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Working
Together
Links to Working Together On-Line
. Job
Sites ...
for Job Seekers & Employers
Both
We
first ran these links back in our first issues, but two things had us think it
might be time to run them again. First, with graduation and summer
vacation, some of you are going to be looking for work in earnest, and these are
some pretty decent sites for that. Second, back in our first issue, we had
something in the neighborhood of 165 readers, and not the more than 1,300 we
have now. So the odds are, as one TV station touts, if you haven't seen it
yet, it's new to you. ...
Vermont Dept. of
Employment & Training
The DET's web site is a solid offering,
with its Vermont Job Bank listing hundreds of opportunities, its Vermont
Talent Bank, which provides a resume listing service useful to both
job-seekers and employers. The site also offers a Help Share
classified section for temporary employment opportunities.
.
For the
week ending 09-25, the DET site had listed the following stats:
New or Edited Resumes Received...92
Job Referral
Applications Received... 493
Requests for
Publications... 3
New Job Orders ............. 34
Current Resumes on file...2,500
Over 62,196 Job
Referral Requests received to date...
Over 14,198
Resume Transactions received to date...
Over 1,569 Job
Listings received to date
.
That seems like a fairly impressive list
to us for our small state. The site also has direct links to web sites
run by local offices of the DET, including both the Middlebury
and Burlington
offices, as well as a Vermont Employer Resources section.
Rating
**** [4 stars].
. America's
Job Bank
You'll find the link to this site on the DET site
also. But we're including it here because it provides a solid resource
all on its own for those looking for work, as well as employers looking to
hire.
.
Similar to the DET, America's Job Bank provides a
comprehensive service, including both job listings and a resume
service. When we visited the site, it listed 1,433,219 available jobs
& 2,493,118 available job seekers who'd posted their resumes. The
one advantage of America's Job Bank is that you can search for employment or
employees beyond the State.
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First time visitors looking for jobs can
go straight to the search; however, there is an option for setting up a free
user account. Employers looking to find employees will have to fill
out a brief questionnaire, after which you can browse the available resume
listings, although you will not be able to view the contact info for them
until your registration has been processed, usually 3 business days.
This
is another site worth a look for anyone job hunting or looking for
employees.
Rating **** [4 stars]
. Career
Resource Homepage
The final offering this issue is the Career
Resource Homepage, a comprehensive directory of all things internet when it
comes to finding the work or the worker you're after.
.
The Internet
Job Surfer offerings are similar to the sites we've already looked at.
But there's also a few other useful resources here ... including
Employer's Direct, which, as the name implies, take you directly to employer
sites ... and Resume's Direct, which does the same for employers
looking for employees.
.
In addition to these listings, the site also
maintains a number of links to more targeted on-line employment services,
e.g., to "Career Placement and Cooperative Education Services provided
by educational institutions," "University Human Resources"
{which list both academic & non-academic positions}, CyberAlumni
-- a set of links to alumni services at the schools.
.
Finally, the
Career Resource Homepage also contains links of links ... a nice set of
links to other on-line career resources.
Rating ****1/2 [4 1/2
stars].
About Links to Working Together On-Line
The
amount of info on the web is enormous, as anyone who's ever tried to run a
search can attest to. To put it all in context, best estimates say that
only a fraction -- maybe 20 - 40 % of what's out there -- is actually making its
way to the search engines. Well, here at DownStreet,
we'd like to try to help. So each issue, we post a few links in Working
Together to sites that might interest you. Sometimes the links will be
related to one another ... sometimes we'll just offer up a somewhat
random sampling. Sometimes they're about Vermont sites, sometimes
not. Of course, while we can't vouch for the fact that
every link we provide will be of interest to everyone, we do our best to filter
out the noise and the bustle and focus on quality sites. ... In that
light, we hope you enjoy these sites as much as we have. . *******
******* If you know of any
links that you think are worthwhile, why not send them along to ...
links@downstreetmagazine.com
... If we agree, we'll be happy to include
them in an upcoming issue to pass the word along. ...
Thanks. *******
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