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FEATURE HIGHLIGHT: MY TOOLBAR
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The my toolbar section was set up to allow you as a job seeker to streamline your job seeking resources into a central location. The toolbar allows you to set up your own personal links for Career Counseling, Resume Services, Temp Agencies, Recruiters, Schools and My Links. To manage your toolbar links click on the "Customize My Toolbar" link on the Job Seeker home page located in the upper right. On the next page click on the "Add Toolbar Link" button to add a link to your toolbar.
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FEATURED PARTNER: KATU ABC CHANNEL 2
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View local job listings on TV
KATU and Jobdango have teamed up to provide you with local job listings on the 5:00pm news 5 days a week. Each day 2-3 jobs will be featured on the local news with a job description, salary range and how to apply.
KATU, the Spirit of the Northwest, is proud to be a partner and affiliate of Jobdango. We've provided over 40 years of service to the community, and our relationship with Jobdango is an extension of that commitment. Jobdango's focus is local employment for local businesses and the community, and KATU's focus is to help improve the environment in which we live by empowering, informing, and educating the community. Together, we combine efforts to maintain and grow the exceptional way of life we've come to know in Oregon and SW Washington.
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KEYWORDS: WHAT EVERY JOB SEEKER SHOULD KNOW
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ONE TINY WORD had been left out of Eileen Hanson's resume. Unfortunately, this 3-letter omission (fab short for fabrication) was on her potential employer's must have list. Without it, Eileen failed to qualify for the job she wanted with a leading high-tech manufacturer.
Eileen put a great deal of effort into writing and editing her resume, but she made a classic error: She assumed that employers would read between the lines, interpret the facts, and comprehend the sum total of her experience a costly assumption in this case.
What many job seekers fail to understand is that most companies use electronic processing systems to scan resumes and store the data in keyword-searchable databases. To get an edge in this competitive employment market, job seekers must build their resumes around job target keywords hard skills, soft skills, and transferable skills.
If Eileen had taken the time to research her job target (i.e., find out which keywords are most critical for her field and potential employers), she might have landed her dream job several months earlier!
Research? Yes, research! While some folks visualize a dark and dusty library when they think of research, the Net has revolutionized this tedious task, making it accessible, easy even fun.
Job Target Research
To build a keyword-based resume, start with real examples of your ideal job target, and then develop a real market strategy for keyword loading and resume writing based on these representative examples. In short:
- Start with two or three current job postings that meet your criteria for the ideal job.
- Extract the keywords.
- Use these keywords to determine resume strategy and build a keyword-based foundation.
In short, resume writing strategy should be based on the keywords employers use in their help wanted ads and job postings.
Using Internet job postings for keyword research is preferable to using newspaper classifieds because online postings include more detail, plus checking out a potential employer's website is just a mouse click away!
What are Keywords?
Keyword Job Titles:
- Job titles, job title variations, your ideal job
- The next logical job in your career path
Other Keywords:
- Skills or knowledge required to do a job
- Technologies and/or industries you're interested in
- Degrees, certifications, special credentials
The Selection Process:
- From the list of results, select the best 2-3 jobs those that are an "almost perfect" match based on your experience and career goals.
- Select jobs you qualify for (or come very close to qualifying for).
- Take the time to find the right examples, since the information gleaned during this exercise will be used to define your job target, develop your master keyword list, and create the best-possible resume strategy.
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