Your Best Friday Search Ever! Try These 3 Search Techniques Now

Your Best Friday Search Ever! (www.clicktogethired.com)

 

It's already Friday, arguably the best day of the week, so why not make today the absolute best day of the week for your job search? All week you've scanned the listings on Monster or CareerBuilder and clicked your way through countless sub-par jobs trying to find the one the truly matches your current skills and experience.

Just this month alone there are over 3 million job openings (according to the latest report from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics) available to job seekers nationwide. Where is your job? At www.clicktogethired.com we believe the right kind of search will open the door to finding that job.

It's not about how much time you spend searching online or picking your way through classified ads--it's how you go about using that time knowing some key search strategies that we'll share with you now. Use these three strategies to make this Friday the day you find that job:

1. Don't be afraid to use the "Advanced Search" feature within many of the major search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing. They are there to help you filter past unnecessary information and jump directly to what you want. Most have fields where you can include certain words or phrases, exclude words, search for jobs near a specific location, or posted during a certain time period. Try out many different kinds of searches to return the most complete results.
   
2. Use Boolean search operators for more control over your search. Thanks to 19th century mathematician George Boole, there is a better way to search Google, Yahoo, and Bing. Try these techniques:
    
• Use a space between search terms to indicate AND--such as IT jobs Cicso will return results for IT jobs AND Cisco
• Use "Or" between search terms to indicate a keyword OR another keyword--helps make your search more inclusive
• Use a minus sign "-" in front of a keyword to tell your search to exclude that term. An example could be, IT jobs -Oracle would return results for all IT jobs but not include references to Oracle
  
3. Search for jobs in unconventional sites using the Advanced Search and Boolean techniques. Sure, you search Monster and Indeed for jobs, but so does everyone else. Try searching on sites that are not designed job search boards but can yield job search results if you apply the Advanced Search and Boolean principles.
   
   
• Search Twitter for recent job listings
• Search Google Blogs for jobs submitted by real hiring managers and recruiters
• Search Pinterest boards for new jobs

We hope these strategies invigorate your Friday search and lead to your next job. For more tips and tested techniques visit us at www.clicktogethired.com.

Until next time,