Best Job Search Websites on the Internet
In today's internet focused age, you would be a foolish job-seeker to ignore internet based job search engines. The myriad of job websites out there can be daunting, so it is important that you take the time to think about what you need from the job-search site. Are you focusing your job search on a particular territory, or is the world your oyster? Do you want a facility whereby you can post your curriculum vitae online for recruiters to see, and have them come to you? Are you searching for an opportunity in a specific career area, or are you willing to consider any type of position? What you want from a job search engine will decide which one is best for you.
If what you need is a catch-all job search website with a massive world wide presence, the omnipresent force ofMonsterreigns supreme. Simply adjust the ending of the URL to reflect the region you wish to search in, for examplewww.monster.defor Germany specific jobs,www.monster.iefor Irish jobs,www.monster.co.ukfor jobs in the United Kingdom, andwww.monster.comfor positions in the United States. Within each regional monster site there is the facility to search internationally. The site layout is extremely user friendly, with the job seeker offered the facility to search by industry, area, category, date posted, career level, education level, job-type or a combination of all these criteria. It also offers a profile facility, whereby you create an online curriculum vitae which you can then use for making applications, or allow potential recruiters to view it. The profile facility can also be used to create email alerts notifying you when a suitable position is advertised. It keeps a record of jobs you apply for, and also offers services such as salary evaluation so that you can ensure you are pricing your services correctly.
Careerbuilderis available internationally in the same way as Monster, however it has nowhere near the same volume of listings as Monster. It has the profile facility, career advice and email alerts that Monster has, but the search facility is not as powerful as Monster's multi-faceted one. You are only offered the options to search by keyword, location, category, and country.
SimplyHiredalso has an international web presence in a similar way to Monster and Careerbuilder, however, it is in a different format to those two websites. What it essentially does is search other websites for jobs, including the websites of recruiters themselves, so it is an extremely effective method of searching several job sites at once. It offers a similar search facility to that of Careerbuilder, with the options of searching by keyword, location and country, and category. When you find a particular job and click on it you are then redirected to the website where the job was originally advertised. While it's design enables it to reach several job advertisements, it is noteworthy that the majority of recruiters advertise positions on a variety of job boards, meaning that your search may pull up several versions of an advertisement for the same position. Be aware that certain websites, such as Monster for example, do not allow themselves to be searched by websites like SimplyHired, so jobs only advertised on Monster will not appear in a search of SimplyHired or websites that operate in a similar manner. SimplyHired operates only as a pure job search engine, with no peripheral services such as profile creation, cv upload, or career advice.
Employment Crossingis a massive gateway site which job-seekers must pay to use, although it offers a three day free trial so users can get a feel for it before committing to the. It operates on the premise that it has more jobs available to job seekers because it does not charge employers to advertise on it, and also actively goes out searching the web for new jobs advertised on company websites and job boards. Duplicate advertisements are removed, as are dormant advertisements (something not done on several other job search websites). The website is searchable by a wide variety different crossings, eg ActuarialCrossing, TeenagerCrossing, CaseManagementCrossing, ChefCrossing, PRCrossing and so on. Alongside the different Crossings, there is a sophisticated search facility allowing you to search by keyword, locations, radius around a location, date the job was posted, the type of firm, and where EmploymentCrossing found the job advert. It does not allow advertising, has a large range of jobs from around the wold, and offers excellent telephone customer service. There is a facility to have assistance with the creation of your curriculum vitae, but, like all other job websites, this service commands a further fee.
Yahoo runs a job search service calledHotJobs, which is an excellent resource, however it does not have the world-wide job search facility of the other websites mentioned above. As well as a powerful job search facility it has career focused articles giving valuable and sensible advice on various aspects of job seeking. It is worth checking out HotJobs for this resource alone.
Of course there are a multitude of further job-search websites, some focusing on specific industries or locations. My advice would be to find two, maximum three, job search engines that work for you and stick with them. Otherwise you will waste precious time and energy trawling through the same advertisements on different websites, creating profile after profile after profile, all to no avail. Email alert services are a particularly useful tool of the internet based job search engine. Take full advantage of this, and ensure that you regularly review your criteria for those alerts. It is then only a matter of time before the perfect job for you is within your grasp.
