Readers Job Search Recommendations - Vol II - CareerAlley

Readers Job Search Recommendations - Vol II - CareerAlley We may receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners. Thanks again to everyone who have recommended their favorite sites. This has been a great help as most of these are sites that Ive not yet reviewed. Beyond the basics of job search (like my Job Search Marketing Toolkit), different things work for different people. All of these sites are the tool not the process. As long as you have the process down, explore those sites that work best for you. Now on to another round of Readers Choice. Take My Lunch What many of you may not realize is that most (if not all) job search sites charge companies to post open positions on their sites (thats how they make their money). Not so for Takemylunch.com. This job search site allows companies to post their ads for free. Why would they do this? To make it easier and less expense to post jobs and, therefore, make more posted jobs available to those of us who are looking for a job. Why is this important? Because there are many positions that are not posted by companies due to the cost. This site eliminates this concern. The main page of this site is well set-up. The tab that you will be looking for is Looking for Job. You can register on the site and leverage My Jobs and My Jobs Applied. The site has additional links for Job Categories (which are also listed on the site) and Search Jobs in addition to Resume Form / File Upload. Good news is that this looks like a great place for companies to post their jobs for free. The site will become more useful as companies begin to post their jobs on a regular basis. Onewire This site is dedicated to Finance professionals. Their tag line Precise connections between finance professionals and firms tells it all in that this is a site that matches your background to relevant finance jobs. There are tabs at the top of the page for How it Works and FAQs. The basics of how to get started are listed on the main page (Sign up free, create your detailed profile and get matched. If you are a finance professional, this is definitely worth the read (and try). The website is filled with information that will answer all of your questions regarding how the site works. Office Live Students This is an interesting Facebook page which has a number of resources for job search. The link at the beginning of this paragraph takes you to the Resume Tips page which has four columns of job search advice links. The first column is Building Your Resume, followed by Networking, Interviewing and Career Planning and Salary Negotiation. There are additional tabs at the top of the page for the Wall, Info, Video and more. This is an interesting site to get some quick links for job search advice as well as sharing your ideas. Energyjobsites Their tag line the premier energy jobs board with a unique matching system that makes job searches and resume searches extremely fast, accurate, and easy. The site focuses on jobs in the energy industry and has a section for employers and job seekers. For Job Seekers, move down to the bottom of the first page where you see JOB SEEKERS in bold. Below this to the right are boxes that represent functional areas within energy (Gas, Green, Nuclear, etc.). Click any one of these boxes to link to a page dedicated to job search for that functional area. Using Oil and Gas as an example, once on the dedicated page click Search Oil and Gas jobs. There were hundreds of job opportunities when I checked the site. Job Search Daily This is an interesting site that I was not aware existed. This site provides related news as well as resources to help you in your job search. The main page is structured much as an online newspaper might look. Each of the articles are job search related. On the right hand side of the page are featured posts, polls and popular tags (like Employment Opportunities). At the top of the page are tabs with excellent content like Employment Opportunities, Entry Level Jobs, Find a Job QA and more. Certainly worth a look. Good luck in your search.