{"id":4614,"date":"2021-05-11T17:16:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T17:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobhunt.fj-dev.com\/using-google\/"},"modified":"2021-12-07T11:09:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T18:09:38","slug":"using-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/using-google\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Using Google for\u00a0Your Job Search"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google is clearly the dominant search engine in use today, supporting over 3.5 billion searches per day (in 2018), with the largest world-wide index of websites.<\/p>\n

The amount of content and powerful technology makes Google one of the most important tools for you to use in your job search.<\/p>\n

Google also provides tools to help you keep track of what’s happening online while it adds new content to its index<\/p>\n

On an consistent basis, Google adds more new tools and services as well as increasing the number of websites included in their index for all of us to access.<\/p>\n

Here are some ways that you can leverage Google’s the current tools and content.<\/p>\n

8 Ways to Use Google for Your Job Search<\/h2>\n

We cannot cover all of the tools Google offers, but we’ll cover the ones we think are the most useful to job seekers:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Google Search Ground Rules<\/a> –
    \nUnderstand 5 basic ground rules of Google Search.<\/li>\n
  2. 7 Smart Ways to Leverage Google’s Power for Your Job Search<\/a> –
    \nAdvanced tips for structuring your queries so Google finds exactly<\/em> what you want.<\/li>\n
  3. Interview Preparation with Smart Google Research<\/a> –
    \nHow to smartly leverage Google to demonstrate your interest to the employer and to avoid bad situations.<\/li>\n
  4. Setting Up Google Alerts<\/a> –
    \nSet up Google Alerts and let Google keep you informed about the topics that are most important to you.<\/li>\n
  5. Using Google Alerts for your Job Search<\/a>
    \n5 ways to leverage Google Alerts to help you in your job search.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Advertisement<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. 50 Google Searches to Avoid Layoffs and Weak Employers<\/a>
      \nPut Google to work scouring the news for information about your employer (if you have a job) or potential employers (if you are job hunting).<\/li>\n
    2. Google Alerts to Monitor Your Reputation<\/a>
      \nReputation management with Google Alerts as your first line of defense.<\/li>\n
    3. Defensive Googling<\/a>
      \nHelps you manage your reputation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Be Find-Able<\/h3>\n

      In addition to finding job\u00a0postings, understanding how Google (and search) works can make it easier for employers to find you.<\/em> Read Job-Hunt’s Guide to Personal SEO (Search Engine Optimization)<\/a> for details on how to be find-able.<\/p>\n

      Protect Your Online Reputation<\/h3>\n

      In the era of Google and social networks, knowing what recruiters will find\u00a0about you in a search is important.\u00a0 And, so is knowing how to fix problems you may find\u00a0(your problems or those of someone else <\/em>with the same name). Read Job-Hunt’s Guide to Online Reputation Management<\/a> for more tips.<\/p>\n

      \n

      \"SusanAbout the author…<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Online job search expert Susan P. Joyce<\/a>\u00a0has been observing the online job search world and teaching online job search skills since 1995. A veteran of the United States Marine Corps and a recent Visiting Scholar at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Susan is a two-time layoff \u201cgraduate\u201d who has worked in human resources at Harvard University and in a compensation consulting firm. Since 1998, Susan has been editor and publisher of Job-Hunt.org. Follow Susan on Twitter at\u00a0@jobhuntorg<\/a>\u00a0and on Facebook<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a>.
      \n      More about this author<\/a>…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      A collection of free information from Job-Hunt about using Google more effectively for your job search.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":18532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"old-site-template.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,35,36,40,43,44,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advanced-job-search","category-job-search","category-layoffs","category-online-job-search-guide","category-personal-seo","category-recruiters","category-reputation-management"],"last_modified_at":"","edited_by":"Wendy Fecteau","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4614"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19258,"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614\/revisions\/19258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}