Online Job Hunt Tool: Instant Messaging Services
Online job hunting is not only convenient, but it also gets you to discover more job hunting tools in the process. One of them is the instant messaging service. Instant messaging services providers include AIM (AOL Instant Messenger), Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ and MSN Messenger. There are also sites such as Meebo.com that allows people to access different instant messengers in one venue.
Most people have instant messaging accounts, some even have multiple. If you are one of them, use your instant messenger in locating jobs. How? By using it in connecting to friends and professionals who may have information on job openings. Some job sites support IM and they usually send job listings to the messenger of their members. The possibilities are infinite since you are bound to meet new people every now and then. Just make sure that your screen name or instant messaging ID sounds decent and professional.