The Internet is no longer something we can live without. It has become increasingly present in our lives at every hour of the day and night. The tool is no longer a mere tool, it has modified the way we think, the way we look for things or information, our relations to others and even the way we think altogether.

Let’s see how it has modify the way we look for a job.

I don’t really know how people used to do before the Internet because I’ve never really been in this situation (hello screenager generation!). My guess is that they were looking for job ads in the paper or in magazines related to their professional field of enquiry. Or, they went somewhere like the ANPE in France which is an organization devoted to professional insertion. They would then type their cover letter and their CV, and afterwards send a dozen if not a hundred (real) letters to the companies they’d like to work for. Time-consuming, nerve-wrecking, money-wasting and not very efficient overall if you ask me… With the Internet, you log into your email account, open your browser, go to websites dedicated to job opportunities or internships, for instance type “internships + your work field” in Google, and work on your cover letters and CVs at the same time. The advantages are numerous: for instance, you don’t have to send dozens of letters and pay for that, you have a free email account. You don’t have to wander around everywhere, you just have every possible job opportunities at the tip of your fingers. And most importantly, you can find help and ask your questions online because there will always be someone who’s already asked this question or someone to answer yours.

Recently, I was looking for an internship in London and I found this website GumTree, and found one ad that interested me related to the Communication and Media field. I sent a resume and a cover letter (I used Google to find examples of cover letters in the UK format) by email and one week after I had an answer. And no I did not live happily ever after since they didn’t take me but that’s not the point.

The point is, the Internet can make job-hunting a hundred time easier, faster and (stronger) more efficient.