Resources for job seekers during the recession (vanity)

Internet | January 25, 2009 | 2ndDivisionVet

[2ndDivisionVet]

As a career counselor and recruiter for most of my life, I know how hard it is to find the right job. I hope these sites help.

[arealconservativeforachange]

Excellent, I’m going to pass this along to some people I know.

[Brookhaven]

Thanks for the info, but as a career counselor, you should know that finding a job via websites is a virtual dead end.

Networking your way into a job is the quickest (and best) way to find a job.

“What Color is Your Parachute” should be required reading for anyone out of work. It is pretty much the Bible for job networking.

[Gaffer]

www.ACORN.com

www.democratsforlife.com

www.wheresmystimulus.com

www.wheresMYmoney.com

www.wheresmyunemploymentcheck.com

www.whatdoyoumeanIhavetohaveworkedbeforeIcangetanunemployementcheck.com

www.barackstiffedmewhatdoIdonow.com

www.shitmanyoumeanIgottaworkforalivinnow.com

[the invisib1e hand]

sheesh. the least you could have done was made ‘em links. /s

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Thanks! Printing out that list and sending it to my jobless BIL that will be mooching supper off of us tonight. *Rolleyes*

(I love him, but he’s not all that motivated an individual.)

[merry10]

actually, I am a federal worker and we get some of our people by directing them to websites such as the ones posted. I met a woman in November working on the campaign - i liked her, directed her to our website and now she is starting work in late March.

[2ndDivisionVet]

What Color Is Your Parachute should be required reading in both high school and college. Having said that, I must disagree with your assumption: I found EVERY job I've had since leaving the workforce agency in 2000 via the Internet, including a vice president position at a mortgage brokerage. If you don't know how to proceed, the Internet sites can be a time waster, but a thorough, methodical search will almost certainly yield results. I would advise a job-seeker to spend 60% of their time on the Internet, 20% on networking and 20% on cold-calling employers in their fields.

[LiberConservative]

If you have a state job bank I suggest posting and staying active there as well. I got two inquiries and accepted my current position from a company who contacted me after seeing my resume.

[Argus]

Thank you very much, 2nd Division.

[2ndDivisionVet]

"If you have a state job bank I suggest posting and staying active there as well."

If you are receiving unemployment insurance (UI) it is almost always a requirement that you be registered with your state employment commission, which nowadays means being active at these state job sites.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Job Banks:

http://www.census.gov/hrd/www/index.html Census jobs

http://www.nationsjob.com/ Nation Job

http://www.monster.com Monster

http://www.ajb.dni.us America’s Job bank

http://www.jobfox.com

http://www.sologig.com

http://conservativejobs.com

http://www.ceweekly.com

http://www.usajobs.com

http://geo.craigslist.org/ Select your city and state

http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ Hot Jobs

http://jobcircle.com/

http://jobsearch.about.com/cs/tempjobs/a/tempjobs.htm

http://jobs.nj.com/careers/jobsearch?new=1&searchType=advanced

http://www.allmyfaves.com/Beyond

http://www.biznik.com

http://www.caljobs.ca.gov/ California

http://www.careerbuilder.com Career Builder

http://www.careeroverview.com/recruiters.html

http://www.christianet.com/christianjobs/ Christian jobs

http://www.clearedjobs.com

http://www.defensecareers.com

http://www.defenselink.mil/sites/c.html#civjobs

http://www.dice.com/ Dice (Mostly IT & High Tech)

http://www.employment911.com

http://federalgovernmentjobs.us/job-agency.html

http://www.firstjobresource.com/

http://www.fiveoclockclub.com/Go Free Lance

http://www.groovejob.com

http://www.hcareers.com -— Primarily hospitality careers, but also catering, cruise lines, travel industry and restaurants.

http://Hire Net.net (mostly medical)

http://www.hirevetsfirst.gov/ Hire Vets First

http://www.hotjobs.com

http://www.indeed.com/

http://www.intelligencecareers.com

http://jobagencies.com/

http://www.jobbankinfo.org/

http://www.jobbankusa.com/

http://www.jobcentral.com

http://www.job.com/

http://www.jobsonline.com

http://www.linkedin.com

http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?displayHome=&trk=hb_ft_jobs

http://www.mrinetwork.com/

http://www.quintcareers.com/recruiter_directories.html

http://regionalhelpwanted.com/corporate/our_sites_usa.cfm

http://www.retirementjobs.com/

http://www.sba.gov/

http://www.seniors4hire.com

http://www.simplyhired.com

http://www.snagajob.com

http://www.talentzoo.com/

http://www.TheRecruiterNetwork.com

http://www.recruitersonline.com/jobs2/search5.phtml

http://www.topechelonnetwork.com/JobSeekers/Default.aspx (3rd party recruiters)

http://www.TwinTiersHelpWanted.com

http://www.vault.com/

http://www.usajobs.gov

http://www.heritage.org/jobbank/

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Yes, I saw your sarcasm thingy. :) :)

[Kid Shelleen]

Thanks: I am going to forward to a friend..

[Brad’s Gramma]

Jobs listings ping...

[Man50D]

I appreciate the thought.

[Bon mots]

In my spare time I have been building two job sites... I don't make any money from them, but when a recruiter friend in California told me just how bleak the job situation is over there, I decided to do something in my spare time (weekends and evenings.)

They are nearly finished - and I would like some suggestions.

Jobs Toolbar
This application is a toolbar that will appear at the top of your screen. You have to look for it... it does not require an install, but is done in DHTML.

JobScrubber

I need to go back and finesse this one too...

Building search tools is VERY time consuming...

Any tips, opinions, ideas are greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[Crush T Velour]

ping

[Bon mots]

The jobs toolbar will look just like a toolbar, and enable a jobseeker to jump from site to site without searching for the next page. It also logs which sites have been visited and not visited.

I also put in links to newspapers, and am now fleshing out the content pages... so there might still be a couple of dead links in the lower page.

The toolbar up top works, and I'm in the process of refining the search boolean algorithms to return maximum results.

:)

[joesbucks]

Thank you for this comprehensive list.

[the invisib1e hand]

wow.