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Free Guide on How to Find a Job Online

posted July 23, 2008 - 2:48pm
Free Guide on How to Find a Job Online

As you might imagine, the internet is usually a great place to start looking for your next job. It's important to remember though, whether you are a novice at Internet job searching or whether you're used to searching online, the first step in any job hunting process is building a resume that accurately describes your talents and experience to your employer.

Job boards are big business these days, with some of the more popular ones being amongst the Internet's 20 most popular sites. Job Boards try as hard as they can to get as many job seekers to input their resumes as possible and then they sell job ads to businesses for a fee. The good thing about job boards is that a job seeker can often do a keyword / location search to find job opportunities in their local area and their field of employment. A list of some of the major job boards on the Internet today would include...

monster.com

hotjobs.yahoo.com

careerbuilder.com

indeed.com

Recruiters typically work by trying to find as many suitable candidates for a company’s job position as possible. A recruiter will work for a fee, paid by the employer to find a job seeker to work at that company. Since a recruiter will place themselves between you and the company, they will often find themselves placing job seekers in positions about which they know little about. Many job seekers will not use recruiters because they find the whole recruitment process to be frustrating and not worth their while. However, it may still be worth your while submitting your resume to a local recruiter just to see whether you get any responses. You can find a list of recruiters for your area ….

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Reply to Bobbie Hunter

I am not saying that all recruiters are dishonest. Only that you need to choose the employment company, and recruiter carefully, and ask them to be upfront with you, and not waste your time. I hope Ms. Bobbie Hunter wasn't offended.

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Recruiters?

My advice is only to use recruiters that won't charge you a fee. Also some recruiters go fishing, which means they receive your resume, and then fax it off to every employer they know telling them they have this person, and ask the employers if they have an opening. Unbeknowst to you, you apply for a position with that employer, and then the employer wonders what your game is? If you deal with a recruiter, tell them upfront to let you know if they "shop" your resume around, and then hope they tell you the truth! Also, if you tell them you only deal with recruiters who have a real job opening you might cut down on this practice. I've had very bad results with recruiters, so try to get referrals from job hunters you know that are happy with their recruiters results!

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