Question:
How do I post my resume without my current job seeing it?
Lunar Sarah
2007-07-24 07:43:03 UTC
The short story is that I relocated to a different state and found a good job in my field of choice on an online job searching network before I moved.
After several months of employment, I've found that this position is not for me. I'd like to begin to search online again for other job positions in this area. However, I know my current employer actively searches for perspective employees on all the major job searching databases (monster, career builder, etc).
If my current employer's HR dept. finds my updated resume online (updated to include my current position), will that hurt my current job? I know if I'm searching for a new job I shouldn't worry about what they think, but in the off chance that I don't find anything better suited for me and remain at this job, I'd rather not create tension or doubt in my loyalty and job performance.
As a side note, the turn over rate in my line of work is relatively high.
Take the risk and post my resume or are there other options?
Two answers:
anonymous
2007-07-24 08:07:07 UTC
I really don't know how you can avoid being detected unless you use an alias and fictitious employers. That's the problem with job hunting on the net. There are other ways of looking for a job which are actually more effective.



There are multiple ways to gather information and to learn about industries and available jobs. You can:

Ø Use the internet and search company home pages and job sites

Ø Network with friends, family and colleagues

Ø Conduct research and contact companies directly

Ø Answer classified ads in newspapers, professional journals, and trade papers

Ø Attend job fairs and open houses

Ø Contact the placement office of your school

Ø Work with support groups

Ø Canvass community and civic associations

Ø Use an employment agency

Ø Look in the Yellow Pages and "cold call"

Ø Check state employment and service centers

Ø Call employment hot lines in specific companies



Career development specialists have found through experience that directly contacting targeted companies and networking are the job search methods that give the best results. The overwhelming majority of jobs (85 to 90 percent of them) are found this way. They work because they lead to jobs that are often not advertised widely, jobs that few people know about.



Peace and every blessing!











The Five Best Ways to Hunt for a Job. The five best ways to try to find a job, listed in order from lowest success rate to best, are:



1. Asking for job leads from: family members, friends, people in the community, staff at career centers -- especially at your local community college or high school or college where you graduated.



2. Knocking on the door of any employer, factory, or office that interests you, whether they are known to have a vacancy or not.



3. By yourself, using the phone book's Yellow Pages to identify subjects or fields of interest to you in the town or city where you are, and then calling up the employers listed in that field, to ask if they are hiring for the type of position you can do, and do well.



4. In a group with other job hunters, using the phone book's Yellow Pages to identify subjects or fields of interest to you in the town or city where you are, and then calling up the employers listed in that field, to ask if they are hiring for the type of position they can do, and do well.



5. Doing A Life-Changing Job-Hunt. A job hunt is just a job hunt until we come to that point in our lives where we want to set our feet upon a new path. When the traditional job hunt doesn't work very well at all. A life changing job hunt requires a different approach. You are contemplating radically shifting direction. This is called by various names. Sometimes it's called "Find Your Dream Job," Sometimes it is called "a career change."



Peace and every blessing!
toddk57@sbcglobal.net
2007-07-24 15:25:57 UTC
well: you know that " Yahoo! Hot Jobs is a place for Employment also check with Press Enterprise Career Search visit http://www.pe/jobsearch.com "


This content was originally posted on Y! Answers, a Q&A website that shut down in 2021.
Continue reading on narkive:
Loading...