Between the parties, dinners, and gift giving during the holiday season, the expenses just pile up. This may leave you wondering how you will be able to afford to maintain your job search efforts during the holidays - from buying suits and printing business cards and resumes to traveling to interviews and attending networking events, the job search certainly can be expensive at times. Better to hold off and resume your search after New Year's? Abolutely not!

On OneWire, you can still focus on your job search, without having to dip into your holiday budget. Here's how:

1. Creating your OneWire profile is completely free. No matter how much detail you want to include, you will not be charged. So go ahead. Put as much information about yourself as you possibly can in your profile.

2. Our networking tools allow you to connect with other professionals without having to travel to, register for, or attend any events. You can search for and communicate with people from your school to build your network - even during the busy holiday season. However, your school must have partnered with OneWire in order for you to access the networking tools. If you find that you aren't able to network, request that your school become a partner.

3.  Some people have started sending gimmicky gifts to hiring managers, so that they stand out more than the other candidates. While this might work and may even be a good idea in some situations, do you really want to add another gift to your shopping list? Better to give hiring managers as much detail as you can about your education, work experiences, skills, interests, and hobbies than a gift they might never use.

Again, whether or not you stick to your holiday budget is up to you. But you can let OneWire help you stay focused in your job search - without worrying about cost.