Archive for May, 2009
Get the free job hunters’ toolbar
May 15th, 2009
Just a quick post to let you know that I’ve put together a free toolbar for you to download. Don’t worry, it contains no adware or any of that stuff.
Once downloaded, the toolbar sits on your web browser and allows you to do most of your on-line jobsearch in a fraction of the time. It contains a permanent link to a UK Job Search Engine (powered by Google), resource links to some very useful job search videos as well as the top UK job news stories (and of course a link back to the Get Me Off The Dole website!).
I recommend you download the Toolbar today (It’s Free) and if you’re not happy with it for any reason, you can easily uninstall it again without any difficulty.
There’s no catch – nothing to buy. All the resources that you can access from the toolbar are free too!
The download link is: http://getmeoffthedole.ourtoolbar.com
Good luck with your job hunting.
Get Me Off The Dole on Twitter
May 14th, 2009
It seems that every man and his dog are on Twitter these days so I thought I would see what all the fuss is about. At first glance, it looks like a bunch of people with nothing better to do than send silly text messages to one another. You would think that people would have better things to do. If you read some of these messages you’d think everyone’s gone nuts – I certainly did (I still think many of them have anyway).
It seems that some of the largest companies, celebrities and politicians also use this medium. In fact Twitter has grown so much that it is even more popular than CNN!.
After doing some real digging I found that you can be amongst the first to hear the latest news on practically anything. In fact some of the top news agencies also use Twitter to get tip-offs for the latest gossip.
Here’s a little tip. Go to Twitter Search (http://search.twitter.com) and type in the following into the search box:
jobs uk create OR new
When you see the search results, select the news item by clicking on the web address (URL) which begins with ‘http’. So what good is this? Monitor these results frequently to do some prospective job hunting. Remember about the “Hidden Job Market”? Well this is one avenue. These jobs won’t necessarily be advertised yet. Take the initiative and write to the Human Resources Manager.
Like me, I’m sure this will change your perception of Twitter. It is one seriously useful tool.”