| If you're in the job hunt now, I would bet | | | | Execunet, promote face-to-face networking |
| that your #1 source of activity is searching | | | | opportunities through local chapters. |
| for jobs online. In fact, many of the people | | | | |
| I talk with are limiting their job search | | | | In addition, registering on BlueSteps |
| entirely to reviewing and responding to | | | | (bluesteps.com) is often required by |
| Internet job postings. | | | | recruiters who want to review your resume. |
| | | | |
| While you'll miss out on many top jobs if you | | | | 3) Locate composite job engines for your |
| spend 100% of your efforts online, there ARE | | | | chosen field. Narrowing your search to niche |
| great positions out there for the browsing! | | | | job boards can produce a higher rate of |
| In addition, it's a quick way to research | | | | return than using the "mass marketing" boards |
| your ideal position, plus get solid keywords | | | | such as CareerBuilder or Monster, since the |
| for your resume. | | | | jobs are often of better quality and not as |
| | | | well-visited. |
| Use these strategies to find | | | | |
| better-than-average opportunities—and | | | | Some niche boards contain MORE listings, |
| increase your search ROI: | | | | since their fee structure is more attractive |
| | | | to employers. Finding these sites sometimes |
| 1) Tap into professional organizations in | | | | means paging through search engine results |
| your industry. For example, a Google Search | | | | for your industry plus the word "jobs." |
| for "IT industry Association" yielded not | | | | |
| only siaa.net (Software & Information | | | | The following is a sampling of focused job |
| Industry Association) and tiaonline.org | | | | posting, association, and recruitment sites, |
| (Telecommunications Industry Association), | | | | listed by industry: |
| but (Google's MASTER list of IT | | | | |
| associations). | | | | IT - Just Tech Jobs (justtechjobs.com), |
| | | | Developers.Net (developers.net) |
| What can you do with such a list? For | | | | |
| starters, many of these organizations will | | | | Nonprofit - ASAE CareerHeadquarters |
| allow free searches on their jobs database. | | | | (careerhq.org), The NonProfit Times |
| Some also publish trade magazines that | | | | (nptimes.com) |
| contain advertisements for open positions. In | | | | |
| addition, you can often find local chapters | | | | Sales & Marketing - Sales Heads |
| that might be running a networking event or | | | | (salesheads.com) |
| meeting. | | | | |
| | | | Logistics - (jobsinlogistics.com) |
| BONUS: should you decide to join, | | | | |
| professional affiliations are a GREAT place | | | | Engineering - Society of Women Engineers |
| to find like-minded individuals who are | | | | (swe.org), ContractJobHunter (cjhunter.com) |
| hiring in your field—plus, the | | | | |
| membership can be a boost to your resume. | | | | International - (planetrecruit.com), Job |
| | | | Shark (jobshark.ca) |
| 2) Consider some of the fee-based services | | | | |
| for job searching. Many high-powered jobs and | | | | Construction - Construction Executive |
| confidential listings are shown exclusively | | | | (constructionexecutive.com) |
| on executive sites such as Execunet | | | | |
| (Execunet.com), NetShare (Netshare.com), and | | | | Biotechnology - HireBio (hirebio.com) |
| ExecutivesOnly (executivesonly.com). | | | | |
| | | | To sum up, finding a reliable and quality |
| While some of what these sites may offer more | | | | source of leads—whether from online or |
| than you need, registering with one or two | | | | offline resources—can take a bit more |
| can help broaden your search efforts and give | | | | ingenuity and time, but will pay off by |
| you a representative cross-section of what | | | | producing better results for your career |
| employers seek. Some organizations, such as | | | | search. |