3 Keys to Finding the Best Online Job Postings

If you're in the job hunt now, I would bet thatIn addition, registering on BlueSteps
your #1 source of activity is searching for jobs(bluesteps.com) is often required by recruiters
online. In fact, many of the people I talk with arewho want to review your resume.
limiting their job search entirely to reviewing and3) Locate composite job engines for your chosen
responding to Internet job postings.field. Narrowing your search to niche job boards
While you'll miss out on many top jobs if youcan produce a higher rate of return than using the
spend 100% of your efforts online, there ARE"mass marketing" boards such as CareerBuilder or
great positions out there for the browsing! InMonster, since the jobs are often of better
addition, it's a quick way to research your idealquality and not as well-visited.
position, plus get solid keywords for your resume.Some niche boards contain MORE listings, since
Use these strategies to find better-than-averagetheir fee structure is more attractive to
opportunities-and increase your search ROI:employers. Finding these sites sometimes means
1) Tap into professional organizations in yourpaging through search engine results for your
industry. For example, a Google Search for "ITindustry plus the word "jobs."
industry Association" yielded not only siaa.netThe following is a sampling of focused job posting,
(Software & Information Industry Association)association, and recruitment sites, listed by
and tiaonline.org (Telecommunications Industryindustry:
Association), but (Google's MASTER list of ITIT - Just Tech Jobs (justtechjobs.com),
associations).Developers.Net (developers.net)
What can you do with such a list? For starters,Nonprofit - ASAE CareerHeadquarters
many of these organizations will allow free(careerhq.org), The NonProfit Times (nptimes.com)
searches on their jobs database. Some alsoSales & Marketing - Sales Heads (salesheads.com)
publish trade magazines that containLogistics - (jobsinlogistics.com)
advertisements for open positions. In addition, youEngineering - Society of Women Engineers
can often find local chapters that might be running(swe.org), ContractJobHunter (cjhunter.com)
a networking event or meeting.International - (planetrecruit.com), Job Shark
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job searching. Many high-powered jobs andleads-whether from online or offline resources-can
confidential listings are shown exclusively ontake a bit more ingenuity and time, but will pay
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NetShare (Netshare.com), and ExecutivesOnlysearch.
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