Job Hunting
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Job Hunting Algorithm
The process is simple:
- Know your the position and salary you are looking for.
- Make a formal resume as a Word document.
- Translate your resume into a plain text file.
- Post your resume to a site like monster.com.
- Look in the job listings online, in newspapers, or wherever.
- Network (i.e. talk) with your friends, family, neighbors, or anyone you meet about your job hunt.
Features of Job Hunting Sites
Just like Swiss Army Knives, you can never find a site that has all the features you want.
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Resumes:
- Resume registration.
- I don't mind giving my address to the site, but only if they give me tight control over who sees it.
- Auto entry of resume when applying for jobs.
- Allow storage of links to resume files, eg .doc, .txt, .htm on my personal site.
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Search Agents
- Why bother reentering your search parameters when it can be saved as a Search Agent?
- Search Agents that send you e-mails without direct links to the job detail page are not worth the trouble. Unless you're passively looking while currently employed.
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Dates:
- Date range choices.
- Display jobs posted/updated in date range (which returns fewer results than the jobs current in the date range).
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Geography:
- One or more geographical choices
- Whole state
- Counties
- Metro Areas
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Keywords:
- Boolean operators in keyword searches.
- Default keyword searches to "containing any of the keywords".
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Results List:
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List results in tables with these headings:
- Date posted
- Company
- Job Title
- Location
- Duration
- Years Experience
- Description
- The capability to sort the results by heading.
- Default to the user's link colors so we can tell which links we've visited or not.
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List results in tables with these headings:
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Job Detail
- Allow company logo but limit size.
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Applying
- Auto entry of resume
- Auto entry of cover letter
Links
Here are some job searching links.
- America's Job Bank. Set up by the US Dept. of Labor. A little slow, few parameters allowed, returns too many results.
- CareerBuilder.com. Searches multiple sites at one time. Tends to return blobs of info. RR.
- Dice.com. Returns good IT results. However, returns all current jobs as opposed to jobs posted/updated in your desired date range. Unfortunately their resume registration requires entering your personal address. RR.
- Best Jobs USA
- CareerPath.com. Founded by newspapers, they have tons of listings, all guaranteed to be no older than 2 weeks.
- HeadHunter.net. Beautiful to look at. Good headings. Unfortunately their resume registration requires entering your personal address. RR.
- HotJobs.com. Fast and clean. Unfortunately their resume registration requires entering your personal address. RR.
- Jobs For Programmers
- Jobs.Internet
- JustTechJobs.com
- Michigan Talent Bank. Michigan counties only.
- Monster.com. Probably the most popular job hunting site. RR.
- Net-Temps.com. Fast and clean. Nice resume auto entry. RR.
- Search-It-All. Searches multiple sites at one time.
- TechieGold.com. This site works in conjunction with specific recruiting companies. You use their form to enter a resume, search through their job database, and then one of the recruiting companies gets you in touch with employers.
- Thingmajob
- USA Office of Personnel Management.
- Yahoo! Careers. I especially like their salary survey info.
RR = Resume Registered. I registered my resume at these sites on my last job hunt.
Miscellany
Traits to display at interviews:
- interpersonal/communication skills
- intellectual curiosity, ie ask questions
- assertiveness
- adaptability/flexibility
- sense of urgency
- passion/enthusiasm
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