What Color Is Your Parachute? Guide to Job-Hunting Online, Sixth Edition: Blogging, Career Sites, Gateways, Getting Interviews, Job Boards, Job Search Resumes, Research Sites, Social Networking
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (825 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1607740338 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Rachelle Lappinen, Career Advisor said Great Companion Book to Parachute Book. I am a career advisor at Becker College, and I use this book as a guide to educate my students on the realities of online job searching. This is a great companion book to the Parachute book and is very insightful. One key point is if your job search is 100% on the job boards, you have only a Great Companion Book to Parachute Book Rachelle Lappinen, Career Advisor I am a career advisor at Becker College, and I use this book as a guide to educate my students on the realities of online job searching. This is a great companion book to the Parachute book and is very insightful. One key point is if your job search is 100% on the job boards, you have only a 4% chance of ever finding a job. Additionally, the jobs that get to the boards are the hard to fill ones. The key is the hidden job market, and to use the internet for research. This book shows you how.. % chance of ever finding a job. Additionally, the jobs that get to the boards are the hard to fill ones. The key is the hidden job market, and to use the internet for research. This book shows you how.. Megan H. said Helped me create a solid resume. I read this after I was laid off from my job last February, and it really helped my get a good grasp on what to include and not include in my resume. It isn't as straight to the point as some other books but I'd still recommend it.. "Helpful tips to finding jobs online." according to Antony. This book gave me several tips to fine tune my resume, and introduced me to several valuable websites. In particular, the job website links and related information is really valuable. This eventually helped me land in my next job.
He is an expert on using the Internet to support the job-hunter, particularly with alternative career paths. Co-author Richard Nelson Bolles has been a leader in the career field for nearly forty years, and is the author of the best-selling What Color Is Your Parachute?, with over ten million copies in print.. About the AuthorPrinciple author Mark Emery Bolles has worked as a computer programmer, technical writer, musician, and musical instrument maker
This companion to What Color Is Your Parachute?, the best-selling job-hunting book in the world, has been completely rewritten for our changing times and includes hundreds of updated website recommendations and descriptions. Before you start your Internet job-hunt, there are some things that you must know, like: • Why are job sites like Monster and CareerBuilder so stunningly ineffective?• What can you do to make sure your resumes survive the elimination process? • How do you find the information that search engines like Google can’t? • How can you tell the difference between a genuinely helpful job board, and a website designed only to collect resumes?• When are hobby forums more helpful than business networking sites?• When is the Internet not helpful when job-hunting?• What is the fatal flaw of all social networking sites? The Guide to Job-Hunting Online, 6th Edition, not only answers these questions and many more, but shows you how to comprehensively and effectively use the Internet for all aspects of your job-hunt. The Guide to Job-Hunting Online shows you how to quickly find the data that will be most helpful to you, how to identify and research the place
He is an expert on using the Internet to support the job-hunter, particularly with alternative career paths. Co-author Richard Nelson Bolles has been a leader in the career field for nearly forty years, and is the author of the best-selling What Color Is Your Parachute?, with over ten million copies in print.. Principle autho