by: Djai Tanji
The Job Alert program is a simple and easy way for job seekers to learn about available job opportunities in your industries and location of interest. The advantage of signing up for job alert is that it makes job searching easier since job opportunities are emailed to you directly instead of checking for [...]

by: Djai Tanji
Craiglist.org has significantly gained popularity especially for job hunters nowadays. It serves as a “help wanted” section and a classified ad that is organized by location with listings broken down by state and metropolitan areas. The great thing about it is it’s for free or the cost is minimal only. Employers post a [...]

by: Djai Tanji
According to reviews, Monster.com has larger than 1.1 million job listings and scope, and over 41 million resumes. Aside from the apparently endless job postings, it also offers advices on resume making, job interviews and salary information. It has a Privacy Plus feature that blocks certain companies from viewing an applicant’s resume that [...]

by: Djai Tanji
Just how do you catch the computer’s eye amidst the thousand of resumes submitted by other applicants? In sorting out resumes online, companies use a computer tracking system to categorize applicants by skills. So you have to modify your resume to the keyword searches that the computer system uses. Even if you are [...]

by: Djai Tanji
•Do not give out your entire personal information – No credible employer should need your confidential accounts such as bank account numbers, mother’s maiden name, passwords, pin codes or credit card numbers. If such website requests such items from you, you should start doubting its credibility.
•Protect your financial data – if you [...]

by: Djai Tanji
•Use a temporary email address – using a temporary email address is convenient especially if you start receiving spam. Do not ever give out your full name, phone number or home address upon registering for an email address.
•Exclude references on your resume – when you post your resume online with your References’ names, [...]

by: Djai Tanji
•See if you can delete the resume – before posting your resume, make sure you can also delete the resume in case you decide after to unsubscribe. Resume deletion instructions can be located in the job site’s privacy policy. And in case you don’t find any instruction about resume deletion on the site, [...]

by: Djai Tanji
Here are some tips for job hunters who use online resume services:
* Always read the Privacy Policy – If the job search website you found does not post any privacy policy, you should have a second thought on posting your resume there as well. A privacy policy should be carefully read, it is [...]