What are the Best Online Job Search Sites?There are over 45,000 online job search sites. The sheer scope of coverage is overwhelming, from the local jobs level to the regional jobs level, all the way to the USA jobs level, you can work full time for months and not search them all. The secret to a good online job search is to narrow the selection down to the best ones, particularly for non-executive positions. As a hiring manager, this is the order in which I'll post jobs online - it's therefore the order in which you should spend your online job search time:
Here are the Best Online Job Posting SitesAs a hiring manager, I've asked my Human Resources Department to use many of these and I know they can deliver a large number of qualified applicants quickly. So naturally, as a job seeker you should be certain to include these in your online job search, as well as post your resume at a select few.One thing to bear in mind is that you're going to find a certain amount of redundancy in the jobs you'll find online. Many of the job sites use the same job search engines and thus you'll come across the same job on more than one site. This is simply part of conducting an online job search and one reason why it's so necessary to be organized and keep good records on the jobs for which you've applied. Remember: as a hiring manager, I will usually disregard applicants that apply twice. If you can't keep track of jobs you apply for, how will you keep track of your work if I hire you? Yep, we hiring managers are tough! A Word About Web Site Traffic RankingsThere are approximately 56 Million active sites on the Web. In order to make your online job search as efficient as possible, I'll give you the job search sites with the most traffic, as measured by the Alexa-certified Traffic Ranking. This number represents where each site ranks in traffic, out of all those 56 million sites.The lower the Alexa rating number, the more popular the site. For example, an Alexa rating of 10 means that site is the tenth most visited site on the web. So, a site that ranks at 560,000 (or lower) is in the Top 1% of all sites. You want to focus your online job search on job sites that rank at least in the top 1% or better. The lower the Alexa rating number, the more popular the site. (in case you're wondering who is number 1, it's Yahoo, the most visited site on the Web). For each site I recommend, I give the Alexa ranking so you can see which ones get the most traffic. The ones with the most traffic, of course, will likely have the most job postings. An Alexa rating of 10,000 or lower is particularly outstanding and means that site is getting serious traffic. The Big Five Job Posting SitesHere are the five biggest online job search sites. Millions of job seekers post their resumes on these sites and hundreds of thousands of jobs are posted.The good news is that most large employers use these sites at one time or another to post jobs. The bad news is that the numbers of visitors to these sites is huge, so there is lots of competition for posted jobs. Also, when you post your resume on these sites, it's easy for it to get lost unless you update it regularly. These are the sites that employers will search and as a hiring manager, I use these sites to find resumes from qualified applicants. They are all a must in your online job search.
Other Major Job Posting SitesWhile not as large as the top five online job search sites, these sites still have excellent Alexa ratings and should definitely be part of your employment search efforts.
Reagional Job SitesWe hiring managers really like the regional sites because we know that applicants using these sites are more likely to be local applicants and we love local applicants. We don't have to pay travel expenses and they can generally start sooner. You should definitely include these in your online job search.You can check job openings in specific locations in two ways. You can narrow your job search at the major job sites to a specific region, or you can go to regional job sites that only post jobs in that region. As a hiring manager, I use both so I advise you to use both in your online job search. Some employers only post on the major sites and other employers only post on regional sites. Some employers do both. In other words, you need to cover all the bases. Yes, you'll come across a lot of job openings posted on both but that's just part of the online job search process. Once again, we hiring managers sure don't make it easy on job seekers, do we? There are thousands of regional job sites. But the reality is that some of them get so little traffic that they are a waste of your time. Below, I list some major regions. Click on each one for a list of the top five (according to the Alexa ratings) job sites. Concentrate on these and you'll avoid wasting your time on the hundreds of other regional sites that won't produce good results.
Industry Specific Job SitesAs with regional sites, hiring managers love the industry specific job sites. They tend to yield more targeted applicants and frequently are less expensive to post jobs on than the top five job general job sites. These are also a must for your online job search efforts.Click on an industry below for a list of the top five job sites in that industry. |