Track your job search: Office Live

Productivity is very personal. Some people live and die by their leather-bound Franklin Covey planners, others by their smartphones. Some people love Outlook, others detest it. And Google Docs seems to be the new place to exchange and share documents — but some people will never use it.

And I’m a little more fickle when it comes to productivity than most people. I’m always scanning the environment for a new tool that can help me be more organized, more productive. So yesterday, I tried out Office Live.

For job seekers, there’s one nifty option that can help you organize your job search. It’s the Job Search Workspace.

Here’s how you get started:

1. Go to Office Live, and sign up.

2. Create a new workspace and select Job Search Workspace. Simply click the green button to add a new workspace, and a menu will pop up that will allow you to choose the type of workspace. Select “Job Search Workspace.”

Create a new Office Live Workspace - click the green button

3. Review and update the documents included. The Job Search Workspace comes with a number of helpful documents for your job search preloaded, but you can delete them and replace them with your own working documents.

Preloaded documents in the Job Search Workspace in Office Live

Now, the content that comes preloaded in the workspace is pretty bare bones, but Office Live does give you a nice way to keep all of the info associated with your job search in one online location, accessible from anywhere.

If you’re looking for a solution to bring this content together, give Office Live a shot. Let me know what you think!

How do you track your job search activities?

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