Monday, July 13, 2015
Jobs In Business
http://www.resumerobin.com/blog/?page_id=41
Industry-Specific Job Boards for Job-Seekers:
Friday, July 3, 2015
5 best websites to post jobs free
Today's recruiters have to fulfill staffing requirements quickly and efficiently. However, the tools at the recruiter's disposal are often limited, as the companies are limited in the choices they provide to their recruiters and headhunters. Current paid job sites provide questionable value for the prices they charge: sites such as CareerBuilder, Monster, Indeed can quickly empty out your wallet while providing just a few not relevant candidates. We've decided to compile a list of free websites where you can post jobs and actually expect decent results.
- CBCJobs.com - this is the premiere staffing website when it comes to getting something for nothing. You can post jobs free, search their huge resume database free, create a careers webpage and much much more. Your free job is fed out to tons of recruiting sites and portals as well - all for free.
- Craigslist.org - Craigslist is still a formidable resource when it comes to getting candidates for jobs. CL has been clamping down on spammers recently, and it can be sort of hard to navigate. It also still charges for jobs in a lot of areas - however, posting gigs is still free and you can get a few good resumes that way.
- SmartRecruiters.com - this is a company based in the UK that basically makes money through affiliate programs for Monster/CareerBuilder/Dice - it let's you post a basic job free and then pitches you its affiliate programs. Worth a try.
- Jobvertise.com - this company has been around the web for a long time. Still let's you post jobs for free.
- Snagajob.com - large corporate recruiting portal that provides free basic job listings to lure you into paying for a more advanced listing.
Free Online Classifieds
- Craigslist is the nation's largest free classified ad provider, but it now charges for job postings in most cities. You can still post free job announcements on Kijiji, an online classified service owned by eBay. This site has been operating since 2007 and covers nearly as many U.S. cities as Craigslist, as well as some in Canada.
Social Media Sites
- Many social media sites have free classifieds and job-posting options. Once you register and join these sites, you can send your job vacancy announcements through the social media network directly or by using job boards for specific groups and industries. LinkedIn and Twitter are two of the most active sites; both allow you to target your job postings by participating in appropriate interest groups.On LinkedIn, once you create a profile and join groups, you can post positions in discussions or on each group's job board. To post on Twitter, you simply tweet your job opportunities to your followers. After you register, look around the site and start following some of the key people whose interests fit your mission. As you gain followers and update your status messages, you can inform people of your job opportunities. With only 140 characters, you need to practice brevity and create short URLs that link to the full job description on your site. Twitter has quite a few job feeds that you can use as examples for implementing a social media job posting strategy.
More Alternatives
- The nation's labor departments do not charge fees for employment posting. Because the unemployed must register with the state labor office, your vacancy announcement will get plenty of views from eager, motivated applicants. Visit the U.S. Department of Labor to find the labor department for every state. Most college and university career services offices do not charge fees for posting your job announcements. In addition to providing information to current students, many career service offices also provide job leads to alumni through newsletters and special e-mails. Don't overlook national associations and community organizations that may be relevant to your recruitment needs. Contact them to find out if they provide job leads to their members.
Scott Dietrich
HR Reporter Blog
7-2-2015
Thursday, June 18, 2015
6 totally free and awesome resume templates
In honor of all of our readers who are recent graduates looking for their first job, and to those who are looking for a new gig, we offer these seven free resume templates as our way of making your job search a little easier.
We all know first impressions count. Professionally, our resumes are often the first impression a potential employer gets of us. In the same way that it’s important to your chances of landing the job to be well-groomed and dressed like you’re serious, so should your resume.
The problem is…designing a resume sucks. It takes a lot of time to get spacing and formatting right, and that’s time better served focusing on the content, getting in touch with your network, and contacting employers.
So I thought I’d help you out in your search by putting together these seven free resume templates to give you a running start. Inspired by some beautiful examples I found across the web, these templates should help you get started no matter what your industry.
All seven are slightly different in what information is prioritized. Different industries and positions are interested in different info, so be sure to pick the one which makes the most sense for your field. For example, if you’re an engineer, an employer may be most interested in work history or where you went to school. If you’re in the film industry they want to know what skills you have and what you’ve done, while your school history won’t be nearly as important.
Also be mindful of how receptive your field is to design and color. Some technical jobs may want a straight outlined black and white document.
How to Write Your Resume
The rule of thumb is to try and keep your resume to one full page. This may change later in your life if you become an executive, or are an academic, or have a long list of impressive clients or projects. But for now, one page.
If you’re a recent graduate (congrats) you may not have a lot of work history to fill a page. In this case make use of one of the templates that utilizes tabs and negative space such as template 2.
I asked him his thoughts on how an applicant should prepare a resume:
Before finding my true passion for fashion and starting my own image consulting company I spent years in HR as a recruiter. Needless to say I’ve seen a few resumes and been through more than a few interviews in my day. Here are my 5 do’s and don’ts of resume writing. Some may be common sense (unfortunately common sense isn’t so common) and others may not.
DO
1. Use 10-12 point font depending on length.
2. Use a simple, standard font.
3. Use proper margins. 1 inch is fine.
4. Use a professional/executive summary to pinpoint skills and objectives.
5. Use resume paper to print copies. This paper is different than the standard printer type and will make your copy stand out over others.
DON’T
1. Use a lot of colors or overuse italics.
2. Ever use more than 3 pages or fill less than 1.
3. Submit the same resume for every job. Tailor it to the specific requirements needed.
4. Submit a resume without a cover letter. The cover letter is an introduction and a manager will look at candidates who write one with more interest than ones who don’t.
5. Lie, embellish, stretch, add, fluff, fudge, or put anything else deceiving in a resume. It will come out during the interview or worse yet on the job.
Some may disagree with me, but I would advise against listing your high school under education. As a guy who’s been out of college a few years I would never list my high school on my resume, and if I were to see that on a potential hire’s resume I would know immediately this candidate doesn’t have a lot of experience. Highlight impressive or do-well extracurricular activities if need be.
Note: Initially I was hoping to release these as Google Docs, but I ran into formatting issues when I tried to import them in Google Docs. So be aware that they may not open properly if you don’t open them in Word.
All the best!
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Template 2
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015
5 ways to distribute your resume
HOW TO DISTRIBUTE YOUR RESUME
1. Resume Distribution websites - sites such as www.ResumeRobin.com let you effectively and easily distribute your resumes to hundreds of job boards and recruiters. This is the easiest and best way to get your resume in as many hands as possible.
2.Networking – Whether networking online or off, one thing rings true: Everyone you know knows someone you don’t. Ask everyone within your circle of friends to carry your resume with them and pass it around when they bump into a potential employer. In fact, you should carry your resume with you too. You never know who you’re going to meet.
3.Job fairs – If you don’t go to job fairs, you should. Job fairs are a one-stop-shopping experience for candidates searching for the perfect job. Always bring plenty of copies of your resume with you to a job fair, as well as your professional references, in the event you are lucky enough to score an on-site interview with a potential employer.
4.Post it online – There are a ton of resume posting websites online. Find a few that target your specific industry as we as some of the more popular sites.
5.Recruiters – Job recruiters specialize in one thing: Matching candidates with employers. Send your resume to a handful of recruiters and see what happens.
6.Targeted database blasting – Another way to distribute your resume is to a targeted list of employers who are actively seeking new recruits. Many professional resume writers have such a list available.
Resume distribution is essential to landing the job you want. Get your resume out there and get it out there fast. The more widely you circulate your skills and experience, the more likely you are to land the job of your dreams.
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Free Forms
ResumeRobin.com has a great archive of free employment forms
http://www.resumerobin.com/resumedistributionservice/content
http://www.resumerobin.com/resumedistributionservice/content
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