Stay Connected – Is Your Job Search Wi-Fi Ready?

Flashback to 30 years or so and the world was a very different place. The Internet as we know it today did not exist and there was no such thing as a smartphone. Wi-Fi certainly did not exist and many of us remember the early Internet days with dial-ups. Job search has gone through a similar change. The days of pounding the pavement are gone and replaced with pounding the keyboard. No matter what your age, if you are looking for a job, the Internet is your main portal into the many tools that you must use today.

Job Search Boards:

• SimplyHired.com – This site is different from most of the others as it searches across companies and other job boards. There were over 500,000 Finance jobs and 600,000 Operations Jobs when I checked the site. Filters are on the left hand side of the page as well as keyword refinement options. Top of the page has links for local jobs, salary trends and employment trends. Save your searches here too.

• Indeed.com – Hard to believe, general search on this site returned more than 1,000,000 jobs (sounds like a lot to me). Similar to some of the other job search sites, you can refine your search by putting a location in at the top, or use one of the many refinements on the left hand side of the page. Top of the page has links for forums, salaries and trends.

Networks:

• Five Strategies for Leveraging Your Online Social Networks – Beyond your usual use of social networks, this article (from QuintCareers.com) outlines a few strategies for leveraging your social networks. Most are common sense, but you may not think about them until you read them in the article. The first strategy, “Be Selective”, is great advice in terms of who you might use for recommendations, but I’m not sure I agree if you are looking for people who can provide leads. There is additional advice on the right hand sidebar regarding Twitter which is worth a read as well. Don’t forget to visit their Art of Career Networking section as well.

• New job search techniques leverage power of social networking sites – This article, posted on Careerkungfu.com and written by Jessica Dickler, indicates that the best way to find a job is by building your online presence. The article provides some tips and comments from individuals who have benefited from doing this. Keep in mind, the article is not only talking about leveraging social networks, but your entire online presence. This is somewhat akin to my advice getting as many people as possible to know you are in the job market (my Job Search Marketing Toolkit).

Smartphone Apps:

• LinkedIn Goes Mobile – This article, by Alison Doyle of About.com covers the LinkedIn mobile version. This is a mobile web based version of LinkedIn, which means that it is smartphone web friendly. The article gives a better explanation then I’ve just given and also provides additional related links.

• Mobile Web Job Search – Following through on the topic raised in the prior link, I’ve listed popular job search sites that have mobile versions of their website (which generally allows easier and faster access from your smartphone’s web browser:

  • CollegeRecruiter.mobi
  • Jobmob.mobi
  • Careerworld.mobi
  • MyITJobs.mobi
  • EOTW.mobi (executive job search)
  • Jobsearchonline.mobi

Good luck in your search.

 

Author Byline: CareerAlley
Author Website: http://CareerAlley.com

Article courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap, a content exchange service sponsored by CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students looking for internships and recent graduates searching for entry level jobs and other career opportunities.