TIPS ON SEARCHES

Conducting an online job search is somewhat like looking for a needle in a hay stack. You have to always keep in mind that the www is a giant world-wide library with no card catalog. Search engines and topical search tools can help to a degree. But in the end your success will depend on your persistance.

The key to successful job searches using the internet really start with effective uses of key words. Make sure you know what the current job titles are within a field and commonly used phrases within vacancy announcements. If you are a recent graduate, be aware that terminology within a specific resource occupation may be older than your knowledge.

Talk to currently employed resources staff and discuss how they advertise their job announcements. This may help you narrow your search objectives.

Conducting a Search

Internet Tutorials

Understand the basics of different types of searches.
 

Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial

Detailed tutorial from a major library on using the web to find information.
 

Google

Google ranks sites by popularity/use. This may or may not lead you to the types of sites you need so be perpared to look at multiple pages, in depth.
 

Dogpile

When you don't know where to start, try a multi-engine search.
 

Open Directory Project

one of the largest human edited directories currently online.
 

Environmental Web Directory

Billed as "Earth's Biggest Environment Search Engine".
 

Galaxy

Topical database, searchable by subject or keywords.
 

Yahoo

Possibly the oldest topical database on the web.
 

Infomine

Search scholarly Internet resource collections.
 

FedWorld

One of the federal government information portals.
 

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