Job Seekers...start your search engines! Vroom, Vroom, Monster, Careerbuilder, Hotjobs, Craigslist, Simplyhired, and my favorite...beep, honk, Indeed! Not only is there an abundance of jobs right here in Michigan but thanks to the internet there are plenty of web sites to visit to find the right job you would like to apply to. One of the most popular job board sites is Monster (dot com) Monster is one of the oldest job search engines, formed in 1999, Monster has over a million job postings at one time.
Another favorite job board web site is Careerbuilder. Careerbuilder offers employers enticing packages where if they post a job with a local newspaper for a small amount of money the employer can also post for that same job with Careerbuilder's web site. If you see a job on Careerbulder there is a good chance that at some point that job was posted with your local newspaper. The bonus is that Careerbuilder will keep the job posted for several weeks whereas the newspaper ad will generally run for one or two days. This may be a well-known secret, but allow me to let everyone in on the secret, Careerbuilder offers one of the best services that no other job search engine offers, they offer comic relief. I absolutely love their monk-e-mail service.
You have got to visit: Careerbuilder's Monkey Mail (.com/monk-e-mail) HotJobs is run by Yahoo, a major general search engine. Hotjobs started out as a job board for high-tech professionals, then they expanded to include finance and sales/marketing professionals. Eventually hotjobs grew to be one of the top three general purpose job search sites that they are today. Craigslist.org really isn't a job board so much as it is a centralized listing of communities that offer free job advertisements. Since the cost for employers to post their ads here is very low you will find a fairly good number of positions posted are by recruiters. The recruiters mainly are working for agencies or perhaps they are working for themselves as they find candidates for their clients.
Craigslist is a good resource for entry-level job seekers. SimplyHired.com is a wonderful job search engine because it will take your job search key words that you enter, such as, 'Restaurant Manager' and search other company career sites to deliver a vast array of jobs at companies that you may have never known existed before. My personal favorite job search site is similar to Simplyhired but I believe delivers better, more detailed results, I'm referring to Indeed.com; I love this site! Personally I think this is the most comprehensive job search site that is currently available. Not only does Indeed pull from other company career sites to bring you a variety of jobs for the key words you enter into the simple search bar but it also presents the job seeker with a host of jobs from major job boards, newspapers and associations. If this wasn't enough, you will notice that after you enter your keywords and location and hit the 'find jobs' tab that you'll be taken to a page that lists your jobs but more importantly it is on this page that you will see four links above the keyword and location tabs. The four links above are listed 'jobs' 'salaries' 'trends' 'forums'.
You can go to these links to see what is the average salary for the role you are seeking for your desired location. You can also see the trends in terms of whether or not the role you are looking to fill is in demand. The forums link lets you see comments from other people in terms of what they have to say about the keywords that you entered. If you entered a company name then the forum will have people discussing what they think about what it is like to interview and work for that company. Whatever keywords you enter, that is what the above four links will represent. And if all that information wasn't enough, once you see a job that you like you will notice four links contained within each job posting, they are: save job, hide, email, more. I find the 'more' link to be fabulous! The 'more' link is full of helpful information for the role, salary, company and so much more. I could probably dedicate an entire chapter to the benefits of using Indeed.
With your search engines still revved up don't forget to check out the job postings at these region specific job boards:
Michigan.gov/careers
Michworks.org
Michiganworks.org
Michiganjobs.com
Mlive.com/jobs
With all these exciting jobs in front of you, you are ready to have your career zoom down the road of success, go ahead and pop-a-wheelie for me!
Kelly Smith is a Corporate Recruiter Consultant. Kelly works alongside human resources and hiring managers to source, screen, review resumes, interview, negotiate and extend offers to thousands of candidates throughout her more than 15 years in staffing. Visit Kelly's web site at http://KellyStaffingExpert.com see her blog, view jobs, and visit her store to buy her book, The Recruiter's Hiring Secrets. Also, in the store link you can send Kelly your resume for her to review and to make recommendations from her corporate recruiter perspective. Happy Job Hunting!
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