Save Time, Energy, Money
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Dont pay. 99.99%
are free to the job seeker.
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Organization and documentation of your job search will be extremely
helpful.
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Protect Yourself
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· Prevent identity theft and other problems
· See Passwords,
Security, Emailin Windows and Internet
Practical Tips.
· Never submit your photo (reveals age,
race, etc.)
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Determine Your Job Search Key Words
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Most
jobs have multiple key words on which you will wish to search. It is easy to miss some even obvious ones.
- A search for trainer would be much better as a search for
trainer, teacher, instructor, tutor, educator
- Search for keywords, not job titles, unless the title is really a
key word.
- I never search for programmer
or analyst, but do for my
specific & saleable computer languages or skills.
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A great way to discover more job
search key words is to use Monsters job search.
- Run a search using keywords. Note that on the search results page,
there will be a comment
Search Related Job Titles
- Add appropriate keywords to your own job search agents.
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Use a thesaurus to find synonyms
for your keywords:
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http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html
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If
given a choice of searching for the keyword within the job title or the entire
job ad, choose the entire ad.
- Too
often the job title is something rather generic dreamt up by HR folks,
like Applications Specialist III
which may have meaning within their company organization, but not to the
public.
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Assume the person
who posted the ad was absolutely clueless.
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Just
searching the titles would miss many opportunities.
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And often
words are misspelled.
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The keyword may be spelled correctly when
repeated in the description.
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Remember to include your chosen keywords in your own
resume.
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This
triggers the employers search agent match on your resume.
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Determine the Best Sites for Your Job Search
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See Determine the Best
Sites for Your Job Search
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Job Search Agents are free, wonderful, marvelous, fantastic time savers
for your job search
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- A
majority of job search web sites have Job
Search Agents.
- You
register at the site (free), specify your job search criteria, and give
your email address.
- They
email you daily or weekly with the jobs that match your job search
keywords. (If given a choice, daily).
- You
click the hotlink in the email to go directly to the site.
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Choosing Physical Locations for Your JSA
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When searching or setting up job search agents, if there
is no way to choose metro area, &
your city has lots of cities around it you want included, then consider
selecting entire the state. This
works great for Phoenix, as the only other large locality too far away is
Tucson. And it also catches misspelled city names. In a tight market for seekers with few openings, this works
great. If the reverse were true, it
mightnt.
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Investigate Other Job Search Sites
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The Tempe Public Library
has access to many job related and other sites, some of which would cost you
to use on your own.
Jobs (Tempe Pub Lib)
Job Hunting Bookmarks - Tempe Public
Library
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www.learnatest.com (you will need your 14-digit library card
number)
(practice exams for elementary, high
school, college, basic skills, occupational and real estate tests.)
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