Internet resources that will land you a job and help you through the process!

How to deal with the desperate anxiety that naturally occurs during your job search. Keep this list parked where you sit at home working away at your job search and look at it whenever you start to feel anxious and alone. See the internet resource list below.

 

·       Remember – it’s not you

·       Get up from the computer and go do something

·       Call someone right now and have a conversation

·       Expand your network – find one person to meet today

·       Make lunch plans

·       Meet someone in your network for coffee

·       Attend job search support groups/ career networking meetings – make new friends

·       Create an effective network

·       Plan networking get-togethers with fellow job searchers or past colleagues

·       Surround yourself with positive people

·       Tell friends and family what you need from them to help you feel good

·       Use an upcoming holiday to celebrate

·       Consider opening yourself up to new target markets

·       Consider expanding your search to include other areas including global opportunities

List of internet resources:

Internet Resources

SEARCH ENGINES www.google.com Indeed.com (one search “jobs”) Simplyhired.com (one search “jobs”)   DATABASES+JOB BOARDS+RESUMES Airsdirectory.com/jobboards Allstarjobs.com Brassring.com Careerbuilder.com Careercentral.com Craigslist.com Careerfairs.com Churchillclub.com Computerjobs.com Dice.com Directemployers.com Excite.com Flipdog.com Freeagent.com-consulting Futurestep.com Gettingthejob.com (sort by month) Guru.com (creative/consulting/IT/admin) H1B.com Hotgigs.com Hotjobs.com Hundredk.com Jobanimal.com Jobfairs.com Jobfox.com Joboptions.com Jobs.com Jobshadow.org Jobstar.org Linkedin.com LatPro.com(Hispanic and Bilingual) Monster.com Nationjob.com Quintcareers.com Rilleyguide.com/jobs Techies.com Thingamajob.com Vault.com Weddles.com Wetfeet.com Workit.org Job Search Support Groups: Please google – CPC Job Connections Group, Graceworks, and your local One Stop Career Center to get more information on these organizations

EXEC.SEARCH/VENTURE/NEWS/RECRUITERS 6Figuresjobs.com Brilliantpeople.com Careerjournal.com Execglobalnet.com Execsearches.com Executives-ulimited.com Garage.com Recruitersonline.com Wsacorp.com/index.asp (fee-based)   NON-PROFIT JOB BOARDS Nonprofitdirections.org Npsolutions.org Npworks.org Opportunityknocks.org Paschalmurray.com Upwardlyglobal.org   SALARY SURVEY Benchmark.com CompanyPay.com (Executive Level) Execunet.com Futurestep.com Salary.com Spencerstuart.com/professionalresources/       Research&tools/salarybenchmarking Salaryexpert.com Indeed.com   RECRUITERS Cspnet.org Recruitinglife.com Searchfirm.com Salesrecruiters.net   SOCIAL and professional Networking Sites www.facebook.com www.Linkedin.com www.Spoke.com www.Ryze.com www.Friendster.com www.orkut.com   FREE INTERNET EMAIL SITES Hotmail.com Yahoo.com GMail.com – google mail   Get the inside scoop on companys below: www.glassdoor.com www.indeed.com -check out the forum section www.jobvent.com www.ledova.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-interview research…

 Hello Everyone, I wanted to share an article with you that I wrote last month for another website. I hope you can get some great tips from it.

 

Pre-Interview Research: Five tips to investigate a company before the interview.

 

By Rebecca Martin

 

The goal of any job interview is to get to the next step which is the offer stage and land the job! The best way to achieve this goal is by being strategic, linking your experience and strengths to the requirements of the position throughout the interview process and by dialoguing with the interviewer(s). The more prepared you are the more relaxed and confident you will be.

 

Five tips for employer research

 

1.  Visit the Company Website – An organization’s website will contain basic information about products and services, company history, and leadership.  If available, spend time in the online press room reviewing the latest press releases and media coverage.  This information will get you up-to-date quickly.

 

2.  Consult Human Resources – Ask the HR representative to provide you with a list of the interviewer(s) and their titles.  Knowing their titles will tell you about the types of questions they will be asking.  For example, the operations manager may be asking you questions about day-to-day processes and how the position you are interviewing for relates to production and quality. 

 

Knowing their names will allow you to do some additional research to find commonality with the interviewer(s) and learn more about their educational and professional backgrounds.  See step three:

 

3.  Review LinkedIn – LinkedIn is one of the largest professional online networking sites in the world. Populated with 25 million members, it is a warehouse of information for job searchers. First, look for the people who will be interviewing you.  Study their profiles to learn more about the organization to which you are applying and look for shared connections and interests.

 

Next, search LinkedIn for people you know who work or have worked for the organization in question. This will help you with step number four:

 

4.  Network, Network, Network – Talk to people you know who have worked at the company or are familiar with it.  They will be able to give you information that you might not find on the company website such as corporate values, leadership and management styles.

 

5.  Search the Internet – Run a general search of the internet for information on your prospective employer.  You may find the company referenced in the minutes of civic groups or in legal proceedings.  Key the company name into Google Maps to find customer reviews.  Similarly, sites like Jobvent.com provide a forum for employees to praise or complain about their employers. 

 

Using these resources, you can find insight into company reputation, culture and values such as work life balance, volunteerism, and philanthropy.  Some of this information will help you during the interview, while other information can help you decide if this workplace is right for you.

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Rebecca Martin, founder of  dear jane… lives in northern California where she works as a career coach and training professional. She believes that people can find jobs/careers that bring them enjoyment and prosperity. She blogs about the career search and produces The Best Darn Career Show posted on YouTube.

HOW TO GET NOTICED by the HIRING MANAGERS and Stay Positive during your job search!

Differentiate yourself during your job search!

I know times are so tough for people right now in their job search and most people are barely hanging on regarding their search. But remember, what is needed now more than ever is to STAY FOCUSED, POSITIVE, and never never GIVE UP. Most of you need to DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF from other job seekers. Ok, so you ask, how does one do this? See the list below.

1) When you get scheduled for a telephone interview, ask the hiring manager or recruiters if you can meet the interviewer in person.

2) Don’t Panic and Don’t Quit your job search during December

3) Make sure your resume is professional, strong and a factual representation of your true professional experience.

4) Call Recruiters, HIring Managers, and Human Resource Professionals and ask them if you can stop by for 5 minutes and introduce yourself in person. Tell them  you will be in their area.

5) Send all Recruiters, Hiring Managers, and Human Resource Professionals holiday cards and wish them a happy holiday season.

6) Send out 8 resumes per day through www.indeed.com.

7) Contact at least 3 staffing agencies and schedule face to face interviews with them.

Don’t isolate and attend all the holiday parties you can. Network with everyone you know.

9) Go to at least one professional association meeting to meet people in your current profession.

10) Take a class that you need to take for your future job.

11) Exercise, meditate, get rest and eat healthy.

12) Don’t forget to write a gratitude list.

13) Don’t forget to write your career affirmations.

14) Contact your nearest One Stop Career Center in your city and sign up with them and take free classes and get free career coaching and advice.

15) Don’t forget to sign up for your extended unemployment benefits.

16) Do something nice for someone else at least once a day.

A poll taken from HR professionals about the BEST Job Boards to post your resume on!!!

 I just received a comment from one of our postings from this past week. Patrick recommended the information below so I wanted to post it for all of you to see.

As a career coach, I always recommend the top three sites to post your resume on if you are looking for a job. They are www.craigslist.com, www.monster.com and www.careerbuilder.com.
But based on Patricks information below, there are two more I would like to mention. Check them out and the link below and let me know how it goes. I will also test drive these as well and let all of our clients know about them. They are www.realmatch.com and www.jobfox.com

 

About.com surveyed human resource professionals and recruiters about which of the top 10 job sites they found the best candidates on, survey results here:

 

http://humanresources.about.com/gi/pages/poll.htm?poll_id=5763275227&linkback=http://humanresources.about.com/b/a/258241.htm

Don’t Stop Your Job Search During The Holidays!!!!

How to Conduct an Effective Job Search During the Holidays.

Don’t Quit your Job Search Companies are Hiring!

Myth: Companies don’t hire during the Holidays.

Fact: People get hired all the time during the holidays, the number of positions might not be as high but Hiring Managers are looking for candidates to fill positions by January 2012.

Myth: Hiring Managers are too busy with Holiday Parties, Families, etc. and won’t have time to interview with candidates.

Fact: Not true, this is the best time to interview with hiring managers and executives because most of them don’t travel during the holidays so they are more flexible with their schedules.

Career Tips:

1) Most candidates quit their job search during December, and January so their will be more job opportunities for those candidates who continue searching for their dream job during these next few months.

2) Stay positive because all Hiring Managers and HR professionals are more relaxed, flexible and willing to accommodate you during the hiring process. They have less stress during this festive and holiday time.

3) Remember, some companies and hiring managers haven’t filled all their 2011 job requisitions and they don’t want to lose them, so they hurry and scurry around to find candidates during the last quarter (assuming their fiscal year is aligned with the calendar year.

Remember, you can find jobs/careers that bring you enjoyment and prosperity. Don’t forget to set yourself apart from your competitors;  call and have a live telephone conversation and BE POLITELY PERSISTENT! Contact them, don’t wait for them to contact you! It’s important to first apply online on their company website and then call them so if you have something to talk about. If it’s a target company and you just want to talk to them about upcoming positions in 2012 then call them anyway. Good luck. Happy Holidays,

Rebecca

Tips for Domestic Engineers – Stay at Home Moms and Dads re-entering the workforce

Career Tip for the day! Refresh your resume – Don’t leave it hanging out there in cyber space

I want to let you know about the three job boards you should be posting on to get results. Recruiters only look at the last two days of postings. So you can’t forget to refresh your resumes every three days. What this means is that you need to go into your resume profiles on these sites and make changes to them and then save changes. This will refresh the resume and bring it to the top of the pile. My clients that do this have 3-4 interviews per week. People are getting hired everyday and there are a lot of jobs in the US despite what they say about unemployment. Hang in there and keep focused. Also, check out the job fairs at www.jobjournals.com.

You need to post on www.craigslist.com, www.monster.com, www.careerbuilder.com when looking for a job. Now if you are High Tech Professional you should post on www.dice.com and if you are in Bio Tech you should post on www.biospace.com.

Do you work to make a difference or do you work to make a living?

What motivates you in life? Your family, independence, new challenges in work or personal life, money, helping others, being of service to the community, or making a difference in our world today?  What are you passionate about? What are your hobbies and  interests? Wow, did you ever stop to think about answering these questions? I never did until I turned 40 years old and then I said to myself I want the next 40 years to mean something. I want to work at a job that I love and care about. I know what you are thinking, you are thinking that I am some miss pollyanna that has her head in the clouds and who wants to be a good citizen and save the world.

Well no that’s not it. I was pushed out of my last job after being in the recruiting business for 7.5 years. The company I had worked for was purchased by the ENEMY (our direct competitor, NO NOT REALLY) and at the time I was the top producer in the company making a six figure salary. My colleagues and I were on top of the world. We had just come out of the .com crisis (400,000 people were laid off in Northern California) and from 2001-2004 it was hideous trying to sell staffing, but we hung in there and after seven rounds of layoffs the drama was over. Ok back to being pushed out, the company that purchased us would have never hired me or let me say that the manager who inherited me would never have hired me, but I think he felt like he had to. Whatever, I am not being a victim I just know what it’s like to be pushed out of a company and have to turn your book of business over to a co-worker and train her on your old job. BUT THE BEST THING THAT CAME OUT OF THAT DRAMA WAS DEAR JANE…

I told my mom who is my best buddy and biggest fan that I was so tired of the recruiting and staffing industry and that I wanted to get paid for the all free career advice I had been giving to my candidates over the 7.5 year period I was in the staffing industry. So my journey began, I left corporate america and became a consultant and started doing what I loved. I should have been an education major in college but I wasn’t. I took the CBEST and became a substitute teacher. I loved the middle school kids and spent 1.5 years subbing. Then I decided I couldn’t pay my rent so I went to work for Lee Hecht Harrison and started coaching adults and working in my private practice at dear jane. Now I coach and teach adults and I love it.  I could go on and on but I won’t bore you. 

My whole life I had been obsessed with working. I am a workaholic I guess you could say. I love it because to me it brings me freedom on many different levels. When I was a kid, I didn’t play with barbies, I played Office Manager and CEO, and also loved TROLLs. Yikes. Not normal but oh well.

So now after 35 years of working (since the age of 10) I have found my dream job and my niche. I love love love coaching people during career transitions, after they have been fired, laid off, or had a nervous breakdown and are coming back from medical leave, etc.

So I want you to ask yourself those questions above and really start to think about what you would love to do and start doing it. IF YOU DON’T START HEADING IN THE DIRECTION OF YOUR DREAMS, PASSIONS, HOBBIES, INTERESTS, AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE, YOU WON’T END UP THERE.

Thank you Nelline, my friend and client for telling me how you took a sabbatical from an executive career and went to Africa to make a difference. I enjoyed hearing about your dreams. And love the quote above. :)

Job Fairs – Are they Loser conventions?

I can’t tell you how many people get embarassed about attending job fairs. I had one of my clients in a two day training course call it a loser convention. I love job fairs and think they are a great way for job seekers/candidates meet hiring managers and human resource professionals and recruiters face to face. There are very good tips on how to work job fairs for example, you should always sign up before the event and get a full list of employers that are attending; do your research on the companies you want to target at the job fair so you sound prepared when you meet them; arrive 45 min early and make sure you are dressed like you are going to an interview.  Job Journals is a link that lists all the job fairs in the Greater Bay Area. www.jobjournals.com   Try out a couple you might find that you really like them and might get hired from one.   Employers are not at job fairs for their health or to skip out on work. They are looking for hot candidates to fill their positions.

Immediate job openings

•          Anticipated job openings

•          Contract/project work

•          Newly created positions

 

Employers attend job fairs primarily to:

•          Collect resumes -Source candidates

•          Interview candidates to potentially hire them (time varies)

•          Promote the company

 

 

 

 

 

Career Affirmations…Try them, they work!

I started asking my clients to write career affirmations and it has been helping them overcome their fears during their job search process. One client in london wrote the affirmation below.

 

“I know I will find a job where I am valued for the unique and broad skill set that I bring to the table, and this will happen in the next 6 months. I am very secure about my company research and interviewing skills.  I am lucky because owing to my experience I have many options, and I will listen to my inner guidance and make the perfect job choice for my career.”

She is now a CFO for a Venture Capital firm and is very happy, content, and received a great compensation package.

hint: just ask yourself what your two biggest fears are in job search and write them down and then rewrite them as career affirmations and make them very positive. Try it, it works!!

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