Whether you are unemployed or working 40 hours a week, time is precious. I understand this and have prepared a lucky number 7 list of FREE job search tools for job seekers:
1. Indeed.com: this is the best job aggregator in the market. Type in a few keywords and a ton of jobs will popup. For readers living outside the US make sure you type the city and country to get re-directed to jobs in your market.
2. Wordle.net: After you find all those great jobs copy and paste the text to make a beautiful word cloud; this will help you see what things employers’ value most.
3. Glassdoor.com: To get the dirt on an employer from an employees’ perspective checkout this site; it has salary information, common interview questions and other valuable insight.
4. Meetup.com: Meetups are informal groups used to learn and network with likeminded people all over the world – just type your interest, city and country and go.
5. Occupational Outlook Handbook: This handbook is a US government resource that forecasts demand for positions and job salary expectations; although specifically made for the US market it can serve as a benchmark for international users as well. For the English version click here and for the Spanish version click here.
6. Jibberjobber.com: This is a great resource to organize and manage your job search and track companies and jobs you have applied. This site does not translate but a way to get around this is to download and install Google Chrome; after you download it and go to an English page a translation box should popup – just click translate to your desired language to read the page in your native tongue.
7. LinkedIn.com: Last but not least, the mother of all job resources. Briefly, I have 3 suggestions: setup an account and fill out your complete profile; join industry related groups and be active on the most important groups for your career; network with everyone, the more connections you have the better.
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Do not just send out resumes to every job ad that you search. You should attenuated down your search and choose only those that you honestly think you have a higher chance of being accepted.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely, I wrote something similar in my "Think Before You Send" artice http://recruitermikec.blogspot.com/2012/01/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-zh-cn_23.html.
DeleteThanks again for sharing.
Excellent info, recruiterMikeC, I'm using some of your suggestions. Wordle helps one tailor documents sent to the target company using their lingo. Regarding Glassdoor, one may have starry eyes regarding a particular company and once reviews are read one will see what is more the reality. Checking out meetup.com now & keeping an eye on future twitters. Gracias!!
ReplyDeleteThanks. Alot of people like Wordle; it is a really great tool to help job seekers get around HR applicant tracking systems and get noticed by a real person. Please do follow me on twitter or better yet follow me on Google+.
DeleteThanks again for the comment.
Great tips! Thank you very much for sharing.
ReplyDeleteBest regards
Adrian
Thanks for reading Adrian. I really appreciate it.
DeleteThank you recruiterMikeC for sharing these tips. Some were new to me and I really appreciate the suggestions.
ReplyDeleteNo problem and thank you for reading.
DeleteThank you for sharing this information. Some of these I have been using and some are new. Very good information.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteExcellent information Mr MikeC. Great tips for job seekers. I have used only linkedin now i got valuable other tips. Thank you for sharing these tips.
ReplyDeleteGreat. Linkedin is a great tool but round it out with the other tools and resources mentioned.
DeleteWonderful Information. Will share with others!
ReplyDeleteNancy
Hi Nancy:
DeleteThank you so much. I appreciate you spreading the word. Also, be sure to sign up to receive email alerts by typing your information below the big blue arrow at the top of the page - that way you can get the latest updates via email.
Very helpful, Mike. Ironically, a recruiter did not recommend using a recruiter. What's up with that :-)
ReplyDeleteVery nice list, but I think you missed a very important resource. O*net online, which provides career exploration and job analysis that can be used to help build your resume and other stuff. Found at www.onetonline.org
ReplyDeleteIt is very nice list, very helpful. Thanks very much.
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