4.4. Job Hunting For centuries, the local newspaper's Help Wanted section had a monopoly on the job listings market. And, in fact, your local newspaper's electronic classified ad section is still a good place to start. On sites like the Boston Globe 's BostonWorks.com and the Seattle Times ' NWjobs.com, you'll find the latest job listings and get much less ink on your fingers. Scores of job hunters post their r sum s on one of the huge sites devoted solely to job searching. Most career sites let you browse and search through job postings by field, salary, and geographical area. Many offer career advice, too.
Note: These sites let you post your r sum in hopes that a prospective employer may browse through the listings. You're more likely to get an email from a recruiter (a.k.a. headhunter) than from someone who's actually doing the hiring. Still, recruiters can and do have connections to employers with active job openings.
-
CareerJournal.com . This site (www.careerjournal.com) from the folks at The Wall Street Journal caters to executives. If you're looking to move up in the business world, this site tells you what's out there and how to go about getting it. -
Monster.com . If you're not happy in your present employment, the site's name may remind you of your boss. Monster (Figure 4-2) offers more than just an electronic job board where you can scan listings and post your r sum . It (www.monster.com) has loads of career advice, self-assessment tests, and articles. It also has a community section full of tips and stories from people in the same boat. -
HotJobs . This site (http://hotjobs.yahoo.com) is the career-counselor corner of Yahoo world, with a searchable database of jobs around the country. It also has a Career Tools section where you can calculate how high a salary you need to ask for, find out what to expect in an interview, and so on. -
CareerBuilder . Like a dating site, CareeerBuilder (www.careerbuilder.com ) offers to match you with the jobs you're best suited to door you can browse the listings yourself in search of new horizons. The site lets you search for jobs by company or industry and provides links to career fairs around the country and articles dispensing job-hunting advice. -
Craigslist . Much more low-key than the big job-focused sites, the Craigslist (www.craigslist.org) jobs section posts jobs in all kinds of fields in hundreds of cities. Because it's mostly free to post ads (except for employers posting Help Wanted ads in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco), it's a great place to find and fill part-time jobs, like tutoring. It's also popular among nonprofit companies that can't afford to place ads in newspapers. (See Section 2.2.3 for background on this little list that grew into an Internet anchor.) Figure 4-2. Monster's job-search page lets you look for work in your desired city and field. In addition to its huge database of jobs, the site has career advice and other features to help you with your job search. 
 |
