Tips and Tricks

CareerShift released its most advanced version yet, version 5.0, to help our valued members save time and manage their career search most effectively. For Group Administrators, there are also now new exciting capabilities.

When asked what’s most unique about CareerShift, no doubt it is the ability to cross-reference jobs and contacts. Users can then tailor and organize documents and correspondence while utilizing the best in online resources and capabilities.

CareerShift was conceived in 2003 uniquely focus on equipping job seekers with more streamlined, systematic and effective online tools. Now over 140 Universities and Colleges license the product for their students and staff. If your organization isn’t already considering CareerShift, we hope you’ll speak with us about implementing a program soon.

Tips and Tricks:

Specific Searches

Students can search contacts by School Attended to find alumni connections, and they can select a particular industry in order to filter out irrelevant contacts. Saving contacts from the search results will give students a good list of professionals that can be used in a campaign since the shared alma mater may be just the connection needed to open the door to a dream job.

Using Group Administration to Best Advantage

The Group Administrator Panel provides key information pertaining to the members of the group. Armed with this knowledge, you can determine how often students are using CareerShift and decide how to best guide them in the job search.

Tips for Group Administrators:

Last Login – use this to determine when students last accessed CareerShift. This tells you right away whether the student has used the site at all, and how recently.

Number of Campaigns – tells you how many campaigns the student has completed. A low number of campaigns could indicate a need for more activity, while a high number might mean the student’s efforts are not targeted in a specific manner.

Group Reports – Exports a sorted list of group members to an Excel document.