Career Research & Job Hunting

by Charline King

Overview

Online career research makes job searching easier.

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Career research and job hunting go together in finding the right position for a person's skill set and education. Although the Internet has become an invaluable source for career research and job hunting, offline techniques can also prove productive.
Offline Research

Offline career research consists of visiting the library to learn about chosen professions, job shadowing, or just reading journals and magazines. Offline research is important to get a real feel for the day-to-day activities of a profession.

Online Research

Online research can consist of searching websites including associations related to the chosen profession and companies that employ people in the career, and using Google and other search engines to find general job descriptions.
Job Hunting Offline

Beginning a job hunt offline usually starts with classified sections of local newspapers, but there are other resources. Consider local recruiting or headhunters, state job service offices, and applying to the companies you are interested in. Visiting a potential employer can put a name to a face and work in your favor.
Job Hunting Online

Online job hunting can entail searching career websites, visiting company website employment pages, reviewing craigslist.com, and searching online classifieds. Online job searches tend to yield more results simply because of the high volume of job listings that can be found on millions of web pages.
Considerations

Job hunting and career research can be time consuming and frustrating, but with the right combination of online and offline research and job searching, a job can be more easily researched and found.