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Future Features of CareerOINK

Over time, we plan to continue to enhance and develop CareerOINK features. Following are some of the options that we are working on now or considering for the future:

Sample resumes. To help people write their resumes, we want to provide sample resumes to be connected to each occupation. This will allow users to look up an occupation, and then see real sample resumes developed for jobs in the CareerOINK database. Some of these will be written by professional resume writers, others by CareerOINK users.
Interactive elements. We plan to add a variety of interactive elements to the CareerOINK website, including user comments about their own jobs (on likes, dislikes, pay, and other issues); question or chat options for those wanting information on a specific occupation; and other interactive features. We plan to add these and other features to provide more information about each listed job.
More pig nonsense. The "CareerOINK" name is just too much of an opportunity for us to pass up. So, over time, we fully intend to "ham it up" and waste our time having fun with pig puns and such, like maybe calling our sample resume section the "resume trough," where you can find lots of "swill resumes" and other stupid stuff. Hey, what about pig sounds whenever you click on something? The possibilities are endless...
More sorting options. On a more serious note, we know that lots of people want to sort jobs in a variety of sensible ways. For example, what about being able to find a list of jobs requiring specific skills and certain levels of education and training? Or what about searching for jobs in certain areas of interest, at certain levels of training or education, and that pay over a certain amount? These types of sorts makes sense, so we'll be working on adding a variety of sorting options to future editions of the Web and CD versions of CareerOINK. Or is that "snorting" options?
More self-assessment options. Wouldn't it be nice to fill out a questionnaire and have it end up giving you the one "perfect" job for you? That will happen about the same time as when pigs fly. Still, we can offer a more modest approach that lets you respond to questions and that results in a list of jobs closely matched to your preferences. In fact, we've already done this in several forms, and plan to add this feature to a future release of CareerOINK. In the meantime, click here for information about our online career assessment options available now, or contact our sales department for more information at 800-648-5478.
Regular updates to CareerOINK on CD. Because some customers may prefer a CD version, we also have CareerOINK on CD. A major advantage is that a CD offers faster data access and higher reliability than a website does, since there is no dependence on a sometimes unreliable Internet connection. CareerOINK on CD will be updated as major occupational information changes. The updates may include improvements and new data that can be downloaded from our website. For information about CareerOINK on CD, contact our sales department at 800-648-5478.
Whatever you suggest. If we have lots of time on our hands after doing all the nonsense around here, we will surely think of other things we can do to improve CareerOINK. But, since some of those ideas are sure to be a waste of time (though fun, like adding lots of clever little pig applets to run across the screen and say "oink"), we'd like your suggestions. Just what, we ask, would you like us to consider adding in the way of features and improvements to CareerOINK? Really. Let us know. Be specific. Be serious.

Send your suggestions to us at headhog@careeroink.com or mail to us at CareerOINK Mavens, JIST Publishing, 8902 Otis Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46216-1033.

Thanks.

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