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Indeed is a search engine that expands your search for jobs from many different sources. It's worth using rather than having to check every different site like Monster, Dice, etc.

As it turns out, MS Office has an online template for tracking your job search. It works in Excel 2007. Check it out and tweak it to meet your needs.

Pinhopes is India's first video job application portal, search best jobs across top companies in India & find your dream job with One minute video simply & swiftly.

Pinhopes is India's first video job application portal, search best jobs across top companies in India & find your dream job with One minute video simply & swiftly.

Pinhopes is India's first video job application portal, search best jobs across top companies in India & find your dream job with One minute video simply & swiftly.

With increasing use of new media in recruitment, you need more than a resume to showcase your personal brand and stand out from your competitors. Regular CVs alone are not enough to convince potential employers why you should be chosen for a job. Let your 1-min unique self-promoting video and LinkedIn profile do the personal branding for you and help you get noticed by employers.

Article in the New York Times about how companies like Appirio are creating web applications that help connect employers to matching employee candidates through social networks like Facebook. While many people may dismiss Facebook as an illegitimate way to connecting to employers, the industry is changing.

Evernote is a fantastic tool for clipping the Internet you like and finding it again in the future. It has free client software for Mac, PC, iPhone, and smartphones. Just clip anything you see on the web and add it to Evernote. Not only are you only saving the parts of the web page that interest you, there's always a link back to the source page so you can get back there if you want to later. Then you can organize your clipped content and find any keyword contained in it, including text that Evernote can read in pictures. For more information, be sure to watch the YouTube video on how Evernote works.

Odesk is a way of connecting people to employers online and building a reputation for your skills and services. Check out the video on the home page. It explains how the service works and how a distributed workteam can benefit companies and workers.

Take some time to evaluate your Facebook account and your current security settings. Sophos recommends some ways to lock it down a bit and protect yourself.

A cover letter gives you a chance to make a case for yourself, and cover everything you cannot express in your resume. It affords you an opportunity to come across as real people and explain your suitability for the desired position, to potential employers. Companies often look for thoughtfully written cover letters, as a method of screening applicants who lack the necessary skills or interest for the said position. Cover letter can thus form into a marketing vehicle for any prospective job seeker.

Emurse is a place to input your resume online and create as many as 10 different resumes, depending on the focus you'd like to highlight in each. Once you have your base information entered, just select which sections you'd like on each resume, create it, distribute it, and see who's looking at your resume. As a free service, it's certainly worth checking out.