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    July 09, 1999

    Jobhunting can be a very lonely experience.

    It seems that everyone else has a Job, and the daily dose of rejections that Jobhunting brings with it is hard to take. Even getting up in the morning is tough, because there is little to look forward to but more of the same, "No thanks, we don't want you." Or equally bad, "We appreciate your resume submittal. Due to the abundance of qualified Job candidates, we are unable to offer you the position in question. We will, however, keep your fine resume on file if an appropriate opening occurs."

    Sure - my resume is stored in the recesses of some dusty file cabinet. Or more likely, has entered the proverbial circular file never to be heard from again. So you wait by the phone for the calls from Employers, Hiring Managers, (even Recruiters) that never seem to come. No wonder it is so hard to stay focused on your task of finding a new Job.

    If work sucks, then Jobhunting sucks big-time.

    Take preventive and proactive steps to ward off the depressing cloud of Jobhunting doom. Use some of resources that are available literally at your fingertips to build a group of like-minded Jobhunters you can share your experiences with. Many of the major Job Boards have career sites with advice, message boards, and chat rooms filled with other Jobhunters who are in the same boat you are. Find others that are looking for work in the same field that you are, and brainstorm the methods you've tried so far.

    By building a Network of Jobhunters, you can accomplish several goals.

      • You are creating a link to the Companies that hire the first few members of your group. Often a Company is filling several similar positions, and you will have a reference person into that Hiring Manager. You'll be transforming cold calls to Employers into professional conversations.
      • Other Jobhunters can help with role-playing, mock Interviewing, reviewing and editing resumes/cover letters, etc.
      • Peer perspectives help us see circumstances in a different light, closer to the way things really are. Groups can also help keep you on track, making you accountable for loss of focus and inactivity.
      • A few kind words of encouragement can get you motivated again and lift your spirits.

     

    Fundamentally, we are all alone. We can, however, find some solace in that we are all alone together.

    -Mark Poppen

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    Bigger Is Better III


    July 08, 1999

    P>What Jobhunter hasn't heard of Monster.com? They've certainly put their money where their mouth is, spending millions of dollars on huge media buys over the last six months - most notably during the advertising event of the year, the Super Bowl. The question is, does it make any sense to post your resume on a site that already has over a million other resumes?

    Yes, and for several reasons.

    The most qualified resumes will get picked over first - these competitors for the Job you want will no longer be available to the vast majority of Employers. If you have some marketable skills, the second tier of Employers/Recruiters will notice you. Posting your resume to a site where you are the most qualified Job candidate, but no Employers or Recruiters search on accomplishes nothing. And finally, you've got nothing to lose by posting your resume on the bigger Job Boards as well as the smaller, more targeted ones.

    Monster.com gives you up to five Job search agents, and in My Monster you can track Job applications, cover letters, and your resume. You can search by keyword, title, location, industry, and the refine search option allows you to get more specific. The resume building features are top-notch. They are easy to manipulate, and you access how many times your resume has been viewed. My Monster also allows you to follow all the Jobs you've applied for. Monster.com has an average of almost 225,000 Jobs listed.

    HotJobs.com also has some excellent Job search features that are worth using. Their search engine is similar to the larger sites, and allows niche location Job searches as well. Applying online is simplified, whether you build your resume online or not. And HotJobs.com allows you to be very protective of your resume, restricting access as you see fit - an issue that is important to Jobhunters who don't want their Employers to know they are looking for another Job.

    Like My Monster, there is also an area to chat room to share info with other Jobseekers, which makes the Jobhunting process feel less like an experience out of Don Quixote. HotJobs.com has an average of 25,000 available Jobs posted at any one time.

    JobOptions offers many of the same useful features that the other larger sites have available. You can list yourself as either a passive or active Jobseeker, which helps you control who can access your resume. Three automated Job search agents let you look in up to five states in five different Job categories. You can save up to three different resumes, use HTML in your resume, or cut and paste into a plain text version. JobOptions has about 50,000 Jobs listed.

    -Mark Poppen

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    Bigger Is Better II


    July 07, 1999

    Continuing with our assessment of some of the largest (most heavily trafficked) Employment websites, we'll look at three of the pioneers in the field: CareerMosaic, CareerPath.com, and Headhunter.net.

    CareerMosaic is the Ford Motor Co. of Employment websites. In an Industry that boasts only a handful of five-year old websites for Jobseekers, this site is a true pioneer. Just as bigger is not necessarily better, neither is older a guarantee of high quality. Links to the most useful information here are hidden at the bottom of the page, obscured by the large map on the top of the page.

    The search engine can provide results by title, description, location, company name, but they are difficult to read in a quick scan. There isn't a refine or advanced search feature that is becoming standard on many Employment websites. Job search agents will notify by email when a Job match is found. You can enter and store an online resume, but you can't use it to apply online for a Job listed on the site, which is a pain. CareerMosaic has about 100,000 available Jobs listed.

    CareerPath.com is the byproduct of the Newspaper Industry entering the Online Employment Marketplace. Online Jobs Ads are an enormous threat to a significant money maker for Newspapers, namely their print Classified Ads. CareerPath.com gives you easy online access to the help wanted sections of 85 major newspapers.

    You can search either Newspaper Ads (less than two weeks old), or Employer Website Ads. Search engine options are similar to other major sites, but there are no automated Job search agents. If you enter your resume, don't cut and paste it - enter it manually, or their scanner will muck up the finished product. CareerPath.com has an average of 300,000 Jobs listed.

    Headhunter.net offers some of the same features as the other Employment websites, but with a twist or two. The search engine allows you to search by title, keyword, education, salary, etc, just like the other sites. You can apply for a Job by email, or by submitting your resume online, adding a cover letter.

    The lack of a preview setting is a poor omission, and upgrading your resume will cost you up to $100. By paying this fee you can get your resume to 'pop up' first when viewed by recruiters, which smacks of 'buying access' in a forum that ought to be a free flow of information. Headhunter.net boasts an average of 200,000 Jobs listed.

    -Mark Poppen

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    Bigger Is Better I


    July 06, 1999

    Sometimes being the biggest is synonymous with being the best.

     

    The biggest Jobhunting websites (the ones with the most traffic) are America's Job Bank, CareerBuilder, CareerMosaic, CareerPath.com, Headhunter.net, HotJobs.com, JobOptions, and Monster.com.  The list is seemingly endless, depending on how far you want to go with it.  And while you should also use smaller, niche-oriented Employment sites for your targeted searches, I'm focusing on these larger sites for the next few days.

     

    What should you expect from these Industry leaders that need your participation to stay on the top of the online recruiting heap?  Typically, they should have:

    ·         Free resume postings

    ·         Search engines that can find your dream Job by title and location

    ·         Automated resume creation and storage for future updating

    ·         Job search-bots that finds matches to your resume and emails you the url

    ·         Career advice, strategies, feedback, etc.

     

    America's Job Bank is a collaborative effort of the Department of Labor and the Public Employment Service.  Its most notable feature is an excellent search engine that can search by keyword, location, Job type, experience or education requirements, salary, or age of the ad itself.  Results are sortable by combinations of the aforementioned qualifiers.

     

    Job Bank uses 'scouts' as search-bots, which notify you when a match is made to your submitted resume.  This site is also well known for a huge database of statistical information about the labor market - what Jobs are in demand, at what salary, and trends for the immediate future in a variety of fields.  Resumes created here should remain in plain text.  Nearly 1 million Jobs are posted on this site.

     

    CareerBuilder has a healthy search engine built into it, just like Job Bank.  It allows searches by a similar set of criteria - keywords, location, title, salary, etc.  Though it lacks resume posting and creation services, Careerbuilder does have a section where you can apply for Jobs while online (cutting and pasting resume info, or by attaching a word document).

     

    Some of the best career advice is on this site, and their section on Company Financial Information rivals Hoover's for thoroughness.  CareerBuilder has almost 100,000 Jobs listed at any one time.

     

    Tomorrow, we continue our look at the Top Eight Websites for Jobhunters.

    -Mark Poppen

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