Online Job Search TechniquesWritten by Yulin Peng
There're many ways to conduct online job search. However, many job seekers only think of posting resumes and searching opportunities on big job sites like monster.com, hotjobs.com and careerbuilder.com etc. There's nothing wrong with it, but according to a survey conducted by careerXrooads.com, of all hires in 2002, only 3.6% come from monster.com, 1.5% come careerbuilder.com and 0.5% come from hotjobs.com. Morever, many companies only advertise their job openings on their own company websites and some other speciality websites. Wouldn't it be nice if you can use search engines to find these opportunities that are ignored by other job seekers? Before we go any further of how to conduct online job search, I would like to talk a little bit about Boolean Logic. If you are a math or a computer student, you may have already known it. Actually, it's very powerful, yet simple to use in search engines. The following are some of most popular Boolean operators, modifiers and field search commands. AND: Collects documents that include all terms. Google default operator. Example: job AND nursing OR: Collects documents that include at least one of terms. Example: nurse OR rn NOT Collects documents that include term that precedes it but not term that follows it. AltaVista: AND NOT; Google: - (e.g. –submit); All The Web: ANDNOT Example: manager AND NOT sales NEAR Collects documents with both terms that are within close proximity to each other (usually 10 terms or less). AltaVista ONLY. Useful for finding contacts within a specific location. Example: manager NEAR marketing Quotation Marks “” Specify an exact phrase Example: “SAS programmer” Parenthesis () Define a search subset Not used in Google Example: (iowa OR ia) AND (manager OR director) Wildcard Symbol * Matches any type and number of characters. AltaVista ONLY. Example: manag* url: Look for keywords in document URL. Google: inurl Example: url:position AND ibm title: Look for keywords in document title. Google: intitle Example: title:position AND merk link: Look for pages linked to a particular URL. Example: link:dell.com host: Scans a specific computer or host of a URL. Example: host:mit.edu domain: Looks for pages within a specific domain like .com, .org, .edu. Example: domain:.org AND nurse like: Looks for pages related in content AltaVista: like: Google: related: Example: like:dell.com filetype: Looks for pages with a specific file type attached or documented Example: filetype:xls OR filetype:pdf Now, let's say you're a pharmacist and is looking for a new job in boston area. So you can go to www.altavista.com and conduct online job search using following string:
| | Behavioral Interview TechniquesWritten by Yulin Peng
Below are some behavioral interview techniques that you'll find useful:1. Be prepared for interview by analyzing and making an educated guess as to which skills are most desired by employer. You can study job description of position or go to some job boards to review requirement sections of related jobs. 2. Compile a list of skills that are relevant to position you are applying. 3. Identify behavioral interview questions by introductory phases like "Tell me about a time when...," " Describe a situation where you...," "Give me an example of..." etc. 4. Listen carefully to each question. If necessary, rephrase question and ask for clarification. 5. Use STAR formula to answer behavioral interview question. STAR stands for Situation, Task, Action and Result. Make sure that your answers are detailed and specific. This behavioral interview technique is widely recommended by career advisors.
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