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Finding Jobs Online

by Kassandra McGhee on September 24th, 2010

Looking for the right job opportunity? So where are good places to find them online?  Below is a list of online resources to help you in your job search.  Remember, a good job search is a safe job search.  If you don’t feel comfortable applying for a position online, please don’t!

Indeed.com

  • Indeed.com is a search engine for jobs, allowing job seekers to find jobs posted on thousands of company career sites and job boards.

Simplyhired.com

  • SimplyHired.com is a vertical job search engine that pulls listings from thousands of sites across the Web including the leading job boards, company career sites, newspapers, non-profits, government sites, and more. Simply Hired allows job seekers to search all of the jobs on the Web in one place for free.

NPO.net

  • NPO.net is a full-featured job board that services only recognized nonprofits and certain government agencies (such as city offices and companies that provide the majority of their services to the nonprofit community) that desire to find staff with deep community service experience. 

USAjobs.gov

  • USAJOBS is the official job site of the US Federal Government.  One-stop source for Federal jobs and employment information.

IllinoisSkillsMatch.com

  • ISM maintains the fastest growing pool of thousands of available, qualified job seekers, plus an extensive variety of jobs at every skill level in hundreds of industries and occupations in Illinois.

Craigslist.com

  • Website with local classifieds and forums - community moderated, and largely free.  More than 1 million new job listings each month. 

Dice.com

  • The leading career website for technology and engineering professionals, and the companies that seek to employ them, in the United States.  Dice.com is designed for the specific needs of technology professionals, enabling them to perform highly targeted job searches based on specific criteria, including location, type of employment, skillset and keyword.

LinkedIn.com

  • Your professional network of trusted contacts gives you an advantage in your career, and is one of your most valuable assets. LinkedIn exists to help you make better use of your professional network and help the people you trust in return. Our mission is to connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful.

Monster.com

  • Monster.com is the premier global online employment solution for people seeking jobs and the employers who need great people.

Careerbuilder.com

  • As the U.S.'s largest online job site, CareerBuilder.com puts over 1 million jobs in front of poised job seekers wherever they are - at home or at work - in print and on the Internet.

HigherEdJobs.com

  • Today, HigherEdJobs.com is the leading source for jobs and career information in academia.

GCHERC.org

  • The Greater Chicago Midwest HERC is a free search engine available to anyone seeking employment in higher education, research, healthcare (medical centers), and arts and culture.

Styles vs. Themes

by Cecille Ramirez on September 23rd, 2010

Styles are predefined formats for font, line spacing, paragraphs, indents, alignments, borders and shading. Themes on the other hand control the overall look and feel of the document such as colors, fonts and effects.

Still confused?

Themes give you the fonts and the colors to start with while Styles determine exactly how the colors and the fonts will be used in your entire document.

In analogy, we can say, the sum of all its parts is the Style and the parts are the Themes. In cooking, the Style is the recipe and the Themes are the ingredients.

Raves & Praise

Jean S.

PMP Certification Training, Lombard, 2008

I was laid off for many months and not really getting many callbacks for my resume and no job offers. After I put the letters PMP on it, not only did I see an increase in quantity, but also quality of interviews. I had been spinning my wheels for 5 months, and after the PMP went on, I had 2 job offers in 6 weeks. It really was the "golden ticket"

D. Easter

PMP Certification Training, November 2008

Thanks Microtrain for conducting a great PMP course that set me on a successful path to obtain my PMP certification. I have passed the test!

Robert Graf

MCSA

Microtrain presents the course material in an interesting and concise manner. Microtrain gives the student all the resources necessary to pass the certification exams. Both the Chicago and Lombard facilities were excellent, and the staff goes to any length to accommodate any student changes.

Jennie

Student Employment Success - Project/Process Manager

My Career Services Manager was very friendly and helpful and had excellent follow-up. She seemed to really care how things were going and kept me moving in the right direction. The resources available in job search were great and the visibility that there were jobs out there looking for my skillset was promising. Additionally, the training, as well as having an updated resume stating the Microtrain course work I had taken made me feel more confident and marketable as I looked for employment. It showed that I was dedicated and took project management and process management seriously.

Scott Wilson - Team Bradley

Employer Partner Feedback

Dawn has been a pleasure to work with. She is diligent in her efforts to give MicroTrain’s students the best opportunities to connect and network with various companies and players in the job market. The curriculums and certification programs are in line with today’s current IT needs. It’s good to see that they evolve with what employers are most seeking out there. I would recommend to any employer that hires skilled IT workers that they look into MicroTrain’s career services department as a potential source of candidates. The business of hiring can be quite costly, and Dawn and her staff provide a free service to outside companies. This value-add for MicroTrain’s students aligns with their mission in both training and job assistance to set up a win/win scenario for all involved.

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