Sweet Job Tips: Job Search Internet Success
Friday, November 2, 2012 at 11:18AM 
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.