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

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Just a few years ago, you could upload your resume to one of the top jobs sites, click a few times to apply for some jobs, and consider your job search well underway. Today, that isn't enough. The job market is becoming increasingly competitive. Hiring managers are overwhelmed with applications and are looking at new and different ways to recruit online. Hiring has changed and so has job searching. It's more complicated than it used to be and job seekers need to be prepared to use all the online job search tools to their advantage. Online job searching often seems like it can be a complicated endeavor. It doesn't have to be - there are tips and tricks you can use to make the process run smoothly and simply. Alison Doyle will provide you with everything you need to know on how to build your career and find a new job.

Goals for the reader: This book will provide you what you need to know and step you through the process of online job searching, professional branding, social and professional networking, and career building with uncomplicated advice, tips, and techniques on how to effectively find a new job and grow your career.

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"This is an important book and a must-read for all job seekers who don't want to be left behind yesterday's hill. About.com job search guide Alison Doyle unwraps the mysteries of Internet job search, the transformative technology that increasingly determines who gets what job. Living in a super-competitive job market, it's now crystal clear that the decade-old strategy of zipping-off-resumes-to-job boards-and-waiting-for-a-call isn't working the way it once did. In 'Internet Your Way to a New Job', Alison rounds up and explains in plain words all the new tools (which, like Blackberry resumes, seem to have been invented last week). Her topics range from branding yourself and smarter online networking, to confidential job search and trendspotting (what's likely to be invented next week). Millenial or Boomer, trust Alison to make understanding the new tools easy for you."
Joyce Lain Kennedy, Syndicated careers columnist and author of 'Job Interviews For Dummies, 3rd Edition'

"It is very timely and refreshing to see Alison Doyle capture the true power of career networking and the urgent priority of developing an online presence to prosper in today's Internet-driven world! Her play-by-play professional brand building techniques and optimization tactics put success within everyone's reach! With more than 64 million active Facebook users today and more than 17 million professional LinkedIn profiles online, it is not surprising that employers are turning to these leading networks as a top recruitment source, and Alison has done a brilliant job of not only identifying these 'must-use' job seeker networks, but she has provided the online tools to take your career to the next level! This is a supurb resource and practical guide for every active or passive job seeker!"
Julie Craft, VP, Simply Hired, Adjunct Professor & Career Consultant

"Job seekers are competing against thousands of others who are taking full advantage of the speed and efficiency of online job searches. Alison Doyle clearly explains the steps, resources and tools necessary to land a job in today's workplace. This will help anyone looking for a new job!"
Paul Forster, CEO, Indeed.com

"Alison Doyle gets it. With the development of new Web 2.0 tools, the rules of job searching have dramatically changed. Internet Your Way to a New Job goes beyond just showing you how to hunt for jobs. It shows you how to be the hunted."
Rob McGovern, CEO of Jobfox and author of Bring Your "A" Game.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Happy About (March 11, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600050913
• ISBN-13: 978-1600050916
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #991,485 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Online Job Searching Made Easy, March 27, 2008

By	Susan Heathfield (Michigan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cutting Edge Guide to Using the internet for Job Search, March 20, 2008

By	Mike - See all my reviews

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.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Overpriced little book, April 26, 2008

By	Sonic Reducer (Belmont, MA USA) - See all my reviews

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.