Sweet Job Tips: Job Search Internet Success

Help Victims of Hurricane Sandy - See Link Below

7 Steps for Job Search Internet Success

1. If at all possible, create an email account that uses a

professional-sounding name and is not tied into your

work environment. I suggest using your first name and

Last name, such as eleanorsweet@email.com or eleanor

.sweet@email.com.

2. If there are specific directions regarding the mechanics

on how to apply to the jobs you’re interested in, follow

them exactly per their request. This is not the time to be

a rebel and appear difficult. The hiring authority will not

be interested in you as a candidate if you do not seem as

though you have the ability to follow simple instructions.

If the job description does not specify whether to

send your resume as an attachment or in the body of the

email, then you should do both. If the employer asks for

your resume to be placed in the body of your email, then

do a “cut and paste” and put your resume in the body of

the message. At the end of your message, you can always

tell them that you have a professional, fully formatted

hardcopy version available upon request.

If the hiring authority is asking for a PDF fi le and you

need a free converter, go to www.cutepdfwriter.com and

download the software.

To convert your document, you will go to “print” and

save it from your printer menu under “Cutepdfwriter.”

When you highlight and hit enter, the document is then

converted into a PDF fi le.

3. When you save your resume, save it on your hard drive

with your fi rst and last name as part of the document

name (e.g., PattySmithResume.doc or SmithPattyResume

.pdf). Such a naming convention will make it easier for

the person receiving it to keep track of it and find it

later.

4. In the subject line of the email, be short and specific to

make things easier for the hiring authority (e.g., Product

Manager: Rick Stevens).

5. If possible, create an email signature that includes your

contact information such as name, email address, and

phone number.

To create a signature fi le in Microsoft Outlook, go to

Tools, Options, and then Mail Formats. The information

you place there will then automatically be put into the

body of all your emails.

6. Double check that you are sending your resume to the

correct person. Perform a spell check and make sure

your computer “address book” did not inadvertently pick

another person whose name is close in the alphabet.

7. Make sure you’re not using a spam blocker, thereby creating

problems for the person to whom you are sending

your resume.

My heart has been ripped out by the people hit by Hurricane Sandy. I am supplying a direct link below for the American Red Cross Organization for you.

Click Here to Help Hurricane Sandy Victims

This week, try to reach out and help someone you know that has been affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Take care,

Eleanor

Executive Job Search Recruiter and Expert.  tm

PS

This weeks Sweet Job Search Tips are an excerpt  from my new book, The NEW Rules of Job Search - How to Land an Executive in the New Economy, Internet Tools to Turbo Charge Your Search, Page 94-96.