ESI Job Search System Client User Manual
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1. postings job was posted within aiii Ottawa lany location default Toronto job location is And the employers are any employer default C Online Recruiters Job Search Agents Cl Employment Agencies Contract Companies Search now using these search terms Job Search and exclude Save these search terms to use again Save and Manage Search Terms Create a Job Alert emails that alert you to jobs Create Job Alert posted meeting these terms Job Search Results per page 10 Order results by relevance vi Job Search ESI Executive Solutions Inc We Build Careers Navigation At the bottom of each page are buttons for returning to the main menu page and for logging out Certain pages have additional buttons for quickly navigating to other pages Remember to log out of your search session when you are finished Online Help Click Help Using the Job Search System on the main menu to access detailed help information Click Frequently Asked Questions for information on common questions Click_Job Search Tutorial for help on finding job postings aligned with your goals Search by Keywords You may search by any word or group of words you think may appear in the job title or job description depending on your choice as explained in the following section Matched jobs may contain the exact keyword as well as the keyword embedded as part of a larger word For example searching for develop would match jobs co2. Executive Solutions Inc We Bui d e areers Job Search System Client User Manual June 2008 ESI Executive Solutions Inc We Build Careers Table of Contents TRIP ODUICTHON 2 OCIS i Boe OE Si Iss SIR Le Se a 1 Using the Job Search Pare A AAA A endian ee SS Ss 3 Navigation ls 4 Om e e e aa a R dasa ae ses Sa aaa suc tseen eas 4 Oe ACU KG VW OTS o 4 Search Job Titles and or Job Descriptions c eeecceesseceetseceeneeceeneeceeneeceeeeecteneeeneaeers 5 Order of RESUS donto td dlls 5 Using Dates in Your Seria iii E 5 Searching By Job Location Aarssen io 6 Searching by Employer Name or Industry Type cece ceesceceeneeceeeeceeeeeceeeeeeceneeeeeaeees 6 Excluidos 6 Saving our Search TO st e e a sE iS EEEa E EESE TSS 6 Creating Email Job Alerts cia 8 Quick Start to Email Job Alerts ccccccccccccccccecesssecsessecseseecesseecsuseecsseeeceseeecsseeecsseeessseeeees 9 Updating Your Account Profile lt lt Ar 10 ESI Executive Solutions Inc We Build Careers ESI Executive Solutions Inc We Build Careers Introduction Empower Your Career Search Empower your career search by using one of the most powerful tools for identifying job opportunities The ESI Job Search System provides by far the largest number of job opportunities of any source in Canada more than six times the number of the two largest commercial job boards combined Monster and Workopolis The Job Search System technology captures job op
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4. be an extremely powerful tool Below are tips on how to get the most out of Email Job Alerts Login Login to the Job Search System and click Search the Jobs Database Keywords Enter keywords that describe your career focus into the appropriate fields Test by clicking the Job Search button We recommend that you read the Search by Keywords section in this document Review the returned Search Results page checking to see that a limited number of appropriate results have been found There is a helpful tutorial on creating searches available from the main menu Tuning It is very important to invest a little time tuning your keywords and search settings A well chosen set of keywords and search settings will provide you with a limited number of mostly relevant results To tune your search click the Modify Search button on the Search Results page make changes and test again by clicking the Job Search button Repeat this process until you see a limited number of appropriate results Note it is better to see a few jobs that are not of interest than to miss an important opportunity so be careful not to make your search criteria overly restrictive Save Your Search Once you are satisfied with your tuning click the Save and Manage Search Terms button at the bottom of the Advanced Job Search page The Save Search Terms page will appear Enter a descriptive name for your search in the top box and press the Save Search Terms butt
5. ick the tab to display employers or industries whose names fall within the range of the tab group Once you ve found the employer or industry you want to search for select it in the list on the left and press the gt button to add it to your list of selections on the right The lt button will remove the selected item from the right hand list and lt lt will remove all the items from the right hand list When you perform your search the contents of the list on the right will be used to limit the search Note that when searching by industry you may need to pick more than one industry to catch all the postings you are interested in finding For example software development jobs in the government may list the industry as government rather than computer software Industry refers to the industry that the employer is in rather than the particular job at that employer Exclude You can exclude jobs posted by on line recruiters and job search agents or jobs posted by employment agencies and contract companies by selecting the appropriate checkbox in the and exclude area of the Advanced Job Search page Saving Your Search Terms If you want to save the search pattern you have created press Save and Manage Search Terms at the bottom of the Advanced Job Search page This will take you to a new page see below Give your search pattern a name and add it to your list of saved search patterns You can also delete a previously saved search pat
6. ntaining the words develop developer development and so on Keyword matches are not case sensitive The more specific your search criteria the more specific your results will be For example if you are looking for a Business Development position you could put business development without the quotes in the with all of the words field but this would match all jobs with these words no matter where they appeared To match the phrase business development exactly enter the phrase business development without the quotes into the with the exact phrase field If you want to filter out some jobs from the results for example you want postings that match development but not business put the words you don t want in the search result into the without the words field Use the with at least one of the words field to match any one of a group of keywords For example if you are looking for a project manager position and your specialties include risk analysis procurement and quality control enter risk procurement quality in the with at least one of the words field and jobs that contain one two or all three of these words will be found Below is a typical Search Results page showing results using the keywords Business Development ESI Executive Solutions Inc We Build Careers Search Results Consultants Search amp HR Services Account Management Consultant Major Accounts Business Development Search amp H
7. on Create a Job Alert Next with your new search selected in the list of searches click Create Job Alert Using Selection which takes you to the Save and Manage E Mail Job Alerts page Select the search name you just created and click Enable Email Alerts Select the days of the week you would like to receive alerts and click the Save Changes button ESI Executive Solutions Inc We Build Careers Updating Your Account Profile To edit and update your address phone email address and so on choose Edit My Profile from the Main Menu On the Edit My Profile form you can change or update most of the information shown Hints as to the format of various fields are given on the form Note that if you want to change your password you may do so but it is important to choose a new password that would be difficult for others to guess A good method is to use a combination of upper and lower case letters as well as numbers and symbols in the password Be sure you remember your new password for the next time you log in 10
8. portunities on a daily basis from a vast array of resources that include commercial job boards government news groups not for profits recruiters private corporate web sites and print media In addition to this the system obtains job opportunities from companies and recruiting firms that input their staffing requirements directly into the ESI Job Search System at no cost 300 000 Number of unique new Canadian job opportunities captured monthly 250 000 200 000 150 000 100 000 15 7 of CareerAlM 50 000 ESI Monster and Workopolis combined Data used in this chart is fromthe 30 day period ending June 5 2008 In these ways the ESI Job Search System is capturing approximately 300 000 unique new job opportunities each month from coast to coast in Canada The majority of these opportunities are not to be found on any commercial job posting site By providing access to job opportunities that are not widely known those not advertised on commercial job posting sites such as Monster and Workopolis the Job Search System can provide you with a significant advantage in the job marketplace ESI Executive Solutions Inc We Build Careers Job Search System Sources New spaper advertisements 13 All levels of government 5 Commercial job posting sites 27 Companies and not for profit job boards 48 Recruiters and agencies 7 The ESI Job Search System al
9. so provides the industry s most powerful job search tools to help you find the best employment opportunities possible those closely aligned with their interests and abilities from within Canada s largest database of unique new job postings ESI Job Search The EMS Job Search System provides you the following advantages Single Source for Job Postings Positions from thousands of diverse local sources are consolidated into a single searchable database Wide Coverage Job postings include those gathered from unadvertised and often overlooked sources providing access to hard to find jobs Powerful Search Tools With these tools you can focus your job search on positions that match your interests and skills Job Alerts Your can customize Job Alerts to be sent by e mail within hours of a new position being posted that match your criteria and Timely Information Job opportunities can be identified as soon as new positions are posted ESI Executive Solutions Inc Using the Job Search Page We Build Careers To access the Advanced Job Search page click Search the Jobs Database from the main menu This search page will be displayed Advanced Job Search Search for jobs using terms you previously created l or create a new Job Search with all of the words with the exact phrase with at least one ofthe words without the words Find job search terms lin either job title or description above occur l
10. t recent first order by employer name will list the matched jobs alphabetically by employer order by industry will list the matched jobs alphabetically by industry Using Dates in Your Search To limit your search to jobs posted within a certain period choose a time period from the posted within dropdown list This will define the earliest date for which jobs will be matched For example to search for postings within the last month choose 1 month This will pick as the cutoff date the same day in the previous month ESI Executive Solutions Inc We Build Careers Searching by Job Location By default jobs from all locations in Canada are included in your search results To include only jobs from particular locations choose the province and then locations within the province from the list on the left and press the gt button to build your list on the right You can remove locations from your list by selecting the location on the right and pressing lt to remove it or pressing lt lt to remove all locations from your list This will revert your choice to all locations Searching by Employer Name or Industry Type The default setting is to search for any employer but you can limit the search by choosing employer names or particular industries Choosing one of these will cause an additional list to be displayed Pick your employers or industries from the newly displayed list on the left grouped alphabetically under tabs cl
11. tern simply select it from the displayed list and press the Delete Selected Item button ESI Executive Solutions Inc We Build Careers Save Search Terms New search term name ntain up to 60 characters Save Search Terms Using This Title Manage Search Terms Saved Search Terms Business Development thatar Project Management first search Removing Search Terms the ite f n Searching Using Saved Search Term earch Usine Status Modify Search Log Out If you have one or more previously saved search patterns the list at the top of the Advanced Job Search page will show the saved searches by name you will have to select the name from the list the selected pattern defaults to a blank meaning no previous search pattern is selected Once you select a search pattern from the Advanced Job Search page all of your saved search parameters get filled in on the page as if you had created them again from scratch At this point you can perform the search or edit the parameters further before performing the search On the Save and Manage Searches page you also have the ability to quickly perform a search from your saved search parameters It is not necessary to return to the Advanced Job Search page to perform your search ESI Executive Solutions Inc We Build Careers Creating Email Job Alerts You can have the system run a search you have saved and email you the results if any jobs were found Follow these steps 1 Specif
12. y your search parameters using the search page 2 Test your search by running it to make sure you are getting the results you are looking for 3 Save your search using a name that is meaningful to you you might include a search parameter in the name 4 Schedule alerts for the saved search To go to the page for scheduling alerts press the Create Job Alert button on the Advanced Job Search page This will take you to the Save and Manage E Mail Alerts page You can also get to the Save and Manage E Mail Alerts page by clicking Manage Email Job Alerts on the main menu or using the button on the Save and Manage Searches page On the Save and Manage E Mail Job Alerts page see below you can choose to enable or disable alerts for each saved search If the alert is enabled you can choose any or all days of the week to receive an emailed alert After making changes to an alert press Save Changes to save your changes Save and Manage E Mail Job Alerts Choose a saved search to schedule for e mail alerts General Counsel 1 v You must create a saved search before you can create a Job Alert Enable e mail alerts for this search Days on which to receive alerts Y Monday Y Tuesday M Wednesday M Thursday Y Friday Y Saturday Y Sunday Save Changes Status OK Main Menu Modify Search ESI Executive Solutions Inc We Build Careers Quick Start to Email Job Alerts Email Job Alerts can
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