Smart Money, Smart Jobs, Smartphone – Leverage Your Job Search
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A smartphone may not sound like the best way to spend your money if you are currently unemployed, but in fact, it just may be. Job hunting in today’s market is all about getting there first, getting there fast and leveraging all of the Internet tools available to you. Yes, you can do this from the comfort of your home (or Starbucks), but when you are out of the house (hopefully on a job interview), a smartphone can give you the edge you need to get the next interview. Now I’m not saying that you won’t get a job if you don’t have a smartphone, I’m just saying this is another tool in your Job Marketing Toolkit.
So where to start? While I won’t tell you which smartphone and carrier are best for you, I will give you some tips and tricks on leveraging your smartphone in your job search. You should also read my post Taking your Job Search Mobile
10 iPhone Apps to Manage Your Job Search on the Go – This article, by Mashable.com, lists 10 apps for the iPhone that will allow you to do your search “on the go”. Six of these are job search boards that have provided an iPhone app to leverage their sites more easily via the iPhone. LinkedIn, which has had an app for some time, is a business social network and has become the site of choice for both headhunters and corporate recruiters when looking for top candidates. ABContacts allows you to manage your contacts (a free lite version or a paid version).
mJob: the Future of Mobile Recruiting – This review, by Wirelessjobs, reviews mJob.com – a site which allows quick job search via your phone’s (or Blackberry’s) web browser. One major advantage is that the site works via a browser rather than being app dependent (and, therefore, device dependent). Having tried it on my phone, the response time is very quick and the results are impressive. Once you’ve done your search, click (or touch) any job and you will see a detailed job description (very quickly). You can also send the job description to your email account.
Mobile Monster.com – Monster also offers a mobile version of it’s search site (http://mobile.monster.com/JobSearch.aspx). Using a very simple interface, you can type in keyword, location and job category. Another quick interface, when I did a search it returned 78 pages (the pages are set to be smaller so that they fit on your phone’s browser window). Click on any job for a larger more detailed view. You can apply for the job via embedded links (although it may not be easy to send your resume via your phone depending on your set-up).
The Most Powerful Job Search Tool You Didn’t Know You Had – One of my favorite posts (by JobMob), this article provides a wealth of information going mobile with your job search. From smartphone basics to tips and tactics, this article is definitely worth a read. In addition to relevant information related to this topic, many of the tips should be applied to your overall job search (like respect your interviewers and Think before answering). You will also want to read the posts listed at the bottom of this article.
Job hunting with Windows Mobile – Okay, I will admit that there are some people who use Windows Mobile and this article, by Microsoft (who would have thought), provides good tips on how to leverage this mobile operating system for your job search. Many of the tips apply to all mobile job search (like always have a digital copy of your resume available and customize your contacts). There are step by step instructions for some of the functionality.
Good luck in your search.
Article by Career Alley
