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- April 20, 1996
- Finding Opportunities
Looking for work in and around the legal profession? The Law Employment Center is where you should begin. The site features a law employment library, a rich collection of legal job listings, and a listing of law firms on the net (for targeting. It's a tremendous resource if you're hunting in this niche.
It's important to understand that web employment is not limited to technical professions. A search through the resources in our tool section will give you access to sites offering jobs from truck drivers in Tennessee to Poets (yes, Poets). - April 19, 1996
- Finding Opportunities
Get A Job: Great Name, Great Logo, Decent database of job listings. Take a look.
- April 18, 1996
- Networking Revisited
On one level, the best place to start your job hunt is at Yahoo!. (And not in their jobs section.)
Once you clearly know what you want, the web offers you unprecedented access to experts and interest groups in any area that you can imagine. Yahoo! is the best place to begin looking for those groups.
When you get there, get involved first. It's possible, in a very short time, to become an expert in a given area. By contributing and making a difference, you can allow the jobs to come to you.
The web is a network and ought to be used as such.
We really enjoyed an article called What is this Networking Thing
- April 17, 1996
- Cover Letters
The two basic components of your outgoing job search package are a resume and a cover letter. Many of us have trouble composing solid and effective letters. A quick look at the Rensaleer Writing Center will help. They offer links to writing resources and help with cover letters which includes a couple of sample letters.
- April 16, 1996
- HTML Resumes(again)
Bookmark Tripod. Besides offering free html resume development and storage (using Resume Doctor). this very hip online magazine provides delightfully offbeat looks at the employment scene. We were particularly entertained by Getting Canned and Loving It and Have You Hugged Your Boss Today?. Tripod rounds out their offerings with Essential Work And Money Links and a well groomed set of career services. Stop by and visit Tripod for a refreshing look at the Job Hunt.
As always, we reccommend using Intellimatch as the starting point for developing an online resume. We suggest that you visit Intellimatch and fill out their resume forms. (It's a fantastic skills assessment process). One of the benefits of the Intellimatch process is that you recieve a completed HTML resume as the result of filling out their questionaire.
Then, take a look at the Resume Doctor on Tripod. Use your Intellimatch resume as the foundation for the final product and store it on Tripod. The total process should take no more than 90 minutes and will be a major milestone in your search.
- April 15, 1996
- Finding Contacts
We generally pooh-pooh the notion that "networking" results in finding employment. But, no job search is complete without tracking down old friends and lost contacts. We've never seen the exercise turn into an actual job, but it is a great way to get a sense of what the job market is like. The process of talking with people about your search definitely helps clarify your goals and objectives.
Finding a job includes getting in touch with your history in a number of ways. Learning to redefine your experience and skills by writing and rewriting your resume is the introspective part of the work. Talking with old friends and colleagues is the social component. A successful search requires both.
Yahoo! continues to expand their offerings. They've recently begun offering a People Search capability. You can
- Look up email addresses, or
- Find Phone Numbers or look up a name from a phone number!
- April 14, 1996
- The Hardest Question
Times are changing rapidly. Even though the national unemployment figures are hovering beneath 6%, there's a growing sense that available jobs and the income that they produce are just not enough. Today, we offer a couple of links to articles about the structural changes in the workplace.
- Vanishing Jobs is the tip of the iceberg in a Mother Jones series that will focus on work issues.
- The Minneapolis Star Tribune weighs in with a remarkable set of information called On the Edge of the Digital Age. Of particular interest is the third part in the series:The Coming Trauma: The end of the Job.
- From the hopelessly socialist camp comes Workers Have Nothing to Lose But Work Itself!
- Finally, take a look at World Round Slack whose slogan seems to be: In the future, we believe the age of retirement will get lower and lower, until eventually it will be possible to retire at birth
While we are intrigued by the doomsayers, we tend to see today as a moment of unprecedented opportunity. True, permanent and secure jobs in big companies are becoming a thing of the past. But, in today's work world, very little stands in the way of developing a worklife devoted to whatever you want to do. The toughest question, these days, has always been the toughest question: What do you want to do?
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