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Question |
Need Help? |
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Spot Opportunities |
How do I find
*indications* that a company has needs for my skills
before the position is advertised? |
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Spot Opportunities (following the money and the events). |
Help Me! |
| How do I find Spot
Opportunities and have them
automatically emailed to me? |
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Uncovering Companies with Hiring Needs |
Finding indications
of opportunities: (see your consultant for details on how to find the hidden
opportunities everywhere)
 Emerging
Growth Companies
Mergers
and Acquisitions
Initial
Public Offerings
New
Plant Openings |
Adobe Tutorial |
Help Me |
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Usenet Newsgroups |
Where are
newsgroups to find open positions, spot
opportunities, and company information; lesser-known openings not commonly
advertised on major job boards? |
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Search Agents |
How do I have
fresh, open positions automatically
delivered to my email? |
Help Me! |
| Can you
please do this for me? |
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Open Positions |
How do
I find companies in RLS Cities that recruit on
their website? Many of these use no other method of announcing
open positions. Bookmark the pages of the target companies and visit
weekly. |
Help Me! |
| How do I find
advertised open positions before they
actually come out in print? |
Help Me! |
| How do I find open
positions on major job boards to
conduct a passive, 24/7 search? |
Help Me! |
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Interviewing and Researching a Company |
I have an
interview! How do I prepare?
I need to know as much as possible about the company, the competition, the
industry, and any market changes that could affect business. |
Help Me! |
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How do I
Research Public Companies?
(10Q, 10K Annual Reports and more!) |
Help Me! |
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How do I
Research Private Companies? |
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| How do
I find out who is behind a website? |
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Networking |
How can I use
networking in my search? |
Help Me! |
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Networking and your Job
Search |
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| What
associations should I look at?
Great places to meet influentials and find open positions not elsewhere
advertised! |
Help Me! |
| How important is
followup? |
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E- Networking |
E-Networking combines the traditional networking you do as part of your
career search, with the power of the Internet.
Learn More |
Success Story |
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Posting Resumes
on the Internet |
Where can I post
my resume on the Internet to advertise
24/7? |
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Recruiters |
How do I identify
the *right* recruiters? |
Help Me! |
| Show me recruiters
that send RLS open positions. |
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Career Alternatives |
How do I select
the best industry/ occupation? |
Help Me! |
| Download
Computerized Interest Software
from o*net. This instrument is a self-assessment career exploration tool
that can help people discover the type of work activities and occupations
that they would like and find exciting. |
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| Download
Work Interest Profiler
from o*net. This instrument is a new computerized self-assessment career
exploration tool that allows customers to focus on what is important to them
in a job. |
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Industry-specific Resources |
Legal |
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Defense Contracts |
Where
do I find defense contracts
awarded? (Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced
each business day at 5 p.m.). |
Help Me! |
| How do
I have Defense Contracts automatically
emailed to me? |
Help Me! |
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Relocation |
Compare the
cost of living in hundreds of US cities. |
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| Show
me a salary calculator to estimate my equivalent income in a
different city. |
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| Show me specific
information on US
cities. |
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Salary Surveys |
Show me
salary
surveys for different professions in my region, including bonuses and
benefits. |
Help Me! |
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Trade Shows,
Conventions and Career Fairs |
Where are the
relevant trade shows, conventions, and career fairs that I could visit? |
Help Me! |
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Negotiating |
I got the job
offer! How do I negotiate from a position of strength? |
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| Show me nature of
the work, employment, job outlook, and earnings from the
US Dept of Labor. |
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| Show me the
Federal Pay Scales
from the Office of Personnel Management. |
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I got the job!
Now what? |
Starting Your New Job the Right Way |
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Continuing the Passive Job Search |
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