Editorial objective:1- give diverse jobseekers sound information on job opportunities and how to successfully navigate the job search process,2- invite “employers of choice” to share success secrets and valuable information on where the jobs are.
Issue link: http://diversityemployers.epubxp.com/i/224970
It's a Whole New World for JOB-HUNTERS you are interested in, you may fnd feedback about it, here. Stack Exchange URL: http://stackexchange.com Background: A network of 101 questionand-answer sites, with a community contributing, answering, evaluating, and voting; same genre as Quora, Aardvark, Answers.com, etc.; 3.3 million users. General Description: Useful for fnding fast answers to puzzling questions. Usefulness to Job-Hunters: When you're trying to fnd something, someone, some business, this is a good place to go to, and see if they know the answer, without your having to do detailed research forever. Great time-saver Skype URL: www.skype.com Background: Over 280 million registered users, bought by eBay in 2005, Microsoft in 2011. General Description: Telephone calls over the Internet, utilizing both voice and video; free if the hookup is between registered users. Usefulness to Job-Hunters: You can use video interviewing for informational interviewing with members of your network who live far away. More important, if an employer lives in another country of interest to you, and Remember the web is the modern way to attract attention to yourself. A blog carefully managed, can ideally serve that purpose you or they want to do an interview, this is an inexpensive way to do it. If an employer can only talk to you over the phone, this at least adds video to your phone call, if the employer is also a Skype user. You can fnd video interview tips on the Web at sites such as Alison Doyle's http://tinyurl.com/nmbt5r. YouTube URL: www.youtube.com Background: Wildly popular; one billion users monthly. General Description: You can fnd a video on almost any subject, or post a video of your own, thus saving you from using up bandwidth on your own website (if you have one). You can fnd video interview tips on the Web at sites such as Alison Doyle's http://tinyurl.com/nmbt5r Usefulness to Job-Hunters: You can post a video resume, you can demonstrate your skills in a demonstration video you shoot and post, etc. You can create your own channel through a widget (www. widgetbox.com/widgets). Widgets can be embedded on all your other sites, as well. You might even fnd some videos devoted to job-hunting techniques, such as: http://tinyurl.com/4ynl42n (smile). Blogs URL: If it's your blog, you know the URL. If you're looking for someone else's, do a search through Google, or Technorati (below). Background: There are now over 181 million blogs, averaging one million posts a day according to Technorati (http://technorati.com)—the central headquarters for all things blog. General Description: At their best, blogs offer an expert's advice and wisdom. Usefulness to Job-Hunters: If you can fnd a blog on your particular feld or industry, you may discover openings through that blog. Also consider starting your own blog related to the feld in which you are you looking for work, where—if you keep your blogfocused—you can develop a reputation as an expert in your specialty, thus attracting the attention of prospective employers—maybe. (Possible but not likely; still, you never know. It's worth 14 Diversity Employers | DiversityEmployers.com | First Semester December 2013 trying!) Remember, the Web is the modern way to attract attention to yourself. A blog, carefully managed, can ideally serve that purpose. Of course, you are only one out of 160 million blogs, so don't put all your eggs in this basket. Job Shadow URL: www.jobshadow.com Background: This site gets 75,000 visitors a month (mostly the young), and growing. General Description: Traditional jobshadowing requires getting permission from employers. That sometimes was easier said than done. No permission needed here. This website is conducting interviews with hundreds of people in different jobs, asking them the same standard questions, sometimes with names, often anonymously because they are asked to be candid about the fnancial rewards in such a job. Usefulness to Job-Hunters: You can't ask them any questions, of course, you just eavesdrop, but as a faint shadow of job-shadowing, this is worth looking at. Now apprenticeship information can be found online. Ways to Make It More Efective: If you want to use this site effectively, prior to going to it make a list of what you hated about any job you had in the past, so that while you are listening to these interviews, you will be more alert to "Oh no, I don't want a job that does that, again." NOTE: Aside from this site, if you are looking for some of the old ways of exploring, using let us say apprenticeships, there are now more effective ways of doing that, too. For example, you used to have to hunt hard to even fnd where apprenticeships were. Now such information is online. For a list of apprenticeships in your area, see American Job Center's website at http://tinyurl.com/d3pbzc5. If you are a veteran looking for an apprenticeship, see http://tinyurl.com/7urwrs3.