Hi, this is RJ Ritchie, Author of How To Write Your Rock Solid Resume.

Today we are going to answer these 3 questions:

1. What are some Online Job Hunting Tools?

2. What are Keywords - 5-10 second scans?

3.         Other Resume Tips should I consider while looking for your job?
   

4. What are some other ways to find a job?

What are some Online Job Hunting Tools?

I highly recommend Indeed. com, which takes hundreds of job postings and put them into one tool. You can search by location, job, salary, company, and more. You can also post your desire to look for a job. This is a great site and I have used it many times. If you do not know this site you can go to Indeed. com.

What are Keywords - 5-10 second scans?

Keywords are words that are found on the job description or company website. Put their keywords on your resume so it fits what the employer is look for. Let's say they are looking for a dedication team player who has technical experience. Then in your cover letter and/or resume, you need to input that you have technical experience and you were able to help your team out with this knowledge, which was extremely appreciated. When an employer or recruiter reads your resume they will spend about 5-10 seconds scanning your resume to see if your resume has any keywords on it that match what they are looking for. There is also a computer program called OCR software that will scan your resume and put those resumes that have keywords in one pile and those that don't in a special pile.

What other Resume Tips should I consider while looking for your job?

During your resume writing and job-hunting season, consider getting your own PO Box, 888 or 800 number and personalized email. This keeps your work related items separate from your personal life. You can get a PO Box at the post office for cheep, a phone number for ten bucks a months, and a personalized email (tim@timsmith.com, for example) from yahoo for cheep as well. Also, try to keep all your personal info private like your MySpace, Facebook, twitter, etc. as they can keep you from getting a job.

What are some other ways to find a job?

I recommend Networking at your locals clubs, churches, via meetup.com. You might consider signing up for those free business cards online and put your name, phone, and email and maybe your specialty on it with the back blank so you can write one it. Now at the network meetings as you get to know people and they ask you what you do for a living you can tell them you are currently seeking employment in your field. Ask if they would happen to know anyone in the field, they could refer and if they do ask if you can give them your card to pass along. You can hand your cards to them but on the back put down where you met and what type of work you are looking for. Hand your card to this person you meet and thank them for consideration of passing your card to there associates.