The online job search explosion
Offline resources for your online job search
To make room for the 2,222 job resources described in the Non–Profits and Education Job Finder, I had to make this chapter only a crash course on how to use the Internet. If you want to learn more about using the Internet in your job search, here some resources that do a great job of teaching newcomers how to use the Internet and all its components in their job quest. Because these books are often hard to find in bookstores, they are included in our Job Quest Catalog Online on this web site.
The Guide to Internet Job Searching (VGM Career Horizons; available from Planning/Communications’ Job Quest Catalog Online on this web site) $14.95, 213 pages, 2000. This is the widely–hailed basic guide written by the late Steve Osserman, Margaret Riley, and Frances Roehm. It includes a good explanation of how to connect to the Internet and instructions for posting a resume electronically, as well as extensive listings of Internet sites with job ads and resume databases. It also offers a thorough directory of bulletin board services that offer job listings and a useful chapter on online career development sites. It includes an entire chapter on non–profits.
Go to our Job Quest Catalog Online for a ton of current books on the electronic job search.
Electronic online resumes. The electronic resume you submit online or mail in for scanning should be quite different than your printed resume. You suddenly have to switch from using certain verbs to nouns to convey your qualifications — “keywords” are what count. You no longer use bold face and snazzy designs to attract attention — only the words matter when your resume turns electronic. A good number of books offer valuable advice and practical examples of how to make this transition to the electronic resume. Go to our Job Quest Catalog Online for a wealth of resources on electronic resumes.
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This chapter of the Non–Profits & Job Finder is divided into five parts. You can go any of the parts of this chapter that preceded or follow this section by selecting from the list below.
The Players in the Online Job Search: Learn all a job seeker actually needs to know to get her online job search started. Get the scoop on the World Wide Web, email, search engines, gopher servers, usenet newsgroups, mailing lists, ftp file transfers, and bulletin board services.
Growing Pains Online: Learn about all the weaknesses of the Internet job hunt that nobody wants to talk about! The Internet is a great place to find jobs for some professions, and pretty weak for others. Some job databases waste your time by listing jobs that have already been filled. Discover how to use resume databases safely so your current employer doesn’t find out you’re looking for a new job.
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Great Sites to Launch Your Online Job Search: These are the “gateway” sites, many of which are collections of links to an enormous number of online job databases, resume databases, directories of companies, lists of job hotlines for governments and companies, and sites that offer job hunting advice. You'll be linked directly to these sites and can visit any of them from Job Finders Online.
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