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When it comes to a fruitful online job search, successful job seekers follow these 10 guidelines.
If you build it, they can come: Instead of simply posting your résumé on a website, take it one step further and design an easily navigable website or online portfolio where recruiters can view your body of work, read about your goals and obtain contact information.
Check yourself to make sure you haven't wrecked yourself: Google yourself to see what comes up — and what potential employers will see if they do the same.
Narrow your options: Many job boards offer filters to help users refine their search results more quickly. You should have the option to narrow your job search by region, industry and duration, and, oftentimes, you can narrow it even more by keywords, company names, experience needed and salary.
Go directly to the source: Instead of just applying for the posted job opening, figure out where you want to work, target that company or industry and then contact the hiring manager. Also, many employers' career pages invite visitors to fill out candidate profiles, describing their background, jobs of interest, salary requirements and other preferences.
Find your niche with industry websites: Refine your search even more by visiting your industry's national or regional website, where you can find jobs in your field that might not appear on a national job board.
Try online recruiters: Recruiters will help match you with jobs that meet your specific skills and needs. Sites such as recruiterlink.com, onlinerecruitersdirectory.com, searchfirm.com and i-recruit.com provide links to online headhunters for job seekers.
Use video résumés: Intended as supplements to — not replacements for — traditional résumés, video résumés allow job seekers to showcase a little bit of their personalities and highlight one or two points of interest on their résumés.
Run queries: Enter a query that describes the exact kind of job you're seeking and you may find more resources you wouldn't find otherwise (but be prepared to do some sorting).
Use job alerts: Most job boards have features that allow you to sign up to receive e-mail alerts about newly available jobs that match your chosen criteria. Or arrange an RSS feed from one of these job sites to appear on your customized Internet homepage or your PC's news-reader software.
Get connected: Thanks to the emergence of professional networking sites like LinkedIn.com, job seekers no longer have to rely on the old standby of exchanging business cards with strangers. These sites are composed of millions of industry professionals and allow you to connect with people you know and the people they know and so forth.
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