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Job-Hunting on the Internet

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     Job hunting has become an easier task to accomplish today with the use of the Internet. Computer savvy job hunters have a clear advantage over those still bound by traditional means. Richard Nelson Bolles, author of What Color is Your Parachute?, has written Job-Hunting on the Internet to provide a concise guide to seeking employment through the use of online technology.      This book is actually an updated and expanded treatment of material first published in What Color is Your Parachute? Readers are provided with a number of online resources that list jobs, assist them with writing Web-friendly resumes, offering employment counseling, and providing other helpful information. Bolles offers his readers with reviews and links to the more popular and productive Websites from among the many available to them.      This modestly priced book offers several benefits not available from most other books. It can be read within an hour with full comprehension, it cuts through a lot of heavy wording to make reading a breeze, and it's compact size makes it easy to hide from the view of prying eyes! It's 5" x 7" size takes up little room in a briefcase, purse, or travel bag. It is written in a friendly, non-threatening manner that will inspire self-confidence during the job hunting process!      Job-Hunting on the Internet will make a nice gift for anyone seeking employment, including high school and college graduates. It also makes a great give away gift for employees facing the loss of their jobs due to company downsizing. It is also great for other give away events such as conferences, workshops, and job fairs. Don't let the small size of this book fool you. It is loaded with valuable information anyone can use to find the right job for themselves. Try it yourself!

If you already know how to use the many search engines that are out there, don't waste your money. Everything in this book can be found with the use of a search engine. Plus, you will get the correct site address. There are many site addresses listed in the book that are incorrect.

Comfortable book for the beginner. Doesn't hold out as much hope for the internet for a job hunting source as I do. (Perhaps due to the age of the book. I found my last two jobs via the internet. The book is easily read, and can give the beginning job hunter some great places to start. One hint for those beginning a job hunt. Hunt! Do Job Searches on each engine you use and submit your resume directly to the listed jobs. Don't wait for the recruiter to bring your resume up on line.

Having seen previous editions of this book, I was pleased to find that the book has been expanded and updated; it's even physically bigger than before. Some chapters appear to have been completely rewritten; the ones on Internet research and job sites are especially good. The authors also have a web page for posting updates to the book, a necessary addition for any book about the Internet these days.
The book does not list every possible job site on the net; but it does list the ones the authors think best, and they explain why. They also explain the best ways to use the net for researching companies, professions, and jobs. I thought the book much more honest than many others available on the subject. An excellent book for any job hunter these days.

Richard Nelson Bolles designed this guide to be used with his book; What Color Is Your Parachute? He gives a realistic picture of the pros and cons of job hunting on the Internet. He lists sites where you can find; 1) Job announcements; 2) Places to post your resume; 3) Information on organizations that interest you; and 4)People to connect and network with. Four years after the book is published, addresses are probably out of date. However, he reviewed the sites personally and has written a knowedgeable book about the actual experience of using the Internet.

This review was adapted from Learning A Living; A Guide to Planning Your Career and Finding a Job for People with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Dyslexia by Dale S. Brown

This is a little companion volume to Richard Bolles's "What Color is Your Parachute?" (By the way, the best color for a parachute is "golden"--- but if you have one of those parachutes you don't need Bolles's books.)

It is--- just like the title says--- a guide to job-hunting on the net. It consists of 500 or so capsule reviews of various pages and sites. The selection is a little too heavily weighted towards career-coachy type stuff, and he wastes space on some rather generic sites (e.g., the Weather Channel's site), but it's still a useful selection. Every listing gets more or less the same weight, which means that an essential site like Google or Monster gets only a few more sentences than forgettable career-coaching sites.

It is written for a novice audience, and like many books written for a novice audience, it confuses the novices while still insulting the intelligence of the more advanced readers. (Happily, the insult is cushioned by Bolles's gentle good humor and readable writing style.) The book might have been more useful for everyone, even the novices, if he had upgraded the technical content a little.

This little book shares the strengths and weaknesses of Bolles's other books. There's a lot of sensible advice mixed in with an equal amount of fluff. And most of the tips in this book seem intended more to keep you busy doing research and searching for information than to show you where to look for an actual job.

Although he mentions that companies now do more hiring off their own websites than off job boards, there is virtually no information on how to mine info from companies' web sites. There isn't even any info on how to use companies' "Careers" pages.

This book is definitely not worth the twelve buck cover price, but you can get it for less it might come in handy.