Fake job boards. Social media phishing. Bate-and-switch job posts. You may think these types of scams are rare, but job search experts are seeing these trends increase and they’re becoming more sophisticated with each passing year. Online outreach is just one aspect of an effective job search, but it is an essential one. To protect…
Say you apply for a job and you’re ecstatic because you meet every single required qualification. You go through three rounds of interviews and are feeling pretty good about things. Then you get the rejection letter: “Thank you for your time, but we’ve selected another candidate who we felt was a better fit.”
You use it to search for restaurants, directions, and the best deals on everything you need. It makes sense that you’d also use it to find your next job. That’s likely the thinking that led to Google’s recent expansion into the job search arena. Google for Jobs is now live and ready to sharpen…
Networking, direct and targeted email are your most powerful tools when searching for a job, but there’s also value in answering ads and working with search firms. Although their impact is far less than your focused networking efforts, both channels are worth spending at least a little bit of time on. When you’re budgeting your…
The unemployed aren’t the only folks looking for a job. In fact, three in four full-time workers are open to or actively looking for a new job, according to CareerBuilder. If you’re one of them, you probably use job boards to find employment listings, but are you using the right ones? While job boards are…