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Looking for the job used to be an easy thing to do. You took your CV around to prospective employers or made enquiries at local businesses in your town. Or asked a member of your family if there have been any jobs available where they worked.

But the world is more competitive now and job searching is much tougher especially in the current financial state. Employers have higher expectations than before which enable it to pick and choose randomly so how do you get noticed? You need to use a number of tools when searching for the job, the most famous being the net. The majority of people use the net to find employment which means that you are unable to afford to get left out.

LinkedIn job search

These days, employers, recruiters and the like use LinkedIn as a means of finding potential employees. LinkedIn can be a business orientated social networking tool or 'Facebook for suits' mainly because it has been nicknamed. It enables you to set up an individual profile and post your CV on the website as well as connecting with other people.

Employers trawl this rather than browsing through endless CV's and covering letters. They prefer to select their ideal candidates from LinkedIn instead of spend endless time periods going through a huge number of CV's. Particularly when there are numerous people chasing so few jobs.

LinkedIn can also be used by agencies looking for freelancers and contractors; by companies seeking to form alliances to and by business owners connecting to each within a business networking group.

Jobsites

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There are numerous online job searching sites which enable the prospective employee to create their CV online whilst seeking jobs. These effort is arranged in categories with filters to help you narrow down the search, e.g. a particular location and sector.

They also contain information for the jobseeker along with career tools which give advice about interview techniques, courses, CV's and managing redundancy.

You can build a free account with these sites and select to receive job alerts via email or Twitter.

Government agencies

Another option is always to obtain the help of your local job centre or visit the Jobcentre Plus website. Your local jobcentre has touchscreen kiosks called jobpoints which allow you to search for the job by choosing certain parameters, e.g. location, full/part time, industry sector etc.

There is additionally the Directgov website. This website contains various information about public services which include employment and it is linked to the Jobcentre Plus site. It lets you look for jobs or voluntary work and contains useful information to aid you along with your search.

Looking for jobs on the internet doesn't eliminate other forms of job searching. It still helps you to make a speculative method of a company but be sure you have done your homework by researching the business thoroughly. Don't just spend 5 minutes on the organization website! Spend time discovering as much as you can, analyse the info and think about what you personally can provide an employer.

Good luck!