STRONGLY disagree with this online job search advice in today's Globe!

# 5 Upload Your Resumes to as Many Job Boards as Possible.  NO!!!!!
Both a waste of time and potentially dangerous to post your resume on every job board you can find!  Not all "job boards" are legitimate!

BETTER ADVICE:

On Posting Your Resume -

*  Post your resume (with your contact information anonymized!!!) on the big boards (Monster, CareerBuilder, Yahoo/Hotjobs) and SELECTED other job boards, like the ones associated with professional organizations you may already belong to.

*  With the big job boards, "update" your posted resume every 10 days or so, even if you just add and remove a space.  That "refreshes" your resume so you don't look like you've been job hunting forever.

On Networking:

Connecting with a job by networking (knowing people who know where jobs are open) is STILL what works best -

*  Make sure your LinkedIn Profile is up to date.  Think of it as your new resume.

*  Even if you are unemployed, don't put "Unemployed" or "In transition" as your LinkedIn Personal Headline.  Use the job title you are looking for.

*  Join LinkedIn Groups.  They have them for professions, job search, college and university alumni, corporate/company alumni, etc.  PLUS, recruiters can - AND DO - post job openings in the Groups because it is free for them to do.

*  If you are a married woman, include your maiden and other married names, in addition to misspellings in your LinkedIn Profile.  Put them in a "Other names" or "Misspellings" paragraph indicating that you DO know how to spell your name, but you are including the misspellings in case someone has mixed up the spelling of your name.

On Job Search:

*  Find and join a job search support group.  There are many in the area, but the oldest and probably the largest is WIND (WINDnetworking.net).  A job search can be lonely and discouraging.  Find help, support, and great networking in these groups.

*  Google yourself because potential employers will, and you need to know what they will find.  If you don't like what's on the first page, join Twitter, write some book or other product reviews on Amazon (using your Real Name), establish a Google Profile, set up a VisualCV, and do other things that will help you make sure that the "digital dirt" is swept off the first page.

For MUCH more solid online job search advice plus links to over 13,000 employer career centers plus other career and job search resources, visit my US News and Forbes "BEST" Website, http://Job-Hunt.org.

Susan P. Joyce
Twitter @JobHuntOrg