Alison Doyle

10 Tips to Jump Start Your Job Search

Need to get your job search moving?  From tapping your connections to targeting your cover letters, these 10 tips to jump start your job search will help you get started on a job search or help you get your job search in gear, if you're not getting as much action as you'd like to see.

More Job Search Tips

• Cover Letters
• Resume Writing
• Finding a New Job
• Job Interviews
• Using LinkedIn

Online Job Search

Are you trying to job search online? Are you confused with all the job sites, information, and advice that is being thrown at you?  To be honest, I think there is almost too much job search information available and all the advice out there isn't good.

Streamline your online job search and eliminate some of the clutter from it. Your job search will be more effective when you're not attempting to go in a ton of different directions at once. And, the more focused your job hunt, the more good results you'll get.  Here are tips, tools, and strategies for conducting an online job search.

Need more help? My book Internet Your Way to a New Job - How to Really Find a Job Online will move you through the process with simple, easy to take, steps for finding a job. 

Jason Alba, JobSearchTalk.com, and Me

Jason Alba was the first person in my world, the career space, that I met in person. He was gracious enough to come to Park City, Utah, when I was visting to take me to lunch. It was one of the times I'll always remember because we had to reschedule lunch the first time, because my daughter, an Eastern skier skiing altitude for the first time, fainted. And, of course, because I got to to finally meet Jason.

Jason, needless to say, is one of my favorite job search experts.  I think JibberJobber is a product that every job seeker (and everyone in career mode, job seeking or not) shoud be using.  He's on top of LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and all the other ways social media can enhance your job hunt. He's an expert in the true sense of the word.

I met Jason in person, again, for lunch in Park City (sounds like it's getting to be a habit doesn't it?) a year or so later, along with Mark Newman from HireVue.  During that lunch an idea was born - sharing, as Jason so aptly puts it "The chitter and chatter of tools and technology for jobs and careers." - JobSearchTalk.com.

I'm thrilled to be working with Jason and we're proud to announce our joint venture, where we'll be talking about all that's new, noteworthy, and helpful for job seekers, job search and career experts, and for those interested in what's happening with job searching and career building.

We welcome your news, tips, and new stuff, so we can write about it.  Send it our way via email, Twitter, or JobSearchTalk.com.

Twitter:  @JobSeachTalk |  @JasonAlba | @AlisonDoyle 
JobSearchTalk.com: JobSearchTalk.com

Internet Your Way to a New Job Special Offer

Need help job searching?  Download the free eBooklet or save 20% on the paperback copy or 15% on the eBook version of Internet Your Way to a New Job to get your job search on the fast track.

Internet Your Way to a New Job: How to Really Find a Job Online will provide you with everything you need to know about the process of online job searching, professional branding, social and professional networking, and using social media to job search with uncomplicated advice, tips, and techniques on how to effectively find a new job and grow your career.

The book includes all the latest job search sites, tools, trends, including Twitter, VisualCV, professional branding, online networking, video, and podcasts, along with the top sites for job seekers and career changers.

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Free Job Search eBooks

Need job search help? There is a lot of it available free. Here is a selection of free job search, interviewing, networking and resume eBooks and eBooklets you can download to your computer.

They are all full of good job search advice, tips, and suggestions you can use to get your job search in gear from career and job search experts. Even better, they won't cost you a dime. They are all free.

Free Job Search eBooks

• How to Really Find a Job Online (Alison's eBook)
• 30 Ideas_The Ideas of Successful Job Search (Tim Tyrell-Smith)
• Successful Job Interviewing  (Job-Hunt.org)
• Job Search Networking for Introverts (Job-Hunt.org)
• Using Craigslist to Find a Job (Job-Hunt.org)
• Using the Social Web to Find Work (Chris Brogan)
• Job Search eBooks from Career Hub (CareerHub)
• Free Resume eBook (Careerleak)
• Free Resume Writing eBook (CareerHub)
• Road to Me 2.0 Free Blogging Guide (Dan Schawbel)
• Social Networking and Employment Law (Peopleclick)
• Executive Branding and Your LinkedIn Profile (Job-Hunt.org)
• How to Really Use LinkedIn (Jan Vermeiren)

More Free Job Search Resources

• Free Resume Help
• Free Job Search Help

ResumeAnalysis Resume Reviews

If you have a little money to spend and would like a quick review of your resume, you might want to give ResumeAnalysis a try.  ResumeAnalysis isn't a resume writing service. Rather, it matches you up with a pre-screened resume reviewer.  You can see before, edited, and final versions of resumes here:

• Before Resume
• Edited Version
• Final Version

ResumeAnalysis has no pretensions of being a resume writing service, which is good. It simply offers a review of your resume. The price is right - use the promo code AUGUST this month and you'll save $5 off the $19 of a resume review.  Code should be entered in the text field labeled "Promotional Code" under "Account Details" tab.

If you're not happy with the review, there's a money back guarantee.

More: ResumeAnalysis | ResumeAnalysis on Twitter

UpMo Intelligent Job Searching

I wrote the other day about how job searching was getting more personal, with new sites that connect job seekers to employers and to specific job openings.  UpMo has a slight different angle, which is based on logic and scientific analyis that delivers you personalized results.

UpMo has just released Intelligent Job Hunt™ which uses expert insights, data-modeling and a rich algorithmic engine" to analyze and identify jobs that are strong match with your background.

One thing to note, UpMo is subscription based - it's $6.99/month with discounts if you sign up for longer. The verdict is still out, for me, because I'm always hesitant to recommend job sites that charge job seekers.  That's especially true when there are other sites in the career space (like RealMatch and OneWireFinance) that also have matching technology, but are free to job seekers. 

There is a ten day free trial so you might want to give it a try and see if it works for you. Also, I'd be interested in hearing UpMo success stories from satisfied users.

More: UpMo  | Follow UpMo on Twitter

Free eBooklet - How to Really Find a Job Online

Need to get started on a job search fast? Download a free excerpt from Internet Your Way to a New Job - How to Really Find a Job Online. This free eBooklet will help you get started creating a professional online brand, choose the best sites to use for online networking, show you to how to use Facebook, LinkedIn and other networking sites, help you create a profile and a VisualCV, and get you started on your online job search.  Download your free copy.

If you're interested in ordering the book, special discounted copies (25% savings) of my book Internet Your Way to a New Job  are available for job seekers who need a hand and can't afford to pay full price.

Internet Your Way to a New Job: How to Really Find a Job Online will provide you with everything you need to know about the process of online job searching, professional branding, social and professional networking, and using social media to job search with uncomplicated advice, tips, and techniques on how to effectively find a new job and grow your career.

The new edition of my book includes all the latest job search sites, tools, trends, including Twitter, VisualCV, professional branding, online networking, video, and podcasts, along with the top sites for job seekers and career changers.

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GoingGreenJobs.com

For job seekers interested in green jobs, there's a new site to add to the green job sites list.  Going Green Jobs is powered by CareerBuilder.

Job seekers who visit www.goinggreenjobs.com can search for green jobs, find out about green job fairs and events, get green workplace news and information, and get advice on writing a green focused resume (you can upload up to five different versions of your resume) to connect with green job opportunities.

You'll also find information like the top 25 green jobs, popular green companies, and a green jobs salary calculator.

Jason Ferrara, vice president of corporate marketing at CareerBuilder, says “The focus on green jobs continues to increase year over year as job seekers look for more environmentally conscious career paths and employers make changes to protect the environment  One-in-ten employers say they have added green jobs in the last 12 months." 

If you're interested in working at a job where you can make a difference or for a company that cares, check out www.goinggreenjobs.com

More: Green Jobs | Going Green Jobs on Facebook

Job Searching Gets Personal

Social recruiting site Koda is an interesting mix of professional and personal (Linkedin and Facebook).  "KODA is more professional than Facebook but more personal than LinkedIn, letting both sides of the hiring equation get to know each other," said Jeff Berger, the company's co-founder and CEO.

For job seekers, it's way to present a more personal image to employers and to be able to connect directly with companies that are hiring.

For companies it's a way to get, as Koda calls it, "A Deeper Look" at candidates (that's the section of your profile that includes interests, specialities and personal strengths).

Will it catch on?  I think it could. Whenever you can match companies directly with candidates (RealMatch and OneWire Finance are examples of sites that do it well) you've got potential. And Koda has hundreds of companies on board already.

Job seekers are getting tired of posting applying for jobs and having their resume disappear into what seems like a black hole in the middle of the internet.  Companies are getting tired of receiving hundreds of resumes for every job opening and having to weed through them to find qualified candidates.

For both sides of the job search equation, streamlining the process and matching candidates with companies is a step forward.

Web: Koda.us -  RealMatch - OneWire Finance 
Twitter: KODAus - RealMatch - OneWirefinance