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Aside from company websites or word of mouth, what does C-D think are the best online job boards? Examples would be Simply hired, Indeed, LinkedIn, Careerbuilder, Monster, Craigslist, etc.
Any that you have any particular luck with, or usually get a good rate of response from job applications on?
Many of the government agencies where I live use Governmentjobs.com. For non-government jobs, I would say that I have had the most success with Craigslist. Careerbuilder is second place. I can't really say anything about Indeed. It just compiles job openings from other websites making it more convenient to search.
Aside from company websites or word of mouth, what does C-D think are the best online job boards? Examples would be Simply hired, Indeed, LinkedIn, Careerbuilder, Monster, Craigslist, etc.
Any that you have any particular luck with, or usually get a good rate of response from job applications on?
Aside from company websites or word of mouth, what does C-D think are the best online job boards? Examples would be Simply hired, Indeed, LinkedIn, Careerbuilder, Monster, Craigslist, etc.
Any that you have any particular luck with, or usually get a good rate of response from job applications on?
You can try linkup.com. It's aggregates company job postings. I find some smaller companies that may not show up on indeed.com.
The best job boards would still be the company sites though. With Indeed and Careerbuilder, I find companies that I did not recognize. I added their company websites to my usual searches. The company websites will have the job first, before it's posted externally.
This last job search I got the most interviews from using Craigslist followed by Indeed and LinkedIn. For my situation, the jobs I found on Indeed and LinkedIn were for larger companies and usually required some sort of personality profile test to move beyond the first interview or to get a first interview. Once I took the test I would usually get an email soon after thanking me for my time and that's the last I would hear from those companies. The companies on Craigslist were all local companies who did not use tests and finally got hired a few weeks ago.
I'd argue that Indeed was better when fewer people knew about it :-(
Linkedin is good as long as you can network well within it. Keep in mind that sometimes there can be a backlash against using the internet because it makes it easier to apply it means more applicants etc.
If you know a field try looking for that trade organization that lobbies for it. Chances are they know of job postings.
Doing research for specific companies is always a great thing to do, and applying on their company websites. There are a lot of societies that will also post jobs on their websites...I tend to use these more often then not. I've used Linkedin, indeed, usajobs, and glassdoor with good success. There are also some free recruiting agencies out there that have secured me a few interviews, I just placed my resume on their site.
I have had many recruiters review my LinkedIn profile and then contact me. I have gotten several offers this way. For IT positions, Dice.com is excellent also.
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