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A Walk Through Job Board Posting With SC&C Before Posting • • You may choose to create a unique email address specifically for job mail. This keeps your job related email in one place and out of your primary email box. You can get additional email accounts from your current service provider or online for free through hotmail.com http://login.live.com/login.srf?id=2 or yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com/. Create an ASCII text document; This can be done by; open your resume file, under "File", select "Save As". On the corresponding screen you should have the option to "Save files as type..." From the list presented, choose "Text" or "Rich Text Format". The file extension will be .txt or rtf. Job Board Listings • • • Within your profile, beneath resources, you will find job board sites listed by Industry, State and also Diversity job boards. Once you have selected your specified industry you will be able to choose from a link list of job boards sites, which will redirect you to each job board. Also, please be sure to update and replace your existing résumé with the résumé specifically designed for you by Stewart, Cooper & Coon on sites which you may have previously posted your résumé prior to you campaign. Steps to Posting your Résumé • • • • • Most sites offer a step by step posting process (see examples) Which you can easily follow by selecting “sign up now“, then fill out the appropriate fields to register In some cases; beginning with creating a username and password (please be sure to write this down and keep it in a safe place) Then entering name, addresses, e-mail address, phone number, confidentiality information, etc. Each site will take you through different screen’s where you will answer multiple questions, such as; industry type, occupational area, desired compensation, highest degree earned, date you are available to start a new position, etc… Attaching Your Résumé • Cut and Paste Résumé – Open your resume in your word processor then press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + A to highlight your entire resume – Then press Ctrl + C – Switch back to the “Add a Resume” form – Click in the “Resume” field and use the shortcut Ctrl + V to paste your resume – Scroll through and make certain that all the text was transferred. • Upload Your Resume – This feature allows you to upload a Word document or plain-text document directly to the sites resume format. – If you have a pre-existing resume in another program, you can save time by uploading by clicking on the “Browse" (see sample). • Build Your Resume – This feature allows you to follow a step-by-step guide, some sites require you follow these steps, my suggestions is that you use your resume to cut and paste the requested information into each field Specialized Job Search Agents • Specialized Job Search Agents can be set up, within the job boards which will send job matches via email based on your search criteria, when applicable. You can easily do so once you have posted your résumé, by filling in the appropriate information requested specifically by each job board • Most Specialized job search agents identify the following optional fields: – – – – – • Keywords – Creating an ACSII text document can help identify keywords, (instructions to do so are located in your job search briefcase), you can also use a job title • A keyword search will scan entire job postings for any matching terms Location – Select all relocations areas that you may be interested in Industry/Job Category – specify the industries you are interested in Time Frame – Specify how recent you want your results to be Salary Range – Specify the income level desired Once you’ve created a specialized job search agent the site will email you their latest job openings, based on your criteria, daily or weekly whichever you prefer After Posting • • • After you have entered a your information, uploaded, cut and pasted, or built your résumé you may choose to keep it active or deactivate add, remove, and thoroughly edit resumes as needed. Managing your résumé properly will allow you to be on top of all the occurrences pertaining to your job search as well as, view how many employers are seeing your resume. One of the most important aspects of posting your résumé is making certain that your visibility is at the highest level on the job boards. In order to maintain a highly visible résumé, you must perform an update or “refresh” of your résumé on a regular basis. Our suggestion is that you run an update of your résumé weekly. As thousands of résumé’s are posted to the Internet each week, your goal will be to keep your résumé on the fast track of each site, increasing your chances of being “seen” by potential employers. Several of the sites have a “refresh” feature built into the site which, when selected, will automatically refresh your résumé on the job board. Other sites require you to update the résumé in order to accomplish the same task. This requires you to access your resume, then modify the text. One simple text change is all that is needed to signal the “crawler” that this is a new résumé. Our suggestion is a simple change such as removing or inserting your middle initial.