The internet can add some very powerful tools to your job search arsenal and it is important to use these effectively. This article explores some of these tools.
- One of the best ways to find job opportunities is by using your personal contacts and networking. Nowadays, in addition to traditional methods, you can use the internet to do this by using online social and professional networks. Some examples of such utilities are LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, A Small World, MySpace
- Facebook: Facebook is more of a personal network, where you share photos and other happenings with your friends and family. Many a times, you will have connections on Facebook who are not on LinkedIn and vice-versa.
- Job boards (such as Monster.com) are a very ineffective ways of looking for a job. However, there are ways to use them to your advantage, without much effort and possibly better chances of success. Instead of signing-up with individual job sites, try using aggregator sites (I like Indeed.com), which provide jobs from various different boards in one place
- Consider a digital presence, which is available to employers and others 24/7. It allows you to showcase yourself and enables people to find you with a simple Google search
