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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, along with decision-maker
names? |
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| Show me Spot
Opportunities (following the money and the events). |
Help Me! |
| How do I have Spot
Opportunities
automatically emailed to me? |
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Uncovering Companies with Hiring Needs |
Finding indications of opportunities and decision-maker names: (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 |
Help Me! |
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Usenet Newsgroups |
Where are
newsgroups to find open positions, spot
opportunities, and company information including hiring manager names; 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
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 interviewer, 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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Salary Surveys |
Show me
salary surveys for different professions
in my region, including bonuses and benefits. |
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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