ALT-3 Assessing the Efficiency of Job Search Websites
Job search sites are clearly an efficient way of searching for a job allowing you to see hundreds of job postings on different sites. Imagine looking through a hard copy newspaper or walking the streets to look for jobs. That's how it was done before the Internet entered our lives and brought jobs to our fingertips.
How efficient are the job search engines? They are very efficient as long as you supply the correct parameters, the jobs will appear on your screen within seconds. My personal search engine favorite is Indeed.com. It's almost like a clearing house for jobs as it pulls them in from other search sites and from online newspapers.
CareerBuilder.com also provides recommended job offerings based on the history of your job search. These are filtered to your geographical area and retain the parameters you have used in the past in your job search. This is a smart search engine that can take data and duplicate similar data for you. It's a nice feature.
The ability to post resumes online is super efficient. Not may years past, we had to print, make copies and mail out resumes when we were interested in a position. Today, you can tweak your resume and send it by email or directly from the site to hiring companies. You save time and postage money. In addition, you can store the sent emails for your personal list of companies to which you've applied.
While the big search engines gather the most jobs they also have the largest job seekers. Now there are other sites that bring all the best together in one place. These search engines give you the best of the others all in one place. Many will send alerts to your mailbox for the exact type of position you seek.
I'm not fond of Monster's website because I've run into difficulty there on more than one occasion, but that's just one opinion and many people swear by that website.
Social and professional websites give you an edge in securing the position you desire. Once you establish a consistent presence and maintain contacts, they're often a goldmine for job contacts. Networking is the greatest strength you can acquire when searching for a job in view of the fact that millions of jobs are posted at all.
Craigslist.com is another networking site that posts jobs. Since they're region specific, you can access jobs in the areas you're interested in without having to go through the filtering process found on large job sites. In addition to traditional jobs, they offer writing and editing jobs with other telecommuting jobs. Freelance writers find good sources there.
Job Search websites place advertisements just as many other websites do. It helps pay overhead expenses while helping the consumer at the same time. However, CareerBuilder.com recently got rid of some unscrupulous advertisers who were running scams. Their credibility suffered some, but they are still one of the best sources for jobs.
Finding jobs on the Internet is efficient for the time-saving feature of searching a large database of jobs, posting your resume online and not having to print and copy hard copies of your resume. Many job sites offer makeover resumes tailored to showoff your best assets.
Use all the resources to find the best position for you and use social and professional sites. In today's competitive job market we need all the support we can find. Most likely you'll find exactly what you're looking for when you use all resources in your job search.
