Online resources
Below are categories of electronic information sources that have been extracted from the Web or Internet about specific industries, companies and people:
Search engines
These are ways for you to search for information using keywords. Searches can be refined by adding a “+” or “-” before a word to ensure that the word is included or excluded from the results. Adding quotation marks to two or more words means that they must appear together in the results and in the order specified. Here are some examples of search engines:
Emails
The use of email in a job search is invaluable. Emails are a way to communicate with your network, obtain information, identify job leads and apply for a job online. It is important to use standard correspondence techniques, proper grammar, brief but complete sentences, and professional presentations.
Annual and financial reports of companies
Public companies are now required to submit SEC reporting forms electronically. This information can be accessed 24 hours after filing. By reading a company’s annual report, your search expands to include a better understanding of the president’s vision for the company as well as the company’s financial picture.
Job sites
The sites contain job opportunities, resumes and often career information. Remember that employers/recruiters pay a certain amount of money to job banks to post their vacancies. Therefore, companies may decide to post only certain jobs in the various job banks and post the majority of them on their own website.
Individual company websites
Companies provide a range of useful information on their websites. They typically describe their mandate, industry, products, services, key personnel biographies and employment opportunities. Companies usually use their company name or initials as part of their home page.
Online Resume Banks
The World Wide Web is full of sites that allow resumes to be posted at no cost. In addition, some sites provide varying levels of security on the amount of personal information (name, address, email, etc.) available to prospective employers. To be posted on these sites, resumes must be submitted in ASCII/text-only format. To convert your resume to this format, open it using your word processing system and click on file/save as/save as/text only.
Research on companies and wages
Some sites compare the cost of living between your location and other locations in Canada, the United States and Europe, and provide salary surveys. You can also consult the reviews left by
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