Web Search Guide for Sergio Escobar

Sergio Escobar is the supervisor of a computer facility used by trainees in a job retraining program. The computer facility has 18 Apple Mac computers, which are used by the Sergio posted a few URLs for various local and regional job banks, but he knows information online changes daily. He also knows that if trainees knew how, they could use the web to research organizations in preparation for job interviews. As a support specialist, you are assigned to work with Sergio to prepare some basic documents for the trainees on how to search for information on the web. Use the search engine you are most familiar with for this case project. Create a short document titled Guide to Web Searches that Sergio can give to users of the facility he supervises. The document should include a description of how to use a search engine, instructions on how to enter search terms and how to narrow a search, and helpful web search strategies. It should include some examples that relate to job search strategies. The document should be self-contained and designed for use outside a classroom environment. Use the online documents published by one or more organizations that provide web search engines as a resource. If you work in a group with other workers or students, post several examples of group members documents and let each member nominate the guide they think best meets the four criteria for good documents discussed in the chapter.