The process is simple:
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Know your the position and salary you are looking for.
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Make a formal resume as a Word document.
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Translate your resume into a plain text file.
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Post your resume to a site like monster.com.
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Look in the job listings online, in newspapers, or wherever.
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Network (i.e. talk) with your friends, family, neighbors, or anyone you meet about your job hunt.
Just like Swiss Army Knives, you can never find a site that has all the features you want.
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Resumes:
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Resume registration.
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I don't mind giving my address to the site, but only if they give me tight control over who sees it.
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Auto entry of resume when applying for jobs.
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Allow storage of links to resume files, eg .doc, .txt, .htm on my personal site.
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Search Agents
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Why bother reentering your search parameters when it can be saved as a Search Agent?
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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:
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Date range choices.
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Display jobs posted/updated in date range (which returns fewer results than the jobs current in the date range).
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Geography:
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One or more geographical choices
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Whole state
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Counties
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Metro Areas
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Keywords:
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Boolean operators in keyword searches.
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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:
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Date posted
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Company
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Job Title
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Location
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Duration
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Years Experience
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Description
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The capability to sort the results by heading.
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Default to the user's link colors so we can tell which links we've visited or not.
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Job Detail
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Allow company logo but limit size.
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Applying
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Auto entry of resume
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Auto entry of cover letter
Here are some job searching links.
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America's Job Bank. Set up by the US Dept. of Labor. A little slow, few parameters allowed, returns too many results.
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CareerBuilder.com. Searches multiple sites at one time. Tends to return blobs of info. RR.
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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.
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Best Jobs USA
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CareerPath.com. Founded by newspapers, they have tons of listings, all guaranteed to be no older than 2 weeks.
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HeadHunter.net. Beautiful to look at. Good headings. Unfortunately their resume registration requires entering your personal address. RR.
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HotJobs.com. Fast and clean. Unfortunately their resume registration requires entering your personal address. RR.
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Jobs For Programmers
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Jobs.Internet
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JustTechJobs.com
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Michigan Talent Bank. Michigan counties only.
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Monster.com. Probably the most popular job hunting site. RR.
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Net-Temps.com. Fast and clean. Nice resume auto entry. RR.
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Search-It-All. Searches multiple sites at one time.
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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.
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Thingmajob
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USA Office of Personnel Management.
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Yahoo! Careers. I especially like their salary survey info.
RR = Resume Registered. I registered my resume at these sites on my last job hunt.
Traits to display at interviews:
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interpersonal/communication skills
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intellectual curiosity, ie ask questions
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assertiveness
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adaptability/flexibility
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sense of urgency
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passion/enthusiasm
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