Saturday, January 3, 2009

Bay Area Jobs: How to Find a Qualified Employee or a Good Job

By Alex Wu

The Bay Area is a beautiful place to live and there are plenty of employment opportunities as well. You can look in the local paper employment classifieds, or you can broaden your search by going online and searching employment websites, and there are some devoted to the Bay Area only. This is a good place to start your search. You can broaden to other websites if you cannot find what you are looking for locally.

If you live in the Bay Area, you need to look at the online websites so that you can post your resume. Employers do go online to look for employees rather than posting an advertisement in the paper. Make sure you have everything that you are experienced at in your resume, and include the years of experience. Make sure to include any degrees you may have even if they do not pertain to this job, it shows a passion for learning, and dedication. Make your resume stand out from the rest by putting anything you are extremely good at and how you can benefit an employer.

These websites offer employers a place to post an ad, or look over posted resumes by persons who are already looking for employment in your area, and you can see their experience and qualifications. It will also reach out to someone that will be moving to the bay area, so you reach a wider audience with your employment ad.

The health field is a booming area for employees in the bay area. There are several construction related jobs, customer service, writing and editing jobs, and marketing related jobs are also in demand. You can run a search to see what jobs would best suit you, and apply to them.

Technical and Web related jobs seem to be in high demand as well. This market is going to continue to rise because of the high use of the internet, and the many people that are trying to earn money using the internet. As things continue to get more advanced so will the career opportunities.

The job offerings in the Bay area are high in the health, technical, and marketing/sales fields. They also have quite a few writing and editorial job openings. If you live out of state and are moving to the bay area search the local employment websites. You may find a job before you even move if you have good qualifications and record.

Employers, use the Internet to post jobs on the online employment websites, as this will hit a targeted group of employees, and give you a wider range of employees being reached. Not everyone reads the paper, but most everyone uses the Internet these days.

Employers, there are many people in need of jobs in this new economy crunch. Be sure to place what your job entails and degrees or certifications if any, and years experience required that will help to limit your job applicants to just those that have the requirements that you are looking for. Employers do not often like to include salary and benefit information. It is a good idea to post a salary range, and that benefits are offered to capture the eye of the most qualified. - 15275

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