Employment Opportunities:
A Click Away

The process for finding a job has changed over the years, and paralegals need to be aware of and be able to use some of the latest tools to access today's job market. There are now web sites you can research which will give you tips on resumes, contacts, networking, and even tips for your personal appearance. Some web sites merely give you information about the job market or the prospective company with whom you wish to interview. In any event, you are allowing yourself to fall short if you do not spend some time in doing computer research before you hit the street for your new job.

Here are some of the web sites easily found on the internet.

http://www.monster.com
This web site offers career advice, resume help, interviewing tips, job profiles, FAQ's, expert advice, and even allows for feedback. Job postings can be searched by keyword, location or region, or by company name.

http://www.lawmatch.com/nala.html
This site allows you to post your personal profile on their web site where employers can review the information when looking for workers to fill their job openings. You can also search for job opportunities by geographic location.

http://www.governmentjobs.comon ever-increasing area of litigation.
To find a listing by location, or a job description, along with salary range, visit this web site. It lists government jobs in all categories, including legal positions.

http://www.jobs.com
If you need help writing a great resume, visit this site. There are career development resources, a job search engine, job postings, and applicant management tools. One also has access to career development experts through this web site.

http://www.hotjobs.com
This site covers one of the most important essentials in job hunting: negotiating and understanding benefit packages. Read the articles before talking to a prospective employer.

http://www.hg.org/employment.html
The Hieros Gamos Career Center has useful information for anyone attempting to enter or maneuver within the legal field. Information is given on career strategies, employment laws, legal directories, and tips on how to create a resume and prepare for job interviews.

http://www.oakton.edu
This site offers tips on writing electronic resumes. They emphasize using keywords in your resume that will come up when employers do a search. One of the main suggestions: ". . . if resumes were flavors and a computer could choose, the choice would definitely be vanilla."

http://www.employment911.com
Tips for your resume, posting your resume to 4,000 job sites, and an online task scheduler for getting a job is available at this site.

http://www.businessknowhow.com

This site offers advice for electronic resumes and paper resumes that are likely to be scanned into the computer. Three types of resumes are listed:

1. Paper resume which becomes scanned by the employer.
2. E-mailable version.
3. Multimedia resume posted on the internet.

http://www.provenresumes.com
This resume site offers a quiz to rate your resume with a look at whether your resume will generate the salary and interviews you want. Your resume is explained in terms of financial worth; how it contributes to your income, career growth and standard of living.

There is a multitude of resources from which paralegals may look for new career opportunities. . .We are now being offered an even wider means of researching jobs through the click of a computer. Use it!