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