Searching Job Sites

Once you've prepared your resume for electronic submission, you're ready to start your job search. The more you do it, the better you'll get. Get your mouse pointer on everything you can, learn, and bookmark your favorite sites. In particular, study the job listings to get a feel for which sites offer the most jobs in your field. For example, if a site lists tons of jobs in engineering, but few to none in technical communications (which typically goes hand-in-hand with engineering), you probably don't want to submit your resume there if you are a technical writer. But, don't blow off a site without browsing it first. You may want to bookmark some of its career resources.

Comprehensive Sites
These one-stop sites are excellent places to start. They typically have a broad reach, and offer multiple resources and services for free. Collectively at these sites, you may

• Search for or browse through thousands of jobs
• Research employers
• Read informative career articles
• Create your resume using online templates (forms)
• Submit your resume for employers and recruiters to search
• Automatically receive jobs by email
• Attend virtual job fairs and locate live career events in your area
• Network through bulletin boards, chat rooms and newsgroups
• Explore college and diversity resources, and more

Specialty Sites
These sites may not offer many bells, buzzers and whistles, but they are focused on specific occupations to help you better target your search. The following categories include many specialty sites. These and more categories are listed down the page to your left, under Subjects.

• Computer Jobs
• Engineering Jobs
• Government Jobs
• Healthcare Jobs
• Internet Jobs
• Science and Medicine Jobs
• Semiconductor Jobs
• Start-Up Company Jobs
• Telecommunications Jobs

Don't be fooled by some of the Subject titles, Techies. Almost every sector needs techies of some sort, including science, healthcare and government. Be sure to explore More Jobs by Type too, which includes aviation, tech support, tech writing, and many other specialties.

If you're a disabled person, veteran, or member of an ethnic group or minority, explore the sites in Cultural Diversity. If you're a female, you'll find lots of career and networking sites just for you in Women's Resources.

Local and Regional Sites
As job searching on the Net grows, local sites are popping up, too. Although the comprehensive and specialty sites list jobs throughout the US, the local sites are more focused on your city and state.

If you're cyberhunting "High-Tech Heaven" in the San Francisco Bay Area, visit the special section Silicon Valley Career Resources. If you're interested in cyberhunting new media jobs in Silicon Alley, Job Searching - Technical accommodates you there too, with a dedicated article about the area its job resources.

International Sites has links to job sites around the world, with global, regional and local job opportunities.

Multi-Job Sites
Because the Net and computers go hand-in-hand, many of the job sites lean toward information technology (IT), information systems (IS), and networking jobs. But sites that list many types of jobs, including high-tech, are rapidly gaining ground.

Popular Sites
Make sure you browse the most popular sites too, as popularity is likely to be an indication of user satisfaction and lots of jobs.

For more about job searching online, see "Expand Your Job Search." It includes even more resources, such as links to your local newspapers, to increase your chances of landing a job using the Net. See also "Job Searching by Keyword" for tips on how to target your job search using simple to complex search strings.

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