• Types of career web sites
• Create an ASCII Resume to post at job sites
• Create a Scannable Resume for sending to employers who request one 
• Maximize your chances to receive an interview
   
• Job Search Sites / Research Employers

5 Types of career web sites:

1. Career Sites (*Most Popular*):
Help job seekers find career-oriented jobs. These sites typically have the largest accumulation of job listings. They also offer information on sharpening one's resume, negotiating a contract, and determining possible career adjustments. They also offer employer profiles, job fair schedules, chat rooms, resume posting, email notification of potential job matches, and career advancement tools.

• Example Career Sites >>

2. Industry Standard Sites:
Help job seekers find jobs in a specific industry. Offer profiles of major industry employers, industry employment statistics, resume posting, industry events and job fairs. Typically free for seekers to browse.

• Example Industry Sites >>

3. Help Wanted Sites:
Job openings posted on a company's web site. Typically, one can locate a help-wanted site from a company's home page. These sites are best used if one is seeking a position within a specific company. Resumes posted on a help-wanted site typically are entered into a company's database for current or future use.

• Before posting a resume to a help wanted site, cater your resume to an open position on that site and to the organization's needs.

4. Classified Sites:
These are online versions of a newspaper's classified advertisements. Most large, and many smaller newspapers have classified sites.
Disadvantage: Typically, these are entry-level, blue-collar or part-time jobs.
Advantage: One may search small town or city job openings locally, nationwide, or worldwide.

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5. Resume Sites:
Focus on selling applicants' skills and experience. Sites where employers search the web database for potential employees. Some resume sites charge a fee for seekers to post their resume.

• 2 important features that these sites should offer: 1) Immediate Notification; one is immediately notified when an employer is interested in them, 2) Confidential Posting; allows one to restrict who may view their resume to avoid retribution from their current employer.
• If a job seeker has no responses after posting their resume at a Resume Site, then this is a good indicator that the seeker needs to refine their experience or their resume

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Create an ASCII Resume (for posting to an online site)

Get results by following these guidelines! Step-by-step instructions on how to create an ASCII resume for posting to an internet job search site. What to do and what not to do.

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Maximize your chances to receive an interview:

Having your online resume noticed: 

If you post your resume on a job site, an employer will discover your resume by using KEYWORDS. 

USE AS MANY KEYWORDS AS POSSIBLE on your resume. The more you use, the better chance an employer will find you. Be specific concerning your skills while using keywords. It is common to create a "KEYWORD" section on your online resume in which you use jargon which is common to your field.

Personal Search Agents:  

These are email notification systems that will email you when a job that matches your specified skills is posted at their career site by an employer.

Sites to avoid: 

Any site that requests payment after you obtain a job through them, whether it is a one-time fee, or a percentage of your wages.

Before you submit your Online Resume, Last minute checklist:

• Check for misspellings (they may disqualify you for a job).
• See detailed ASCII resume creation instructions for online resume guidelines.
• * Note: It is important that your resume is sent to an employer in the manner prescribed by the employment site  i.e. (if a site directs job seekers to email their resume to an employer, do not mail a paper copy of your resume to the employer. It will likely be disregarded).