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By Alison Doyle, About.com Guide to Job Searching

Best Job Sites

Friday August 15, 2008
When actively job searching, check the top job sites frequently - you can set up alerts to be notified of new listings via email. Use the job search engines to do some of the searching for you. A job search engine will search multiple sites for jobs based on the search terms you enter, including location and keyword. Also make sure that you check the niche sites which focus on jobs listed by career field and those that list jobs in specific geographic locations.

Yes, it's easier to just put your resume online and wait, but, you probably won't have a line of employers knocking on your door. In fact, you may be lucky if you get any serious responses.

Instead, you need to work at your job search and the more you diversify your job search, the more job listings you'll find to apply to and your job search will be much more effective.

Do you have a favorite job site? If so, let us know what site has been working well for you.

Even if you're not currently job seeking, it's always to good to survey the job market every once in a while and see what jobs are out there for someone with your skills and qualifications.

Best Job Sites

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August 16, 2008 at 11:33 am
(1) Praveen says:

Hi,
You can post IT jobs at
http://www.mobilefish.com/services/itjobs/itjobs.php for free.
This site also contains other useful tools and tutorials for IT developers.

August 18, 2008 at 5:34 pm
(2) SOS says:

I this site is good, if specialized (only nonprofits): www.bridgestar.org

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