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The 2008-2009 edition of The Guide to Internet Job Searching is now available. Order your copy from Amazon.com
The Riley Guide: How to Job Search
Use the Internet to Find Job Leads
July 2008
Rule #1 ||
Job Listings 101: Where to Start ||
Job Listings 102: Electronic Classifieds
Job Listings 103: Targeted Services ||
Job Listings 104: Employer Websites
Rule #1: Always Move General to Specific
While searching for employers and opportunities, look for job listings at several levels, thinking all the time about moving from general sites and resources to specific sites and resources.
- Check the large recruiting sites to get the broad overviews and largest searches you can.
- Target the online journals and newspapers for your location, industry, and profession.
- Scan through the appropriate professional and trade association web sites and journals to find those job listings marketed to particular job areas, occupational fields, industries, social or ethnic groups, and locations.
Don't skip employer websites, even if you found they've listed jobs in other locations. Many post even more job listings on their own sites, plus you can probably find a way to contact their human resource department to find out about any opportunities they haven't posted.
Just so you know....CareerXRoad's 2007 Annual Sources of Hire Survey reports that
- The Company Website represents 20.7% of all external hires.
- Hires attributed to specific Job Boards (Monster.com, CareerBuilder and HotJobs) and generic Niche Boards represent only 12.3% of external hires.
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Job Listings 101: Where to Start
These contain links to hundreds of Internet employment resources. Use these to quickly find some places to search for jobs. More resources are available at http://www.rileyguide.com/more.html.- The Riley Guide, http://www.rileyguide.com
- JobStar, http://jobstar.org (It says "California," but it's great for all users)
- Job Hunt, http://www.job-hunt.org
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Job Listings 102: Electronic Classifieds
These feature hundreds of job announcements in numerous fields and occupations. We've even included the online versions of your newspaper classifieds in this category. Most of these sites and sources feature keyword searching, allowing you to scan each database in a few minutes instead of a few hours. More resources are available at http://www.rileyguide.com/multiple.html.- JobCentral, http://www.jobcentral.com
- NewsLink, http://newslink.org (a collection of links to online newspapers and their classifieds)
- NationJob, http://www.nationjob.com
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Job Listings 103: Targeted Services
These are a sample of sites serving a particular industry, occupation, geographic location, or group of people. Many more resources are available throughout the Riley Guide's job pages at http://www.rileyguide.com/jobs.html.- InfoMine, http://www.info-mine.com (mining industry)
- SaludosWeb, http://www.saludos.com (persons of Hispanic descent)
- New Mobility's Interactive Cafe, http://www.newmobility.com (the disabled)
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Job Listings 104: Employer Websites
The activity of Finding Employers You Want to Consider can also help you identify lists of employers in any given industry, filter the list to just those in your local area, and make contact. Our lists of Business Directories and Telephone Directories will also be useful here. Your local public library or job service office can also help you with identifying local employers.- Yahoo, http://www.yahoo.com (virtual library)
- Business.com, http://www.business.com (business directory)
- Google, http://www.google.com (search engine)
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