Websites to Help You
The following are a number of Web sites that can help you find a job. The only problem I have with an extensive number of Web sites is that people can get wrapped up in surfing the Web and confuse e-mailing a resume with looking for a job. Don't confuse activity with productivity!
Keep in mind that information from the Web is simply that .... information! How you use the information is more important. If it doesn't get you an interview or help you with an interview, it is useless.
For example, if you notice in the newspaper that a particular organization is doing a lot of hiring, even though they're not "advertising" on the Web or in the paper, relatively entry-level jobs, you would still use this information to call them and try to get an interview. Those in motion tend to stay in motion. If a company is expanding its sales force by three or four people in one city, they may very well consider an entry-level sales person.
Even if a company is looking for an experienced engineer, they may very well consider hiring an entry-level engineer. Even if you only had an associate degree in engineering, you would want to call any firm that might be looking for any kind of engineering. The same would be true for accounting, sales, etc..
So, if you see a company expanding in even an area that is not related to what your degree or inclination might be, you still might want research them and call them. The Web is great for researching companies, finding out who their hiring authorities are and giving you the chance to call those hiring authorities and present yourself.
Going to search engines like Google and Yahoo is a good start. Also, there are job search engine sites, Indeed.com, Jobster.com, GetTheJob.com and SimplyHired.com. Simply enter the kind of job you might want and see what you get. You may get a number of job boards. But you also may get a number of companies that are actually looking for people in your discipline. Even entering a "jobs for recent college graduates" on any of these will get you hundreds of entries.
Major and minor job boards:
www.monster.com
www.careerbuilder.com
www.hotjobs.com
www.theladders.com
www.craigslist.org
www.indeed.com
www.rileyguide.com
www.simplyhired.com
www.jobster.com
www.beyond.com
www.talentspider.com
www.getthejob.com
www.jobweb.com
On some of these sites you can even enter the kind of job and the part of the country you might be interested in and find out who might be hiring. For instance, I went to www.indeed.com and entered "engineering" and the location of Muskogee, Okla. It gave me the names of the company's and surrounding cities of Muskogee that were looking for engineers. Simple enough!
Job boards geared toward recent college graduates:
www.collegegrad.com
www.collegerecruiter.com
www.collegejournal.com
www.campusgraduates.com
www.worktree.com
www.quintcareers.com/grad
www.cbcampus.com
www.erecruiting.com
www.nacelink.com
www.studentjobs.gov
Specialty sites: There are hordes of different "specialty" websites that catered to a particular niches. Go to one of the search engines and enter "jobs for accounting.... Engineering... Information Technology...etc.," and you will see a number of specific web sites that list those kind of positions. One can even get more specific, like mechanical...chemical...structural engineer, etc.
Informational sites about jobs for graduates:
http://content.monstertrak.monster.com/tools/careerconverter
www.bls.gov/oco (info. on hundreds of different types of jobs)
www.wetfeet.com
www.vault.com
www.careers.org
www.jobweb.com
www.careeronestop.org
www.careerinfonet.acinet
www.ajb.org (American Job Bank)
www.servicelocator.org
www.jobstar.org
www.rileyguide.com
www.careerXroads.com that account
State, Local, and Regional Job Banks: These job banks may be specific to the area of the country in which you are seeking work.
Salary Comparisons:
www.payscale.com
www.salary.monster.com
www.salary.aftercollege.com
www.salary.nytimes.com
www.salary.com
Be aware that the average employer has no idea about the high, low or average salary for the level of professional he or she is hiring. In fact, a hiring authority could care less about salary surveys. So, just because you read about a particular salary for the level of job you are looking for, doesn't mean you're going to get it from a particular employer. Use the information as a "go by," rather than an absolute authority.
Social networking sites:
Friendster
Meetup.com
Myspace
Yahoo!360
Although these are "social" sites, by asking your social network if they know of anyone looking for a good employee, you may get an interview. However, as I mentioned in the program, if your personal, social network has anything on it in the least bit questionable, clean it up. More and more employers are reviewing these sites before they actually hire someone.
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