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Job Hunting Tips and Links

Last update: July 9, 2010
 
Hunting for a job in this recession can be very challenging. Everywhere one looks, companies and retail stores are cutting hours or laying people off. This article is intended to give some helpful hints for finding a job.
 
Your resume should be taylored towards the particular job you are applying for. The your skills that are required by the perspective job should be expounded and your skills that are not needed should be summarized.

 

Here is a link to the US Department Of Labor Job Training Site. If you are thinking about being trained for a different job, this site might interest you.

 http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/training/

Here are some links to some Resume Writing Services:

http://best10resumewriters.com/

 

For tips on job interviews, try

http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/interview 

 

Check with your family, your friends, your neighbors and your acquaintances for possible openings at their places of work. Your best chance of getting work is with an inside connection.

 

Find hundreds of on-line job applications and printable job forms at

 Job-Applications.com

Looking for a Loss Prevention Job? Try this site:

http://www.lpjobs.com/default.aspx

 

Federal Government's Official Job Site

http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/

 

Post your resume at different job hunting web sites. Here are a list of the ones I found on the internet:

http://www.indeed.com/
 
http://www.allretailjobs.com/ 
 
http://www.snagajob.com/
 
http://www.careerbuilder.com/
 
http://www.monster.com/
 
http://www.careerjet.com/

http://www.jobvite.com/

For job applications, try

http://www.job-applications.com/  

 
For technical jobs, try
 
http://www.dice.com/

For medical jobs, try

http://www.medicalworkers.com/

 

For nursing jobs, try

http://www.nursingjobs.org/

For accounting jobs, try

http://www.accounting.com/

For manufacturing jobs, try

http://www.manufacturingjobs.com/ 

Make a list of the businesses and companies you are interested in working for. Check the company site to find out if there are any job openings.


Networking is another important facet of job hunting.
 
http://www.linkedin.com/
 
At linkedin.com, you can find old friends or acquaintances by giving your job history and you education. Linkedin.com lists all the members of linkedin.com that have worked at each company or attended each school This helps you to widen your network for finding a job. You can also search for jobs on linkedin.com. If you upgrade, you get even more features to help you in your job search.


Another good site is
 
http://www.xing.com/


 
Send you resume to a few job agencies. But don't depend solely on job agencies to find a job. Of course, keep the agency informed about the jobs you applied for.


  
Here is a site I came across recently. It is a Internet Job Agency that claims to offers legitimate work at home jobs. I have searched to web for "homejobstop" and have not found any negative comments about the job agency. I suggest you look at the site and decide for yourself whether you want to use homejobstop to help you find a job.
 
http://www.homejobstop.com/

Best of Luck!
   

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