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Your 24/7 Online Job Search Guide

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Looking for work is serious business that affects not only the lives of job seekers, but also the lives of many others around them. Need some hope and encouragement? Read on!

Your 24/7 Online Job Search Guide by Lamont Wood offers most job seekers the opportunity to learn about the options available to them online. The book covers the major job finding Websites and many lesser-known ones that target specific industries. Additional instruction includes use of the Web, e-mail, newsgroups, search engines, how to compose and post resumes and cover letters, online manners, interviewing tips, and information about many very helpful online resources for job seekers to take advantage of.

Without a doubt, Monster.com has established themselves as the largest and most popular online marketplace for job seekers and employers to find each other. I still recall peering through a Chicago transit train window several years ago and viewing a blimp hovering over Wrigley Field with "Monster.com" in orange lettering. What an impact the sight made. Lamont Wood devotes an entire chapter and other commentary to this outstanding service. His instruction is concise, accurate, readable, and easily understandable. Anyone not familiar with Monster.com will be able to find their way around the service with very little trouble. Readers will learn how to compose and post their own resumes, search for jobs, and obtain job training and other related services.

Not to be left out are other services that make their own contributions to the job finding landscape as well - including CareerBuilder.com, Dice.com, HeadHunter.net, HotJobs.com, JobsOnline.com, and Vault.com. Other Websites featured are listed by category in areas such as academia, banking, college students and recent graduates, consulting, engineering, finance, freelancing, general, information technology, internships, law, medical, sales and marketing, science, and temping. Readers will learn about the wealth of articles, tips, and instruction these Websites have to offer them.

While the Internet has opened up many real opportunities to match prospective employees with employers, it has also opened up opportunities for identity theft - and plenty takes place. Lamont Wood unravels some of the elaborate schemes operated by unscrupulous people who obtain personal information for the purposes of defrauding merchants, banks, and their targeted victims - their strategies are shocking and their work can quickly ruin anyone's credit rating. Wood offers sound advice concerning the posting of personal information online. You can be sure - other people online are looking for some to use!

Another concern for job seekers are the countless get-rich-quick scams that lure victims with claims that they can make a lot of quick money from the convenience of their homes. Scams such as multi-level marketing, medical billing, bulk e-mail, envelope stuffing, and craft/assembly work are quickly and soundly debunked.

Lamont Wood has written one of the best online job search books available today. His wit, charm, and background makes an excellent contribution to any job finding campaign. The book is packed with essential information about online services, preparing online resumes, online networking, online resources, and various technologies that can be used to find employment. It's must reading for personal, classroom, and workshop use!

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