S P O N S O R S

November 2, 1996 --- Glass Ceiling would like women of the online world to know that 'whether you're a C.E.O. or a Fry Cook,' there's something here for you. They publish a bi-weekly Webzine which regularly covers business topics, current events, and classifieds. Keeping in mind that women aren't all about work, the Zine also offers guides on home repair, remodeling, family values, and health issues. They have an on again, off again job listing section.

DigiSearch

November 1, 1996 --- DigiSearch is an extremely effective new Net tool that allows simultaneous queries to many search engines. DigiSearch puts the user in control - by letting you not only selectively and simultaneously search the Web, but also by letting you specify a maximum search time. If you're researching a target company, this is the best place to make sure that your information is comprehensive.

Our Bread and Butter

October 30, 1996 --- The wraps are coming off. The 1997 Electronic Recruiting Index website is ready for your perusal. This year's volume picks up where the 1996 Edition (and The Recruiter's Internet Survival Guide) left off. It includes reviews of 3500 Employment Industry websites, strategy, tactics, forecasts and trend analysis. Check out the new site.

We're offering special prepublication rates on the report through December 1, 1996. If you're in the employment industry and using the web, it's a must read.

Net Temps

October 29, 1996 --- Take a look at Net Temps. The Boston Firm increasingly delivers solid services to job hunters (in spite of their name). There's a chat area, a searchable database and a resume submittal system. It's well worth a visit.

Getting Flamed

October 28, 1996 --- If you broadcast your resume, you will get "flamed".

According to Joe Vitale, Houston net marketing specialist and author of the new book, "CyberWriting: How to Promote Your Product or Service Online (without being flamed)" (AMACOM, $18.95) there are several appropriate ways to handle flames:

1. Remember the new prime directive of cyberspace.
"Write in kindness," says the author. "As long as you soften your heart, take a deep breath, and write a kind message back to the flamer, you will end the flame war, neutralize the flame you received, and make yourself and the flamer feel better."

2. Delete the message before reading it.
"If the header on the message you are about to read says something like 'YOU FOOL!,' you know you are about to read a flame," says Vitale. "You would be wise to delete the message and save yourself the aggravation of reading it."

3. Forget it.
"A fundamental truth in human psychology is that people will defend to the death their belief that they are right," writes Vitale. "You have to be secure enough in your own self-esteem to let the flamer off the hook and not retaliate."

4. Save them for fun.
Did you know that Mark Twain and P.T. Barnum collected crank letters with the idea that someday Twain would write a book about them? Twain never wrote the book, but the idea made receiving those awful letters easier.

Vitale's 180-page new paperback also offers an adapted 1903 secrets for making money online, shows how to write cyber-sales letters and e-news releases, and describes a new formula for writing ads online that get results.

"CyberWriting: How to Promote Your Product or Service Online (without being flamed)" is Vitale's seventh book. He also wrote "The AMA Complete Guide to Small Business Advertising" for the American Marketing Association.

"CyberWriting" is published by AMACOM, the book division of the American Management Association, and will be available in bookstores on September 1st. It can also be ordered online at http://www.amazon.com.

Companies With Job Listings

October 27, 1996 --- We've revised and expanded our Companies with Joblistings section. It now features almost 1500 employers, their home pages and a link to their joblistings.

More Resources

• Companies with Job Ads (Nearly 1500 Links to Companies and their Job Postings)
• Tools (Everything You need for a Job Hunt)
• The daily newsletters are archived in weekly volumes in the Archives. Past issues include:

Many of the items are also included in the Tools Area. The Web's largest collection of Employment related resources is also included in the Tools Area. -----------------