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GUIDELINES FOR SELECTING YOUR BEST JOB SITES
THE TWO RULES FOR SEARCHING ANY INTERNET JOB DATABASE:
Tips About online job applications Identity theft & job scams
This is one of four Career Resource Seminars developed for job seekers in
New Jersey. If you have questions regarding the content of this class or would like assistance finding your local
resources, contact Lynne Olver (973)285-6969.
Lynne.Olver@gmail.com is more appealing to potential
employers than IHATEMONDAYS@aol.com. If you list your telephone number, check your answering machine.
Create your personal job search folder.
Date, site checked, jobs applied/resumes sent. Try to avoid applying for the same job twice.
All public libraries in Morris County offer free, high-speed Internet connections with MS Office.
Don't waste your time (or the company's) by randomly applying for everything. Quality, not quantity.
Most companies offer several options. Best way to apply? Have someone in the company hand the hiring manager your resume.
Mine your network! Apply via fax or snail mail. Neatly handwritten evelopes get the most attention. E-mail is easily purged.
Apply directly to the company rather than through employment agencies or resume databases.
HR receives hundreds of resumes in the first 48 hours after posting a job. Applications received on days 4 or 5 are sometimes read
first. Jobs are not awarded to the speedy, but the best qualified.
Forms, options, and instructions vary with job database and
company. The three most popular options are e-mail attachment, copy & paste, and registering with the HR resume database.
If a company pays $700.00 to post a job for 28 days it will stay posted even if that job was filled on day one.
Employment agencies & related service firms use these sites to cull clients.
Employers don't need this until after you are hired.
Online resumes/job applications: provide name and e-mail only. NO NUMBERS.
Does this company exist? Is this executive search firm listed in Kennedy's Directory of Executive Recruiters?
Better Business Bureau reports are online.
"Employment opportunities" asking you to accept money/transfer funds, reveal bank accounts/financial information, provide
past addresses, and personal data (names of family members, maiden name, etc.). If it looks like a credit card application, it's
probably bogus. Many of these solicitations are written with bad spelling and awkward grammar.
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