February 2007
The Tried and the True
By
President of Workforce Associates
and author of
NetWork: Maximizing Your Career Resources on the Internet
Available online and in print from Author House
February 2007
The Tried and the True
By
President of Workforce Associates
and author of
NetWork: Maximizing Your Career Resources on the Internet
Available online and in print from Author House
Gary Johnson sent me an email recently that sent me down memory lane. He pointed out the first article about Internet job searching that BraveNewWorkWorld pointed to on January 29, 1996 from the New York Times. It featured Margaret Riley, a visionary librarian, who, as a labor of love, started listing job search sites for her patrons. You'll be glad to know that Margaret Riley Dikel is still hard at work, bringing excellent information to job seekers around the world through the Riley Guide that grows more voluminous every day.
Another visionary in the world of Internet job searching, this time from the perspective of recruiters, is Peter Weddle, whose annual guides and excellent advice have been available since the 1990's. Both Peter's and Margaret's columns and guides are carried by the venerable Wall Street Journal Career Journal section.
And here several among the most effective websites that have consistently shown up in both Peter's and Margaret's lists since the Internet job searching tools arrived on the scene:
Absolutely Health Care (AHC) offers thousands of specialized health care and medical jobs on the Internet.
According to their own numbers, at any one time, Absolutely has 275,000+ job postings in 100 categories of health care and medical recruitment at any one time.
You can search their employment database for jobs in healthcare and medicine, including Allied Health jobs, Nursing jobs, Office and Clerical jobs, Physician/Medical Doctor jobs, Professional jobs, and Service/Skilled Worker jobs.
In addition, job seekers can post resumes in AHC's resume database and let healthcare employers nationwide find you via their job search agents. AHC also has the capability to search for full-time, part-time, temporary, or per diem jobs, and travel positions. Its sophisticated system can also browse health care/ medical jobs by job categories, browse health care/ medical jobs by job titles, browse healthcare/ medical jobs by city/state, or browse healthcare/ medical jobs by company name.
Another formidable healthcare job searching website is HEALTHeCAREERS Network http://www.healthecareers.com/ that many of you will know by its original website name, MedHunters.
HEALTHeCAREERS is a healthcare recruitment network that relies heavily on job postings at 65 nursing, allied and physician associations, including 11 nursing specialty organizations. Participating associations provide hospitals and other healthcare employers with this single point of contact to recruit members via the associations' online job banks.
For example, the "American Nursing Association Nurses Career Center works closely with with HEALTHeCAREERS Network to provide a valuable employment service to nurses across North America,” said ANA Chief Executive Officer Linda J. Stierle. "The HEALTHeCAREERS job bank is as important a resource for our members seeking to build successful careers, as it is for the health industry which is facing serious nursing staff shortages. By combining our collective resources we are able to provide members the most extensive selection of quality reviewed nursing positions, backed by advanced, user-friendly functionality.”
HEALTHeCAREERS Network services to job seekers include the ability to post resumes, attach cover letters, receive e-mail notifications of new job vacancies, track current and past activity, and access personalized telephone support. With the merger of MedHunters into the Network, there is much greater capacity for job seekers to locate:
Current postings of 30,000+ available healthcare jobs in the U.S. and Canada; Exclusive relationships with the leading associations of medical and healthcare specialists, providing employers with exclusive access to their members, the most sought-after and qualified talent available.America's Job Bank (AJB) offers a range of websites from the Department of Labor (DOL) that pack a wallop for job seekers of all ages. AJB has been around almost since the beginning of Internet job searching. Here are innovative and solid sections of AJB for you to check out:
Educational resources, such as online magazines and background materials, that offer career advice that is especially relevant to healthcare professionals.
CareerOneStop is a new gateway to all of the job and career tools provided by the U.S. Department of Labor. CareerOneStop serves to unite America's Career InfoNet, America's Job Bank, and America's Service Locator into a single source, making it easy for you to move from one to the other as your information and service needs change.
Career Voyages is an excellent career exploration tool from the DOL and Department of Education. Different sections guide young people, career changers, parents, and even career advisors to resources and information designed to help with choosing and preparing for a career, moving from one career to another, guiding your child to a great career, or even assisting your clients in their search. Many of the sites resources you'll recognize but this makes one great and easy to us package for exploration and discovery. In early 2005, a Career Compass was added, incorporating Holland's RIASEC codes into the product while also making it even easier for users.America's Career InfoNet is also a part of the America's Job Bank network. This is a tremendous source of information on hundreds of occupations and can help you identify transferable skills used by many occupations, what industries employ persons in these occupations, and what compensation you can expect.
Look at the Wages and Trends section for fast access to the occupational information. You can select a menu item or use the Keyword search to target potential occupations. These reports will link you to all the relevant information for these occupations, including tasks, skills, industry trends, and job listings through America's Job Bank. The Career Resource Library is searchable by keyword from the home page, and the Frequently Asked Questions are now searchable.
Try their Employability Checkup tool. "The employability check-up is designed to provide you with a snapshot of your ability to find a similar job at a similar wage if you became unemployed today."
Occupational Outlook Handbook is the latest online edition of this bi-annual handbook from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). It lists a wealth of career information for a wide range of occupations, including a brief review of important features and "what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects."
Users can access this information by conducting a keyword search for a specific occupation, by browsing an "occupational cluster," or by browsing a listing of all occupations in alphabetical order.
Career Guide to Industries is also available from the BLS. It provides information about careers by industry, including the nature of the industry, working conditions, employment, occupations in the industry, training and advancement, earnings and benefits, employment outlook, and lists of organizations that can provide additional information.
Occupational Outlook Quarterly is published quarterly by the BLS. It features articles with practical information on jobs and careers. Topics cover a wide variety of career and work-related topics such as new and emerging occupations, training opportunities, salary trends, and results of new studies that the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts.
O*NET Resource Center was created for the general public-to provide broad access to the O*NET database of occupational information. This database includes information on skills, abilities, knowledge, work activities, and interests associated with occupations. O*NET includes Information for over 950 occupations and each occupational title and code is based on the most current version of the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. You'll like searching O*NET by keyword or code and enjoy the ability to see which occupations are similar to yours and which ones use the skills you already have.
Next month we'll explore more websites that have been around for a long time and that still are growing and expanding. In the meantime, keep your electronic resumes coming to me. I always enjoy helping you present your best to potential employers!
I can always be reached at jlommel@WorkforceAssociates.com
Jane M. Lommel, Ph.D.
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