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Your Internet Job Search
The internet is a relatively recent addition to the job search process...most actively in the past five years.  A survey by Robert Half International recently found that hiring managers receive 56% of resumes electronically, a 22% increase over 2000.
 
Job boards certainly need to be a part of your job search strategy; however, you need to spend only a proportionate amount of your job search time on them...lets say no more than 20%.  Monster.com and Careerbuilder.com are the major job boards.  If you have your resume on these two job boards, your resume will be available to most all medium and large sized companies.  
 
Corporate subscriptions to these job boards are expensive.  If you are targeting smaller companies, they are not going to be able to afford the subscription costs to post their jobs or view your resume on these two job boards.  Also, small recruiting companies that place a lot of people also cannot afford these two job boards.
 
Therefore, I recommend that you post your resume on secondary job boards that are more affordable to smaller companies and headhunters.  There are well over 100 of these on the internet.
 
The true value of the internet for job seekers is in research.  You can find out valuable information on your target companies and corresponding hiring managers.  It's information that you need to determine if your target company is right for you; and it's information that you will need for your job interviews.
 
Here are some valuable internet sites and job boards that you may not know about.  If you find others that should be included in this list please email me with the website name and a brief description:

  • www.linkedin.com - This website is unique.

    LinkedIn is an online network of more than 6 million experienced professionals from around the world, representing 130 industries.

    When you join, you create a profile that summarizes your professional accomplishments. Your profile helps you find and be found by former colleagues, clients, and partners. You can add more connections by inviting trusted contacts to join LinkedIn and connect to you.

I would be happy to send you an invitation to this site.  By accepting my invitation, you will have access to my extended network of people.  The value of this network to your job search is in finding hiring managers within your target companies.  For example, if your are looking for the names of managers in the IT department of The Limited (for example), just do a simple search and find these hiring managers by name and title.

Just join this site.  The rest will become very obvious.

Nick Corcodilos gives us some great advice on the job search process, particularly in working with headhunters. 

  • www.simplyhired.com and www.indeed.com - Simply Hired  and Indeed are vertical search engine companys building the largest online database of jobs on the planet. 

Their goal is to make finding your next job a simple yet effective, enjoyable journey. These websites searche multiple job websites and present you with a comprehensive list of online jobs that match your search criteria.

  • www.columbuslibrary.org - If you have a Columbus Metropolitan Library card, you can have free access to a wonderful business database.  When you enter the home page of the library's website, click on 'reference', enter your library card number and then click on 'Reference USA' in the database area. You will be able to get important infomation on many companies in the Columbus area.

 

  • www.ZoomInfo.com  Zoom Information Inc. (formerly Eliyon Technologies) provides the most comprehensive source of information on people. The patented search technology continually scans millions of Web sites, press releases, electronic news services, SEC filings and other online sources. Then, it intelligently compiles a concise summary about a specific individual or company.  With a database of 28 million people, zoominfo.com has attracted a large and growing client base of staffing professionals engaged in search assignments, seeking talent for career opportunities. Nine out of the top 10 executive recruiting firms and tens of thousands of recruiters use ZoomInfo. The majority of their assignments are confidential and exclusive, representing some of the top employers in the USA. Zoominfo.com is not a job board; it is a database of biographies, accessed by staffing pros engaged in searches for talented people.

  • www.jobcentral.com - This website is an employer owned job board and employment search engine to link employers with personnel in 6,200 U.S. cities.  the value of this site is its direct links to employer's web sites.  Check out Columbus.

  • FlipDog.com - Recently, Monster launched the all-new version of FlipDog.com.

    Originally launched in 2000, FlipDog is intended for job seekers conducting simple, quick job searches. It boasts the most job postings than any other online recruitment site. The new FlipDog site offers a streamlined, text-based user interface based on Monster's core matching technology.

    The redesigned site displays Monster's job postings, giving employers another distribution channel for their job postings at no additional cost. Job seekers in need of more advanced searches or resume services are directed to Monster.com.

    I took a few minutes to review the site.  I find it extremely easy to navigate and has an extremely effective search engine.

  • Columbusjobs.com - This job board is owned and operated by the Columbus Dispatch Newpaper.  Chances are that ads that appear in the Dispatch also appear here, in a much more searchable form.  Look for entry level to mid-level positions here.

  • Careerboard.com - link to http://www.Columbus.careerboard.com. Owned by JobServe USA, this local job board has more than 500 jobs available just in Columbus Ohio.  CareerBoard not only allows you to search through jobs, but also allows you to sign-up for job notifiers, alerting you when a new job in your industry is available and also the opportunity to post your resume, so companies can search for you.  Land your next local job with CareerBoard.com.

                                                                

  • Columbus Business Calendar -  This website is a very useful tool for keeping abreast of business meetings and networking events coming up in Columbus.  You can program an alert to send you an email notification at the beginning of each week. Please go to the following website for more information.  (link to http://www.columbusbusinesscalendar.org

 

  • Job-interview.net - This website gives you a lot of free information on interview questions and techniques.  It's good preparation but not the same preparation as you would get from a good career coach.

Ken Lazar