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PowerVista HireMe!
HireMe! automates your job search and makes it easier
to locate, respond and follow-up on job postings. It contains a main
window to record contact information and details about the job opening.
Several auxiliary windows are used to track where the job opening was
found and how you respond to the recruiting officer.
This picture shows the main window, with several
make-believe companies. It is ready to use the mouse and the [Shift] or
[Control] keys to select records. Once records are selected, the E-mail or
Merge button allows you to select a specific merge document for sending
your reply to recruiting officers. The contact information is recorded on
the Contacts tab for future follow-up.
This window has the following features for automating
your job search:
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The list is a quick display of all the job records
in your database. The columns can be sorted, re-arranged and re-sized.
Your selections are saved for the next time HireMe! is used.
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The Search (magnifying glass) and Browse
(binoculars) buttons let you apply specific criteria to your list in
order to display just the records you need. The text at the bottom of
the list shows how many records are currently shown. Your search is
automatically saved for the next time HireMe! is used.
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The E-mail and Merge buttons provide automatic
connection to Word for merging database records to your customized
documents. Several different responses can be created and selected
when you use the E-mail and Merge functions.
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You can customize each response to match the job
requirements by setting up a 'hint' in the Personal Information
window, and then typing a summary response that matches the job
description. In the above example, we chose to set up "In today's
job market, finding a person who" in the text of our letter and
e-mail responses. We merge the Summary text into each response to
complete the sentence.
Our response to ASPZone would read "In
today's job market, finding a person who can perform
all the duties associated with developing Oracle applications is
a difficult task. The blue part of the sentence is text in the
merge document, the purple part is pulled from our job record.
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Response information is automatically recorded on
the Contact tab. You can manually record other types of contact, such
as Fax or phone conversations.
HireMe! uses a simple four step process, and features
automatic connectivity to Word for e-mailing resumes or creating letters.
The process is:
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Customize the
e-mail template example and letter example included with HireMe!
Create several 'flavors' of each, if you wish. You may need to review
the help for Word merges (Tools->MailMerge) to get the exact result
you want. If you set up a new document, or move documents to other
locations, please remember to locate the "company.doc" data
source and connect it to your document. Word needs the specific data
location to enable selecting fields and executing the merge process.
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Locate job
openings from Web based services, local newspapers or job fairs.
Copy/paste or type information about each job into the main
window and store each job record in the included database.
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Select records
for response by highlighting rows on the displayed list. Powerful
Search and Browse capability is included to assist in pinpointing
records.
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Press the
"E-Mail" or "Letter" button to send a specific
response to selected jobs. You can select any of the letter or e-mail
responses you create. Each time you press the "E-Mail" or
"Letter" button, your response will be sent to the selected
job recruiting officer.
HireMe! includes a comprehensive help file to provide
instructions on using the product. It also contains information about
using HireMe! with other word processing and e-mail software.
If you like this shareware, but it doesn't quite meet
your needs, feel free to download
PowerVista Bridge. Once installed, you can download and modify the
complete source code for HireMe! Source code is posted on the Sample
Applications page.
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