Monday, June 15, 2009

Need a Job? Here's How to Find One

By Mike Mitchell

As we are in hard economic times it does not mean there are not jobs out there, in fact if used right the Internet can be a great and easy tool to find a job. Newspapers and penny savers may have worked in the past, but things are different nowadays and its a tough market out there. The Internet is a great way to get into the market with methods such as posting your resume online, browsing jobs on job hunting sites or just searching some key words of the field of desired works.

If you can post your resume it is highly recommended. Posting your resume allows potential employers to see your qualification while you are not even around; it does the work for you. Web sites such as Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com and Employment911.com are just some of the web sites one can post their resume. If a traditional hard typed resume seems overdone, one can try to make a video resume (a spoken resume done on camera where the job hunter describes their qualifications) and post that instead. A new trend and may just turn some heads.

CareerBuilder.com, Monster.com and Employment911.com also have a large database of companies and job offerings that those looking for a job can and should browse through. Although one may not want to initially sit and search through the numerous pages, they never know what may come up. This method is recommended because the browser may spot a job that comes out of left field and grabs their attention, a job they would have never have gone out and sought after on their own.

Welcome to the new job search, as we know it. Yes, the search has been redefined and now one no longer has to sift through newspapers to find a job. Its become quite easy to just type in the job type or description of the desire employment and find what you are looking for. For example if you are looking to work as a chef, just input chef, cook or other keywords and youll soon see a slew of jobs in that category. So whether job or job field this is a great way to find what you are looking for.

So, as the world changes so does how we go about finding jobs and the Internet has open new doors for all who take the time to use it. Whether you decide to search, browse or post your written or video resume the odds of finding the job of your dreams are greatly increased. Hopefully this article has shown why the Internet has passed the old fashion methods of job searching by and just how effective the process can be.

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