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| Career.com Here is an exceptionally easy-to-use site. Job-seekers have two primary options on the home page: Search Jobs and Post Resume. If you choose the job search option, you can then opt to search by member company, discipline, keywords, location, international jobs, or entry-level jobs. The keywords search provides a fine set of instructions for phrasing your search beneath the simple form. (Other sites have similar information, but most make you click on an extra link to find it.) Should you decide to post your resume here, you have the option of making it open for any of Career.com's client companies' recruiters to read or you can keep it private so you have control over what companies view your resume. CareerCast This is another easy-to-use site with a lot of job openings. The job search form, which conveniently appears on the home page, limits the search only by location and your choice of keywords. If you are not familiar with Boolean searches, then you need to read the search tips section so your search results won't overwhelm you. Only paying member companies can search CareerCast's resume bank, but it is open to that group. You might want to check the Employer Page to make sure your present company isn't a member before putting your resume out where one of your supervisors might find it. CareerCity Adams Media Corp. is the company behind this site. It is the publishers of "The Job Bank;" "Knock 'Em Dead," and the "Adams How To" series of books, among others. While it has a healthy selection of job opportunities, the search engine isn't the easiest to use. It requires that you select a specific job category and location and offers limited use of keywords. You may need to make several searches if the job you're looking for doesn't fall neatly into a category or you wish to search the entire United States and/or Canada. You can post your resume and block specific companies from looking at it, but keep in mind that may not protect you if somebody from that company does a search from a non-work E-mail address. CareerExchange Technical industry jobs seem to be the specialty here, but this site doesn't limit itself to this area. You will find three ways to search this database: by keyword, job category, or by browsing the list of companies seeking employees. The category list is short compared to many others and the keyword search engine is limited in versatility. You have a choice of looking for any of the words you list or all the words you list, but don't expect to be able to use Boolean operators in your search. You can also limit your search to full-time, part-time, or contract positions. The CareerExchange People-Match is CareerExchange's personalized search agent. You can have the agent automatically search by keywords and U.S. states or Canadian provinces. Then, you can have the results sent to your E-mail address or stored for you on the CareerSearch Web site, where you can collect the matches next time you log on. Career Index Here is a search engine that will do a keyword search of several job~ database engines simultaneously. This site allows you to search such major sites as Monster.com and JobBank USA; general job sites such as CareerWeb, Job Web, and HeadHunter.NET; plus sites dedicated to international job listings and such special career areas as insurance, law, and health care. Select as many or as few as you wish to search. Westech's Career Index also links<s to dozens of other databases, which it does not automatically search. The search engine on the home page isn't all you have to work with, though. Find the Job Search option on the Westech Career Index banner hidden on the bottom of the page. That takes you to a form that enables you to search by company and location as well as keyword. However you search, note that besides a listing of jobs you also get a separate listing of the companies that posted the openings. The bottom banner also takes you to the area where you can post your resume, either openly or confidentially. Once you post your resume, you can also use the Virtual Job Fair search agent. CareerMart There are many good listings on this site but it may take some digging to get at them. The search engine doesn't offer a keyword option, so if the type of position you are looking for doesn't fall neatly into one of the listed job categories, you may have to try several categories. There is no national search option - you search by state or by one of 10 U.S. regions. Internationally, you can seek job listings for Canada, France, Korea, and the United Kingdom. CareerMart's Email Agent will inform you of jobs posted in the categories and area of your choice. You can select up to five categories and up to 10 U.S. states. You may also post your resume here, but we didn't see an option for keeping it confidential. CareerSite.com One of the greatest advantages to this site its use of a concept-based search engine. It is not overly literal when searching for key-words. It uses a special employment terms thesaurus to find lob listings that fit your requirements, but it may not use the exact terms entered. For example, if you list "construction" as your desired occupation, the search will also look for "builder." The quick search feature lets you seek advertised positions by location (United States, Canada, region, or state) and pre-selected occupation categories, but it lacks key-word search capabilities. The advanced job search lets you seek openings using four sets of concepts: desired occupation, location, degree of travel involved, and skills. Once you enter your data (if any) in the occupation, location, and skills fields, click Submit Search Criteria and you will see a listing of the search terms being used. You can assign any of three weights to each term: Should Contain, Must Contain, Must Not Contain, or Throw This Term Out. If you would rather search for specific companies that interest you, then you can browse the roster of employers. The MyCareerSite option is a confidential personal search agent. It will seek jobs that match the profile you create for yourself. You may also use this profile as a resume you can automatically release to all potential employers or just specific employers. CareerWeb Professional, technical, and managerial jobs are the primary focus of this visually busy database, but it casts that net wide enough that it encompasses a great variety of employment options. Jobs listed here are as diverse as U.S. Border Patrol agent, groundskeeper for the Mayo Clinic, and International finance accountant. This site also links to HealthCareerWeb, a database of jobs in the health-care industry. The JobMatch feature is CareerWeb's personal search agent that not only sends you information about new postings that match your search criteria, but it also stores information about what you viewed the last time you logged on and shows you what listings are new since your last visit. When you put your resume on file here, you can make it open for all potential employers to view or leave it confidential, which is the default setting. Cool Jobs This is not your typical job search site. The job category list for most sites include career areas such as administration, biotechnology, computer systems, and human resources. The list at Cool Jobs offers categories such as political organizers, circus, ice cream, beer, space jobs, and magic. This isn't a database of job listings, though; it's a database of links to job-offering Web sites. Click Disney Jobs, for example, and you will go to Disney's job openings. Click Cruises to find the Web sites offering employment opportunities with a variety of cruise lines and cruise-related companies. Not all the job leads Cool Jobs receives makes it onto the main database for one reason or another, so it also offers a mailing list. Sign up at this site to get information on more off-the-beaten-track jobs delivered to your E-mail Inbox. Espan's JobOptions At this job site, you can search for posted job openings by job category, location, and keywords or search for a list of companies in the industries and locations of your choice. When you find a company you might like to work for, send your resume to it with a click of the mouse. Resumes posted on this site are confidential; JobOptions releases your resume only to companies for which you give permission. The Job Alert personal search agent will watch postings for those that match your qualifications and when a new prospect comes online, it will send you a notice via E-mail. Globe Careers This site is limited to Canadian employers, but many of them also have offices in the United States. You can search this extensive database by keyword, job category, industry, or location. You can also browse the positions offered by any company on the list of featured employers. Once you register as a user, you can post your resume. You can make your resume available for all recruiters to browse or you can opt to make it available only to companies you apply to. Registered users also have access to the Career Alert personal search agent feature. The Help-Wanted Page This may not be the most extensive site on the Web, but it does have several good listings gathered from newspapers and magazines nationwide. The home page features a basic keyword search engine you can use to search for job or you can browse the ads. You can also use the Company Index to check a company's job openings. Also take a look at the Research area. The Layoffs Updates may save you the trouble of applying for a position at a company that is cutting back, the Conventions and Job Fairs listings offer you fresh leads, and the Industry Reports could help you determine whether the industry you're looking at promises to provide the sort of future you want. JobBank USA This site features a simple search engine. Just choose the type of position you want to search for (permanent, contract, temporary, intern, summer, or all), which states you want to search in, and enter a keyword or two. JobBank's keyword search isn't sophisticated; it doesn't even allow visitors to use Boolean operators. You do, however have the option of searching specialized databases, such as those dealing with regional openings, those listed in specific newspapers, or those dealing with targeted industries. We did not find any confidentiality controls on the resume submission form for this site. JobBank USA offers an additional pay service ($79) that will broadcast your resume to hundreds of employers and recruiters that have signed up to receive them. Your choice of criteria determines who your resume goes to. The "try-before-you-buy" feature is a calculator that allows you to figure out exactly how many employers and recruiters will receive it so you can determine if the expense seems worthwhile to you. A personal search agent called Job Scout was in the works when we reviewed this site. |
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