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Top Five Job Sites
Dateline: 9/11/00
100hot Ranking
100hot ranks job sites based on the number of page views each receives. To determine the number of page views, 100hot collects data from sources they prefer to keep confidential. They sample about 100,000 surfers: 60% from North America and 40% from the rest of the world. But no need to worry about your privacy. 100hot doesn't track exact demographic information.
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Note Brainbench.com actually ranked 4th, but is not reflected below. It is not a job site, but rather a testing and certification service. |
| Audience | All |
| Types of Jobs | Various |
| Contract Jobs | Yes |
| Job Searching | By location, category and keyword, with tips on searching |
| International Jobs | Yes |
| Resume Services | An online resume builder plus complete management, including viewing, editing, deleting, statistics, and privacy options. You may post up to five resumes. |
| Cover Letter | Up to five |
| Chat | Yes |
| Message Board | Yes |
| Other Services | Job agents, company research, and lots of on-site tools, advice and resources |
| Cost | Free |
| Comments | In 1999, Monster.com absorbed Online Career Center, AboutWork and Student Center. While Monster offers several of its own on site, many of the great services provided by these sites were lost in the transition. |
| Audience | All |
| Types of Jobs | Technical of all types (e.g., technical writing and engineering), but focused on computer skills |
| Contract Jobs | Yes |
| Job Searching | Quick search by keyword or Boolean query, plus a more complex search by keyword or Boolean query, state, area code, tax term (contract, full time, etc.) and metro area, with tips on searching |
| International Jobs | No. USA only. |
| Resume Services | Profile form with no privacy (must provide phone numbers, address, etc.). Must be ready to work in the next 4 weeks and resubmit every 30 days. |
| Cover Letter | No |
| Chat | No |
| Message Board | No |
| Other Services | Job agent, career links and resources |
| Cost | Free, except as noted in Comments |
| Comments | While the job searching and resume services are free, many of the career tips, links and resources aren't immediately helpful, as they are essentially quickie commercials for off-site, fee-based services, books, etc. |
| Audience | All |
| Types of Jobs | Various |
| Contract Jobs | Yes |
| Job Searching | By keyword, experience, qualifications (education), salary, location, job nature (contract, full time, etc.) and category. |
| International Jobs | Asia Pacific, its specialty. USA is limited to only California at this writing. |
| Resume Services | Complete management with privacy options; however, they require full personal details (phone numbers, address, etc.) on their resume form. |
| Cover Letter | No |
| Chat | No |
| Message Board | No |
| Other Services | Job agent, quick apply (send your resume to selected employers with just a click), and employer, recruiter and agency links. No career tips or resources. |
| Cost | Free |
| Comments | Launching in September 1998, this is a relative newcomer that has somehow shot up to the top rankings out of nowhere, possibly because of press exposure and site splitting (each country is a separate site). Sites are a bit busy and navigation is a tad confusing, but not too hard to figure out. |
| Audience | All |
| Types of Jobs | Various |
| Contract Jobs | Yes |
| Job Searching | Quick search by keyword, plus a more complex search by keyword, category, type, degree, location and salary, with search tips |
| International Jobs | Yes |
| Resume Services | Complete management with statistics and privacy options; however, they require full personal details (phone numbers, address, etc.) on their resume form. Includes spell checking, a nice touch. |
| Cover Letter | No |
| Chat | No |
| Message Board | No |
| Other Services | Company profiles, upgraded resume visibility, and a Resource Center with links to off-site resume services and other fee-based, commercial resources |
| Cost | Free, except as noted in Other Services and Comments |
| Comments | They mix recruiter, employer and candidate options on some pages, which is a little confusing. With so many job sites accepting resumes for free, the Position Upgrade option is a disappointing gimmick. You must pay $10 to $100 every 30 days for a better position in resume searches. |
| Audience | All |
| Types of Jobs | Various |
| Contract Jobs | Yes |
| Job Searching | Quick search by keyword, plus a more complex search by keyword or simple Boolean query, category and location, with search tips. Searches employment ads of affiliated newspapers according to the location you select, and you may save your search criteria to rerun them quickly. |
| International Jobs | Yes |
| Resume Services | Copy and paste with complete management and privacy options; however, they require full personal details (phone numbers, address, etc.) upfront. (See Comments) |
| Cover Letter | Space provided when applying for jobs |
| Chat | Yes |
| Message Board | Yes |
| Other Services | Job-search management, career resources, company profiles, articles, news, industry info, job fairs and more, some on site and free, others off site and fee based. |
| Cost | Free, except as noted in Other Services |
| Comments | Extracts information from your pasted resume. The extraction process is not very accurate for complex resumes, so you might have to make changes. |
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