Using Google in your job search

There are plenty of online resources you can turn to help with your job-search, but before you start learning about the latest and greatest job-board, are you making the most of Google?

There are four things all job seekers should do the moment they start looking for work:

1) Set up an alert for companies AND the type of job you are interested in. For example ‘‘Bloomberg + sales jobs’ OR ‘Thomson Reuters + sales jobs’’ will search for sales jobs at Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters. Add a full list of companies that interest you and rest in peace that Google will find anything new.

2) Employers and recruiters are searching for you online, so make sure you know what they will find. Set up an alert for your name – it’s not vanity, just a safety net.

3) If you have an interview, set up an alert on the company at least a week in advance, giving you a good chance to learn about the company and its leadership.

4) If you can’t find an ‘in’ at any of your target companies, set up an alert for the company AND the department you’d like to join. You never know ... it may just unearth a gem.

Business Insider
Feb 12