ONLINE JOB SEARCH WEBSITES
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I point to highly recommended sites!
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ONLINE JOB RESOURCE GUIDES
These guides lead to online resources that can help prepare you to be a savvy job seeker, and
then to locate and land that JOB! The best resource guides are created by people or
organizations who are specialists. For instance, the Riley Guide was prepared and is
maintained by Margaret Riley, Librarian, a specialist in finding information!
The Riley Guide:
From the guide: The Riley Guide introduces you to the online job search, listing many online
sites and services that are useful for your job search. We do not post jobs nor resumes but
instead point you to the places that do.
Excellent resource for using the Internet for finding a job. Contains introductions to, and links
for, job resources. Sections for career fields, salary surveys, research, and help with resumes,
cover letters, and more. Compiled and regularly updated by librarian and consultant Margaret F.
(Riley) Dikel.http://www.rileyguide.com/
WHERE DO I FIND JOB SEARCH INFORMATION? On the left side of the web page, click on
“sites with job listings.”
Hot tip: Margaret Riley compiled the Riley Guide online AND also published a book with a lot of
the same information. The 2008-09 GUIDE TO INTERNET JOB SEARCHING is available at
the FPL Reference Desk. The call number is FPL REF DESK 650.14 Gui 2008-09
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JOB SEARCH AGGREGATORS
Sites like Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com collect job postings from other sites and aggregate
them into one database to be searched by job seekers. Some of their job listings come from
large job search websites such as Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com, HotJobs.Yahoo.com, as
well as many other job sites, large and small. Postings from Craigslist have not been included,
recently. Aggregators also include jobs from employer web sites.
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The 2008-09 GUIDE TO INTERNET JOB SEARCHING (available at FPL REF Desk 650.14 Gui
2008-09), Indeed.com searches multiple sources for job listings, including newspapers,
employers, etc.
Filters: salary, title, company, location-including acceptable proximity, job type (FT, PT,
temporary, etc), information source-employer or recruiter. www.indeed.com
According to the company website, Simply Hired, Inc. operates a search engine for jobs and
recruitment advertising network. It searches multiple sources, including job boards, newspaper
and classified listings, and company Websites to operate an online database of jobs. The
company’s tools enable users to build resume, browse job listings, do the research, and secure
that offer letter. It also enables online publishers to create job sites. The company was founded in
2003 and is based in Mountain View, California.
Filters: company, location-including acceptable proximity, job type (FT. PT. etc)., company size,
company revenue, date posted, source(where info came from), employer www.simplyhired.com
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JOB SEARCH SITES
GIANTS
Monster.com
More than 400,000 job opportunities, worldwide (more than 1,500 international employers)
makes this the largest online jobs database on the Web. You can search by company name,
location, discipline, industry, job title, or combinations of these. The employer overview gives
some background information into the company selected, the products and services, and
employee benefits. They also have a large database of information for the job seeker and the
employer. The Online Career Center is now a part of this huge site. In my trial searching, this
website produced fewer hits than indeed.com or simplyhired.com! http://www.monster.com/
CareerBuilder.com This site claims to list "hundreds of thousands" of available jobs in
the United States. Searchable by location, job type, industry, and other factors.
http://www.careerbuilder.com/
GOVERNMENT
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Federal government:
USAJOBS
The Web's ultimate federal job list--every vacancy in the United States government,
both in the U.S. and abroad. The current job openings database is updated daily and
offers many search options. Also includes general federal employment information.
Includes section on jobs for Veterans. http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/
.CareerOneStop
This site is the "nation's publicly-funded resource for jobseekers and businesses. It is
sponsored by the U.S. Dept of Labor. Find jobs -- from entry level to technical to
professional to CEO.... Explore alternative career paths, compare salary data for
different occupations, learn which careers are hot, get resume writing tips and job
interview strategies, and much more." Searchable and browsable. The home web page
is a bit “noisy.” http://www.careeronestop.org/
State government:
Job Quest. ..Massachusetts Department of Workforce Development.
You do not have to register in order to search JobQuest. You can use Massachusetts
Job Quest to:
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Search for job openings at our Job Bank
Match your skills against current job openings and receive daily updates of jobs that
match our qualifications (login required)
Allow employers to view your resume (login required)
Check out activities and workshops at Mass One-Stop Career Centers
Search for training programs approved for: ITA (Individual Training Account), Section
30, Trade, Education Rewards
Use our bulletin board to find out about current recruitment activities and other
employment information
Good search engines, but no RSS fee available. Search can be saved.
https://web.detma.org/Jobseeker
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MASSACHUSETTS ONLY!
http://www.capejobs.com/ Search for jobs at one of the CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
CENTERS on the cape. Job searching is not available online at this website.
The following description is from the website. Career Opportunities is a one stop career
center offering employees job/career search services to job seekers and recruitment
assistance to employers throughout the Cape and Islands. Most of the services provided are
prepaid by our tax dollars. As a result, it costs job seekers and employers nothing to take
advantage of these services. To benefit from these services, all a job seeker or employer
needs do is become a member of Career Opportunities. Membership is FREE.
http://www.capejobs.com/locations.htm
offices on the Cape.
Click here to find Career Opportunity
http://www.capejobs.com/fifty_plus.htm Click here for a section of
capejobs.com that gives advice and job search sources for those aged 55+
LOCAL JOB WEBSITE . Local jobs can be searched locally, but they are
also advertised in many, many of the bigger job search databases. If you need to
stay local, don’t limit yourself by just using local databases!
This is the job search engine for the Cape Cod Times. Easy to use search engine, with
the option to save a search to send alerts to your email or to use RSS feed.
www.capecodworks.com
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BY PROFESSION—see Rileyguide.com or the 2008-09 GUIDE TO
INTERNET JOB SEARCHING (available at the FPL Reference
Desk. The call number is FPL REF DESK 650.14 Gui 2008-09)
SUMMER  TEMPORARY  PART-TIME
Studentjobs.gov
Federal government employment opportunities for high school and college students.
Search options include employment type (for example, summer employment or
internship), geographic location, and salary. Includes profiles of government agencies
with job listings in the database, as well as links to agencies that aren't required to post
listings in the database. Also offers options to create a profile to receive job matches by
e-mail, submit a resume or get noticed by potential employers. Students, don’t overlook
this site! http://www.studentjobs.gov/
SnagAJob.com
...part-time and hourly jobs from hundreds of employers targeted more to college
and high school students but not limited to these folks. You can search all you want
and even review the jobs without registering, but to apply you will need to register
and create a profile. http://www.snagajob.com/
Odd Job Nation
...saw this one profiled in the March 30, 2009 edition of Newsweek. "Odd Job
Nation is the ultimate resource for today's growing army of part-time
opportunists." It culls Craigslist for part-time and other short-term jobs (or gigs, in
musician parlance) so you can quickly find something or things to help you fill in
for that missing or not-quite-enough paycheck. You can also create a public
profile for yourself to let folks searching this board for some short-term talent find
you. It's quirky and Joe's Frugality Tips will give you a chuckle. http://oddjobnation.com/
Net-Temps
This recruiting center for the staffing industry focuses exclusively on staffing services
that are trying to fill temporary, contract and permanent placements for their clients.
Temporary workers, contract employees or any job seeker can post resumes, inquire
about available positions and apply for jobs online.
http://www.net-temps.com/
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DIVERSITY (age, gender, race, minority, nationality, sexual preference,
disability, ex-offenders, religion, military)
see Rileyguide.com or the 2008-09 GUIDE TO INTERNET JOB SEARCHING
(available at the FPL Reference Desk. The call number is FPL REF DESK
650.14 Gui 2008-09)
Veterans
Career Command Post. According to Guide to Internet Job Searching, this site helps bring
active-duty military personnel ..together with civilian emplyers. There is a wide variety of
positions listed, with salaries ranging from $20,000 to $90,000 per year.
http://www.careercommandpost.com
Many websites include special search approaches for vets. See www.usajobs.gov
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CHECK UP ON POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS USING THE
LIBRARY’S RESOURCES!
Here are a few of the databases you can search on the library’s website—from the library or
from home.
Reference USA: may include all or some of the following information about a company:
contact info--# employees at location--sales—credit rating—public or private
company--management—company website--news about the company—company
hierarchy & other locations
Find news in newspapers or magazines about the company or maybe its personnel. The
amount of information you’ll be able to find may depend on how big the company is and if it
is private or publicly held.
Newspaper databases—Cape Cod Times, Boston Globe, New York Times, Wall
Street Journal, and others..
General BusinessFile ASAP, including Company ProFiles
Academic Onefile & Gale/InfoTrac Powersearch
This guide was compiled using information from
http://www.rileyguide.com and Librarians’ Internet Index
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