Best Job Websites
Reliable Job Search Engines
Have you ever tried looking for work on Indeed.com? The website lists all the jobs posted on other company's job search engines. Wikipedia describes it as, "Indeed.com is a metasearch engine, launched in November 2004. It's also an example of a vertical search. The site aggregates job listings from thousands of websites including job boards, newspapers, associations, and company career pages. Job seekers do not apply for jobs through Indeed, just receive the listing as to where the job is posted. Applicants can then decide which jobs are of interest and then go to the corresponding sites to apply." Go to our Job Board to look for work on Indeed.com.
Another great website is www.employflorida.com with the Florida Agency of Workforce Innovation. Check out other state employment offices online. There's no need to stand in line or view job postings on their office bulletin board, as in the past. For example, through the federal Workforce Initiatives, each state has set up an employment Web site. In Florida, it's called Employ Florida. This site lists all jobs in that state. Specifically, if you're an educator, you wouldn't need to look at the Web sites for each university or school district in your county. Instead, the Workforce Board in your state has all the jobs listed on its site. If you prefer to meet with someone face-to-face, locate a One Stop Career Center near you: http://www.servicelocator.org/.
The Department of Labor (DOL) conducted a national "Career Tool Challenge" online utilizing crowd sourcing, the people's vote. Participants submitted around 650 career tools to the site. The winners are listed on the CareerOneStop Web site: http://www.careeronestop.org/. If you wish to see every type of job search/, career advancement/ social media tool available, visit their site to view all the participants: http://www.dolchallenge.ideascale.com. Read our blog about our participation in the challenge.
Job-Hunt.org is one of the DOL, "Career Tool Challenge" winners. Their website boasts praise from US News, Forbes, and PC Magazine, as the best site for job hunting and careers. They offer job-related resources for each state, as well as various links to employers' websites that combined total 13,864 online opportunities to find work. They have a twitter account you can follow to receive the latest advice for your job search @jobhuntorg.
USAJobs.gov is the website for the federal government: http://www.usajobs.gov/. They give hiring preferences to veterans and persons with disabilities. For example, certain federal agencies have a special authority to hire 30% of disabled veterans for their workforce, www.fedshirevets.gov. USAJobs is open to anyone interested in working for the federal government. These job announcements aren't listed in your local newspapers or job boards, so it's a great way to find the hidden jobs in your area. Moreover, these jobs lead to long-time career opportunities and include great benefits.
Do you need a part-time or flexible job? Flexjobs.com is a reliable job board that is fee-based: http://www.flexjobs.com/About.aspx. Currently, they're offering a discount to our site visitors (promo code, SAVE50). Our experience with this job board has been very satisfying. They even send you a small gift when you get a job! They're part of the BBB, and CNN recently interviewed the founder. Her video clip can be found on our blog. We recommend reading their blog. Here's a link to the latest one: http://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/how-to-answer-the-question-why-have-you-been-unemployed-for-so-long/.
Last but not least is LinkedIn.com. According to the Wall Street Journal, starting on 9-23-11, LinkedIn will unveil its partnership with Taleo to assist job seekers with saving time applying to various companies by going through a "universal profile" job application process on LinkedIn. In fact, companies will have a widget, icon tool, that will say "apply with LinkedIn". If you haven't searched for jobs on LinkedIn.com yet, I highly suggest you take a look, especially if you're in the tech industry.