JobRainbow.com - Job Seeker Help

If you are looking for a job on JobRainbow.com, this is where you can get help.

Click on the relevant link:

• Is there any cost to use JobRainbow.com?
• Opening an account
• Searching jobs
• Storing jobs
• Saved Searches
• Posting and managing your resume
• Applying online
• Privacy policy
• I can't find the answer to my question - how do I contact you?

Is there any cost to use JobRainbow.com?

There is no cost to job seekers to use any of the services on JobRainbow.com. You can post your resume, search jobs, apply online, or do any of the job seeker functions on JobRainbow.com for no cost whatsoever. We do have some affiliate programs with other websites which involve a cost to the job seeker. There are also websites linked from our Resources pages that charge for their services. If you click on a link and transfer to another website, you may be asked to pay for a product or service. However, as long as you are a job seeker and remain on JobRainbow.com, you will not be asked for any kind of payment.

Opening an account

To use many of the services on JobRainbow.com, you need to open an account with us. There is no cost to open an account. You need to have an account if you want to:

• Post your resume in our database

• Apply online for jobs

• Save searches so you can come back to the website later to check if there are new jobs that match your search criteria

• Store jobs so you can refer to them later

You do not need an account to simply search jobs or browse jobs, and you can apply for many of the jobs on JobRainbow.com directly by email, fax or postal mail (i.e., you do not always have to apply online).

When you click on a link to submit your resume, apply online, or log in our system will check to see if you are already logged in. If you are not, you will be asked for your login and password. If you don't have an account already, click on the link under the password box to open a new account.

Searching jobs

Searching for a job means finding a job posting using keyword or key phrase searches, searching by location, using Boolean search etc. From your Account Page, you would click on Search Jobs. This is different from browsing jobs. You can browse jobs by category on our Job Categories Page.

• Keywords - enter the keywords or a phrase you would like to search for. In the drop-down box, select Any Keywords, All Keywords, or Exact Phrase or Boolean Search.
• • If you select Any Keywords, the search will find all job postings with any of keywords in them. For example, if you searched for cost accountant, all job postings with cost and all job postings with accountant in them would be found, even if both words were not in the job posting.
  • If you select All Keywords, the search will find all job postings with both cost and accountant in them - both words must be in the job posting.
  • If you select Exact Phrase, cost accountant must be found in that exact order. The search would not find Cost Analyst / Accountant or Accountant with Cost Background.
  • If you select Boolean Search, you can search using Boolean parameters - AND, NOT, OR, and AND NOT.


• Job Location - You can specify a State as well as a city or area where you are interested in working. We recommend you do a search on the State first before specifying a city or area since many different city names are used in metropolitan area. For instance, you might be looking for a job in the Los Angeles area. But an employer or recruiter might have mentioned any of the suburban cities (e.g., Burbank, Pasadena, Commerce, Cerritos, etc.). If you searched for Los Angeles under City or Area, these jobs would not be found.


• Discipline & Date - When employers and recruiters enter jobs into our database, they specify a category that the job is most relevant to. You can specify up to 4 of these categories (e.g., Healthcare or Insurance) by clicking on the category while holding down the Control key. Your search will only show those jobs that are in the disciplines you have specified. If you want to see all the jobs in a certain discipline (e.g., all the Insurance jobs), go to one of the Job Banks. Click here for a complete list of all the Job Banks.

  You can also search by date - you can choose to view only ads that are less than 24 hours old, less than 3 days old, etc. The oldest ads on JobRainbow.com are 60 days old. After that they will be deleted unless the employer or recruiter decides to renew them.

  The date of a job should only be used as a reminder so you do not apply for the same job twice.

  If you are qualified for and interested in a job, but have not yet applied for it, don't worry about the date!

  Repeat: If you are qualified for and interested in a job, but have not yet applied for it, don't worry about the date!

  Many job seekers assume that if a job is a bit old, it is no longer available. This is a big mistake! Many of these jobs stay open for 6 months before they are filled. If you are qualified for and interested in a job, don't worry about the date - APPLY!

• Saving a job search - this means that our system will do the search again for you whenever you come back to the site and run the search. Say you are looking for a job for a Cost Accountant in Illinois where you will use your auditing and database skills. Let's assume you do the search and find there is only one job like that, and it doesn't appeal to you. How do you know another job like that might not be added tomorrow or next week or a month from now? You can save your search, so when you come back to the site, you don't have to remember how you searched the last time. You can just run it again and see the latest results.

Storing jobs

If you see a job you are interested in on JobRainbow.com, you can save or store it in your account for future reference. You might not want to apply for it right away, or you might have applied to it and want to refer back to it later on if the employer or recruiter contacts you.

To save a job, click on Save this job at the bottom of any job posting. If you are not logged in, you will need to log in to your account, and if you don't have an account, you will have to create one first before you can save the job.

Once a job has been saved, it will appear on your Account Page in the table of Stored Jobs. You can view the job posting, apply for the job (please don't apply more than once for the same job), or delete the job from your account.

Jobs will only be saved in your account as long as they are still posted on JobRainbow.com. If the employer or recruiter deletes the job or it expires, it will no longer appear in your account. If you want to be sure that you still have a copy of the job posting even if it has expired or been deleted, you should save a copy on your own computer.

Saved Searches

• What are Saved Searches and why should I use them?
• How do I create a Saved Search?
• How do I run a Saved Search?
• How do I edit a Saved Search?
• How do I delete a Saved Search?

What are Saved Searches and why should I use them?

We recommend you use the Saved Search feature on JobRainbow.com This means that our system will keep your search criteria for a specific search. When you come back to the site, you can just run the Saved Search to see if there are any new jobs that fit your search criteria. Say you are looking for a job for a Cost Accountant in Illinois where you will use your auditing and database skills. Let's assume you do the search and find there is only one job like that, and it doesn't appeal to you. How do you know another job like that might not be added tomorrow or next week or a month from now? You can save your search, so when you come back to the site, you don't have to remember how you searched the last time. You can just run it again and see the latest results.

How do I create a Saved Search?

On your Account Page, click on Create a new Saved Search under Jobs. You will see a form that is very similar to the job search form. Fill out the search criteria you want to use, and be sure to give the Saved Search a title so you can distinguish it from other Saved Searches. Then click on the button that says "Click here to create your Saved Search."

How do I run a Saved Search?

Running a Saved Search means running the search using the criteria you have specified. It will show all jobs that come up in the search, with the newest jobs first. To run your Saved Search, go to your Account page, then scroll down the page to see the Saved Search table. Your Saved Searches will be listed there. Click on the Run button beneath the Saved Search you are interested in.

How do I edit a Saved Search?

To edit your Saved Search, go to your Account page, then scroll down the page to see the Saved Search table. Your Saved Searches will be listed there. Click on the Edit button beneath the Saved Search you are interested in.

How do I delete a Saved Search?

To delete your Saved Search, go to your Account page, then scroll down the page to see the Saved Search table. Your Saved Searches will be listed there. Click on the Delete button beneath the Saved Search you are interested in.

Posting and managing your resume

• Posting a new resume
• Making your resume confidential
• Editing your resume
• Viewing your resume
• Updating your resume
• Deleting your resume

Posting a new resume

Go to your Account page, click on "Post your resume," and fill in the form that comes up. If you have any questions about specific areas of the form, click on the question marks. All the items that are marked with a red asterisk (*) are required - you must fill them in or you will get an error message when you try to submit your resume.

Making your resume confidential

To make your resume confidential, check the box under your personal information (name, email, telephone number etc.). If you decide to make your resume confidential, none of your contact information will appear in your resume. Employers and recruiters will not see the name, email or phone number that you enter in this section. They will only be able to contact you by filling in a form on JobRainbow.com. The output from this form will be emailed to you, and they will not know your email address. It will be up to you to decide whether you want to contact them or not.

If you put any of your personal information in the body of the resume, however, employers and recruiters WILL see it, so please be sure you remove this information if you want your resume to be confidential.

Sometimes candidates will indicate they want their resume to be confidential, but then in the Education or Experience section, they will just paste in their entire resume, which includes their contact information. This defeats the purpose of having a confidential resume.

To make your resume truly confidential, you may have to remove some of the company names of your employers as well, especially your present employer. Instead of "ABC Manufacturing, Atlanta, Georgia", for example, you could say "Large Manufacturing Company, Southeast US".

Generally speaking, it is better NOT to make your resume confidential unless you have a good reason for doing so. Employers and recruiters often prefer to contact candidates by phone rather than email. They sometimes express frustration with confidential resumes when they send off inquiries and get no reply. Because of this, some of them may not bother contacting candidates whose resumes are confidential. However, if you are currently working and don't want your present employer to know you are looking for a job, you should definitely make your resume confidential.

Editing your resume

To edit your resume, go to your Account page and click on "Edit your resume." A form will come up which contains the current information in your resume. Change the relevant information and click on the button at the bottom that says "Click here to submit your resume." If you have not posted, edited or updated your resume in the last 14 days, the resume will be updated to the current date. If you have posted, edited or updated your resume within the last 14 days, the old posting date will remain in effect.

Viewing your resume

To view your resume, go to your Account page and click on "View your resume." You will see the resume as employers or recruiters would see it, except that there are some links at the top and the bottom which allow you to edit, update or delete the resume. Employers or recruiters would not see these links.

Updating your resume

Updating your resume means to put today's date on it without making any changes (if you make changes, that is editing). To update your resume, go to your Account page and click on "Update your resume."

Deleting your resume

To delete your resume, go to your Account page and click on "Delete your resume." You will be asked for confirmation first that you really want to delete your resume. Deleting your resume will not delete your account with JobRainbow.com. You will still be able to create and use Saved Searches and store jobs using your account even though you do not have a resume in our database.

Applying Online

Employers and recruiters have various options of how they want to receive resumes. Some may want you to send your resume directly to them by email. Others may prefer that you apply online. When you apply online, an email is sent to the employer or recruiter telling them you are interested in the job. There is a link in the email which will allow them to view your resume. You can also attach a note to your application if you would like to point out any experience or qualifications you may have that are suited to the job or to ask questions.

In order to apply online for jobs, you must have an account with JobRainbow.com and you must have a resume in our database. If you try to apply online, but do not have an account and/or a resume in our database, you will be prompted to create them first. There is no cost for job seekers to open an account or post a resume in our database.

I can't find the answer to my question - how do I contact you?

Please see our Contact Page for information on contacting us in case you don't see the answer to your question on this help page. Please do not send us your resume - it should be sent directly to the employer or recruiter according to the instructions in the job posting. If you send us a resume by email, it will just be deleted and will not reach the employer or recruiter.

 

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