What is the best website to find a job?
Pat and Dave are correct Indeed is your best bet if you want to go for a search engine, Craigslist is surprisingly effective as well. The advance search on Indeed is great and it will compile a list of relevant jobs from everywhere from Monster to CareerBuilder.
I am a recent grad and job hunting as well.... but let me tell you more often than not the job search engines are a complete waste of time. The companies who post on these sites get over 250 resumes a day. Most will utilize a database search software that will sift through resumes, most submitted resumes will never even be seen by a person. Unless your resume has "keywords" that match the lingo of their industry or posting; your resume, for a lack of a better word is just spam to them. I have been on these sites for about a month and a half, submitted to over 50 postings and nothing! Search engines is basically like trying to win a lottery.
This is where Pat's suggestion comes in. Networking is your best bet. I just started networking I got calls in a matter of days, and my network is growing... which will lead to more opportunities. My suggestion head to Linkedin and start finding people in the industry you work in. Find Alumni Groups for your college and high school. Search through the memberships with keywords like "engineer" and start talking with REAL people. LinkedIn is dedicated for networking purposes, basically the Facebook for professionals. It is hard work but trust me it will pay off.
Good Luck
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Forget what anyone else says (except for Patrick; that actually makes some sense) and listen to me. The best jobs website is Indeed.com:
Indeed.com → indeed.com
They gather relavant results from all the others (Monster, Career Builder, etc.) and compile the results for you. Sortable by relevance, date, etc.
As I remember it they even search some corporate websites too.
The best website is the company's actual website. If a company is posting the job on careerbuilder or monster, the company most likely does not have a strong enough reputation to recruit via their own website. This translates to a weak or non exsistant HR department, a job with a company that most likely does not have a stong business plan in place, the postition could be filled by just about anyone,... the list keeps going.
To make a long answer short, go with company websites. I would suggest going to the local library, looking for the Book of List (has all the local companies) and identify the companies that fit your criteria. Then go to those companies's websites and apply through their system.
Monster has turned into a spam service. Too bad.
Use careerbuilder.com When I was laid off in 2007 I found a new job (VP level) on careerbuilder.com and was back to work in six weeks.
Pat and Dave are correct Indeed is your best bet if you want to go for a search engine, Craigslist is surprisingly effective as well. The advance search on Indeed is great and it will compile a list of relevant jobs from everywhere from Monster to CareerBuilder.
I am a recent grad and job hunting as well.... but let me tell you more often than not the job search engines are a complete waste of time. The companies who post on these sites get over 250 resumes a day. Most will utilize a database search software that will sift through resumes, most submitted resumes will never even be seen by a person. Unless your resume has "keywords" that match the lingo of their industry or posting; your resume, for a lack of a better word is just spam to them. I have been on these sites for about a month and a half, submitted to over 50 postings and nothing! Search engines is basically like trying to win a lottery.
This is where Pat's suggestion comes in. Networking is your best bet. I just started networking I got calls in a matter of days, and my network is growing... which will lead to more opportunities. My suggestion head to Linkedin and start finding people in the industry you work in. Find Alumni Groups for your college and high school. Search through the memberships with keywords like "engineer" and start talking with REAL people. LinkedIn is dedicated for networking purposes, basically the Facebook for professionals. It is hard work but trust me it will pay off.
Good Luck
If you’re looking for a job in finance, I highly recommend this new website called OneWire (www.onewire.com). It’s easy to create a profile and it’s completely free! This career management tool directly matches finance professionals/students with opportunities at top financial firms. Unlike other job sites, OneWire does not use the keyword search function. I encourage you to check out the site and create a profile.
In all honesty, the best place to find job postings are on the company's actual website. I got my job last year and looked on Monster and CareerBuilder. Both were mistakes because by the time it you sifted through the fake trash and found a real job, you could have just looked up companies in the area you are in and operate in the field you are looking for and checking those websites.
As cliche as it is, networking is the best way to find a job. Emailing in a resume just means it was sent to a mailbox. Talking to people and getting your resume seen by someone is a whole different ball game.