How to find a job in the 21 century

How to find a job in the 21st century

(HINT: The Internet is your Friend)

By Serge B.
CBCJobs.com Founder


WEBSITES TO USE

1) Monster.com
2) CareerBuilder.com
3) Dice.com – tech/IT jobs
4) HotJobs.com
5) Craigslist.com
6) CBCJobs.com – OF COURSE and we have lots of LA/OC Jobs! 


GENERAL STRATEGY
a) Make sure they are hiring, and hiring soon.
A lot of employers, especially smaller companies, put out jobs to test the waters, gather resumes, or hire someone if it’s a perfect match. But, they are content with not making any hires.

b) DO work with temp agencies.
Do not rate the jobs offered by temp agencies as below the ones offered by employers directly. There is a reason why there are so many temp agencies around, they actually do help people find jobs. Keep in mind that temp agencies most always place people on full-time jobs only, not part-time.

c) Exercise discretion with Craigslist
Since the fee to post jobs on Craigslist is very low or free, there are a lot of spam jobs posted. Jobs that are simply to collect resumes, or are part of some kind of scam. This is not to say there are no good jobs on Craigslist at all, but there are a higher number of spam jobs there than on other sites.

d) Longer resumes are better
Having looked over hundreds of resumes myself, I can tell you that longer resumes look more impressive. It’s beneficial to include a fuller description of your previous positions and your education credentials.

e) Include Keywords, and lots of them, in your Resume
When employers search resume databases, they search for keywords. Usually searches are ranked by the number of keywords in a document. In other words, if an employer searches for “nurse”, the resume that comes up number one has the highest number of the word “nurse”. So, if you are a nurse, it’s helpful to mention that as many times as possible.