Finding a Job in the Digital Age:
Preparing a resume and searching for jobs
online
Part Two: How to Search Online
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Join Communities and Websites
 Try both communities that specialize in
jobseeking (Monster, Careerbuilder),
and those that offer other advertisements
(Craigslist, Mlive)

How do I join a community?
 Go to monster.com
 Click “Sign Up!”

Joining a Community
 Almost every site online will require you
to have an e-mail.
 *TIP* Make sure your e-mail sounds
professional or respectable. Many
companies screen out by e-mail address.

Signing Up…
 Fill in the blanks:

Put Your Resume Online
 On Monster, you can Build your resume (Start
from scratch), Upload (if you already have one
made), or Copy and Paste (If you need to copy
the text from a website.)

Upload Your Resume
 Follow the directions on the screen. You
can Upload the resume you made in
Microsoft Word, and give it a name.

Start Searching!
 Just enter the kind of job you’re looking
for, and the area you’d like to look in.
You can narrow it down to city, or state.

USAjobs.com
 USAJobs is the site used by the
government to seek out employees.

USA Jobs
 Many of the postings on USA Jobs
require membership in a branch of the
armed forces or reserves.

Searching Other Sites
 Craigslist is a good place to look; they
don’t charge employers to put up a
posting, so there are a lot of options.

Craigslist
 Click on the type of job you’re interested
in to see what has been posted recently.

Craigslist
 Click on any underlined posting to see
details.

Craigslist
Most postings will tell you where the work is, the type
of work, what’s expected of you, and a contact number
or e-mail.

Craigslist Tips
 Because the site is free to post, occasionally
scams get through. Some visitors will post
warnings, but you should be careful, too.
Check out the company that has posted the job
by searching online.

Checking Out Craigslist

Mlive
 Mlive is a Michigan-based newspaper
website. Although some of its
newspapers have closed, it still shows
classifieds.

Mlive
 As with the other sites we’ve discussed,
all you have to do is enter what kind of
job you’re looking for, and where.