The Internet is a fast-changing source for information, and for this reason, much of what's available is out of date by the time you get to see it. At the same time, traditional recruiting agencies are frequently only concerned with placing as many people as possible in order to increase their own fees and commissions from employers. They'll give hardly any thought to whether you're actually happy with the job and the remuneration.
You'll also be able to find a particular type of website online: portal websites that aggregate all the information currently available from a variety of job and recruiting sites, including traditional media such as newspapers and trade journals. Portal aggregators provide instant and current information on countless vacancies, even if you're looking for specialist positions such as automotive paint jobs or automotive technician jobs.
Though the web is a powerful tool, you must exercise some basic common sense to make sure you get the results you're looking for.
Be sure, first of all, that the website you're using is offering a genuine service, as all too many websites are put together quickly and easily in order to deceive unwary users. Look at the “Contact Us” section of a website and check to see if there is a landline telephone number with a physical mailing address. If they do not have either of these, it's recommended that you avoid using them.
You can also check a website's credentials and reputation by looking at the various discussion boards and forums that populate the Internet. If a website offering automotive detail jobs is being positively cited by users with some experience of the service, you can get no better recommendation than that.
Many job seekers ask whether they should pay for an Internet service when looking for a job. After all, why pay for a service when you can get free information about vacancies from some websites?
True, many Internet services that post job listings charge employers to advertise those positions while allowing the individual job seekers to look at them free of charge. This looks like a good deal until you realize how limits to how comprehensive such a service is going to be and how old much of the information will inevitably be. The fact is, most employers refuse to pay to advertise their vacancies, choosing instead to list them on web services which do not charge them a fee to do so; indeed, a good portal website which is aggregating vacancy information is going to automatically collect the vacancy information and simply list it for subscribers.
A website which does not charge employers to advertise vacancies will have the most comprehensive listings and the most up-to-date information, but the downside is that individual job seekers will have to pay to access the service. The choice, however, is clear in that you will either use a free service with out-of-date information and restricted job listings or pay a nominal amount for much better listings and information.
Many job seekers are very good at locating job vacancies if they are for entry-level positions or general automotive jobs. However, if more specialized positions are being considered, then the quality of information in the listings on many free sites suffers badly. Specialized automotive jobs are highly rewarded, as they require skills and experience not usually available from within the general automotive jobs market. These positions tend to be promoted within the specialized community operating in that niche, and regular job seekers looking to break into the market often find it extremely difficult to source the information and requirements needed to impress a potential employer.
A good web resource will help job seekers with such practical matters, providing assistance and advice with respect to producing a resume that will impress a potential employer, highlighting your skills and experience in such a way that your resume will really stand out.
In summary, there are all to many openings within the automotive jobs market that many web services simply do not give job seekers access to because they charge employers for the service. Many employers simply refuse to pay such fees, so for an excellent and comprehensive database of vacancies, you should look to those sites which actively collect vacancy information at no cost to employers.
