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Job Search and Company Research

Job Search

PCC Pantherworks

Go to MyPCC – Paying for College tab – Pantherworks link is on the right side top – Need a Job

This is a job posting service for students and alumni. Accounts are automatically set up. Access is via your MyPCC – paying for college tab. The upper right screen is Pantherworks. Your PCC email is your username.

  1. You can search for employment and internships and work-study
  2. Post your resume for employer viewing or save it as a backup electronic copy
  3. Search the database for employer contacts
  4. Set up a “job alert/agent” to email you applicable openings – one daily email regardless of the number of categories selected or positions)
Job Club PCC/Source at Willow Creek
Job Search Tips, Articles/Videos, and Information

Start here: Job Hunting Tips 1 and Job Search Tips 2

Searching the intranet for job search advice can be overwhelming, to say the least. These are some sites that I recommend as they are the authors, bloggers, and speakers commonly quoted in popular publications. Note they all have free advice and also services for fees.

Articles and Websites
Job Search Spiders
Selected Posting Sites
Federal Employment
  1. pathways@opm.gov
  2. www.fedshirevets.gov
  3. www.opm.gov
  4. www.usajobs.gov
  5. www.usa.gov/government-jobs

Giving credit where it is due: Many of these websites came from Joshua Waldman Author of Job Searching with Social Media for Dummies.

More Selected Job Posting Sites

Resources for Employer Research and Networking

Information about Oregon firms
Databases for Company Research
For Government
For Non-Profit
For Part-Time

Article lists multiple sites

Salary Information

Salary Information Links

International Student – Job Search Sites

International Student Links

Social Online Networking Groups and Tools

Note of caution: Internet posts are forever! Photos or information you would not normally disclose in an interview may be posted on your or a friend’s page.

How to Use Linkedin.com
Networking Face-to-Face

You should make sure that you have a business card to hand out at a networking event, and any event can be networking. You can print the career/job title you are looking for on the card or write by hand. If you do not have a title in mind but do have skill sets you want to use, you can list them.

Online Resources for Inexpensive Business Cards for Networking
Volunteer and Non-Profit Resources
Password Manager and Online “Cloud Storage”
Career Support and Job Blogs

There are many listserves or blog forums on job search sites such as Careerealism, Indeed, Glass Door, Simply Hired, CareerBuilder, and Nettemps just to name a few.

Compliments of Mac’s List www.macslist.org. Many of the blogs listed below originate in Oregon and some of the writers mentioned contribute to Mac’s List.

Blog List

See more at: www.macslist.org/celebrate-valentines-day-with-14-job-hunting-blogs-we-love/#sthash.kzDqRbIr.dpuf

Miscellaneous Resources

Dreamer Resources

Annual Credit Report Request Service – www.annualcreditreport.com

P.O. Box 105283
Atlanta, GA 30348-5283
877-322-8228

You will need to provide:

  • Full name
  • Date of birth
  • SSN
  • Current address and previous address if you have not lived there for 2 years

Self Preparation

  • Know your strengths, values, interests, goals, and career/life desires.
  • Organize your search – know your energy limits and planning skills.
  • Polish your phone skills and written communication.
  • Spruce up your self-image and presentation.
Reasons to schedule an appt. with a PCC Career Specialist
  • I know exactly what job I want. I simply need to brush up on my job search tools (resume, cover letter, and interview skills). My immediate tasks are:
  • I know what field I want to work in, but I do not know exactly what job. I need to schedule and conduct research interviews. My immediate tasks are:
  • I have no idea what kind of job or field I am interested in. I need further assistance. My immediate tasks are: