Ahhh, the “Good Olde Days!” Back when the Sunday Newspaper was the main source of help-wanted ads, and when job hunting cost real money, time, postage, etc, to print and reply to ads, the job search was cumbersome, but, at least only the few serious job hunters put in the effort to answer ads.
Now there’s a lot more jobs advertised, but now you’re competing with the whole world for every job.
Now anybody can apply to anything at the drop of a nanosecond and at no significant cost. Spiders, search engines, auto responders do the work for you and drop openings on your front “you’ve got mail” door every morning.
Results: The number of published job opportunities: UP TEN FOLD But the number of replies to your application: DOWN NEXT TO ZERO.
This E-Job Search and E-Networking answers the questions you need to know to make the internet work for you It answers
QUESTIONS such as: Job Search Is three hours a day on the Internet too much? or too little?
Once I’m online searching, how to I make sure I make every minute count?
How can I get job opportunities sent to me with meta-job search tools?
How effective are spiders/search engines in finding the jobs I want? Am I missing a lot of them?
Which are the best meta-job search tools?
How do I find job boards that are specific to my industry/field?
Are they any good, or are they on Monster and CareerBuilder anyway.
How do I know if my application was even received?
Are there any tricks filling in the “Salary Requirements” or “Current Earnings” boxes on applications?
There used to be “advertised” and “unadvertised” positions — isn’t every job advertised now that it’s free and easy?
Networking
Can Networking be done online? or is it, really, a high-touch, not high-tech activity?
There are so many groups: ecademy, Ryze, Execunet, TheLadders, Friendster, Viadeo, LinkedIn, etc.
Which ones are worth joining?
Should I pay a membership fee to these places? or is that a waste of money?
What about levels of paid membership in LinkedIn or Ryze or Viadeo, etc.? worth it?
What’s the difference between Networking online and Job Searching online?
How do I create a compelling e-community profile for myself?
Let’s take LinkedIn, for example, —What makes a really good profile?
What do I put in?
What do I leave out?
Should I be selective with connecting to people?
or accept anyone who asks to be linked to me?
Are there bad things that can happen with my profile: identity theft bad rap?
Is networking like espionage and detective work?
Can LinkedIn or one of those networking sites help me find who is the hiring decision maker for posted openings?
What are 10 really practical things I can do right away on this front?
Where do I get help becoming more efficient?
NOTE: We cannot claim ENWK is “Best in Class” because things change too fast in cyberspace. It’s entirely possible that you could find an equal (or possibly, even, better) workshop. PLUS it’s never the same workshop twice: we’re continually updating this course as the internet world changes its content, rules, and shakes out competitors, etc. So, we can assure you that you’ll learn an good deal of great e-job-search info and tactics, but we can’t promise [yet] that it’s Best in Class.