1. Linkedin
The largest professional social networking site, LinkedIn has more than 238 million members in 200-some countries worldwide. People are signing up at approximately two new members a second. It is free to become a member and post a summary of your career and work history. Recruiters and hiring managers use ten-year-old LinkedIn more than any other website to connect with job candidates.
2. Indeed
Indeed is a Google-like search engine for jobs and one of the most efficient sites for surveying listings, since it aggregates information from job boards, news sites and company listings. An advanced search function enables users to drill down on a location, keywords and salary range. Indeed says it has 100 million unique visitors month. It’s available in 50 countries and 26 languages.
3. SimplyHired
Like Indeed, SimplyHired is a Google-like search engine for jobs and a quick way to survey a massive number of job listings. The site, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., aggregates information from job boards, news sites and company listings. At last count, it had 30 million unique visitors a month. One advantage of SimplyHired over Indeed: Job listings display a user’s LinkedIn connections to each job.
4. Idealist
The nation’s largest employment board for nonprofit jobs, idealist has more than 1 million registered users. The site launched in 1996. It also includes volunteer opportunities, a blog with stories like tips on how to make a personal video and an interview with Warren Buffett’s son Peter about his philanthropic work. Funding for Idealist comes from foundation support, donations and from fees it charges U.S.-based organizations to list on the site. It also collects fees from graduate degree programs that exhibit at its career fairs.
5. Glassdoor
This five-year-old site, based in Sausalito, Calif., bills itself as the Trip Advisor of career sources. It offers snapshots of information gratis. If users want to delve more deeply, they must fill out a questionnaire about a recent or current job, including compensation. Glassdoor does no independent checking of the data its users provide. The site says it has salary information for 2600,000 companies based on 4.5 million user reports. It also offers user-written reviews of what it’s like to work at companies and information about what to expect at a job interview. It allows users to see if they have connections to specific employers through friends or friends of friends on Facebook.
6. Monster
One of the oldest online job boards, Monster.com created in 1996, includes listings in 50 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia and sells services to recruiters and companies looking to hire. Job seekers can post their résumés and comb listings for free. The site includes loads of free content on everything from résumé and cover letter writing to interviewing tips to sample resignation letters.
7. Internships.com
Internships.com bills itself as the world’s largest internship marketplace where employers can post internships and get access to its internship database for free. At last count the site had more than 82,000 postings at 40,000 companies in 6,500 cities across the U.S. The site includes paid and unpaid, full and part-time internships. One useful feature: a “Who?” button that includes a Facebook sign-in and shows which of an applicant’s Facebook friends are connected to the hiring company.
8. USAJobs
The government’s official site for federal jobs and employment information, USAJobs lists thousands of jobs, from the Defense Department to the Department of Transportation. It’s possible to apply for jobs directly through the site. It also has information about eligibility, compensation and benefits for federal workers, including vacation time, commuter subsidies, insurance, and child care.
9. The Wall Street Journal careers site
This site is packed with free content aimed at job seekers and those looking to advance their careers. It also includes a link to the financial jobs website eFinancialCareers and a link to the “At Work” blog that includes yet more careers content including articles on subjects like what to do when co-workers won’t leave you alone and the perils of working as a freelancer, and links to articles in other publications about work and careers.
10. Specialty job site for your profession
There are a wealth of job sites devoted to particular professions. Examples: for technology and engineering jobs, Dice.com, founded 22 years ago, offers a database of 83,000 jobs and free career advice and news. For media jobs, mediabistro.com has a job board, industry news and paid course offerings. Gorkana Jobs also lists media jobs in addition to posts in PR. For jobs in the arts, try the “Jobs in the Arts” tab at the New York Foundation for the Arts website, NYFA.org.
via LinkedIn – In Photos: The 10 Best Websites For Your Career – 2013 – Forbes.
The 10 Best Websites For Your Career - 2013
