Job search has changed dramatically in the last few years and continues to evolve at an incredible pace. Of course innovative technology has been the driver of this change and technology will continue to change the job search landscape over the next few months and years. Although Job Search Boards were one of the first innoviate changes in job search, they have not been immune to this fast-paced change. One such change has been the introduction of job search aggregation. This change has forced the “traditional” Job Search Board leaders to adapt as new job search boards enter the market with this innovation.
- Job Search Shortcut – Thanks to a reader for bringing this site to my attention. Job Search Shortcut (www.jobsearchshortcut.com), the winner of Quintcareers.com’s December 2008 Careers Site Award, aggregates over 15,000 company career sites in one place. All jobs are direct from employers (no recruiters no duplicates). The site is nationwide and lists cities down the left-hand side and at the top of the main page. You can click on a metro area where you will see cities within that region. Clicking on a city produces a list of all the companies recruiting within that city. There is a nationwide link where you can look at companies that have jobs across the US.
- Indeed.com – This site, first reviewed in a September post, is also a job aggregation job board. There a number of differences between Jobsearchshortcut.com and Indeed.com, but the primary difference is that Indeed includes jobs from recruiters, other job boards and company career sites. The disadvantage is that there will be duplicate listings for the same opportunities, however, Indeed.com has a very flexible search tool. Joining has some advantages, such as alerts, saved jobs and a history of prior searches.
- Recruit.net – Recruit.net is an international job board (no US version yet) that works in several languages and focuses on Australia, China, India, Japan and more. The interface on the main page is similar to Indeed.com, you enter keywords and your location. You can create an account to manage your daily jobs and, unlike the other sites, post your resume. There are both advantages and disadvantages to having your resume posted on a site which I will cover in another post.
- Oodle.com – This site is more of a classified ad site and is similar to Craigslist in many ways (although the interface is much better). You can register from the main page (or not) and select Jobs from the tabs at top. You can refine your search much like Indeed.com, but the search tool is not as flexible nor is the interface as clean (in my view). You can register and keep track of “your stuff”.
There are several more job aggregation sites which will be covered in future posts.
Good luck in your search.
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Thank you so much. The above were useful for job search and one can use them for getting into their dream career.
The links are useful and helpful for any in search of a job..Thanks..Looking for more from you…
Helpful article. Here is another fairly new tool your readers may want to know about. A website called http://www.linkup.com can be another helpful tool for job searching today. Many employers are still hiring, but they don’t post on the main job boards (which is where most of these other aggregate sites search) because they are getting inundated with resumes from tons of people that are not qualified. However, the company is still required to post the job–so they may just post it on their own company website. This website is a search engine that looks at company websites only. It’s free and can be very helpful.