Posts Tagged ‘Phone Call’

Part 2: Setting Up An Account

Friday, December 26th, 2008

One of the first things that you should do when it comes to securing employment through an online job website is to invest time in setting up your account.  Most of these websites provide you with an account for several reasons.  First off, it will allow you to stay connected and to house all of your necessary information so that you do not need to input all of this every time that you find a job application that you would like to use.  An account allows for employers to contact you and get the process started.  In fact, there is no reason not to set up an account.

When it comes to finding the right opportunity for a online job website, you should invest some time in the process of storing your information.  Most online job sites would like you to invest some time in filling out questionnaires or providing extensive details.  This is not a bad thing.  Here’s why.

An employer is looking for someone that has XYZ in skills.  He does not want to have to sift through thousands of job applications that would come in if he posted this position on the web.  He may not have time to do so.  Instead, he heads to the online job site, punches in a few criteria in job skills that he is looking for, and gets back a handful of applicants that fit his position.  Guess what?  Those are the ones that get the phone call for the potential interview. 

Setting up an account is generally a free service to do.  Some online job sites do offer paid memberships and these are okay if you decide that the investment is right for your search.  Yet, do your homework and find out if you can get the same benefits elsewhere for free.

Posting Your Resume On Online Job Sites

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Are you looking for a new job?  If so, make sure that you use online job sites to help you to do so.  Not only that, but you should take the time necessary to post your resume, in full, on these sties.  Some of the largest sites have hundreds of different visitors each day.  Many of them are employers, looking for the next qualified individual for their position.  In many cases, they get thousands of responses to a single posting.  When you include your resume right there, chances are twice as good that you will get a phone call or an interview.

Why Employers Need That Resume

Consider this.  An employer posts an ad for a new position within their company on one of the top online job sites on the web.  They invest a few hundred dollars and a few individuals to help in finding the right candidate for the position.  Within a matter of minutes they have thousands of different replies to that posting to sort through.  It only takes a few seconds to realize that they will be sorting through them, dropping those that are not correct, do not dazzle them and those that do not provide a resume.  Why bother when there is someone else out there showing their credentials easily?

In addition, some employers want to just get onto the online job site and look for their candidate right then and there.  Why bother with all the trouble of dealing with unqualified replies to their offer when they can search the data base and find the right person in a matter of seconds?  If you resume is not there, then how will these employers ever meet with you?  They will not even know you are there, looking for their position.  You may be more qualified, but since your information is not available to them, they can never know it.

Posting your resume online is something that you should do.  It allows you to connect with more potential employers and allows you to pull in the various opportunities that you just do not get otherwise.  Just think about how nice it will be to hear…”I saw your resume online and would like to set up a time to meet with you.  You look like you will fit right into our business.”