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A blog for students and friends of Washington State University Vancouver's Digital Technology and Culture Program

Jobhunter.com

 From Career News:

April 27, 2009	The Career News	Special Edition
The Latest News, Tips and Tools For Your Career

New Service Eliminates Job Search Frustrations  Staff Writer, The Career News LOS ANGELES, CA -- While the Internet can be a great place to search for jobs, it can also be time consuming, tedious and highly frustrating. Just to cover your bases and avoid missing an opportunity, you have to go to several job sites every day and search each one separately. Then when you find jobs you like, you have to submit your resume & cover letter over and over for each one, (and hope you didn't waste your time applying for the same job twice). Even after applying it's next to impossible to keep track of where you applied for follow-up. Worse yet, you don't really know how many other people applied to the same job before you did. Good news though. A new service called MyJobHunter.com solves all that & more! Here's a summary of how MyJobHunter works... First, MyJobHunter.com instantly searches ALL major job sites for jobs matching your criteria. Next, you'll review a list of job matches and put check marks next to the ones you like. Then, press a SINGLE button and your resume and cover letter is sent to the jobs you selected. It's that simple! They'll even personalize your cover letter with each job application. You can login any time to review jobs applied to, and even add follow-up notes on each one. Check out the Auto-Apply feature... You can even tell MyJobHunter to keep searching for jobs matching your requirements, after you've logged off. When it finds a match, it automatically applies with your resume and a personalized cover letter (without applying to the same job twice). Plus, it sends you a daily report of all the jobs you've been applied to so you can follow up on your favorites. This way you'll never miss an opportunity and your resume gets there before the competition! For example, let's say you're looking for an "Accounting Manager" job within 10 miles of where you live. You can easily tell MyJobHunter to find and show you jobs within 10 miles of your zip code that have "Accounting Manager" in the job title. If you like all the jobs you see, click a button and MyJobHunter will automatically find and apply to new jobs matching that criteria every day.  The best part is you can set up as many Auto-Apply searches as you want. It's like hiring your own personal recruiter to search the whole internet and apply for the perfect jobs for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Here's why it works... Most employers find qualified applicants within the first group of resumes they receive. That's why MyJobHunter really works. It gets your resume in the hands of interested employers immediately after their jobs are advertised and long before your competition.  Additionally MyJobHunter helps you win the job search numbers game. It's simple. Apply to as many targeted jobs as possible, right when they become available, and you'll increase your chances of landing one faster.  Some MyJobHunter customers report immediate feedback and interviews within 2 days. For others it takes longer. Either way it's important to make sure that when the perfect job comes along, you don't miss it and your resume gets there first. Try it for yourself! Be in the right place at the right time... Many people think finding the right job is a matter of luck. We don't agree. It's really more a matter of timing. Wouldn't it be great to be in the right place, at the right time -- all the time. MyJobHunter will help you do that, and save you hours and hours of work along the way.  This service is proven to reduce hours of job searching and resume submitting to just minutes. Simply upload your resume, enter your job search criteria and let MyJobHunter do the rest. You'll never miss a job opportunity and you'll get your resume there before the competition!  Why not eliminate your online job search frustrations? Check it out at MyJobHunter.com.

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Resume Tips

 From Careerbuilder:



http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/04/08/cb.make.resume.stand.out/index.html



These tips are good ones.  I especially recommend the "Functional Resume" style it suggests.  It is a far better approach for newly graduated men and women than the "Chronological Style."  If you are unfamiliar with the Functional Resume, come by and see me. 



--Dene

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Upcoming Career and Networking Events

Below are upcoming career events and networking opportunities for students and alumni:

Resume Workshop,   Monday, April 13^th 12-1pm, FSC 104

Learn strategies for creating the best resume for any job, internship or graduate program.

Interviewing Skills Workshop,   Tuesday April, 14^th 12-1pm, FSC 104

Learn the essential skills to answer tough questions and impress any employer.



*networking opportunity* Diverse Careers, Diverse People:  A Professional Career Panel

Tuesday, April 14^th 4-5:30pm FSC 104

Professionals from Nike, Target, US Fish and Wildlife, Engineering and Healthcare will be on the panel.  All students/alumni encouraged to attend!  Learn about potential career paths from professionals with diverse backgrounds and experience.  Pizza will be provided. 



Making the Most of the Career Fair

Tuesday, April 21^th, 4:15-5:15pm FSC 104

Prepare for the upcoming career fair including networking strategies and what to expect from this type of event



*networking opportunity* Pathways Career Fair and Information Day

Tuesday April 24, 11-4pm Vancouver Hilton

Network with a variety of professionals through the career fair and employer roundtable information sessions.  Participate in a variety of workshops and fine tune your interviewing skills and resume.  This event is sponsored by Clark College, The Columbian and WSU Vancouver.  WSU Vancouver students are encouraged to attend and it is open to the public.



New Alumni Job Searching Seminar

Tuesday May 12, FSC 104

A workshop for students who have graduated in the past year.  Attend one workshop or all offered!

RSVP to clundeen@vancouver.wsu.edu



Morning Session:  10am-2pm

10am: Resume/Cover Letter Writing

11am: Interviewing Skills

12pm: Lunch (Provided)

1pm:  Job Searching Strategies

OR

Afternoon Session, 12-4pm

12pm: Lunch (Provided)

1pm:  Job Searching Strategies

2pm:  Resume/Cover Letter Writing

3pm:  Interviewing Skills

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Cool Free Software for You Windows People

 Yes, I know you are out there.  Multimedia authoring students in the DTC Program secretly harboring a Windows computer and waiting for the day that your computer will be cool.   Well, keep hoping. . . Just kidding. Here are some very good software programs for your computer.  30 of them.  Check them out. http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/01/30-essential-pieces-of-free-and-open-software-for-windows/

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