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1478 Career Opportunities (on CD) Appendix J Guru.com(www.guru.com) is a recruiting site for contract employees. Independent contractors, private consultants and trainers use guru.com to find short-term and long-term contract assignments. Tips, articles and advice are available for contractors who wish to learn more about their industry. Other sections of the site teach users how to manage their businesses, buy the best equipment and deal with legal issues. Guru.com includes an online store where contractors can buy products associated with small-business management, such as printing services and office supplies. Companies wishing to hire contractors must register with guru.com, but individuals seeking contract assignments do not. Monster.com s Talent Market offers online auction-style career services to free agents. Interested users design a profile, listing their qualifications. After establishing a profile, free agents Go Live to start the bidding on their services. The bidding lasts for five days during which users can view the incoming bids. At the close of five days, the user can choose the job of his or her choice. The service is free for users, and bidding employers pay a commission on completed transactions. eLance.comis another site where individuals can find contracting work. Interested applicants can search eLance s database by category, including business, finance and marketing (see Fig. B.6). These projects, or requests for proposals (RFPs), are posted by companies worldwide. When users find projects for which they feel qualified, they submit bids on the projects. Bids must contain a user s required payment, a statement detailing the user s skills and a feedback rating drawn from other projects on which the user has worked. If a user s bid is accepted, the user is given the project, and the work is conducted over eLance s file-sharing system, enabling both the contractor and the employer to contact one another quickly and easily. For an online demonstration, visit www.elance.com and click on the demonstration icon. FreeAgent (www.freeagent.com) is another site designed for contracting projects. Candidates create an e.portfolio that provides an introductory snapshot of their skills, a biography, a list of their experience and references. The interview section of the portfolio lists questions and the applicant s answers. Examples of e.portfolios can be found at www.freeagent.com/splash/models.asp. Free Agent s e.office offers a benefits package to outside contractors, including health insurance, a retirement plan and reimbursement for business-related expenses. Other Web sites that provide contractors with projects and information include eWork Exchange (www.ework.com), MBAFreeAgent.com, Aquent.com and WorkingSolo.com. J.5.5 Executive Positions Next, we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of finding an executive position online. Executive career advancement sites usually include many of the features found on comprehensive job-search sites. Searching for an executive position online differs from finding an entry-level position online. The Internet allows individuals to continually survey the job market. However, candidates for executive-level positions must exercise a higher level of caution when determining who is able to view their resume. Applying for an executive position online is an extensive process. As a result of the high level of scrutiny passed on a candidate during the hiring process, the initial criteria presented by an executive level candidate often are more specific than the criteria presented by the first-time job seeker. Executive positions often are difficult to fill, due to the high demands and large amount of experience required for the jobs.
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