to start.
Step one is to prepare a top notch
resume and cover letter. With an online job search you are obviously not
going to have any
other way to make an impression on a
decision maker. If your submission is not top notch it will derail your
entire effort. Keep
in mind all electronic submissions
will most likely be reviewed on a computer screen. The portion of your
resume "above the
fold" should be clear, concise
and say that you are right for the job. If it starts out with several long
rambling paragraphs someone
is more likely to click the
"Next" button.
Register with the big job sites and
set up job agents to email you matching jobs. If you can get the job
matches sent to you daily.
These get wide exposure and
most likely lots of people will respond right away. Employers eager to
hire may start interviewing as
soon as a they get responses.
Here is a tip to follow when you are submitting responses by
email. In the subject line most people will simply state the
title of the
position you are applying
for. Instead try to put something unique like a special skill
or address a key need listed in the job
description. When
someone looks at a list of 100 emails and 99 have the same subject
line, yours will stand out.
Many people stop here
with their online job search. Don't be this person. This
strategy may lead to many months or years of
not reaching your
goal. Your mission should be to locate the most possible leads
and many great jobs will never be listed on the
popular job search
sites. Many openings are listed on the employers
website. You need to to locate as many of these
of these as possible that
apply to your search.
First to find the
companies you will target use first your professional knowledge of
the companies you are interested in.
Many industries have
professional associations that have member lists or industry
magazines that rank companies or make other
comprehensive
lists. Beyond that you can find find lists on Wikipedia like
these lists of companies in Los
Angeles or New
York.
Also, check out your
local yellow pages or the online
version here. Also google the area of the job background
with your location
and the word
"careers" to find companies listing job openings. (Example
- Alabama Engineering Careers) Test alternate search
terms and attempt to
accumulate more target companies. As you look through job
listings on the big job sites keep an eye on who
is hiring in your
industry even if it's not for your job goal. Locate the
companies official career site whenever possible.
Once you find the
official site for a company you are targeting, look for the
"Careers" link. Sometime it will be labeled
"Employment"
or something similar. The goal is to find as many companies in
your particular industry with job listings on their
career pages. You
may find a job for you listed that was not otherwise
advertised. In any case you will want to track that page
for future
listings. Some companies will offer job agents that you can
register for and they will send you an email alert if a
match comes up. If
not you can use a free service like Change
Detection to monitor the career page and send you an email
whenever those pages are
updated so you don't have to revisit them frequently. If this
does not work, then add the link to
your bookmark list and
check back frequently.
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