Finding a job is very difficult nowadays, with always full employment offices and employers who require a lot of experience and qualifications to be able to aspire to the most desired places. In a scenario where unemployment does not tend to decrease (on the contrary), we can also find work by using the Internet, where many companies and shops place ads every day to find professional figures for practically any sector. Without taking anything away from the classic job search (in which the person concerned goes directly to a shop or company looking for a job), we can get help in finding a new job from some specialized sites and by looking directly in the ad sites. In this guide we will see together the best sites to send the curriculum to find work, the most used also by companies to hire new employees.
What it takes to look for work online
Before you start looking for work online, make sure you have the following information or documents at hand:
- Curriculum Vitae (CV) : the curriculum is very important because it will show the ad selector your skills, your past jobs and the experience accumulated in a specific sector. If you are a beginner with work, contact internship announcements, so that you can easily accumulate experience; if, on the other hand, you have a few years on your shoulders, insert as much information into the curriculum as possible about the places you have visited for work. In the CV, make sure that a recent passport photo of ours is in plain view (usually at the top right of the first page of the CV).
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- Cover letter : many companies start asking for the letter of presentation from candidates; this document must be very precise, because in fact it is our business card in the eyes of the recruiter.
We insert all the data as if we were writing a formal letter and we summarize the skills in our possession and what we expect from the work we intend to undertake; choosing the right words could open the way to work much faster than a full-bodied CV. The cover letter must be different for each advertisement: customize it according to the type of company you contact, keeping only the introductory part the same on all the letters. Even if the company has not asked for the cover letter explicitly, keep this format to write in the text field provided by the site or in the email you will send to apply.
- Contacts : in order to be called back by the recruiter, we always insert a mobile phone number both in the CV and in the cover letter, so as to be easily reachable to set up a presentation interview. We don't just rely on e-mails or other digital communication systems: one of the first tests that recruiters do is to hear how we behave on the phone and how we answer the usual questions, so it is essential that they can immediately hear you talking on the phone (in especially if you have chosen a job of contact with colleagues or with other people).
- Certificates : in order to demonstrate your specialist skills, we make a copy of the certificates and specializations acquired in the field (possibly still valid) and insert these copies as attachments to the CV. In some trades, being specialized is a godsend and could open the door to new work immediately.
- Diversification : if we intend to respond to multiple announcements in sectors that are completely different from each other, make sure to prepare a CV and a cover letter for each sector in which we want to find work. For example, if we want to throw ourselves into the field of logistics and at the same time respond to advertisements for a few stores, make sure we have a folder for each sector in which we want to look for work, with each one containing a CV and a suitable cover letter. Using a single CV to respond to the largest number of ads without any criteria is the easiest way to not find a job .
- Update : we continuously update the CV with all the new work experiences carried out, so as to have it ready in case of need. By doing this we will be sure to provide the best possible CV in the ads.
These are the information and documents to prepare before looking for any job online. As you can see, it is not much different from looking for work physically by turning offices and companies!
The secret to finding work is in perseverance : do not give up on the first difficulties, the first silences or the first refusals, keep looking for new ads, also contact the companies that have refused you (at least after 1 month) and improve the cover letter and the CV, the details and the care with which you will keep these documents will make the difference sooner or later.
The best sites and apps to find work
After seeing what documents and information to prepare for finding jobs online, in this part of the guide we will show you the best sites and apps to look for a new job.
1) Monster
The historically most popular site in the world to find work is definitely Monster.
On this site, just enter the type of job you are looking for and the area of Italy in which we are interested in finding employment, obtaining many valid results. The announcements are all fairly recent and will put you in direct contact with a large number of companies, including large ones.
We can visit the site from here -> Monster
If, on the other hand, we are interested in mobile apps, just visit the links on Google Play (Android) and App Store (iOS).
2) Infojobs
Another leading site in the indexing of job advertisements (specialized and non-specialized) is Infojobs. We can either take a look at the ads already present (using the search bar or one of the contextualized menus) or create a user profile so as to obtain only targeted ads.
We can visit the site from here -> Infojobs
The Infojobs app can be downloaded from the links here -> Infojobs (for Android) and Infojobs (for iOS).
3) LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a social network designed to offer a communication tool between the companies they hire and the workers.
By creating your profile on LinkedIn and attaching all the documents that certify your working skills (from CV to the masters obtained) we will allow companies to search for our profile, in particular if it corresponds to their needs, and therefore to find the most suitable job for them. our qualifications. LinkedIn is a new way to look for work, but if well exploited it will allow you to find employment quickly and also leave the person with margins of choice (responding only to interesting requests).
We can visit LinkedIn from here -> LinkedIn
If instead we want to download the app just use the links here -> LinkedIn (Android) and LinkedIn (iOS).
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4) Jobrapido
If the sites presented so far have not convinced you, we can focus on the search engine of the ads, that is Jobrapido.
On this site, simply enter the type of job you are looking for and the area in which we are willing to work to receive hundreds of relevant advertisements.
If we do not immediately find what we are looking for, we can always activate notifications via email, so as to be among the first to respond to new ads as soon as they are inserted.
The site can be reached here -> Jobrapido
5) Manpower
If we are looking for a site where you can find any type of job announcement, even abroad, we can turn to the service offered by Manpower, which has always been a leader in the sector of looking for new jobs. The contact between workers and those looking for new workers is facilitated by the communication system integrated in the site, by the profile management system (with targeted advertisements) and by the numerous tools offered by the site.
We can visit the site from here -> Manpower
The Manpower app can be downloaded from the links here -> Manpower (for Android) for iOS.
6) Adecco
Adecco is one of the best companies specializing in providing job advertisements to large companies (including multinationals). We create our worker profile on the site and let us recommend the best ads based on the CV provided and the choices made during registration; so we will only be able to see relevant ads and, with a little luck, be contacted by the companies interested in your profile.
The site can be reached from here -> Adecco
The Adecco app can be downloaded from the links here -> Adecco (for Android) and Adecco (for iOS).
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