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    Navigating Job Boards

    Randstad RiseSmart's 70/20/10 rule recommends you spend no more than 10% of your overall job search time looking
    for posted job leads. Randstad RiseSmart does the heavy lifting of finding job leads for you so you can focus on other
    areas of your search. Use the following tips to maximize your efforts searching on job boards.

    General Tips for Using Job Boards


    Using jobs boards effectively goes beyond exhaustive searches. You should be viewing job boards as another
    networking resource to find and be found, and as a piece of your target generation strategy.

    SAVED SEARCH ALERTS Maximize your time by creating saved search alerts which will send appropriate jobs
    directly to your email inbox. Use the Boolean search strategy detailed below to create the search alerts and tweak your
    search parameters as necessary before saving them to ensure you only receive relevant jobs.

    DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO POST YOUR RESUME TO JOB BOARDS.

     ARGUMENT FOR Some recruiters frequent job boards' resume databases to search for available candidates. If

    you do choose to post your resume, include your city and state only and consider using an email address
    dedicated to your job search. Generally it is best to focus on niche job boards for your location, industry, or
    position type. Use a Microsoft Word version of your document named with your target job title(s), not your name,
    and be sure to "refresh" your resume weekly so that it remains at the top of search results.

     ARGUMENT AGAINST You will get spammed. Be a savvy job seeker and thoroughly check everyone out before

    responding to inquiries. This is something you will have to accept if you choose to post your resume.

    Find the Right Leads: Boolean 101


    To find relevant results on job boards, try applying Boolean search techniques to limit, widen, or define your search
    parameters. When recruiters do a key word search these are the types of strategies they are using.

    There are five elements to these searches: AND, OR, NOT, () and "". By applying these appropriately, along with the
    keywords you wish to consider, you can create very specific search strings which will save you valuable time in filtering
    results. Here's how the operators work.

    AND The simplest function to apply. Any search terms that follow an AND command must appear in the result. For

    example: engineer AND java will give only the results that include both the word 'engineer' and 'java.'

    OR Provides options in a search. Use the OR command to create a list of possibilities for which only one match is
    required. For example, the following search phrase would give you results that contain one or more of the stated
    words: engineer OR developer OR programmer.

    NOT The command of exclusion. If there are closely related terms that mean very different things, then the NOT
    command is extremely valuable. An example could be: engineer NOT "hardware engineer." This would give you results
    that contain the word 'engineer,' but leaving out any that use the phrase 'hardware engineer.' The one major limitation
    with the NOT command is that it isn't recognized by Google. On Google you can use the minus sign (-) to exclude
    words.

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    " " Quotation marks are used to search for a specific phrase in the precise word order stated. Not using "" around a

    phrase will mean that each word is treated separately, usually with an assumed AND inbetween each one. For example:

     pork sandwich - would give results that contain 'pork' and 'sandwich,' but not necessarily in the same sentence or
    paragraph.
     "pork sandwich" - would give results that only contain the exact phrase 'pork sandwich'

    ( ) Using parentheses is essential for complex search strings, but their use can cause confusion. A clause within

    parentheses is given priority over other elements around it. The most common place that parentheses are applied by
    recruiters is in the use of OR strings. Perhaps a good example would be company names. If you have a list of target
    companies that you wish to find jobs in and would like to search for all of them at once, you might initially construct a
    command like this: IBM OR Oracle OR "Red Hat" OR Microsoft

    These are all large companies, so a search like this may generate too many results. If you wanted to find just jobs at the
    Manager or Director level, you might use: Manager OR Director. To combine both commands into one search, we use
    parentheses to tell the search engine that these are separate conditions. In order to tell the search engine that we want
    to see results containing either 'Manager' or 'Director' and also one of 'IBM,' 'Oracle,' 'Red Hat,' or 'Microsoft,' we may
    use: (Manager OR Director) AND (IBM OR Oracle OR "Red Hat" OR Microsoft). It makes no difference in which order
    the two bracketed sections go; the same results will be returned either way.

    EXAMPLE KEY WORD SEARCHES

    Below are a few examples of how you might apply Boolean search strings when searching for jobs you're interested in.

    Dan is looking for manager or director level roles in software engineering for companies who use Java technologies.
    Dan might use:

     (Manager OR Director) AND (software OR development OR engineering) AND (java OR J2EE)

    Mary has diverse experience in accounting and wants to work very close to home, so she wants to cast a wide net to
    view all available accounting-related jobs close to home. However, she noticed that many jobs ask for a CPA, which
    she doesn't have. Mary may use:

     ("accounts payable" OR "accounts receivable" OR AP OR AR OR accounting OR accountant) NOT CPA

    Rajesh has extensive experience in the semiconductor industry and is seeking a role in the sales, marketing, or business
    development field. He is very open to the level of the role, as he wants to see who is hiring in the space so he can pitch
    himself to the companies using his network. Rajesh may try:

     semiconductor AND (sales OR marketing OR "business development" OR account OR accounts)

    Smart Tip
    Remember to always follow up on jobs using your network! 1 in 10 personal referrals are hired; while only 1 in 219
    candidates found from online job boards are hired!

    NEXT STEPS

     Create and experiment with various search strings to see which work best for you

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     Set job search alerts so you can receive emails when new jobs meeting your preferences are posted
     Check out our tips about submitting online applications before your apply to the jobs you find!

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