4 New Job Search Tools to Check Out in 2012 - CareerEnlightenment.com

Vizualize.meThere are a lot of online résumécompanies. Some of them are very good. But they essentially take a paper résuméand stick it into some HTML coding and nice fonts. Vizualize.me takes your résuméa step further.After you import your LinkedIn profile, Vizualize.me generates that information in the form of an Infographic â€" it will graphically represent your profile. With the tool, you can modify the fonts, format, and colors to fit your brand.I’ve built a few for myself and have been really pleased with how they look, though I never went so far as to have it printed on a t-shirt (which you can do as well).Cachinko.comCachinko.com is like Pandora, but for jobs. After you “star” a job you like, the system will leverage your social graph (your friends and connections) to find similar positions that you are more likely to be interested in.I tried several searches with this tool and thought it was pretty neat â€" if you are into using job boards. Rather than searching over and over again on a job board, with Cachinko, you just go to the “Jobs You’ll Love” list and it populates it for you. The more jobs you “star” the more accurate the list will be.After you’ve identified a job you want, you can use the “Friends who can help” feature to actually talk to people in your network about the job.1-page.com1-page.com stands for One Page Job Search Proposal. Founder Joanna Riley is the daughter of Patrick Riley, author of the long-time best-selling business book, The One-Page Proposal. The idea is that if you can’t sell your idea on one page, you haven’t thought about it enough.While a résumé may have a place in the hiring process, its function is no longer the pivot point for employers. Enter the one-page proposal. By submitting a proposal to a potential employer, you are telling them what you WILL do for them should they choose to hire you.The format of a “one-page” proposal is very specific. And this website will take you thro ugh the steps one by one. Even if you don’t end up using your proposal in your application or in your networking, the process of writing down your entire value on one page is hugely valuable.