Comments on: Online Job Searching http://iamscreened.com/blog/2009/11/online-job-searching/ Company news, background check tips, and more. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:28:35 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Stevie Phisch http://iamscreened.com/blog/2009/11/online-job-searching/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Stevie Phisch Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:57:07 +0000 http://iamscreened.com/blog/?p=167#comment-128 Everything is digital these days. It's our world's natural progression. If you don't know how to apply/contact a potential job online, than employers are probably going to assume you aren't familiar with using a computer or the internet. Obviously, these skills are becoming more and more of a requirement for all jobs. Even fast food places and gas stations all have touch screen registers now. From personal experience, applying for a job online can be a little discouraging. You're not speaking to someone face to face, and you assume your odds are worse based on the amount of other potential applicants. I think this will fade over the next few years and we'll come to a point where its simply the norm to apply via internet. Thanks for the suggestions IAS, you always provide some good insight on where and how to get a job in a struggling economy. Everything is digital these days. It’s our world’s natural progression. If you don’t know how to apply/contact a potential job online, than employers are probably going to assume you aren’t familiar with using a computer or the internet. Obviously, these skills are becoming more and more of a requirement for all jobs. Even fast food places and gas stations all have touch screen registers now.

From personal experience, applying for a job online can be a little discouraging. You’re not speaking to someone face to face, and you assume your odds are worse based on the amount of other potential applicants. I think this will fade over the next few years and we’ll come to a point where its simply the norm to apply via internet. Thanks for the suggestions IAS, you always provide some good insight on where and how to get a job in a struggling economy.

]]> By: Carey http://iamscreened.com/blog/2009/11/online-job-searching/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Carey Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:13:28 +0000 http://iamscreened.com/blog/?p=167#comment-127 All are excellent suggestions. I would also recommend using your alma mater's website. I know that many colleges offer free career services, including job searching, for students and alumni. I am consistently browsing job listings on my career services site. Go Buffs. All are excellent suggestions. I would also recommend using your alma mater’s website. I know that many colleges offer free career services, including job searching, for students and alumni. I am consistently browsing job listings on my career services site. Go Buffs.

]]> By: John Westhiemer http://iamscreened.com/blog/2009/11/online-job-searching/comment-page-1/#comment-126 John Westhiemer Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:41:48 +0000 http://iamscreened.com/blog/?p=167#comment-126 I am a huge fan of craigs list job postings. I know with sites like monster I often got e-mail after e-mail offering me an amazing position at the bottom rung of a pyramid scheme. Not exactly what I was looking for. At least with Craigs list I could be more selective. I also found it helpful to make an excel sheet to track which posting I had contacted and when so I would not waste time sending my resume over and over again to the same company. I am a huge fan of craigs list job postings. I know with sites like monster I often got e-mail after e-mail offering me an amazing position at the bottom rung of a pyramid scheme. Not exactly what I was looking for. At least with Craigs list I could be more selective. I also found it helpful to make an excel sheet to track which posting I had contacted and when so I would not waste time sending my resume over and over again to the same company.

]]> By: Rena http://iamscreened.com/blog/2009/11/online-job-searching/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Rena Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:34:45 +0000 http://iamscreened.com/blog/?p=167#comment-125 My roommate has had great success searching for jobs using Craig’s List. She has been called back a few times in the matter of a week or so. I think that the search engines are very helpful to those who are searching for a job or another job that better fits them. My roommate has had great success searching for jobs using Craig’s List. She has been called back a few times in the matter of a week or so. I think that the search engines are very helpful to those who are searching for a job or another job that better fits them.

]]> By: DC http://iamscreened.com/blog/2009/11/online-job-searching/comment-page-1/#comment-124 DC Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:21:10 +0000 http://iamscreened.com/blog/?p=167#comment-124 yeah, looking through the newspaper classifieds was the way to do it way back when. How complicated things have become! yeah, looking through the newspaper classifieds was the way to do it way back when. How complicated things have become!

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