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Internet Your Way To a New Job: How to Really Find a Job Online

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First of all, its hard to believe that this book costs $20 - there's not enough information here to justify the price tag. Alright, this book was just released so the price might change within some time and what won't change is this...

Plenty of it is common sense, unfortunately. If you use your head, some of this stuff should not be new to you. Yes, there are online resources mentioned throughout the book, but the only new one to me is JibberJobber.

Maybe its good for beginners, but its not very useful if you ever went through an online search before.

I won't name names, but at least one of the highly positive reviews is obviously by the author or publisher, sent under some other name. It's perfectly composed by an advertising or promotion specialist in the style that I myself have been trained in for promotional work! Like most books of its type, this one offers a lot less than it promises. It's mostly stuff you could already figure out on your own, repeated twenty different ways to fill up a book. Don't believe the carefully crafted puff pieces sent as "reviews," believe the people who were at least a bit disappointed! Yes, some people will get something out of it if they just can't think for themselves! Otherwise, save your money. There is a giant racket out there of "self-help" books on just about every topic available, and desperate people spend millions of dollars every year hoping that reading one of them will lift them out of their crisis or unsatisfactory lifestyle. Unfortunately, it seldom happens. But as Barnum said, "There's one born every minute."

Over the course of our professional lives - especially us Boomers - the job search process has indeed changed, and at the fundamental level. On a volunteer basis, I have been on two teams coordinating a couple of different local (to the suburban Chicago area) job-search ministries since mid-2004. I've also been a participant in a couple of different professional networking organizations as well over that time period.

What I've found is that everyone you talk to at these meetings has an opinion as to how to execute an effective job search - and all of them have real validity. The only problem is, it can take a newly laid-off person several meetings over the course of several months to acquire all the knowledge and context of why you need to do all of the things you need to do today to land your next position. Then you need to figure out how to use the tools themselves. Well - you need to learn how to use those tools that will work for you on your specific career path, anyway.

It's still a very good idea to attend these meetings, seminars, and so forth from the networking perspective, but you will spend a lot of time gathering and trying to make sense of all of these tips.

Alternatively, you can save yourself a ton of time, and buy this book. Especially if you don't know what a blog is, or how to find and read the right RSS feeds, or how (or why) to tweet. If you don't have an effective LinkedIn profile (or even know what that means), or if your Facebook page is pretty weak from the professional perspective, you need this book. As social networking tools blur the lines between what is considered professional and what is considered personal, you need to be aware. Alison Doyle's book puts all those questions to rest, and in a very approachable way.

In this, the third edition of her book, Alison Doyle has brought together a veritable compendium of tips, tricks, and "tools of the trade" that anyone pursuing a job search today - whether active or passive - needs to know about. The challenge for most of us is that the on-line tools that are useful today were probably not even invented the last time we looked for a new position. Alison's book will not only show you which of the many are the proven tools, but where to find them, what those tools actually do, and even what pitfalls to avoid.

Ms. Doyle's book talks about how one can use the tools themselves to help protect your identity on-line, how to identify and avoid scams, and she goes all the way up to generating an effective professional brand on-line - which can be a very delicate balance. She presents this information in a practical context of not only what you should do, but also why. She also calls in experts of all kinds to add their commentary throughout the text as well. This book is full of links and URLs that will show you exactly where to go and what to do next.

This is a very effective manual for how to weave in the electronic portion of your job search in today's world. Bravo, Ms. Doyle!

Don Oehlert
NW Suburbs of Chicago
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@oehlert

Gone are the days when you can walk into a company and manually submit your resume. Almost 90% of today's employers utilize an online job application system. This means that you cut, paste and click your way through an application, hit submit and hope it gets to where it's going. The problem is that millions of others are going through the same process and submitting resumes to the same employers that you are.

Internet Your Way to a New Job is designed to help the average person navigate their way through the process of finding a job online. One of the best features about the book is the many references that it provides on searching and networking to find a job. The book does provide additional information such as writing cover letters, but actually steers you to the author's [...] site to read additional articles. The fact that so many references are given, the book is actually very short on real "how to" information.

I recommend this book as a good reference tool to use in your job search if you are looking for additional resources. - But that is the purpose of the book, isn't it?

Alison Doyle is a tremendous resource in the world of job searching, in general. Now, Alison takes her knowledge of job searching to a whole new level and shares her expertise in the world of online job searching. She covers everything a job searcher needs to know to utilize the online world in his or her job search. From building a professional brand - what you want potential employers to find out about you, when they search for your name online - to making contact through social and professional networking sites, Alison lays out the best steps, tips, tactics, and tools.

Want to speed up your job search? Alison tells you the best places to find jobs and the best methods for searching. Looking passively for a new opportunity? Alison tells you the steps to take to make yourself available to potential employers. And, if all of this isn't enough, Alison covers all of the online professional communication required for a successful job search. She even looks to the future, and discusses the trends she sees in online job searching going forward. Never heard of a job fair in Second Life? You need this book. In fact, "Internet Your Way to a New Job" is so thorough and downright useful, you won't need any other resource at all to fuel your online job search.

This book (at $15) is overpriced for the little amount of content that it contains.

It does have a bunch of little tips inside, a lot of which are common sense and others which have been repeated over and over on free job search sites, but nothing new or earth shattering that would justify the high price either.

If the book were about $5 it would be worth the read for it does give you a few general directions to check out and pursue, but much more then $5 and I would consider it lost money.

Alison Doyle has expertly crafted this guidebook for effective use of the internet as a job search tool. This text is written in an engaging, plain language style which covers the essentials in a concise and coherent manner. Alison has gone far beyond the traditional treatment of online resources by covering cutting edge topics like brand building on the net, online networking and protecting personal privacy.

As a professional in the career development field with 25 years of experience, I will keep this useful resource desk side as a handy reference. I strongly recommend this book both for the net savvy to ratchet up their game and for net novices to gain a clear and simple guide to tapping the net as a resource.

This book gives a number of examples of how to conduct your job search using all the new Internet tools that are constantly being developed.

Do a Google search on yourself to see what the Internet says about you. If there are drunken or racy photos of you on Facebook, for instance, restrict their availability or delete them, now. You can count on a potential employer doing the same search.

Learn how to create an online presence. If you are seeking any kind of professional position, join LinkedIn and create a profile. Next, sign up on Facebook, but leave the bells and whistles off your page; for professional networking, keep it simple. The number of networking sites is rapidly growing; pick a couple of sites for your profile, and stick with them.

Before you start your job search, be very clear about the sort of job you are seeking, and make sure your resume targets that type of job. Start a new email account just for job searching. Store everything in a separate folder on your computer. Start an Excel spreadsheet that includes the company name, contact person and the date the resume was sent. If you find an interesting opening, apply immediately. Check your email, and your telephone, several times a day for messages. If you get an expression of interest, or request to call for an interview, respond immediately. Obviously, if you are job searching while employed, do not use your company email or telephone; be very discreet about telling colleagues you are job searching. No doubt, word will reach your supervisor.

It's not enough to post a couple of online profiles, monitor a couple of the major job sites, and expect the jobs to come to you; you have to constantly go and find them. The author also looks at resumes; a good review for those who suddenly find that they have to wipe the dust off of theirs.

This book is short, easy to read and is full of information for all job seekers, whether a "veteran" job seeker or a first-timer. It is a gem of a book.

The Internet is one of the greatest tools of the modern world - people can get countless entertainment, information, and even dates from it. "Internet Your Way to a New Job: How to Find a Job Online" is a guide to using this tool to find employment for oneself, and good employment too. Given the online job market has moved past simply uploading one's resume and sending it to people, it covers how to exactly do it in the modern era and be successful at it. For anyone who seeks to use the web to find their dream job, "Internet Your Way to a New Job: How to Find a Job Online" is highly recommended, as well as for community library jobs/career collections.

Alison has provided everything you need to find your destination - a job - - through the internet. She has mapped out the different roads you can take, where they lead and, most importantly, which ones are the super highways for today's job search.

It will become your "go-to" book each time you have a career search question. Worth the investment? Absolutely.