Monday, March 26, 2001		The world of  dot.com

Make your resume heard

THERE are some who need a job and then there are those itching to hop on to something better. Whether he is a professional seeking a job abroad or an NRI wishing to settle in India, the Net provides job opportunities to all.

An Indian career Web site, naukri.com, is a forum where employers, placement agencies and job seekers can exchange information. Here the surfer can advertise and search for a job and also browse through resumes and get information about other Indian and international career sites. Names and information about 400 placement agencies and 100 employers is available on the site. Besides information about various educational institutes all over India offering different carrier courses is available. Article on how to write resume, negotiate salary, switch from one country to another are available. You can also get your resume written by a professional. About 5 per cent of the surfers are NRIs wanting to return to India. This site claims to have over 50,000 vacancies.

It is one of the leading global online network on careers connecting companies with qualified career-minded individuals. The site can help job seekers to expand their career, providing continuous access to the recruiting companies, as well as interactive, personalised tools to make the process effective and convenient. Features include resume management, a personal job search agent, expert advice on job seeking, career management and free newsletters. It also provides some important interview tips.

Jobspider.com also offers real-time job postings, complete company profiles and resume screening.

An Indian career portal connecting high quality Indian talent with the organisations in India and abroad, this site claims to have 6,00,000 registered candidates, 6 million page views, 2500 corporate clients and 10,000 jobs. The site also offers a unique voice resume facility. You can get information about India’s top-of-the-line companies on their process of recruitment. From this site you can pick up tips on improving the existing resume and get tips to improve the interview skills. The site also provides discussion board where job seekers, employers and other career professionals can actively share thoughts, ideas and questions.

This site develops and provides companies with ‘innovative’ hiring products and services. The site’s popular consumer job board provides a resourceful and dynamic exchange between opportunity seekers and employers. For opportunity seekers, www.hotjobs.com is a non-stop career solutions resource that offers advanced privacy features and searching technology. Here you can create an online resume, control its privacy, set up an automatic job search agents and track job applications. Member companies enjoy access to hundreds of thousands of resumes as well as progressive Web-based recruiting functionalities and an "award-winning" applicant tracking system.