FlipDog.com
purports to deliver "the Internet's largest job
collection - all direct from the source - employer Web sites." Using
breakthrough technology from WhizBang! Labs, FlipDog claims to cull
job listings from five times more
employers each week than other job sources do in a year. FlipDog says it lists
more jobs than Monster and HotJobs combined.
States FlipDog's Web site: "We've collected jobs you won't see on any other job
site-jobs from big and small companies, public and private organizations or
anywhere at all. If it's out there, we've got it."
FlipDog's technology crawls the World Wide Web and links to job
openings found on employer Web sites. FlipDog.com presents a
comprehensive directory of jobs found on the Web.
That's what we like about
FlipDog.com
-- that it searches *employer* Web sites
for job listings and is not dependent on employers paying to have jobs
listed on its site. You can search by geographic area, type of job, and/or
by company.
QuintZine's Special Feature with Dr. David Helfand
Dr. David Helfand, author of Career Change: Everything You Need to
Know to Meet New Challenges and Take Control of Your Career, advises
knowing your own strengths and interests as key to a successful job search.
He says job-seekers can create their own good luck.
This issue, Dee Dee is frustrated because the jobs she's applying
for seem to require a lot more experience than she has -- even though
she's educationally qualified:
Dee Dee writes: "I was writing to ask you about a common problem I
seem to be having upon graduation with my Bachelor's and Master's
degree. Most of the companies want you to have 5-10 years of
experience before you can even apply for this position. I worked
full-time while in school, but not always within my field. I worked
in my field about 2 years and now I don't know what to do. I am a
26-year-old female who is ready to start working ASAP. I have
subscribed to National Business Employment Weekly, read the Sunday
Newspapers from all over the world, looked over career and job Web
sites, and these things continue to astonish me. Please help, I am
becoming
Erin is a 14-year-old who would like to get an early start on the job market
and find out more about what she'd like to do as a career:See the answer here.
Another reader, an attorney, is considering a career change and wants to
know if further training is worthwhile:See the answer here.
And a reader who was recently promoted found that no new title or
compensation came with the promotion. The reader is wondering whether to
look elsewhere:See the answer here.
Q TIPS: Quick and Quintessential Career & Job Tips
Everyone
knows to shake hands at the beginning of a job interview,
but not every job-seeker knows what a nice touch it is to extend
your hand for the "exit handshake" at the close of an interview.
The exit handshake, along with some "it was nice to meet you" pleasantries
ties up your interview in a neat package and never fails to impress
employers.
Don't overlook
university career-services offices as resources for
career help, even if you're out of college. Most career-services offices
offer services to alumni -- sometimes for a nominal fee. Many
career services offices have reciprocal arrangements so that if you don't
live near your alma mater, the closest university career office may offer
services to students and/or alumni of your school. It can't hurt to
ask, and you may find a wonderful and inexpensive resource open to you.
Those follow-up
phone calls after you send out your resume and cover
letter can be so important. A sales director we know at a high-tech company
tells us he has about 300 resume on his desk at any given time. When he
receives a follow-up call from an applicant, the first thing he does
is look for the caller's resume AND that resume gets moved up to the top
of the stack. The follow-up caller has demonstrated persistence, interest
in the company, and the savvy to position himself or herself well to be
be interviewed.
Latest Additions: New Sites Added to QuintCareers
Ants.com -- a freelance marketplace
that helps match independent professionals with businesses intent on outsourcing projects that can be completed remotely.
Free to join, but charges the contractors a 5% commission on the value of the project.
CollegeA2Z.com -- a search
engine and directory all things college, from listings of colleges and universities, to scholarships, careers, media, college-related
products and services, and much more. Part of the Student Media family of quality college sites.
hcareers.com -- a recruiting and
job opportunity site for the hospitality industry. Job-seekers can search through thousands of hotel, restaurant, casino, resort,
chef, cruise ship, catering, and all other hospitality jobs and/or post your resume (including an option to post your resume
confidentially). Free to job-seekers.
MyInternetOptions.com --
provides a way of evaluating employee stock options values to help you determine the true value of various stock option offers
when negotiating salary.
Find even more additions to Quintessential Careers by visiting our
Latest
Additions section.
Quintessential Careers: Coming Attractions
Look for:
An expanded cover letter and resume service coming online later in May.
QuintZine: Topics in Upcoming Issues
WATCH FOR feature articles on these topics in upcoming issues of QuintZine:
For new grads: What the Real World is like * Pantsuits vs. skirtsuits for
interviews * Internships * Case-based and behavior-based interviews *
A Personal/Career Mission Statement * Online Assessments *
* How a SWOT Analysis can help you market yourself *
Uses of a Functional Resume * Should your resume contain an objective? *
Where to find practice interview questions on the Web * salary negotiation
by guest author, well-known expert Jack Chapman * culturally competent resumes
for global jobhunting * how to choose a college * Q&As with well-known career
experts . . . and much, much more!
QuintZine
A publication of
Quintessential Careers
Publisher: Dr. Randall S. Hansen
Editor: Katharine Hansen
ISSN: 1528-9443
