With the recession in full swing, and unemployment numbers skyrocketing, I figured that this would be a pretty useful post. This is a real world review of ways to locate a job online, and apply to it. Now actually getting a call back, and landing the job is up to you, but this is just the tip of the iceberg.I used to spend hours per day looking at all the stupid job sites. Monster, Careerbuilder, Yahoo Jobs. Most of these sites are filled with ads, sponsorships, and junk scam jobs. I would get nothing but scam callers during the day offering me "jobs". If you aren't sure what I mean, then just put your resume in "public" mode on Monster, and wait back and let the phone calls come in.
Right now, I am using a service called Indeed.
Indeed works a lot like Google, and that is a huge compliment. I would say that Indeed is the Google of job search websites. It pulls the data from EVERY job website, and gives you direct links to the job in most cases.
The website appears to be very simple, but it is extremely powerful. You answer what you want, and where you want it. The advanced search is very powerful.
Once you get a good search result, you can have indeed exclude all jobs from employment agencies. Then you can have it only show you jobs based on a certain salary. Furthermore, you can drill it down between the type of job that you are looking for (Full Time, Part time, Contract). That is a great way to pick maybe 10 good jobs out of a search of 5000, without spending all day looking at garbage jobs.
Now, once you get a good search going, you can save your search through My Indeed. It is very hard to stay motivated, so you can have Indeed email you job search results as often as you want.
Here is my absolute favorite feature of the website. If you open an account with Indeed (Free of course), then you can set a block button on any job search result that comes up in your search. You can block jobs from a certain company, jobs posted on a certain job board, or certain job titles. This is an awesome feature, even with a great search you will get some junk jobs mixed in there, or some weird job sites that you do not want to see. I have a huge ban list, and right now, I get mostly quality search results.
Right now, one of my main searches is
computer "A+" in location FL
or computer "A+" in location AZ
You are telling the engine to search for computer and the exact phrase A+ (A computer certification) in the job data, then only give you the results for the state you want.
If you are searching in your local area, just punch in your zip code, and tell it to search within 25 miles of your house.
It is a very great website, and it has saved me tons of time.
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Thanks, and good luck.
