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For the week of May 19, 1997

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     =*=*= ANSWERMAN'S UPDATE -- Get a Job =*=*=

In the next month or two, hordes of new college grads will find themselves thrust into the real world of gainful employment. Rather, the real world of searching for gainful employment. Whether you're just out of school, or are a long-time member of the workforce just looking for something new, the Internet is home to an amazing collection of tools that can help you find -- and hopefully get -- your dream job. So update your resume, spellcheck it twice, and use the Internet to, uh, make money fast.

There are a plethora of online resume banks that you can use to make yourself and your talents seen by prospective employers. After you add your resume, employers can search the online database for candidates that meet their needs. Good online resume banks include CareerSite (http://www.careersite.com/) and IntelliMatch (http://www.intellimatch.com/). 

JobHunt (http://www.job-hunt.org/) is packed full of resources and services employment-seekers.  It has numerous links for learning about job hunting, writing resumes, exploring potential employers, and more. It also has many links to job search interfaces as well as having more direct links to online job listings. Links to recruiting agencies, general classifieds, and newsgroup searches are also available. It features a thorough list of resume banks (at http://www.job-hunt.org/resume.shtml) and great reference material chock full of advice on how to get a job (http://www.job-hunt.org/reference.shtml). 

The author of the classic job-hunters' guide "What Color is Your Parachute?" offers a fantastic web site featuring well-organized reviews of job resources on the Net, as well as advice on making key contracts and doing research online. It's at http://washingtonpost.com/parachute.

The Monster Board (http://beast.monster.com) offers more than 50,000 searchable job listings, allows you to post a resume to be kept in their database, and lets you conduct research on employers around the world. It also features links to specialized online job databases such as MedSearch and CEOExchange.

There are several jobs-related newsgroups, too. Most of these are popular and well-used, having been around for many years. You can access Usenet newsgroups by going to KEYWORD: newsgroups. Misc.jobs.offered is where you can find job listings from employers. There are actually lots of listings here--sometimes a couple dozen a day--posted by employers and headhunters. However, most of the jobs posted there are in the computer technology fields.

Misc.jobs.resumes is another newsgroup--one where you can post your resume in ASCII text for others to peruse. This is certainly worth a try, but in my experience, it appears that lots of people post their resumes, but very few employers actually bother to read what's posted there. They would rather you go directly to them. Also, there seems to be a glut of entry-level and just-out-of-college resumes on misc.jobs.resumes, so if you're going to post your resume there, it has better stand out.

If you live (or want to live) in a particular area, you might try looking for a jobs newsgroup covering that area. For example, the group atl.jobs focuses on jobs in the Atlanta area. There are a whole lot of these local groups--you can search for them using AOL's Newsgroup search function.

There are some great job resources on America Online, too. Go to keyword CAREERS, AOL's career center. This forum covers everything from resumes to retirement. You'll find employment and help wanted ads unique to AOL, links to more job-oriented Web sites, and a collection of career guidance resources. If you're not sure what you want to be when you grow up, or you're just ready for a career change, try Career Focus 2000, a series of four workbook exercises that you can print out and complete offline. Career Focus will help you select a career that's in tune with your personality, and develop a plan to reach your career goal.

Descriptions of and links to more sites to help you find the perfect job are available at keyword AM FOCUS. Check them out.

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