Searching for jobs online could be both time consuming and frustrating. However, online job search is fast becoming a favorite in this fast-paced world of ours. In this section, I will showcase to you how to make use of some valuable tips and techniques that would make your online job search a more quicker, effective and favorable experience.
• Visiting the website of the organization
This is one of the most efficient ways of searching out jobs online. Most companies place ads about available openings in their corporate websites. It’s easier and less expensive for them. What you do is log on to the company’s website by typing their web address on the internet address bar. If for instance, you are interested in UBA, all you do is type in www.ubagroup.com, search out the section that bears employment opportunities, career, press release, vacancies, what’s new or news buttons and click.
Some organizations will even make provisions for you to submit your CV/résumé in their site. You should know that most job applications are made online even when they have been advertised in news papers and the electronic media. So always have the soft copy of your CV ready and saved in your email box.
Are you wondering how to get the corporate websites / contacts of multinational companies in Nigeria? Cast your worries aside. They have been made available in the very last episode of this book.
• Make use of the right keyword in your search
Going to the websites of some firms to search for job openings might be tedious and not specific enough because there are different categories of job openings in any firm ranging from the engineering, administrative to marketing departments,etc. This is where using the appropriate keyword comes into play. All you need do is type in the position and the company into the search engine box of say Google. For example, you could type something like “Engineering Jobs in ExxonMobil”
• Use quotes your job search
Using quotation marks for your search will give you the exact result of the pages you are looking for. Had we just typed into the search engine, “Engineering jobs in ExxonMobil” without the quotes, we would have gotten a whole lot of irrelevant results but when we typed “engineering jobs in ExxonMobil” we got just the relevant pages.
• Post your résumé online in social networking sites and forums
This is the in-thing now when it comes to on-line search and I cannot begin to name the number of persons I know personally who have gotten good jobs just by posting their CVs/résumés online. Many companies now go online to search out qualified candidate for a particular opening in the firm without having to go through the rigors of interviewing hundreds or thousands of candidates. They frequent online job portals like www.jobsearchnigeria.com or social networking and forum sites like www.facebook.com, www.linkedIn.com, www.naijahotjobs.com,etc.
I know of a friend who got a job in Port-Harcourt as a project manager when an oil-servicing firm found his CV online. It is essential that your online résumé/ CV contain the correct details. It should outline all your duties, responsibilities, skills and abilities. You should include everything that a prospective employer would want to see. Make sure you have all the correct keywords in your CV that will attract the employer and make it easy for them to locate you online. Include sufficient contact details to enable them get to you without difficulty.
For instance, you should type the heading “resume” or Curriculum Vitae” on your post online. Make sure that at the top of your résumé, you have the title, something like “résumé of Okafor Jennifer.” It should be on a separate line from the body of your CV. Your file name should then bear keywords to both identify and market you. For example, “marketing-agent-okaforjennifer-resume.html. Post your résumé/CV and let locating jobs online really work for you.
• Visiting the website of the organization
This is one of the most efficient ways of searching out jobs online. Most companies place ads about available openings in their corporate websites. It’s easier and less expensive for them. What you do is log on to the company’s website by typing their web address on the internet address bar. If for instance, you are interested in UBA, all you do is type in www.ubagroup.com, search out the section that bears employment opportunities, career, press release, vacancies, what’s new or news buttons and click.
Some organizations will even make provisions for you to submit your CV/résumé in their site. You should know that most job applications are made online even when they have been advertised in news papers and the electronic media. So always have the soft copy of your CV ready and saved in your email box.
Are you wondering how to get the corporate websites / contacts of multinational companies in Nigeria? Cast your worries aside. They have been made available in the very last episode of this book.
• Make use of the right keyword in your search
Going to the websites of some firms to search for job openings might be tedious and not specific enough because there are different categories of job openings in any firm ranging from the engineering, administrative to marketing departments,etc. This is where using the appropriate keyword comes into play. All you need do is type in the position and the company into the search engine box of say Google. For example, you could type something like “Engineering Jobs in ExxonMobil”
• Use quotes your job search
Using quotation marks for your search will give you the exact result of the pages you are looking for. Had we just typed into the search engine, “Engineering jobs in ExxonMobil” without the quotes, we would have gotten a whole lot of irrelevant results but when we typed “engineering jobs in ExxonMobil” we got just the relevant pages.
• Post your résumé online in social networking sites and forums
This is the in-thing now when it comes to on-line search and I cannot begin to name the number of persons I know personally who have gotten good jobs just by posting their CVs/résumés online. Many companies now go online to search out qualified candidate for a particular opening in the firm without having to go through the rigors of interviewing hundreds or thousands of candidates. They frequent online job portals like www.jobsearchnigeria.com or social networking and forum sites like www.facebook.com, www.linkedIn.com, www.naijahotjobs.com,etc.
I know of a friend who got a job in Port-Harcourt as a project manager when an oil-servicing firm found his CV online. It is essential that your online résumé/ CV contain the correct details. It should outline all your duties, responsibilities, skills and abilities. You should include everything that a prospective employer would want to see. Make sure you have all the correct keywords in your CV that will attract the employer and make it easy for them to locate you online. Include sufficient contact details to enable them get to you without difficulty.
For instance, you should type the heading “resume” or Curriculum Vitae” on your post online. Make sure that at the top of your résumé, you have the title, something like “résumé of Okafor Jennifer.” It should be on a separate line from the body of your CV. Your file name should then bear keywords to both identify and market you. For example, “marketing-agent-okaforjennifer-resume.html. Post your résumé/CV and let locating jobs online really work for you.