| It can be a daunting experience, for many
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| | visitors to their sites, but they
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| reasons, to do an employment search.
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| | are-unlike a lot of advertising that
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| Equally challenging, you might feel, is
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| | drives us nuts-most valuable sources.
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| the employment search you do online. You
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| | Besides plugs for doo-dads and stuff to
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| might have caught on by now to
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| | buy or pay for, they have advice columns,
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| Craigslist, but if not-or if you want to
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| | special interest sections, and calls for
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| extend the search-you either start there
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| | experts/job announcements. And they are
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| and/ then consider the many kinds of
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| | free!
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| networks and job banks and boards that
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| | I subscribe to five different newsletters
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| fit your skill sets, income needs, and
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| | for writers. Because of those, and
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| other particulars.
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| | because I read every little box, frame,
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| This can get intense. Employment
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| | passage, entry in every one, I have
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| searches can lead you to agencies,
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| | garnered about 50% of the job/gig leads I
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| advice, and attitudes you feel
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| | followed up on and landed.
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| overwhelmed by. Breathe. There's a way
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| | 4) GO DIRECTLY to the SOURCE
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| to "narrow" your search, making efforts
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| | Well, sort of directly. The newsletter
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| pay off, literally and figuratively.
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| | editor is the one who runs a site that
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| Now, as a freelance writer, I access
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| | centers on your field. Visit the
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| specific banks and boards, but my example
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| | website. (Don't gloss over the many
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| will hopefully help you clarify your own
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| | links that say "click here", in other
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| employment search process.
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| | words, no matter how many filters you
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| 1) COMPANY and LOCATION SEARCHES
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| | have up to visually block all that
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| Find job boards that have updated
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| | linkage.) Those same writer newsletters
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| classified for employment in your area
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| | have vested interest (creative,
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| and in major companies you might be
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| | intellectual, financial) in doing the
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| interested in working with.
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| | same work you are making an employment
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| For the Bay Area, for instance, Tribe
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| | search for, and typically feature a job
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| (sanfrancisco.tribe.net) features a
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| | board exclusively for professionals in
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| search engine and drop-down menu to look
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| | your field. A daily newsletter with
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| for jobs by company and category (field).
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| | writing leads also features high-paying
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| Considering your area of expertise, find
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| | and low-paying (ugh) job sections on the
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| the companies who employ your type, and
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| | parent site, In fact, besides a super
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| visit their help wanted/employment search
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| | archive of articles on writing, the site
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| seeking XYZ pages. For example, I
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| | is primarily one great, great (in size
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| consult many sites-like Pearson
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| | and quality) job bank. I have gotten at
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| Education-- belonging to publishers,
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| | least 25% of my gigs there.
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| visit their employment/jobs section, and
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| | 5) OPTION: NETWORKERS
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| look from there for any gigs I might be
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| | Just as many other professionals care
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| good for.
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| | enough about humans in the workforce and
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| 2) CAREER SEARCHES
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| | getting them into that workforce that
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| That is, for example, if you are a
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| | they have built businesses to connect
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| journalist, seek journalist, press, news,
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| | employers with employees and free agents
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| magazine, periodical ads at such places
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| | with clients. Yes, they usually cost
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| as NewsJobs.net, which offers postings
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| | something, so you might want to be the
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| for NewsJobs in the U.S., NewsJobs in
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| | kind of person who believes that it takes
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| Canada, and NewsJobs in the U.K..
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| | money to make money. But many are quite
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| In the same respect, when you do an
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| | successful at what they do. I have-in my
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| employment search on a major search
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| | reading and employment searching and
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| engine and are typing in different and
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| | career developing hours-read many
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| varied words and phrases, be as thorough
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| | accounts of how beneficial these networks
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| and thoughtful as you can. If you are a
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| | are…networks such as ScriptLance.com,
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| carpenter, look for more than just
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| | Guru.com, ELance.com, for specific types,
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| carpenter jobs. Type in all the
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| | and, for general sources, such network
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| variations you can think of for the word
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| | solutions planners as Careers.com,
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| carpenter-"carpentry," "builder,"
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| | HotJobs.com, JobSeeker, and Jobvertise
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| "building," "construction"-and all the
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| | will work for you and with you to find
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| different words you can think of for
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| | you a job in your area of expertise,
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| jobs-"careers," "help wanted," "needed,"
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| | location, emotional and intellectual
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| "places for." I found, for instance, a
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| | setting, and income bracket.
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| great publication called Places for
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| | Of course, the other 25% of my income
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| Writers, which is not dens and coffee
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| | comes from doing my own employment search
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| shops and what we would likely first
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| | elsewhere: in-person networking,
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| think of when we read the word "places",
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| | word-of-mouth (be good at what you do
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| but which is places calling for
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| | every time you do it!), and, of course,
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| submissions.
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| | the beneficent, beneficial, benefiting
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| 3) SUBSCRIBE to NEWSLETTERS in YOUR FIELD
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| | and fitting Craigslist!!!!
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| Newsletters are one of the greatest cogs
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| | Muna wa Wanjiru is a Web Administrator
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| in the Internet machine. They are used
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| | and has been researching and reporting on
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| by webmasters and web mistresses to get
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| | Internet Marketing for years.
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