Conducting your Job Search on the Internet

Conducting Your Job Search on the Internet


I. Why the Internet?
A. Provides a specific search for the preferred job.
B. Less Messy
C. More up to date than the newspaper
D. Allows you to view the job posting date.
E. The majority of postings will allow you to electronically respond to the advertisement immediately via email.
F. Provides a variety of job search engines (different search sites), rather than one newspaper.

II. List of Job Search Engines
A. www.monster.com
B. www.headhunter.net
C. www.nettemps.com
D. www.hotjobs.com
E. www.dice.com
F. www.bostonworks.com
G. www.craigslist.com
H. www.brassring.com

III. Conducting a Internet Job Search
A. Open your internet access site
B. Choose the job search engine you would like to use
C. Type the address of the search engine on the top of the page in the “address line” (i.e. www.monster.com)
D. Double click on search jobs
E. You will now be in the “Monster Job Search” page.
F. You will see a window called “Enter Key Words”
G. Enter some of the skills you would like to use in your next position, or the position title you would like to have. (For example: If I were to do a job search for an administrative assistant, I might type the words “administrative, word, excel”)
H. Next you will be asked to “Enter Location”, here, is where you specify WHERE you would like to find a job. There are a couple of cities listed in each state, so choose the city that is closest to the town you would like your job to be located. (NOTE) If you want to search for a job in more then one area or state, hold down the Control Key “Ctrl” and click each area you are interested in. For example, if I was looking for a job within 25 miles of Woburn, I would click on “Massachusetts, Boston North, Boston, and Framingham/Worcester” .
I. Next, you will be asked to select a “Job Category”, you have two choices here… You may enter “select all” (this will list all the jobs that have the key words you have specified in the job description) OR you may select the types of jobs you are interested in. HOWEVER, if you decide to select a specific occupation or occupations (just hold the control key down), the jobs in your occupation will only show up in your search if they contain your “buzz” words. Sometimes it’s safe to just use “Select All”. If you have a numerous amount of Jobs come up in your search, then you can filter them down by selecting a Job Category.
J. Next you will be asked how you would like the computer to “Sort Results By”. You will be given the option of “Date” or “Key word Relevance”. ALWAYS choose “Date”. (this will list all the job postings in descending order from most recent to outdated)
K. Your last step… Double click Get Results.

A. Now you have your list of Job Results. (You will see that each job shows you the DATE it was posted, the JOB TITLE, the COMPANY, and the LOCATION of the position.
B. You may scan down your list of Job Postings and double click on each Job Title you are interested in.
C. Each of the Job Titles will be Blue in color.
D. Every time you click on a Job Title, a large description of the job will appear on the screen. Read the job description. If you are interested in the job, you may want to print it out for your keeping. Also, keep a log of your own of all the jobs you are interested in, the names of the companies, and the contact information.
E. This screen will also give you the option to Apply Now. You may apply to the position by double clicking the “Apply Now” button and filling out the required information. HOWEVER, you must be a member of Monster to Apply electronically. (We will go over this at the end of the seminar). But for now, just take the Company name, job title and Location, and start with that. A phone number, fax number or email address may be included in the description and this will make your company contact a little easier, but if they are not included… Befriend your yellow pages, www.yellowpages.com, or 411 to find the phone number of your company. When you call your company, ask for the name, number, and email address of the correct person to send resumes to for this position.
F. Once you see the description of one of your jobs, and you wish to go back to your list of job positions, simply click the button at the top left hand of your computer screen < BACK
G. At the bottom of the screen, you may see Page 1 –2 –ect….next, this simply means that there is more then one page of job listings to view, and once you have viewed all the listings on that particular page, click Next, this will bring you to the following list of jobs.
H. When you are done looking at all your job postings, click the X box at the top right hand of your computer screen.
I. You have completed your job search, Congrats!