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Online Job Hunting

Articles | Career Blogs | Tools for Online Job Searching | Online Networking | Electronic Resumes | Available Books

Articles

Online Discussion Group Networking Etiquette Do's and Don't
Interested in exploring job leads and opportunities online? Randall S. Hansen, has compiled and extensive introduction to the subject matter, along with tips of how to appropriately participate in these new venues.
http://www.quintcareers.com/online_networking-dos-donts.html

Expanding Your Connections Through Online Networking
Eileen Gunn's articles describes the advantages and disadvantages of using online-networking services. The working concept of these services are the belief that we are all connected by "six-degrees" of separation. Gunn covers the various aspects of these services and why they work better for some people and not others.
http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/usingnet/
20040121-gunn.html

FAQ: Blogging on the job
McCullagh and Gilbert present a detailed and complex view of how blogs fit into out working lives, including the benefits and risks that can accompany a blog.
http://news.com.com/FAQ+Blogging+on+the+job/
2100-1030_3-5597010.html?tag=st.num

Online Job Search: How to Use the Job Banks
This is a general article for those beginning to explore the internet in search for jobs. The article also explains basic practices to keep your search risk free.
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/joblistings/a/onlinejobsearch.htm

The Riley Guide: How to Use The Internet in Your Job Search
This guide provides a wide range of suggestions on how to approach online job searches, including tips of how to strategize your approach.
http://www.rileyguide.com/jobsrch.html

The Truth Behind Online Job Hunting
Contrary to common belief, online job hunting has not entire simplified the process. This article explains the process, in-depth.
http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/usingnet/20020417-needleman.html

Online Job Search Web Sites: Tips to Safeguard your Privacy.
This is a very complete guide to protecting yourself from identity theft and other serious risks involved in online job hunting.
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs25-JobSeekerPriv.htm

Career Blogs

Marketing Headhunter
Ideas & Analysis from Harry Joiner – an Executive Recruiter…
Harry Joiner covers issues such as business marketing, job search tips, marketing jobs, as well as information of technology as related to marketing and job hunting.
http://www.marketingheadhunter.com/

http://www.recruiting.com/
This new blog aims at bringing together a number of career related blogs covering issues such as recruitment, technology related jobs, colleges, and the use of blogs in helping you land a great job.
http://www.recruiting.com/

Tools for Online Job Searching

Internet for Job Searching
This site will provide you with a basic tutorial on how to use the internet in the job hunting process.
http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/acl/tutorial/jobsearch

Online Networking

Online networking can help you connect with people across the city or across the globe in your path to career growth.

LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/

Ryze business networking
http://ryze.com/

Spoke
http://www.spoke.com/

EntreMate
http://www.entremate.com/

Electronic Resumes

Preparing Your Resume for Emailing or Posting on the Internet
Informative guide explaining the similarities and differences between an online resume and a print resume, with tips on creating resumes in plain text, html, and posting your resume online.
http://www.rileyguide.com/eresume.html

Creating electronic resumes
Tips for creating plain-text ASCII resumes for emailing and posting to job sites. Other topics include keywords and scannable resumes. Follow the links to read more in depth.
http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/resumewriting1/

Creating electronic resumes – another site
Info on how to create an e-resume, and a sample.
http://www.scu.edu/careercenter/resources/publications/resumes.pdf

Electronic resumes – Sample and format
A sample and description of the format of a scannable resume.
http://www.placementmanual.com/

Keywords; sending your e-resume
A guide to creating keywords, posting online, e-mailing, resume scanning, and creating Web resumes.
http://www.susanireland.com/eresumework.htm

Resume banks
This site takes a look at some of the better known resume banks and compares the kind of resumes accepted, the level of traffic, size, cost and any specialized services.
http://jobstar.org/internet/resbanks.php

Don't let spam filters snatch your resume
As companies have tightened e-mail filters in recent months to keep out spam and a spate of damaging computer viruses, they also unintentionally have blocked all sorts of legitimate e-mail, such as job seekers' résumes.
http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/resumes/20040413-maher.html

Job seekers' guide to resume databases: Twelve resume posting truths
Criminals and identity thieves are all too interested in getting access to resumes for all the wrong reasons. Minimize your resume risk factors.
http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/resumedatabaseprivacytips.html

Protect your privacy, Part 2 (see the end of this article) and Part 3 (see the entire article)
The Internet is wide open and mostly unregulated. Be wary of giving out too much personal information in your online resume or job-bank registration forms.
http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/resumes/l/aa112398_2.htm
http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/resumes/l/aa112398_3.htm

Navigating the new e-resume landscape
Electronic resumes produced a number of unanticipated problems for this search committee. Here’s what to do and what to avoid.
http://chronicle.com/jobs/2005/08/2005083101c.htm

The online application
An increasing number of employers want candidates to find job openings on company web sites or Internet job boards; they require online applications. Here are some tips.
http://www.jobweb.com/resources/Library/Interviews__Resumes/
How_to_Apply_On_272_1.htm

The online application: more tips
As in the traditional application process, employers using online application processes are looking for students who have the skills, experience, and qualities that best match the requirements for the job opening. The key to getting to the next step is to do research and target your application.
http://www.jobweb.com/resources/library/
Interviews/More_Tips_for_N_280_1.htm

Available Books

Dikel, Margaret F.
The guide to Internet job searching / Margaret Riley Dikel, Frances E. Roehm; {Public Library Association}
Chicago : VGM Career Books, c 2002

Smith, Rebecca, 1960-
Electronic resumes & online networking: how to use the Internet to do a better job searching, including a complete up-to-date resource guide / by Rebecca Smith.
Franklin Lakes, NJ : Career Press, c2000

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Page updated: February 29, 2008