Check the different job ads on newspapers, magazines, posters, radio, and TV. Only a few isn’t it? During the 1990s, these media became the haven of job seekers. However, with the advent of the Internet, job seeking took a 360-degree turn.
If you have not noticed it yet, many companies are now publishing their job ads using the power of the World Wide Web. Most of these organizations also encourage their applicants to send their resumes online. There are even others that would compel you to open their database and create your own profile.
Now, the question is – “Can you rely on the Internet when seeking a job?”. Well, the answer is YES! You can depend on the web but don’t spoon-feed yourself. You must still exert effort and determination. Remember, the internet is just a medium – it’s not a sure way to get your dream job.
Watch out for Online Scam Jobs
Read the condition completely. Thanks to the World Wide Web, almost all information you need are available with just the click of the mouse. This includes a long list of job ads from people all over the world. Because of this, you now have plenty of opportunities to choose from.
However, you should be very careful because there are many job-scams found online. These are “positions” that will require you to pay up before you can receive your first assignment. These could also be companies that do not give salaries to their employees after rendering the agreed service. There are also others that will offer you hundreds of job openings — only if you have $20 – $100 to pay.
Fall into these traps, and you are already ripped-off of your money, time, and effort even before you begin working. Click only job ads from reputable websites such as www.Monsters.com. This site has the biggest online job databases to date and it contains millions of resumes from all corners of the globe. Submit one and you could be the next lucky employee.
There are also plenty of false data online. A cunning employer may appear compassionate and fair through his self-created reviews in various websites. He can also create a blog damaging another person’s reputation.
Aside from looking jobs online, you can ask support and help from labor unions and organizations. Most of them have tie-ups with the best companies within the state or even within the country. You can also ask help from your friends, ex-colleagues, family members, neighbors, association and alumni members, and former classmates.
Self-Gratification
It may look tiring, but online job hunting is fun and easy. You only need to have patience, willpower, and the eye for in-demand jobs.
When you’re already employed, nothing beats the words “You are hired” straight from your boss’s mouth. There is the feeling of gratification and fulfillment, knowing you have exerted effort and spent time pursuing the job that you have been longing for.
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I think perhaps any job search needs to blend a combination of approaches. Searching online alone ignores the possibilities available from networking. Who one knows is very important. After all, the internet is nothing more than a tool to connect. If one is well-connected, then searching online alone would not make any sense.
However, not searching online ignores the vast ocean of possibilities communicated to the public via the web. Searching online must also be integrated into ones search strategy.
Good luck!
Though not the most effective way, one has to patiently endure through and continue searching in the internet. You can reach thousands of miles and multiple recruiters per moment. Networking (with the right people) is the best approach but getting multiple opportunities over a wide range of industries which are miles apart in an hour means you have to be in the internet.
I totally agree with you Fernando. When I started looking for a new job last time (in the spring of ’08 after 22 years with one company) I was told to “cast a wide net”. Incorporating that approach it took me a few months but I was able to land a contract position with UBS that just ended last month. Now that I’m looking for a job again I’ll do all the usual (recruiters, networking, job boards), but I’ll continue casting the net.
And here is the specific way it worked last time. In my last few roles I had performed Financial Planning and Analysis roles in the the IT area of JPM. So I thought why not upload my resume to the IT job site dice.com. The company that contacted me had placed several IT professionals at UBS and didn’t really have experience with Financial roles. But they were a trusted vendor and I got a shot and was able to secure a role that lasted close to two years. So you never know where that next job is coming from!
I was told to incorporate an online search in my overall search, but that I should not spend all of my day searching online – it gives you a false sense of accomplishment. I lucked out with this placement in that the recruiter saw my resume online.
In speaking with people in various stages of employment/unemployment, most people truly believe that networking in this economy is the way to open doors…and get past the “gatekeeper” – the automated system looking for key words or the HR rep who can’t think outside the box of what the hiring manager says they want.
It helps using recruiters and you can find them online! Using recruiters helps with Visa information too, they can answer in a matter of 5 minutes which companies sponsor and how long you need to have sponsorship for. Takes out a lot of questions and confusion.
I believe searching online is an excellent job hunt technique,but it becomes much ,much effective when we network and connect to others.
I bumped into my first job after graduating from the University while networking online.
I bet my second job will follow the same.
Yeah, half the time we should search online, and half the time we should network.
I’ve applied for a lot of jobs online, but have never received a response from an actual human being informing me that it’s at least been read. All I receive are canned responses.
I think that companies that hire people online should at least have the common courtesy to respond with a “thank you for applying for this position” e-mail that isn’t canned. Not informing applicants makes them wonder if their resume has at least been read. I also worry about my resume just sitting in somebody’s inbox for weeks or months before getting deleted…or worse yet, some unknown entity receiving all of these resumes and doing god knows what with them.
I have used recruiters, networking and online to locate work and have come up empty on all counts. When networking, I am always asked to go to their w/s and fill out an app. with a resume. I haven’t had much luck with recruiters, so I am still looking online.
I have reworked my resume 3 times, had a recruiter ask for a 4th rework but nothing happened with the position.
I am finding that it is a very very tough job market.
I have also heard that a combination of searching online, networking and working with recruiters is effective. Networking is the one strategy that shows up the most in newspaper columns, books and advice.