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Search Strategies for Successful Job Sourcing

Search Strategies for Successful Job Sourcing. Traci Welch Moritz Public Services Librarian/Assistant Professor Heterick Memorial Library. Search Strategy. Ponder these questions: What do I want to be/do Where do I want to be/do it

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Search Strategies for Successful Job Sourcing

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  1. Search Strategies for Successful Job Sourcing Traci Welch Moritz Public Services Librarian/Assistant Professor Heterick Memorial Library

  2. Search Strategy • Ponder these questions: • What do I want to be/do • Where do I want to be/do it • QuintessentialCareers • Occupational Outlook Handbook

  3. Job searches • Know thyself • Aim for the right target • Be assertive and proactive • Do some sleuthing • Work the network • Get professional help • Be temporarily flexible • Say it clearly • Keep careful records • Be persistent • Courtesy of AllBusiness.com, A Dunn and Bradstreet Company

  4. Searching Terms and Types Different types of search techniques may be employed depending on resource used Most search engines now default to some type of boolean logic searching with allowing actual or with advance search options • Boolean Logic • Natural Language (Fuzzy Logic) (Semantic) • Truncation • Field Searching • Proximity Searching • Keyword Searching • Subject Searching • Parametric Search • Scoped Searching

  5. Identify employers who would hire someone with your qualifications • Desired geographic area • Indentify open positions • Research company Search strategy

  6. Search Strategy • Boolean Searching • What is it • How to use it • See Handouts tab in MRKT 434 Research Guide • Searching on the Internet • Full use of operators • Implied use with keyword searching • Template with predetermined language

  7. How to: Search WWW • Self publishing medium • Almost too much information available at one time • Most view only first couple screens • Little stable terminology used, jargon often used • Credibility, how do you tell? • Researching is not like surfing, you must focus and prepare good search strategy • http://www.internettutorials.net/

  8. Search Engines • Don’t just Google everything. It’s a great resource but there are others which could prove more effective for your search • MetaSearch Engines, Clusty • and Dogpile • and www.MetaCrawler.com • Common Sites, Google , AltaVista , www.hotjobs.Yahoo.com , Craigslist • www.altsearchengines.com • Invisible Web

  9. Search Engines • Niche Sites 100 Niche Search Engines • www.jobsinlogistics.com • www.computerwork.com • www.jobsinthemoney.com • www.greatinsurancejobs.com • www.jobscience.com • www.jobs4hr.com • www.jobs.searchenginewatch.com • www.LatPro.com

  10. Job Search Resources • ONU Career Services Website • Business Source Complete • New York Public Library Searching for Company Information • Hoovers • NewspapersLexis Nexis • Associations unlimited

  11. Other helpful resources • 123 Relocation • Government employment and wage estimations • Professional and Trade Associations and Labor Unions • Learning Express Library • How to use Linked In • List of social websites • Getting organized • Click and Clean your Online Profile • Dissertations and Theses • Ohio Hiring Management System

  12. If it’s accessible, it’s possible a for prospective employer/grad school to find it • MySpace and Facebook; what do you have posted? • Consider whether to post an address for a blog or personal webpage on a resume/application or not • Personal webpage can be a help if you are looking for work Tools -- social networking

  13. Things to consider 60% of people find jobs through networking Way to make contacts and reduce time involved, no more “cocktail parties” More connections you make, the more chances you have to find out about jobs DIVERSITY Not to replace traditional methods, but to supplement them Tools -- social networking HML

  14. www.facebook.comFacebook www.linkedin.com LinkedIn www.monsternetworking.comMonsternetworking www.jobster.comJobster www.myworkster.comMyworkster Niche social networking sites www.kickstart.yahoo.comYahoo!Kickstart www.viralcommerce.comViralCommerce Tools -- social networking HML

  15. Questions? • Traci Welch Moritz t-moritz@onu.edu • 2473 • Heterick Memorial Library www.onu.edu/library • IM

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