ASME.ORG serves as quick link to jobs

Marilyn Borysek
ASME Member Services

The easiest and fastest way to look for a job in mechanical engineering is to go online. In fact, job searching is one of the most popular activities on the Web.

However, ASME members who want to explore the job market have an advantage. The ASME Jobs Database and ResumeMatch Program, which are free to ASME members at www.asme.org/jobs, will help ASME members to target the most interesting jobs while avoiding electronic dead ends, such as unproductive searches that turn up thousands
of near-misses.

Generally, about 75 percent of online employment listings are for job titles in academic, computer, engineering, electronic, financial, healthcare and technological fields.

Commencing your search at ASME.ORG, however, is likely to get results more quickly because it is a targeted site for mechanical engineers. On ASME.ORG, members can fine-tune and focus their job search for maximum impact but with minimum effort.

With the ASME Jobs Database and ResumeMatch Program, your resume is available to thousands of top companies. The main benefit of posting your resume is that you can land a job without looking actively. Potential employers searching for particular skills can review your resume and contact you directly.

In order to get started now, go to www.asme.org/jobs and follow directions for posting your resume or reviewing, and applying for, job postings.

When posting you resume online, incorporate these tips: be as specific as possible in describing current or previous responsibilities; post several versions highlighting different experiences and knowledge; guarantee maximum exposure by posting your resume on multiple sites; list the software and hardware that you know well by name; post both a formatted (Microsoft Word) and unformatted (text file) version of your resume.

ASME is interested in hearing your online job-hunting success stories. Contact us at borysekm @asme.org.

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