Job Hunting Suggestions

 Online job sites:

Visit two kinds of job sites as part of your research:

Dice(which specializes in technology-related career listings)

Monster (a general job listing site)

Glassdoor andCareerBliss discuss working conditions, salaries, bonuses, perks, and other information

Referral

If the contact is not a close friend, e-mail the person to arrange a time to speak. 

When you speak to the person, ask about the company and the work environment. 

Then ask about any existing job openings. 

The person might not know of any — many employees know only about job openings in their immediate workgroup — but if you know jobs are available, point the person to the job listings. 

Explain why you’d be a good match for one of those openings. 

Then ask the person to submit your résumé.Before you end your conversation, always thank people for their time.

Send your résumé as both plain text in the body of the e-mail (so the recipient can read it without having to do any work) and, unless there are instructions to the contrary, as an attached so that the recipient can print a copy.

 

Some recruiters are territorial enough about their candidates that they won’t give you your prospective team’s contact information. To protect against this possibility,collect business cards from your interviewers during your interviews, particularly from your prospective managers. Then you’ll have the necessary information without having to go through the recruiter.

The interviewer usually wants you to talk through the question before you start writing.

The problem-solving process in these interviews is interactive, and if you have difficulty, the interviewer generally guides you to the correct answer via a series of hints.Of course, the less help you need to solve the problem, the better you look,but showing an intelligent thought process and responding well to the hints you are given is also important. If you don’t respond well to guidance, your interviewer might suspect that you won’t work well in a team environment.