Smart Uses of Technology in Your Job Search |
by Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Company Websites
If uncertain about a specific company, you can also search by job title:
To limit your search to a certain geographic region, simply add in the location:
If your search still yields no results, there may not be any openings at this time or the company may be using one of the major job posting sites instead. If all else fails, you can obtain contact information from the corporate website and pick up the phone to call HR and inquire about current openings. Job Posting Sites Searching each individual job posting site can become quite time consuming. To take advantage of technology, you can use search engines to find the openings for you on major job sites as well as more obscure listings. Target your search to a particular position or skill set, and you are likely to discover listings that may be hidden to the competition. The search terms you use will be similar to the examples for individual companies as noted above:
Effective Searches Search engines are only able to be as effective as the ways in which we use them. To increase the effectiveness of your search, you may need to try different strategies. Some basic tips to improve your searches include:
Email Alerts One sign of a successful job search is that your inbox is going to be full! A great problem to have, but an overflowing inbox presents its own set of problems. You don’t want to miss the email asking you to schedule an initial phone or Skype interview. Each email system is different, but most have options available to flag or redirect email about certain subjects or from specific sources into a separate file. You can set up a folder labeled “Jobs” and create a message rule to automatically move any correspondence from job posting sites or specific companies into that folder. While this extra step does ad a bit of time, it definitely pays off by keeping you on top of critical job search messages. Using technology to streamline your job search is an effective time management tool that may also give you job leads that the competition hasn’t been able to find. Being able to find those hidden jobs will give you the advantage in today’s job market. Add technology to your job search arsenal and take advantage of the information at your fingertips to make your job search pay off! |