| The job search has one more face: now you can | | | | created for this purpose. |
| place your 'position wanted' ad on Internet | | | | |
| message boards or in classifieds. Of course, | | | | 3.Updating your ad can't get easier than |
| placing ads in the classifieds is nothing | | | | this. You can go on refining your ad very |
| new. Again, it is not without its share of | | | | easily and whenever you want. Be specific in |
| pros and cons. But, now the hot point of | | | | stating who you are and what you want; |
| discussion is the advent of help wanted ads | | | | eliminate any possible ambiguities in the ad |
| on the Internet and their pros and cons. | | | | language. Furthermore, you can also specify |
| | | | the salary you expect. |
| When someone got through to an interview a | | | | |
| couple of years ago, it was not the usual | | | | Cons Of Position Wanted Ads |
| thing, for it was because he had advertised | | | | |
| on the positions wanted classified. | | | | This is the other side of the coin which |
| | | | can't be completely eliminated. Here are a |
| Pros Of Wanted Ads | | | | few cons of advertising yourself: |
| | | | |
| There are many upsides to advertising when | | | | 1.There are not too many websites to |
| you are in need of a job; you can do this in | | | | advertise position wanted ads; therefore, the |
| addition to posting your online resume. You | | | | low popularity attracts very few recruiters |
| can use this combination cleverly by linking | | | | and hiring managers. Secondly, they draw far |
| them to each other. However, the clear | | | | less web traffic than resume databases and |
| advantages of posting "position wanted" ads | | | | job placement sites, meaning that headhunters |
| are here: | | | | and job seekers prefer resume databases to |
| | | | placing ads. |
| 1.Since these 'job wanted' ads are placed by | | | | |
| you, you can be sure that you can use the | | | | 2.Technically speaking, both resumes and ad |
| space to your advantage. Try to post the | | | | sites are equally searchable depending on the |
| message exactly as you want it. It gives you | | | | optimization work that they have had done. As |
| flexibility and freedom to plan your ad | | | | all are keyword searchable, the keywords play |
| yourself. Be prepared to spend a few dollars | | | | a key role in making your ad searchable. |
| if you want to do this. Some placement | | | | |
| advertising sites ask for a monthly fee, | | | | 3.Some recruiters appear to disregard |
| which ranges from $9.95 to $29.50. | | | | advertisers as desperate people wanting a job |
| | | | but that still couldn't pick up the phone and |
| 2.They keep your identity almost anonymous by | | | | talk to recruiters. |
| automated transmission of messages to your | | | | |
| mailbox. Websites protect their candidates' | | | | Other cons may include misusing of your email |
| identity and privacy very strictly so replies | | | | ID by spammers and junk mailers. However, |
| and all correspondences thereafter will be | | | | when all is said and done, and when all that |
| channeled through them. But when they allow | | | | matters is bagging a good job, it is not a |
| personal identity, use a free email account | | | | bad idea to advertise yourself. |