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
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list all the job postings in descending order from most recent to outdated)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!
