New Year, New Job, New Online Job Hunting Guide!

The start of the New Year is traditionally a time when many people decide to look for a new job. This could be as result of a New Yearís Resolution, or a redundancy situation where there is no choice but to look for a new job or change of career.

To help job seekers gain a head start in finding their ideal job, a new version of the interactive guide to job hunting on the internet, ìThe Online Job Hunting Guideî, has just been released. First published online in 2003, the guide has been updated to help job seekers, whether they are searching for a job online for the first time or are already familiar with online job hunting.

ìWhether you are a school leaver, or someone who has worked for many years and are now looking for a new job, there is something in the guide for everyoneî, explained the author - Mike Taylor, who also runs the Online Recruitment Consultancy Web-Based-Recruitment.com, a company who advises companies on their online recruitment strategy.

Rapid Changes
Job hunting has changed rapidly over the last few years. For people who have not actively looked for a job for a number of years, just looking in newspapers and trade publications may no longer be enough, especially with the growth in the number of companies using the internet to advertise their jobs.

Searching for a job on the internet for the first time can seem quite daunting and overwhelming, particularly if job seekers feel that they donít know where to start and that they could be missing out on their ìideal jobî. Likewise, job seekers who have previously searched online for jobs, may not feel totally confident about which web sites are the most effective and relevant for them in their job search.

What Does The Guide Cover?
The expert guide covers the following areas:

The main sources of jobs on the Internet and the key differences between them.
How to find the sites relevant to you.
How to effectively search for jobs using search engines.
How to apply for jobs online.
How to put together a smart - time efficient - personal action plan.
Practical advice on how to get your application noticed.
A series of useful tips that can make a difference to your application.
Links to hundreds of job related sites in the UK and Ireland through a dedicated job resources area.
Who Is The Guide For?

The guide is ideal for wide range of people including anyone who:

Is serious about looking for a new job or career move.
Wants to know how to search the Internet for jobs quickly and effectively.

Is looking for useful job information and advice in a single location.

Wants to know where to look for jobs and which web sites, job sites and job search engines to use.

Has never used the internet before to look for a job

Is familiar with searching the internet to look for a job but would like to make sure that they are doing it effectively and arenít missing important new sources.

Guide Format
The guide is published online which means that with its wealth of online job hunting advice, and links to relevant job related web sites, users can click and start job hunting straight away! New for 2007 is a PDF version of the guide which means that job seekers can print and read through the information offline and highlight the areas they wish to concentrate on once they get started online. Unlike a printed publication (which is out of date as soon as it is printed) by viewing the guide online readers will always be viewing the most up to date version.

For those who would like to give family members or friends a head start with their job search, the guide can also be purchased on their behalf and ëgivení to them straight away ñ with no postal delays. What could be a better gift to help somebody find their ìideal job.î

Multiple copies of the guide are also available for companies wanting to help any employees with their online job search as part of a possible redundancy situation.