The career you want, where you want it: how online classifieds have changed job-seeking habits

Finding a job these days is no easy task, especially for young graduated people, who do not have any work experience yet and, in many cases, have not yet entirely clear ideas about their future.

To find a good job, or just the first job that we need, you need to arm yourself with patience and good will and look in different directions.

For some years now, the job search also passes through the Internet: many are in fact the companies, but also individuals, who post a free ad online to find the best candidates for a job position. They range from the family looking for a babysitter for their little ones to large companies looking for new managers.

Sure, moving through the tide of professional and personal ads available in the internet can discourage some, but there are several websites offering job ads that try to make your search easier and offer attractive services. In many cases you can enter the your resume online, so that it is visible by the interested companies, or you can select the job niches that most interest you and receive periodic emails with the best positions in that industry.

There are also classified websites that will not only publish the vacancies, but also allow those who are seeking employment to post their own personal ads: the most popular ones are the classified sites that allow you to post job advertisements for free.

In this way, especially if you have a high profile, you can choose from many job offers, but you should not think that the ads in the internet are the panacea against unemployment or trouble to start your new career. First, you need to be savvy when you post an ad or search for an employment advert, and be as careful as possible in the choice of what you will be wearing for the interview: otherwise you risk to waste your time (and not only yours!) and lose what you are looking for.

Second, it must be said that the global crisis that we are experiencing has also had an impact on the market of online job search: recent data indicate indeed a considerable decline in the publications of online job advertisements in various European countries, although the forecast for the future are hopeful.