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When I Work: Easily Schedule Employee Shifts Online

Umar — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:01:23 +0000

Calling your employees or having them call you for shift notifications can be inconvenient. Businesses where employees work in various shifts need an automated solution that notifies employees of their shifts and makes it easier for the employer to manage the shifts. This is precisely what a web service called When I Work offers.

When I Work is a web service that helps employers manage the shifts of their employees. You start by creating an account on the site and then adding the employee positions. Next you add employee names along with their email addresses and phone numbers. You can assign a position to each employee and specify shift timings on the online schedule.

Employees can find out about their shifts in numerous ways; they can check the schedules online on their computers, use the iOS and Android apps to check shifts, or get notified through Facebook and Twitter. Employees with regular phones can find out about their shifts via SMS.

When I Work offers a free account if you are going to manage up to 5 employees; for more employees, When I Work offers premium packages that come with 30-day trials.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Helps manage employee schedules.
Offers Android and iOS applications.
Notifies via text messaging and social networks.

Check out “When I Work” @ http://wheniwork.com (By Umar from AllthatIsApple)

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)

ZoomShift: A User-Friendly Web App For Scheduling Employee Shifts (Free Licences)

Umar — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:01:23 +0000

Workplaces such as restaurants and many other places all have multiple people working together but at different times. In such cases an employee shifts schedule is essential. But writing up a schedule on paper and matching it with other timings can be inconvenient. Here to offer an online alternative is a web app called ZoomShift.

ZoomShift is an excellent web service that lets you create a schedule for your employees online. The main idea is to let the manager sort the schedule online and put it up on display for other employees to check on the company’s ZoomShift page. The schedule is shown just like any other calendar but with the added feature to filter employees. You can assign different shift timings for different positions or even for the same position. Shifts appear with their timings as well as their duration.

Employees who join the page can select the ways in which ZoomShift will notify them of any available shifts for the added positions. Notifications can be received via email as well as texts.

ZoomShift currently offers a 30-day free trial. The regular service can be resumed after the trial by opting for one of the paid packages that begin from $25 per month. The developers of ZoomShift have offered 10 x 6 month free (Basic plan) accounts to MakeUseOf readers. Be amongst the first 10 to comment and get your account.

Features:

A user-friendly web service
Lets you schedule employees online
Provides employee schedule online
Alerts employees of available shifts

Check out ZoomShift @ http://www.zoomshift.com/ (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

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)

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)

LinkedLeaks: A Useful Tool To Find Out If You Are Being Appropriately Paid

MOin — Thu, 12 May 2011 03:01:38 +0000

Getting appropriately paid for your job is a major factor in job satisfaction. The best way to know if you are well paid is by comparing your salary with others in the same professional field. Here to help perform such a comparison is a tool called LinkedLeaks.

Linked Leaks is a free and simple to use web service. You can start using the website by linking your LinkedIn account with it. Next you can confidentially share salary information with your LinkedIn contacts by interacting with them via LinkedLeaks. Your exchanges are visible only to you and your counterpart. A salary comparison with somebody whose job is similar as yours will quickly determine whether you are underpaid or overpaid.

In cases when you feel your counterpart is lying about their salary, you can rate the exchange as “cheating”; others will be able to see this on your counterpart’s profiles.

Another helpful feature is “salary range”; it helps determine the range of salaries of your colleagues.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you compare your salary with colleagues.
Works through LinkedIn.
Shares salaries confidentially.
You can mark an exchange as “cheating” if you feel your counterpart is lying about his salary.
Lets you learn the salary range of your colleagues.
A helpful to determine whether or not you are appropriately paid.

Check out LinkedLeaks @ www.linkedleaks.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

Otipo: A User-Friendly Employee Shift Scheduling Tool

MOin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:01:17 +0000

Call centers, pharmacies, and hospitals often keep a record of employees’ shifts in registers and on paper. This type of storage is inflexible and often to check a little detail you have to flip through a dozen pages. Here to offer a far better solution is an online service called Otipo.

Otipo is a user-friendly shift-scheduling online service that will serve all organization where employees work in shifts. You start using the site by selecting one of the predefined organizations – call center, pharmacy, restaurant, hotel – or define one of your own. Next you enter the names of the employees whose names will be appearing on the shift schedules. An intuitive schedule is loaded up that you can easily customize.

The schedule is divided into shift cells that display the availability of each employee. Employees can log into their own Otipo accounts to mark their availability and check which shifts they are scheduled for. Shift data for each employee can easily be viewed from the scheduling page.

Features:

A user-friendly employee shift scheduling online.
Works excellently for all organizations where employees work in shifts.
Employees can login to mark their availability and view their shift times.
Similar tools: ShiftPlanning and RotaBoard.

Check out Otipo @ www.otipo.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

Pdfcv: Quickly Create CV’s Online & Download In PDF Format

MOin — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:01:19 +0000

The process of creating a CV is often slowed down by decisions like which fields to enter, which themes to employ, which fonts to use, etc. What you need is a tool that takes care of all these things for you and gets right down to the business of forming a CV. PDFcv is this tool.

PDFcv is a free to use website that lets you quickly create a CV online and then download it in PDF format in one of two available themes. You start by signing up for an account on the website or logging in through your Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, or Google account. Next you browse through the available tabs that define various sections of your CV. These sections include contact information, work experience, education, skills, etc. The tabs have predefined fields; you can add additional fields if you want and fields not applicable to you can be left blank. You can also import all this information from your LinkedIn account.

The finished CV can be easily downloaded in one of two themes: Solid and Fancy Blues. Additional themes are promised to be added soon. Your CV is made available in PDF format and can be viewed with your default PDF viewing program.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you quickly create a CV online.
Contains predefined sections and fields.
Provides two themes you can download the CV in.
Lets you import data from your LinkedIn account.
CV is made available in PDF format.
Similar tools: CeeVee, CVMaker and HappyCV.

Check out PDFcv @ www.pdfcv.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

Zoho Recruit: Easily Track Job Applications

abhijeet — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:01:51 +0000

Zoho Recruit is a robust and feature-rich applicant tracking system that can track and organize job applications effectively thereby helping Human Resources executives in speeding up the hiring process. Like other Zoho tools, it’s completely web-based. It generates a list of candidates who’ve applied for a position and the number of current openings, and can also extract resumes from email attachments, job sites, etc and then aggregate them in one place. Just like any project management tool, there’s one main dashboard and various tabs for different tasks.

The free edition of the tool lets one recruiter track up to 5 job openings. You can add extra features at an extra cost. The tool has a huge number of useful features which you’ll only come to know once you start using it for hiring.

Features

Applicant tracking and management tool.
Web-based, integrates with other Zoho apps.
Can also parse resumes from a number of different sites and services.
Similar tools: HRLocker, ShiftPlanning and TaskBin.

Check out Zoho Recruit @ www.zoho.com/recruit (By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

Resume Builder: Create A Resume From Your LinkedIn Profile

abhijeet — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:01:25 +0000

Resume Builder is a free online service created by the LinkedIn Labs team that helps people turn their LinkedIn profiles into nice looking resumes which can then be easily downloaded and printed.

This could turn out to be a pretty useful service for those who’ve built detailed LinkedIn profiles. Now they can have all of that transferred over to an offline paper resume in one click. The process is simple – sign in with your LinkedIn account, choose a template, edit and add/remove details, and finally share or export it as PDF.

The resumes can be shared directly using email, or on social sites like Twitter and Facebook. I wonder what took LinkedIn so long to come up with this. But it’s there now so go ahead and get your resume done. No more typing and printing in MS Word.

Features

Generate resume from LinkedIn profile
Edit and add details. Use one of the templates they provide.
Export as PDF or share it via email.
Similar sites: ReZScore, Emurse, VisualCV and ResumeRace.

Check out Resume Builder @ resume.linkedinlabs.com/home/index (by Abhijeet from Guiding Tech)