Monthly Archives: May 2008
In Interviews, Honesty Is the Best Policy
| May 30, 2008 | Posted by admin under POSTS |
In Interviews, Honesty Is the Best Policy Job hunting is a cutthroat business, especially these days when work is scarce. But it still pays to stick to your ethical principles by Bruce Weinstein, PhD Most of the articles on this…
Background Checks
| May 30, 2008 | Posted by admin under POSTS |
The Trouble with Background Checks Employee screening has become a big business, but not always an accurate one Plus: Background Checks: What You Need to Know from Businessweek.com
[Grads] Work on Basics In Tough Job Hunt
| May 27, 2008 | Posted by admin under POSTS |
Grads Work on Basics In Tough Job Hunt By ERIN WHITE, WSJ Alumni networks, preparation are key; focus on small firms This year’s graduates face an even tougher job market. The unemployment rate hit 5% in April, up from 4.5%…
Job Hunting in an Unsteady Economy
| May 26, 2008 | Posted by admin under POSTS |
Job Hunting in an Unsteady Economy 7 Tips for Success by Tom Musbach, Yahoo! HotJobs Whether or not the U.S. economy has hit a recession, one thing is clear these days: Uncertainty is in the air, and it affects nearly…
A Simple Way to Bolster Relationships
| May 23, 2008 | Posted by admin under POSTS |
A Simple Way to Bolster RelationshipsStrengthen relationships that are critical to your career success by taking the time to express sincere gratitude whenever you receive help, says Robert Thompson, author of “The Offsite: A Leadership Challenge Fable” (Jossey-Bass, 2008). It’s…
How to Approach an Information Interview
| May 22, 2008 | Posted by admin under POSTS |
Don’t Ask for a Job During An Informational Interview WSJ Q: If I get a 15- to 20-minute information interview, how should I best use those minutes? And will people want to speak with someone they don’t know if they…
Mass Layoffs Down
| May 22, 2008 | Posted by admin under POSTS |
WSJ: U.S. employers took 1,308 mass layoff actions in April — 263 fewer than in March — seasonally adjusted, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Industries most involved include temporary help services, school and employee bus transportation, automobile manufacturing, food-service contracting…
The Two-Step Career Change
| May 22, 2008 | Posted by admin under POSTS |
The Two-Step Career Change Changing careers in mid-life can be daunting, but the gap between Career A and Career B might not be as wide as it first seems
Making a Buck vs. Making a Living (on eBay)
| May 22, 2008 | Posted by admin under POSTS |
My eBay Job Do 1.3 million people really earn their living from the auction site? By Daniel Gross Certain numbers have an iconic status in America’s business culture. One of them is the number of people who derive income selling…
30 best Web sites for job hunters
| May 20, 2008 | Posted by admin under DIRECT - Target/Resume |
30 best Web sites for job hunters Which of the more than 40,000 online job boards now operating in the U.S. are most likely to help you land the position you want? Check out these survey results. By Anne Fisher,…
(Fortune) — Each year, Weddle’s (www.weddles.com), a major U.S. publisher of print guides to Internet job hunting, invites the public to visit its Web site and vote for their favorite job boards. The 30 sites with the most votes at the end of the year are declared the winners of the Users’ Choice Awards. It’s not a scientific survey, since those polled are a self-selected sampling and tend to feel strongly about certain sites, both pro and con.
Some voters’ comments are raves: “SimplyHired is hands-down by far the best job board on the Web,” wrote one fan. Other remarks are “unprintable,” notes publisher Peter Weddle. Either way, the awards are “the only recognition in the $6 billion-a-year global online recruitment industry where actual users – job hunters, employers, and recruiters – get to pick the winners,” he says.
This time around, one-third of the sites with the most votes are general-purpose job boards that serve a broad cross-section of industries, professions, and locations. The other two-thirds are niche sites that focus on a specific industry, career field, or geographic area.
That mix is probably no coincidence. “Most job seekers use a number of different sites. The average now is five,” says Weddle. “I recommend using two of the big general sites like CareerBuilder.com or Yahoo! HotJobs and three specialty sites — one that concentrates on your career field, one industry site, and one that focuses on the location where you live or want to live. That way you’re covered from all angles, and keeping track of the activity on five sites is easier than it sounds, because most of them have features that will notify you when a new opportunity that’s appropriate for you gets posted.”
Now, without further ado (as they used to say at the Oscars), here are the 2008 Users’ Choice Award winners, listed in alphabetical order by category:
General Purpose
- CareerBuilder.com
- CareerJournal.com
- Craigslist
- Indeed
- Job.com
- Monster
- SimplyHired.com
- Workopolis.com (Canada)
- Yahoo! HotJobs
Niche – Career Field
- CareerBank.com (accounting, finance)
- ComputerJobs.com
- Dice (IT jobs)
- HealthEcareers Network
- JobsInLogistics
Niche – Industry
- Absolutely Health Care
- AllHealthcareJobs.com
- Bio Space
- Hcareers (hotels, hospitality)
- HealthCareerWeb.com
Niche – Geography
Niche – Affinity
- CollegeRecruiter.com (new grads)
- LatPro (Hispanic and bilingual)
- VetJobs (military veterans)
Niche – Employment category
- EmploymentGuide.com (hourly)
- ExecuNet (senior level executive)
- The Ladders.com (senior level executive)
- Net-Temps (contract, temporary)
- 6FigureJobs (senior level executive)
- SnagAJob.com (hourly)
Here’s hoping one or more of these lists just the job you’re looking for, but remember: Don’t spend too much time online. Particularly in a sluggish economy, many openings are never posted anywhere, and your best bet is to meet and speak with as many real live humans as you can. Happy hunting!
Readers, what do you say? Have you ever gotten a job through a job board? What do you like about them? What frustrates you about them? What’s your experience (if any) been with small niche sites? Post your thoughts on the Ask Annie blog. 
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