With a resource like the Internet, there are virtually zero secrets when it comes to your background. Today’s recruiters are surfing the Internet to investigating your blogs, public photo albums (you know the one where you’re mooning your buddies at a Super Bowl party) and any other public information you may have on the net. Each piece of negative information they find is another reason to decline your chance at an interview.

Having said that, one way to get an employer to notice a positive Internet presence is to have a personal web page or blog page that promotes your success and acheivements. Include work experiences and projects that you’re particularly proud of.

The Advisory Alliance of Savannah has launched an online survey that will help employers better understand employee point of views. What makes an employee want to stay with a particular company? For that matter, what makes them want to leave an employer? These seem to be questions asked more and more each year.

The Advisory Alliance survey has been featured in the Savannah Morning News, www.savananhnow.com, and in The Business Report, www.savannahbusiness.com. David Harper, Principal Member of The Advisory Alliance said, “We launched the survey to address what’s increasingly an important issue for employers: how do we keep our best employees.”

If you are interested in taking this survey you can find it at www.questionpro.com. The survey is completely confidential, so don’t worry about your boss finding out exactly how you feel about him or her. The survey will remain online until the end of September, after which the results will be made available to the public.

Savannahjobs.com has seen a staggering increase in web traffic in the past three months. In June, the number of visitors increased by over 300 new visitors, which we were thrilled to see. In July we gained an additional 1200 visitors. When I saw these numbers, I was flabbergasted. Then in August we gained 2341 more monthly visitors. So it’s safe to say that Savannahjobs.com’s exposure online is beefing up on popularity.

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Vaden Automobile Group has joined in the efforts, to help make relocating to the Savannah area an easy and enjoyable experience. People finding jobs on our site can now find resources on our pages that allow them to find a home in the area, and with Vaden’s link, they may even find the perfect vehicle.

Savannahjobs.com has added a new advertiser to the website. A link to Homes of Savannah, a new real estate publication in the area, can be found in the list of word ads that spand down the right-hand side of Savannahjobs.com. Linking you to numerous amounts of real estate and realtor information.

Homes of Savannah also has two sister magazines; Homes of Hilton Head Island and Homes of Beaufort,both of which are award winning publications.

http://www.homesofsavannahga.com

Jux 2 is a meta search engine that takes the leading search engines, like Google and Yahoo, and searches them at the same time, providing the user to view the best results of each site. Jux 2 isn’t the first site to do this, Dogpile.com has had a similar website for years, but one thing different about Jux 2 is that it tells you just how far down the list your results are on each search engine.

You might say, “What good is that?”. Well, online businesses that are interested in website traffic, can see where they are in reference to other websites of similar model. Which is great for keeping a close eye on the competition.

If you’re a fan of multitasking, try searching the web with a MetaSearch Engine like Jux 2 or Dogpile, you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

In a recent article, I read that 35 year olds entering the job market will have already worked for 8 to 12 employers. I find that astonishing. At the age of 26, I’ve only worked for 2 different employers and the thought of having to pick up and move 6 more times in 9 years makes me tired. So what’s causing all this uprooting and disloyalty among young employees?

The answer is….........HEALTHCARE! Employers are finding that healthcare cost are rising and showing no signs of slowing down. Some Fortune 500 companies are raising co pays and even eliminating healthcare coverage from company benefits all together. Our economy is going through a dramatic change and until the business moguls and healthcare providers of the world join forces to solve this little problem, individuals will have to fend for themselves, leap frogging from one job to another.

Normally I would ask a jobseeker if they had “seen” the website recently, but after today I can ask someone if they have “heard” the website. That’s right! Savannahjobs.com has added voice clips to its websites.

The clips are used in a number of ways. For example, on the homepage there is now a brief introduction to the site and an explaination of our services. In the future we hope to offer this option to our employers, as a way to vocally describe an open position and qualifications needed.

All of this was made possible by using the services provided by Evoca.com. Drop by Evoca.com and see how they can improve your business through voice.

This is just a heads up for those wanting to make that ever important, first impression with a potential employer.

You’ve worked hard on your resume and made it as pristine as you possibly can. It’s on the highest quality of paper, Egyptian made flown from Cairo, and scented with perfume that would seduce any mere mortal.

The recruiter is highly impressed with your attention to detail and now upon actually looking at your credentials he/she is even more impressed with this exceptional candidate. You’ve immediately moved to the top of his interview list. Now all the recruiter has to do is set up an interview and meet this eighth wonder of the world. He/she browses to the top of the resume to retreive your email address and sees, “comegetyousome_69@yahoo.com.”

The recruiter’s heart sinks and you are no longer on the petistle he/she has placed you on. You are now crumpled up… and thrown in the trash, SWIIISH, two points.

With that said,leave the inappropriate emails off your resume and be creative. Register a new email that says something interesting like, “top_saleman@yahoo.com” or “interview_me@gmail.com”. The results will be a great deal better.

The Savannah Chamber of Commerce held its Annual Small Business Banquet & Tradeshow yesterday at the Savannah Riverfront Marriott, and Savannahjobs.com was on the scene to educate local businesses and professionals about the benefits that come with using our sites. I spoke with a number of business owners and operators who have yet to find an effective means in which to find quality personnel. After gaining an abundance of new clients and campaigning the website’s vast potential and effectiveness, Savannahjobs.com is well on its way to becoming Savannah’s most preferred source of jobs as well as quality employees.

Savannahjobs.com is growing at a startling rate. With the success of HiltonHeadIslandjobs.com and Blufftonjobs.com, SavannahJobs.com has decided to expand our job board empire to the surrounding regions of southeast Georgia. We have recently acquired Statesborojobs.com, Rinconjobs.com, Vidaliajobs.com, JekyllIslandjobs.com and StSimonIslandjobs.com. The next board to hit the internet is Statesborojobs.com, coming sometime in the next couple of months.

Read all about it here!

I mentioned in the ToolKit introduction posting that you could use your RSS Feeder and not have to keep checking back to the site for new postings. Well, you can't do that if you don't have a RSS Feeder! To start, you have to have a valid email account. If you are using Mozilla Thunderbird, you're in luck - it comes with a RSS feeder in the package; GMail (Google Mail) also offers RSS feeders to their subscribers. Doing a quick search on the Internet, I found RSSReader and SharpReader among the many options to choose from. Each of these sites offers step-by-step instructions on how to get RSS Feeds; with some simple steps, you'll be on your way to receiving the ToolKit and other SavannahJobs postings in your email!

Don't worry, we didn't forget about our clients in South Carolina! We're proud to present Hilton Head Island Jobs and Bluffton Jobs as options for you to post and find jobs. Both are linked back to Savannah Jobs

, so if you don't find something in one area, there might be something in another. The sites are linked above.

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