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StartWire: Organize Your Online Job Search

abhijeet — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:01:42 +0000

The thing about applying for jobs online is that it can get really messy and time consuming after a while. StartWire is a web based service that wants to make this easy for you and also take care of the most important part of the entire process. Namely, getting a followup on your job application from the company you applied to so that you aren’t kept in the dark about the status of your application forever.

You can track applications by either forwarding the confirmation emails to apps@startwire.com or use their “Track a New Application” button.

Apart from sending you automatic updates and organizing your job search, it also helps you find connections through LinkedIn which can aid you in your quest for getting hired in the best possible manner. Overall, a must-try tool for all the job seekers out there.

Features

Centralized dashboard for all your job applications.
Get followup emails from companies on time.
Connect with people who matter.
Similar tools: Applymate, Rezscore, Wheretowork, and Hireroom.

Check out StartWire @ www.startwire.com (via Lifehacker By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

KareerMe: Easily Create & Track An Online Resume With A Video Pitch

Umar — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:01:26 +0000

While looking at your resume, employers are trying to understand the kind of person that you are. But words on paper can never do a good enough job of describing who you are. What you need is a way to present your actual self along with your resume. This is precisely what KareerMe lets you do – by letting you add a video pitch to your online resume.

KareerMe provides multiple packages with the free package letting you create up to 3 resumes and the premium packages letting you create more resumes. The site publishes your resume on a unique URL that you can share with potential employers. Your online resume contains not only the traditional fields such as experience and education, but also a video of yourself. You can add this video to help your employer paint a complete picture of you.

File attachments with your resume are also supported. Viewers of your resume can download the cover letter and the resume itself as PDF files.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you create and track resume online.
Lets you add a video pitch to your resume.
Supports file attachments.
Lets resume viewers download your resume as a PDF file.

Check out KareerMe @ https://www.kareer.me (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

Kinzaa: Create Visually Appealing Resumes Online

abhijeet — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:01:12 +0000

Simple and boring text based resumes seem to be going out of fashion. If you are looking to spice up your resume a bit for your next job interview then you might want to give this web service called Kinzaa a shot. It helps you build visually rich infographic resumes that actually look like infographics. Sign up with them, enter the data and let it do the rest. It’ll host it online and give you the address, something like kinzaa.com/yourresume that you can share with others.

The resume will have colors, charts, pictures.. basically all of your information presented in an interactive and visually appealing interface. Who knows, this might just increase your chances of getting hired next time.

Features

Create infographic like resumes online.
Resumes will contain data in the form of text, charts, pictures.
Pre-defined template for best results.
Get a web address for the resume.
Similar tools: Resunate, ResumeBaking, Resumesimo, ReZScore, Praux, JobSpice and TheResumator.
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Check out Kinzaa @ www.kinzaa.com (By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

TechCompanyPay: Find Out What Big Tech Companies Pay Their Employees

Hammad — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:01:28 +0000

TechCompanyPay is a recently launched startup by an ex-Google employee which allows you to search what salary top companies pay for different positions in their company. To get started with the service, all you have to do is type the company name and then the city in which you want to check the salary for specific positions.

One thing to note though is that the amounts TechCompanyPay shows are average salaries paid by companies and therefore may not be 100% accurate.

The service also shows users the top companies in terms of salary which includes Twitter, Apple, LinkedIn, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and AOL. The average salary in Twitter is a whopping $120,000 while the remaining companies pay close to this amount. You may not be able to search for every company at the moment as the service is still new.

Features

Simple and easy to use.
Check what salary top companies pay.
Similar tools: LinkedLeak, SalaryShare, GetRaised, MySalaryWiki, GlassDoor and CostOfLiving.

Check out TechCompanyPay @ www.techcompanypay.com ( via TechCrunch) (By Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

Resunate: Easily Create Job Specific Resumes Online

Hammad — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:01:59 +0000

If you are a job seeker, your resume is the most important thing when it comes to impressing your future potential employers. To help you design a professional and attractive resume is a service known as Resunate.

Resunate is a useful web application which makes the resume creation process really simple and easy. A really useful feature of Resunate is that it helps users create job-specific resumes using semantic technology. Once registered, you can fill in the required details such as your contact information, educational background, work experience and other relevant information.

After filling all the relevant details, just click on the Create Resume button in the header. It will ask you whether it is for a specific job or just an open resume. Once created, you can either save the resume in PDF format or share it with any employer or colleague via email. You can select from various resume templates created by different employers and career coaches.

If you want, you can even upload your resume from a PC or import your resume from LinkedIn.

Features

Free and simple to use.
Create a visually appealing resume online.
Offer various resume templates.
Manage unlimited resumes.
Upload a resume from PC or import from LinkedIn.
Save your resume online, download it or share it via email.
Similar sitess: ResumeBaking, Resumesimo, ReZScore, Praux, JobSpice and TheResumator.
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Check out Resunate @ www.resunate.com (By Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

Identified: A Professional Job Search Engine

Hammad — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 03:01:50 +0000

There are many websites on the Internet which helps users find relevant jobs. But in order to apply through these websites, users must go through long registration forms which might be a time consuming task for most job seekers. But thanks to Identified, this problem can now be solved.

Identified is a professional job search engine which uses your Facebook information to rank you on a scale of 0 to 100 which is based on the person’s qualifications, work experience and network. This score is used by companies to find the right person for specific jobs.

For example, the companies may search for engineers with scores between 50 to 75 and the person may be contacted if he or she meets the requirements. Colleges and companies are also ranked on Identified. On the other hand, the institutions and companies are also ranked on the same algorithm.

To get started, all you have to do is connect your Facebook account and it will fetch all the relevant data from your Facebook profile including your education background, work experiences and networks. It may ask you to add more information about yourself if they are not listed on your Facebook profile.

Once the setup is complete, it will redirect you to your Identified dashboard with your overall score which will be used by companies and employers to find you. You can even check the professional marketplace where it will show the recent activities of the companies registered with Identified.

Features

Simple and easy to use.
Invite friends to join and improve your score.
Gathers data using your Facebook profile.
Site listed with more than 40 million users, 60,000 companies and 8000 universities.

Check out Identified @ www.identified.com (via Forbes) (By Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

CareerNotify: Get Notifications Of Changes In A Facebook Friend’s Employment

MOin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:01:32 +0000

Do your Facebook contacts include people you would want to hire in the future? If yes, then the best thing to do is to track their employment so you can make them an offer as soon as they are available. Here to help you do that is a web service called CareerNotify.

CareerNotify is a free to use web service that provides a valuable service. Whether it is somebody you are interested in hiring in the future or simply a friend whose career you want to track, you can use this website to track the employment changes of your Facebook friends. All you have to do is create an account on the site and then connect it with your Facebook account. Next you select the Facebook friends you want to track. Optionally you can add keywords to look out for and be notified of.

When CareerNotify detects a change in employment or one of your added keywords, it sends you an email notification. This way you always stay updated with the career of your Facebook friends.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Tracks the career of your Facebook friends.
Detects changes in employment.
Detects keywords you assign.
Sends you email notifications.
Also read related articles: 5 Career Tools You Can Use To Pinpoint Your Career Aptitude, 7 Websites That Will Help Your Career With Company Information and Top 10 Most Effective Job Search Websites.

Check out CareerNotify @ www.careernotify.com (by MOin from Urban Savior)

TheInterviewr: Record Telephone Interviews Quickly & Easily

abhijeet — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:01:08 +0000

TheInterviewr is an innovative service that makes recording telephone interviews hassle-free. It connects with Twilio and Box.net to get the job done. Twilio lets the tool connect to the telephone lines and both the interviewer and the interviewee get an SMS when it is scheduled to begin. Then, at a click the interview can start and be recorded.

Box.net, the cloud storage service, stores all of the notes and documents that the interviewer writes during the interview. Once all is done and finished, a recording is available instantly online.

Twilio works only in the US and Canada so I am assuming that this applies to theInterviewr as well. The site could be a boon for anyone who frequently conducts interviews over the phone and finds it difficult to keep track of what was said by the person on the other side.

Features

Record telephone interviews easily.
Uses Twilio and Box.net.

Check out TheInterviewr @ theinterviewr.com (via ReadWriteWeb By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

ResumeBaking: A User-Friendly Website To Create Free Resumes Online

Umar — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:01:06 +0000

Online resume creation apps often make creating a resume a lengthy operation. Here to simplify the process by letting you create an online resume that is also downloadable, is a website called ResumeBaking.

In addition to offering various visual templates, the site also offers numerous resume fields that are customizable. From objectives to qualifications all fields are covered and all are customizable. You can also upload documents as references for your resume. Your finalized resume can be published on a public URL, or kept private if you wish. You and the URL visitors can view the resume online and download it as a PDF file.

Resume viewing and downloading stats are also shown to you. Jobs notifications are emailed to you for your benefit.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you create online resumes.
Provides numerous customizable fields in the resume.
Lets you download the resume as a PDF files.
Lets you share the resume online with others.
Provides you with resume viewing and downloading stats.
Similar tools: Resumesimo, ReZScore, Praux, JobSpice and TheResumator.
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Check out ResumeBaking @ www.resumebaking.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

Resumesimo: Quickly Create A Visually Appealing Online Resume

MOin — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:01:48 +0000

In today’s competitive job market, your resume needs to stand out from the competition’s. Therefore a plain black and white curriculum vitae simply won’t do. Here to help you create a more attractive resume is a service called Resumesimo.

Resumesimo is a web service that lets you create resumes according to your preferences. You can select a visual template that has the layout and color theme that expresses you the best. Before you select a template you can preview how a finalized resume will look with that particular template.

After your selection you can start filling out information such as past job experiences, qualifications, educational background, etc. With your resume completed, you can download it on your computer and then take a print of it. Alternatively you can share the resume’s online version on social networks or provide a link to it on your account profiles on online job portals.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you create a resume.
Offers various visually appealing resume themes to select from.
Makes you resume available online and downloadable by you.
Similar tools: ReZScore, Praux, JobSpice and TheResumator.
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Check out Resumesimo @ www.resumesimo.com (by MOin from Urban Savior)