Welcome to Catalyst

Computer Training

What we will be covering today

• Looking at job search websites• Setting up a hotmail account for job

seeking• Ensuring you have your LATEST resume

and cover letter in your inbox• Copying these documents to your laptop• Attaching these documents from your

desktop to your internet job application

Job Searching• Go to seek and find a job

You can change ‘sort by’ to sort by Date. That way the latest

jobs will be on top

You can sent up an

‘email alert’ for yourself. So any

new jobs are sent to your email

account

Practice setting up an email

alert for 2 job seeking

websites (you can use as many different

key words as you like)

Locate the button to print out the job

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How to print from a web page

•Drag your mouse down and select the text you want to print•Press CTRL P (shortcut for print)

•Choose print ‘selection’ and it will only print the area you have selected (in blue)

Practice printing a small section of a web page

Use our job seeker website at home

In google Type

www.cim.jobhuntersonline

.com

Press enter to bring it up

Add to your Favourites so you don’t have to type

it in each time.

Why have a job seeking email account

• You won’t be reliant on your USB key to download your resume• You can do job seeking from ANY

computer with internet access and attach your resume – without your USB• You can receive replies to job applications

on your email account

Setting up a hotmail account

Sign in

PasswordCatalyst

Go to inbox in & find email with resume & Cover Letter

Resume & Cover letterDouble click to open

Open Document & top left ‘save as’

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Save to desktop

Repeat this step. Close documents & you should see your resume and cover letter on your computer desktop

Your resume should now be on your desktop ready to be added to job application

Practice doing this till you are confident that you can put your resume & cover letter on your desktop

Can you job hunt online?

Can I Find job seeker websites e.g. careerone, seek,

indeed, alljobs etc.Download my resume and cover letter when

applying onlineKeep a record of the jobs I have applied for

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Go to Google or MSN and find job seeker websites

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Go to desktop and find resume

Go to desktop and find cover letter

Recording the Jobs you have applied for• Write details in your Catalyst Log book• Print out job description so you can refer to it later (write date

you applied on the bottom)• Destroy after a few weeks so you don’t get bogged down with

paperwork• Optional – follow up with a phone call. Ask

Do you get my applicationHave I been short listedIf not, any suggestionsAny other jobs going

I want to change my cover letter or have 2 versions

Open your cover letter on your desktop. Change wording and ‘save as’.Save with new name on desktop OR USB.

Saved on desktop with

new name

Practice saving a new version of your cover letter on the desktop OR your USB

That’s all!Thank you for coming todayLook forward to seeing you next session