Resources for when you are in the job market. Obviously these won't all apply to everyone. If you're getting a job that's far afield from me, then I wouldn't have much advice for you.

These sites would be good to establish some sort of presence whether it be for uploading resumes and job searches (manual and auto delivery) or to create portfolios or project repositories to share your work. In the case of code, maybe some derivative works could be done if you're not able to create your own project, fork a project where changes you make improve upon something else. Might be good to have that anyway if it's a project you rely on and you can make it more efficient to use or customize for yourself.

• Linked-In
• CareerBuilder
• Indeed
• Github
• Dice
• ZipRecruiter
• Monster
• Dribbble
• Behance
• Portfolio.Adobe.com
• Artstation
• SmugMug
• Deviant Art

Look at a few different templates and actually write down, articulate what you like and don't like about them. Think it through first don't just jump into a template until you align what your resume needs with the templates you've looked at. Print out the sample templates (without your stuff) and scrutinize how they read, how they print, color, fonts etc. Start to formulate the design you want as personal choices that suit you best. The slots you fill may not match the slots the templates have. Why things work and don't work. Read a few articles on resume writing for your field.

• Print out a few “favorite” sample resumes with the sample content unchanged by you. Actually print them because undoubtedly they will be printed by prospective recruiters / employers.
• Put those samples in a folder, scrutinize them a bit, their design, their personality, what ppieces you like
• do you need to mix and match or does one really fit you well
• in the word processor doc, are they using specified styles and do they match each other?
• Have a completely text based resume too
• Have a resume with and without contact information on it. No phone, address, email etc. If you put a resume online, don't give them harvestable information if you don't have to.
• What resume would a computer system “consume” better where you have less work to do once you upload it?
• Have a few people look over your resume
• Plan on your resume being a document you return constantly to to modify based on feedback or evolving with your search success. Also plan on having a few variations of the resume to suit what you might be applying for in adjacent areas.

Having a portfolio website is a good idea just as part of the complete package. In my field, there are a lot of good and a lot of bad designs of portfolios. You want yours to be relevant and understandable, and contain enough content that makes it worth having visited. If I'm looking at your profile, taking time to visit your site, give me at least a few minutes of content to browse and get a feel for who you are. A website let's you expand or even embellish on all sorts of things biographically. It can help you improve on the tone you maybe wanted to convey in the resume but couldn't. But maybe most importantly if you are the type of person to engage in a lot of things, think of your website as a hub for people to explore those areas withy you. If you do a lot of projects, document some of those projects in a category under an appropriate name. The website doesn't have to be for just prospect jobs.

• Use Categories so people know what they want to see and not
• Projects that show who you are, your capabilities
• Family stuff ok but keep it safe, sanitized and in its own category
• Links to other portfolios, photography, design, code repos if not housed here
• Online Resume or maybe a partial resume
• Contact form or contact info that you feel comfortable posting
• Devote time and target your main career objective in your copy
• Avoid linking to other personal social media, unless highly sanitized
• Community connection, volunteer work, training component
• Look at instructional content, videos articles on how to build a portfolio site for YOUR field
• Including imaginary stuff is OK but make it real world so it shows the whole package so to speak. Not just a design but a campaign. Not just an idea, but an engineered project.

After you find a job, if you are happy with where you are, there are some additional things you want to do. Close out of your previous accounts at the online services, they will continue to bother you. You might think you need to maintain a profile out there but that's just more time for your data to be mined by services inside and outside of your own country. I'd even consider deleting your main profiles such as Linked-In if you want to get spying eyes off your back. Might be good to actually delete all your personal information that ties you anywhere. Some people want to be tied across their social media presence but I would not recommend it in this age.