Find Your Dream Job Online
Having a job gives us a means to earn money which in turn allows us to acquire what we need in our daily lives.
However, money is not only the reason for having a job. This is highlighted by women who want to return to work after having children. They may need to work to increase the family income, but they may also wish to work in order to satisfy other needs, such as challenge, social relationships and a feeling of self-worth. Men are no different in this respect.
However, money is not only the reason for having a job. This is highlighted by women who want to return to work after having children. They may need to work to increase the family income, but they may also wish to work in order to satisfy other needs, such as challenge, social relationships and a feeling of self-worth. Men are no different in this respect.
Searching Jobs Online
You can find your dream job - whether for full time or partime, online or offline - if you know where and how to look for them. To facilitate your job hunting online, you need a job search engine, or more commonly known as a job board or job search site. There are so many of them on the Net and finding a good one to start with is difficult.
These job sites basically allows you to search jobs, post your resume, compare salaries, and find career advice and research.
To find jobs online, you need to decide what job search engine you are going to use. Remember, there are a lot of fake jobs sites out there that do not provide real jobs but harvest your resume and personal information so you need to be extra careful.
This lens talks about just that - how to find those good ones and weed out the bad.
These job sites basically allows you to search jobs, post your resume, compare salaries, and find career advice and research.
To find jobs online, you need to decide what job search engine you are going to use. Remember, there are a lot of fake jobs sites out there that do not provide real jobs but harvest your resume and personal information so you need to be extra careful.
This lens talks about just that - how to find those good ones and weed out the bad.
Job Search Tips
Get some tips from this video to help you find the job that's right for you.
Job Search Tips
How to Find a Good Job Search Engine
There are a few things you need to ask yourself when looking for your dream job online using a job site.
1. Have I heard of this site before? Do I know other people who had used the site successfully?
Be wary of job sites that send you spam email announcing that they are the newer, more improved version of a well-known site. Other fake job sites even go to the length of name-dropping famous people to lure you into them.
If the site is completely new to you, do a search and see what information you can find.
2. Is the site owner's contact information displayed conspicuously on the site?
It should not be an online form that you will fill up with your information and queries, but a person's name, address, and a telephone number. Do a search for that name and address and call the number to know if they're for real.
3. Does it have a Privacy Policy posted?
Look for the site's privacy policy and read it before you sign up for them. You should know what would happen to your resume and your personal information that you've provided.
4. Who has access to my resume?
Posting your resume online may pose a risk for spam/junk emails, identity theft and other fraud involving personal information so you want to be sure who has access to them. Stay away from job search sites whose database of resume is easily accessible by just about anyone.
5. Can I limit access to my personal information?
Good job search site gives you the option of protecting your personal information by blocking access to your email address and/or phone number.
6. Is the site registered with "privacy programs" like BBBonline and TRUSTe?
Even if a site displays seals of different privacy programs, you should not assume right away that they are legitimate. Other sites fake their authorization to use the seal. Verify the seal by clicking on it. It should bring you to the privacy seal organization's webpage with information specifically for the site with the seal you clicked on.
There you have it. A lot of job sites literally want your resume so go and find a good one. Find jobs online with the right tool for the right job, and you're good to go!
1. Have I heard of this site before? Do I know other people who had used the site successfully?
Be wary of job sites that send you spam email announcing that they are the newer, more improved version of a well-known site. Other fake job sites even go to the length of name-dropping famous people to lure you into them.
If the site is completely new to you, do a search and see what information you can find.
2. Is the site owner's contact information displayed conspicuously on the site?
It should not be an online form that you will fill up with your information and queries, but a person's name, address, and a telephone number. Do a search for that name and address and call the number to know if they're for real.
3. Does it have a Privacy Policy posted?
Look for the site's privacy policy and read it before you sign up for them. You should know what would happen to your resume and your personal information that you've provided.
4. Who has access to my resume?
Posting your resume online may pose a risk for spam/junk emails, identity theft and other fraud involving personal information so you want to be sure who has access to them. Stay away from job search sites whose database of resume is easily accessible by just about anyone.
5. Can I limit access to my personal information?
Good job search site gives you the option of protecting your personal information by blocking access to your email address and/or phone number.
6. Is the site registered with "privacy programs" like BBBonline and TRUSTe?
Even if a site displays seals of different privacy programs, you should not assume right away that they are legitimate. Other sites fake their authorization to use the seal. Verify the seal by clicking on it. It should bring you to the privacy seal organization's webpage with information specifically for the site with the seal you clicked on.
There you have it. A lot of job sites literally want your resume so go and find a good one. Find jobs online with the right tool for the right job, and you're good to go!
by acuares
I am Arlene, a 32-year old work at home mom wanna-be. I have the best Army husband in the world, and I'm a proud and doting mom to my three precious a... (more)
