1. Using the Best Online Resources to Find
A Job
The best US Government online resources to help the job seeker find a job, and
more.
This article outlines some of the best US Government
online resources to help the job seeker find a job.
While the article is focused on specific tools to contact
employing companies, the other great tools on
CareerInfoNet.org and CareerOneStop.org should not
be overlooked. The premise of those two US
Government sites is to provide tools to broaden the job
seekers choices for employment. From skill
assessment, and cross industry analysis of where the
job seekers skills are most needed, to additional
training needs and resources, and locating employing
companies within applicable industries.
You can use Employer Locator tool at
www.careeronestop.org to determine potential for
transfer of skills to other firms in the same industry.
With the Employer Locator Tool, the job seeker can
filter results starting with industry type and all the way
down to preferred city. Selecting "Paper Manufacturing" in Missouri St. Louis region, the
Employer Locator resulted in 20 cities located in the St. Louis region of Missouri.
Although two employing companies per city was the average cities across Missouri, St.
Louis City itself had 48 employing companies, with outskirt cities having 4-8 employing
companies.
Selecting the 48 paper manufacturing companies in St. Louis, the Employer Locator
Tool further narrowed the USA job search by categorizing by 40 " Converted Paper
Manufacturers" and 8 "Pulp Paper Manufacturers". Selecting the 40 converted paper
manufacturers resulted in a list of links to each of the 40 converting companies, for
detailed information.
In summary, our example USA job search above was ...
State - Missouri
Region - St. Louis, MO-IL MSA
City - Saint Louis
Industry Sector - Manufacturing
Industry Subsector - Paper
Manufacturing

2. Industry Group - Converted Paper
Product Manufacturing
Also be sure to use the Employer Locator Tool to search by occupation too. (Think 'out
of the box' and outside any particular one industry.) Example of occupational USA job
search below ...
State - Missouri
Region - St. Louis, MO-IL MSA
City - Saint Louis
Occupation - Maintenance Workers,
Machinery
Industry Group - Plastics product
manufacturing
One last Employer Locator Tool USA job search to help the job seeker think out of the
box, search by keyword. For example entering "Electrician" will result a list of
occupations that utilize the electrician skill set, further helping the job seeker realize a
vertical industry they may not have searched for a job in yet.
Selecting a company results in the company's employer contact, address, phone,
internet address and other company information from infoUSA®, but an email address
is not returned for the company employer contact. The job seeker will need to call the
company and ask if there are any openings in their area of expertise. When calling a
company, start by asking name of person in charge of a particular department to find
out job possibilities in that department. First before calling, visit the company website,
so more knowledge about company and opportunities can be obtained. Some
employing companies provide more specific employer contact information and/or career
areas on their website, but always call even if a resume was submitted via their
company website, because talking to a live person has a higher success rate.
CareerOneStop.org has a good resource too, called State Job Banks. Clicking on
Missouri state on the State Job Banks page, led to Missouri Career Source website.
Searching for the niche skill (PLC) on the state Government ran website "Missouri
Career Source", resulted in 26 current job postings. (16 less than a month old, 5 less
than a week old!) "Career One Stop" even provides a toll free number (1-877-US2-
JOBS). The job seeker can call if using the internet is not their thing.
Another great resource for finding relative employing companies in an individual's area
of expertise is LinkedIn®. It is actually better for finding an inside employer contact for a
company than the above Government resources. I was following one person's
comments on LinkedIn® where the individual found a job where one originally did not
exist. He called, talked the employer contact into meeting with him, and the company
employer contact was so impressed, that he tried him out on a contractor bases until
business picked up, and he could hire him full time.

3. • Checking company websites first is a great idea!
Calling the company is even more important!
•
• Meeting in person gives the job seeker the best chance!
Also remember that it is a statistical fact: The more training the job seeker gets, the
better their chances to be employed and the more pay they will make. So if the job
seeker can not afford the time or money for 6 month, 2 year or longer course, there are
alternatives. The job seeker should seek out Certificate Courses to build up their
resume while trying to find a job.
Hope this helps.
Don Fitchett - Business Industrial Network (BIN) - BIN95.com
About the Author: Don Fitchett founded the activity based costing system called "True
Downtime Cost" (TDC), authored books and speaks at conventions on the topic and is
president of BIN. Don has been in the industrial training sector for over two decades,
setting up training programs around the world, and still conducts training seminars to
this day.
Business Industrial Network delivers instructor based industrial training as well as
software and on-line industrial training.
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