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Job seekers know, it’s brutal out there.  Giving yourself every advantage in your search for employment plays a vital role in landing the job you desire. That being said, in a media savvy world, there really is no excuse not to investigate and find out everything you need to know about a prospective employer before you ever walk through the door for your first interview.

But in reality, very few people spend the time and energy needed to accurately research a company in a way that will positively impact their interview, the company, and their own potential employment.

If you are serious about wanting the job, you must do more than just apply with a wait and see attitude. In the current employment environment, you have to give before you get that job. Begin by actively researching the company BEFORE you submit your resume. Companies are looking for those diligent candidates who are willing to put in the work right from the beginning. Don’t just go to the company’s website and look around for a minute or two. Really check them out. Locate, read, and dissect their mission statement, vision, and goals.

Also check out the “Career” section of their site. Some corporations may not have much of anything here, while others will offer you a step-by-step guide to their hiring process. I have even seen companies with videos of actual employees by region and job talking about the company and of course how much they love their position. Use this information to your advantage! Companies such as these are basically spelling it out for you. Some even show you what they want you to wear.

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There’s something job boards aren’t telling you.

Have you ever thought that if you figured out the search techniques, you would be able to find your dream job?

You click on the advanced-search function, fill in the blanks and hit return. But the matches still aren’t what you’re looking for. Despite improved functionality on many leading job sites, advanced-search functions are overwhelmingly under-used.

In fact, only about five percent of job seekers use advanced search functions, says Jonathan Duarte, founder of online job board GO Jobs.

Duarte attributes the low usage of advanced-search functions to several factors, namely that they involve too many steps and that many job seekers are not trained in Boolean searching, the use of “and” and “or.”

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Do you work in a predominantly Christian workplace? Increasingly, Christian job boards are making this mission, as some put it, a reality.

My take on the job boards that match “followers” with “Christian employers” is that a Christian workplace is at least partially about excluding non-believers who may undermine their value system.

This statement on Christian Staffing’s website summarizes the mindset: “Have you dealt with staff problems including stealing, fraud, sexual harassment, lack of work ethic, tardiness, etc? We did, and so we have decided to try to hire people we knew had a good reputation … and more specifically followers of Jesus Christ.”

In a pitch to Christian recruiters and employers, Bill Clark, Director of Sales & Business Development for ChristianJobs.com, writes on About.com that there are 200,000 job seekers on their site each month. “These folks are in need and we believe that it is our responsibility as members of the body of Christ to help them in every way possible,” writes Clark. “As such, we invite you to visit our site and see if you can embrace our mission … expressing your faith by posting your positions ….”

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A site called Job Profiles recently published a list of 100 specialty job boards apparently to help recruiters hunt for qualified job seekers in a dozen different fields.

True, that doesn’t cause my pulse to race either.

Yet, for job seekers, specialty boards may be an essential place to promote your resume. Think about it: you’re a bigger fish in a much smaller pond.

Personally, I also think you should participate in the Monster, HotJobs and Career Builder sites too. Because, after all, why not? These are passive approaches and the odds strongly suggest that you will need to take other steps as well to get hired.

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Monster didn’t become a job board colossus by disrespecting anyone’s privacy. In fact, safeguarding identities is a critical component of its commercial success, not to mention its little understood info-tech prowess.

But the purple beast has a target on its back. Some job seekers who have entrusted Monster with personal histories and contact data have been victimized by phishing and e-mail scams.

I received an email from Monster Friday that contained the following warning:

“We have recently become aware of a fraudulent (”phishing”) email, claiming to be from Monster, which was sent to a large group of Internet users, including some of our customers.

The fraudulent email, which may be personally addressed, directs the recipient to a fraudulent website to download a Monster “Hiring Tool”, “certificated utility”, “Job Seeker Tool” or other program that the email claims is needed to continue to use Monster services.

Please be aware of the following information should you receive this email:

   – The fraudulent email is NOT from Monster. It contains “spoofed” domain information designed to mimic a Monster address.

   – This email was sent [to] millions of consumers, not just Monster customers, hoping that those people who are Monster customers will react to it.”

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