We'll post Discussion Groups Part 2 early early next week. If you have any questions about Online Discussion Groups, please feel free to contact Tampa Bay WorkForce Alliance.
We'll post Discussion Groups Part 2 early early next week. If you have any questions about Online Discussion Groups, please feel free to contact Tampa Bay WorkForce Alliance.
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Who
can’t use a little help with their job search, right? There are a number of
great books available to help with every step of the your job search, including
how to: write a resume and cover letter; best market yourself; use social media;
change careers; ace an interview; and target and streamline your job search.
You name it, there’s a good book to help you. The following are a few of our
favorites.
Cover Letters for Dummies
– Having a well-written cover letter is a great opportunity to get a
prospective employer's attention. Cover
Letters for Dummies shares everything job seekers need to know to make an
impression.
The Perfect Resume
– Just like your cover letter, your resume needs to be perfecto. The Perfect Resume focuses on what you
need to include in your electronic resume, and on key words and phrases to get your
resume moved to the top of the pile.
Job Interviews for Dummies
– Anyone can ace an interview, regardless of how little or often they've gone
on job interviews. Job Interviews for
Dummies provides readers with new and timeless interviewing solutions. Special
attention is given to new graduates, career changers, as well as job seekers
over age 50.
Guerilla Marketing for Job
Hunters – This book shares 1,001 tips for using social
media, LinkedIn and other social networking sites. It’s all about trying something
different in your job search—a must-read for anyone in the midst of job
searching in this dog-eat-dog, competitive job market.
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Use Job
Search Engine sites such as SimplyHired.com (was named one of PC Magazine's
"Top 100 Websites for 2009"), and Indeed.com to search millions of
jobs posted on company sites, job sites, and newspapers by keyword, location,
and type of position.
Check out the Advanced Search options, too. You can narrow your criteria even
more and search for jobs by company, work requirements, education level, and
other options. The job search engines also have additional resources to help
you job search, including salary information, widgets, and plugins for your
browser.
As we pointed
out in our previous MyJobHunt blog posting, if you're spending considerable time
on Twitter be sure to utilize TwitterJobSearch.com,
a job search engine just for Twitter users. It works like the other job search
engines finding jobs posted across sites, but in this case, it finds jobs on
Twitter.
Here’s a few
top Job Search Engine recommended by TBWA:
One of the best job search
engines out there. You can narrow your search by location, keywords, and
employer; plus, Monster has plenty of job search extras: networking boards, job
search alerts, and online resume posting.
LinkedIn.com combines the
best of two worlds: The ability to scour
the Internet for jobs with its job search engine, and the opportunity to
network with like-minded friends and individuals to deepen your job search.
Unlike
Monster, you cannot submit your resume from Indeed.com, but the job search
engine more than makes up for that by being a meta search engine of many of the
major job search engines and job search boards out there. Indeed uncovers a lot
of jobs that you wouldn't normally find on most job search sites, and they do a
good job of making their job search features as easy to use as possible.
SimplyHired also offers a
very unique job search experience; the user "trains" the job search
engine by rating jobs he or she is interested in. SimplyHired also gives you
the ability to research salaries, add jobs to a job map, and view pretty
detailed profiles of various companies. We highly recommend SimplyHired.
Think of USA.gov as your
gateway into the huge world of US government jobs. Navigate to the USA.gov home
page, click on the Jobs and Education section, then Government Jobs. You'll find a wealth of resources here to
help you find jobs working for Uncle Sam.
CareerBuilder offers job
searchers the ability to find a job, post a resume, create job alerts, get job
advice and job resources, look up job fairs, and much more. This is a truly
massive job search engine that offers a lot of good resources to the job
searcher; we especially appreciate the list of job search communities.
Dice.com is a job search
engine dedicated to finding technology jobs—offering a targeted niche space for
finding exactly the technology position for which you might be seeking.
Yahoo Hot Jobs is still one
of the largest and most well known job search engines on the Web.
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Guess who’s successfully competing with online job
boards. That’s what the appropriately named TwitterJobSearch.com is doing by
searching Twitter and pulling out Tweets believed to be job listings.
As the
first real social media job search engine, TwitterJobSearch uses semantic
intelligence, link-crawling, and crowdsourcing to help track recruitment
offers.
Similar to other online job boards you may be
using, TwitterJobSearch allows users to browse for jobs in categories – such as
accounting, sales, or IT – or simply search the company’s index. Remember, posting a tweet is free (yea!),
whereas posting jobs on other sites like Monster and HotJobs costs money.
Keep in mind each job listing – which is really
just a standard tweet – lets users view the job by linking to the posting
(presuming it was linked from the tweet); save the job with a TwitterJobSearch
account; and either retweet it or follow the user that posted it.
This site appears to have several advanced
features, making it even more competitive with traditional job sites – such as being
able to filter jobs based on salary and drilling down to job type (full-time,
part-time, or internship).
So if you’re a Twitter user (or planning to become one), we feel this is definitely worth adding to your current job-search strategy.
We'll be providing information later this week regarding other online job search engines.
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The
following is Part 2 of our TBWA tips for job searching during the holiday season.
We hope you find them helpful!
-Understand
that job loss, unemployment and job seeking are stressful situations.
Acknowledge this fact and understand that you are not alone. Many people are
experiencing this same situation or have gone through periods of job seeking.
There is some truth to the statement that the hardest job of all is finding a
good job. Avoid bad habits. Get yourself in shape, focus on your health and
enjoy the extra time you have to do things for your family. Keep a positive
attitude. Today’s new education and training opportunity can become tomorrow’s
job.
-Get
organized. Write and design a new resume. Customize a few resumes to highlight
specific career tracks where you have solid skills. Be methodical about your
job search. Tampa Bay WorkForce Alliance has excellent resume writing resources
and can provide you with helpful tips and suggestions to make sure you are
approaching your job search in a professional, effective and efficient manner.
Post your resume online. Use our Resource Centers.
-Decrease
tension at home. Money issues and employment problems rate highly on the stress
scale. If you have a friend or family member who is unemployed, be supportive
and helpful. Now is not the time to be argumentative or to blame someone or
yourself for your situation. Kindness, sympathy and compassion for people who
are going through a temporary period of unemployment will be rewarded when your
significant other lands that good job. Sooner than you think people will be
complaining about all the time you’re spending at work.
-Be
positive and be patient. Bringing a positive attitude to your job search and
interviews will help you be successful. Patience goes a long way too –
understand that it takes time for your resume and cover letter to be routed to
the appropriate person or department. Be courteous and understanding when you
follow up with potential employers – your attitude on the phone may be the
deciding factor in getting an interview or job offer. “Thank You’s” go a long
way both before and after the interview.
-Use
staffing agencies. Employers use “contingent workers,” especially during time
of economic recovery and uncertainty. Employers often use temporary help
agencies as recruitment and screening strategies. These jobs often turn into
full time, regular employment and even if they don’t, the experience can yield
another positive employer recommendation.
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The holiday season offers time for thoughts about
family and future as we celebrate festive occasions or begin a new year. For
those unemployed and concerned about company downsizing, the season can also be
filled with great uncertainty.
Look for part 2 later this week.
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Internet and Web site advancements have provided
us with job-search conduits such as online recruiters, headhunters, job sites
and ... job banks, where job seekers can post resumes, search for a job or
announce job openings.
Basically, there are two kinds of job banks—private
sector and governmental. Job Banks function similarly to employment agencies,
the major difference being that they provide services online and do not collect
fees.
Job Banks match people with jobs according to
skills, education, work experiences, geography and salary. A lot of companies today
focus on niche markets, resulting in the emergence of industry-specific job
banks. Here is a short list of job banks online:
JobBankUSA.com
SeniorJobBank.org
JobBankInfo.org
For more information about Job Banks and other strategies for your job search contact Tampa Bay WorkForce Alliance.
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During
economic times like these, it’s always smart to add a little extra horsepower
to your job searching activities.
Employers today are becoming more demanding, more discriminating ... and seeking prospective employees with something extra to offer. So, if you haven’t already, a great way to stand out and get noticed is through your LinkedIn involvement.
LinkedIn,
an online professional networking site, is pretty much like MySpace or Facebook,
except that all your contacts are professional contacts — not “friends”. If managed
(and leveraged) properly, your LinkedIn contacts can help give you more access
to part- and full-time jobs. And LinkedIn’s recommendation feature, you can
receive recommendations from former employers who liked and appreciated your
work.
Note,
tho, it’s vital to have a good portfolio. Try to pick the best of your previous
work and have them ready should anyone ask to see them. Employers interested in
you will appreciate the extra references and samples you send them.
For more information and tips for using LinkedIn
and other social networking sites, contact Tampa Bay WorkForce Alliance.
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In honor of Veterans Day, Tampa Bay
WorkForce Alliance will host a career and resource fair for veterans on
November 9, 2009 at its Conference Center.
Visit http://www.workforcetampa.com/veterans-career-and-resource-fair/
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We’re proud to have recently helped more than 140 people connect to valuable training resources at our Information and Resource Expo. Training resources available through Tampa Bay WorkForce Alliance help retain and create jobs, boost the region’s economic recovery and assist those most impacted by the recession.
Panel
presentations featured informative discussions with local employers—and career
managers from Tampa Bay WorkForce Alliance were also available to answer questions. More than 20 training providers were on-hand
to provide information on accessing the numerous training opportunities around
the region.
Candidates interested in learning whether training may help them in
their careers are encouraged to visit Tampa Bay WorkForce Alliance and speak
with career managers for guidance and assistance.
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