How to Guide: Find Employers Using Americas Career InfoNet

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How to Guide Find Employers Using Americas
Career InfoNet

• Use this guide to learn how to find employers who
  typically hire people in your occupation.
• Start from the home page of Americas Career
  InfoNet at http//www.acinet.org
• Select Employer Locator under Career Tools.

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How to Guide Find Employers

• You will be able to do a search by Industry, by
  Occupation, or by Employer Name.
• We will do a search by Occupation for employers
  of computer support specialists.

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How to Guide Find Employers

• Scroll to select a state.
• Highlight it.
• Click on Search.

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How to Guide Find Employers

• Highlight a Job Family, i.e. Computer and
  Mathematical.
• Click on Search.
• OR
• Type your job title in the space under Keyword
  Search.
• Click on Search.

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How to Guide Find Employers

• If you do your search by Job Family, you will
  be asked to scroll through a list of job titles
  in the family you chose.
• Highlight the job title you want.
• Click on Search.

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How to Guide Find Employers

• If you decide to do a Keyword Search, you will
  be asked to highlight your job title.
• Click on Search.

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How to Guide Find Employers

• You will be asked to scroll through the
  industries that employ your chosen occupation.
• Highlight the industry you want to look at.
• Then scroll through the areas of your state. (If
  your community is not a part of one of the large
  metropolitan statistical areas, choose Balance of
  State-BOS-to get an alphabetical listing of
  remaining communities.)
• Highlight the part of the state where you want to
  work.
• Click on Search.

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How to Guide Find Employers

• You will be asked to scroll through a list of
  cities and towns from the geographic area you
  chose, and pick up to five communities from the
  list.
• Highlight those of interest to you.
• To choose more than one item, after making your
  first choice,hold the Control Button down on your
  computer keyboard until all of your choices have
  been highlighted.
• Click on Search.

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How to Guide Find Employers

• You may be asked to scroll through a number of
  industries. (The number of employers within each
  industry is indicated in parentheses.)
• Highlight the industry you want to look at.
• Click on Search.

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How to Guide Find Employers

• You will get a list of employers who typically
  hire people in your occupation.
• To get an address, a phone number and a contact
  name, click on any of the businesses on your list.

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How to Guide Find Employers

• If you need a map to show you where the business
  is located, click on the street sign.
• To go back to your list of employers, click on
  Back.
• To look for employers for other occupations,
  scroll to the bottom of your screen and click on
  New Search at the bottom of the side bar.