How does this system
work?
On the first page for the
Rhode Island Employer Job
Classifieds you will see a number of
sections. You can click on "Browse Ads" or "Search Ads" and view ads immediately
without registering. If you want to post, modify, or delete an ad, however, you will need to
log on to the system. If you are a new user, you need to click on "Register For An
Account".
You will be asked for your contact information and e-mail address
and Credit Card information.
Once you have registered, you may logon and create
your account with a Username and Password.
From then on all you need to do is logon and place,
modify or delete your ads.
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How does the logon
process work?
If
you want to post, modify, or delete an
ad, you will need to log on to the
system. If you have never logged on
before, please click on the
"Register For An Account"
button. You must become a member and establish your username and password
before you may post job openings. If you
have successfully registered, you may
place, modify or delete job postings on
the system. Click on the appropriate
"place",
"renew/modify" or
"delete" an ad link in the
toolbar on the left side of the screen.
At the "Enter Your Logon
Information" page, enter your
username and password and click on the
"Logon To The System" button.
From this point just follow the on-screen
directions for the function you need to
perform.
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I forgot my username. Can
I still logon?
If
you ever forget your username at the
logon screen, scroll down to the box
below the logon box, You can click on the
"Forgot Your Username" button.
When the next screen comes up, enter your
e-mail address on the form and click on
the "Submit Search" button. The
script will E-mail you the usernames (if
any) associated with that e-mail address.
For obvious reasons, it will not tell you
the password, so please make sure that
you make a note of your password
when you first register.
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I forgot my password. Can
I still logon?
If
you ever forget your password at the
logon screen, scroll down to the box
below the logon box. You can click on the
"Forgot Your Password?" button.
When the next screen comes up, enter your
user name on the form and click on the
"Submit Search" button. The
script will e-mail your password to the
e-mail address that you used when
registering your account.
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Are the usernames
case-sensitive?
Yes.
Therefore, if you use the username
"Joe", you must be sure to type
in "Joe" when logging on in the
future, as "joe" would not
work.
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How do I post an ad?
From
the main page, click on the "Place
Ad" button and logon as described
above. You will then be taken to the
"Post a Classified Ad" page.
Here, you will see a form with many
fields. Most of these are optional,
although filling in more information
helps people who are looking for your
specific information to find you. When
you have filled out the form, click on
the "Preview My Ad" button. If you are
satisfied with the look of your new ad click the "Post my ad" button. You
should then see an acknowledgment page if
your ad was successfully posted.
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How do I set up an Auto-Notify?
A great feature of
this site is the Auto-Notify option. Job searchers and
employers may both setup a search agent to notify them
by E-mail if an ad is posted which they would be
interested in. Once registered, you click on the
"Auto-Notify" link in the toolbar within the
section you wish to setup the search agent. Enter your
username and password. If you want the search agent to send you all ads, you can simply leave all search fields blank and just enter your e-mail address. You also have the option of crafting a much more precisely tailored search and retrieval service by using our
"Advanced Search" form. Select a duration for
your search agent to send you ads. If you find that you
are getting too many or too few responses you may come
back at any time and "modify" your search
agent.
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Can I put HTML tags
anywhere in my posts?
No.
You can not use HTML tags in the body of
the message. If you put HTML tags in your
message, the script will just throw out
everything in between the <>'s. You
do have the option, however, of putting a
link to a picture of something if you
have posted it somewhere else on the Web.
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What should I put in the
"Text of Ad" box?
If
you're posting a help wanted ad, tell
people about the type of work, what
skills, education, or experience is
required, what the rate of pay is, the
geographic location of the job, and any
other information relevant to this
particular position. If you're posting an
employment wanted ad, tell potential
employers about the type of work you
desire, your skills, education, and
experience, what salary level you are
seeking, what geographic areas you would
prefer to work in, and any other relevant
information about yourself.
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Why didn't my classified
ad show up?
Your
classified ad most likely did not show up
because either you were in the wrong
section (such as
"Engineering/Design" instead of
"Information Services") or you
specified search criteria that don't
appear in your ad. If so, please verify
that you are in the correct section and
then broaden your search by leaving more
of the search fields blank.
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How do I modify my ad?
On the toolbar of every page you will find
the "Modify Ad" button. If you
click on this button, you will see a
search form (once you have logged in).
Narrow your search by filling in the
fields with information specific to your
ad (such as your last name, etc.) and
click on the "Search for Item to
Modify" button. You should get a
listing of all ads that fit your search
criteria. Click on the radio button to
the left of the ad that you want to
modify and click on the "Display
Modification Form" button. The next
page will display your ad with a
modification form beneath it. The current
information from your ad will already be
filled in, so you only need to modify the
fields that you want to change. Once you
have filled in the form, click on the
"Submit Modification(s)"
button. You should then see an
acknowledgment page if your ad was
successfully modified. If you tried to
modify an ad that you did not submit, the
script will deny your request.
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How do I remove my ad?
On the toolbar of every page you will find
the "Delete Ad" button. If you
click on this button, you will see a
search form. Narrow your search by
filling in the fields with information
specific to your ad (such as your last
name, etc.) and click on the "Search
for Item to Delete" button. . You
should get a listing of all ads that fit
your search criteria. Click on the radio
button to the left of the ad that you
want to delete and click on the
"Submit Deletion(s)" button.
You should then see an acknowledgment
page if your ad was successfully deleted.
If you tried to delete an ad that you did
not submit, the script will deny your
request.
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Why didn't my search turn
up any hits?
Your
search criteria may have been too narrow.
Go back to the search form and leave more
of the search fields blank, or click on
the "New Search" button and do
a general search. For the broadest
possible search, simply click on the
"Browse Ads" button.
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How do I navigate the
search results page?
Unless
you used the Advanced Search form and
chose the Long Results format, your
search results are displayed using the
standard gray and blue tables. The left
column (headed by "#") displays
the number for each hit. The other
headers represent the most important
categories for this particular section.
You can quickly re-sort your results in
different ways by clicking on the
category headers at the top of the table
(for example, to sort by Date Posted,
simply click on the Date Posted header;
all of your search criteria will be
maintained). To see more of your search
results, you can click on the "See
Next X Hits" button beneath the
table or use the navigation bar beneath
this button.
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How do I see the full
details for a particular ad?
If
you're viewing your search results from
the standard blue and gray table, you can
see the details for any ad by clicking on
the word "Details" in the row
for that ad. This link is contained in
the Details column on the right-hand side
of the table. Or, if you would like to
see the full details for all of your
search results, you can go to the
Advanced Search form and select
"Long" in the Results Format
field.
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What is that bar for at
the bottom of the search results page?
It's
a navigation bar, similar to the one used
by the AltaVista search engine, that lets
you quickly jump to other groups of your
search results. That way, you don't have
to keep clicking on the "See Next
Group" button, like you do at most
search engines, if you want to jump to
other groups of search results. Each
button represents a group of search
results, with the number beneath the
button representing the number of the
last hit within that group. If your
search results in more than 20 groups,
only the first twenty groups are
accessible through the buttons. To get to
groups beyond the twentieth group, you
would need to click on the last button,
and once that group is displayed, keep
clicking on the right arrow or the
"See Next X Hits" button to see
groups beyond that. The green button
indicates the group of search results
that is currently being displayed. All of
the groups that you have not seen yet
have a blue button, while the groups that
you have already seen have red buttons.
The arrow at the right operates in the
same manner that the "See Next X
Hits" button does, in that it takes
you to the next group. The arrow to the
left takes you back to the group prior to
the current one.
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How do I contact someone
who has posted a classified ad?
All
of the classified ads will display a "Reply to
Ad" link. You may click on this link to bring up a
form to fill in if you want to correspond with the
poster of the ad. You will not see their E-mail address
and they won't see yours. This will allow anonymous
dialog with each party until either party feels ready to
give their identity. Of course if the ad poster included
their phone number in the ad you probably can telephone
them as well.
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