The Department of Labor has compiled a list of job and employment websites to help America's job seekers. The highest ranking tools will be published on the DOL websites and One-Stop Career Centers will be encouraged to make them available to the more than 20 million job seekers they serve each year.
If you have a job site that's a favorite, visit the DOL Job Seekers Challenge website and recommend it. You can add comments when you vote to recommend. If you have had a bad experience with a website, you can flag the site and you can comment as to why you don't like the site, as well. It's important to share your experiences, good and bad, because the sites that rank the higest will, as I mentioned, be posted on the DOL website.
You can search for a site using the search box at the top of the page, or review the sites in each category. When you find a site you'd like to recommend, simply click on "Recommend Tool!" A pop-up window will guide you through a brief registration that takes only a few minutes, and then you will be able to vote. Once you're registered, you can place your vote by clicking on the "Recommend Tool!" button.
DOL Job Seekers Challenge originally appeared on About.com Job Searching on Sunday, January 10th, 2010 at 07:42:22.
Career Videos for America's Job Seekers Challenge originally appeared on About.com Job Searching on Monday, May 10th, 2010 at 16:07:54.
Do job seekers really hate employers? In many cases, the answer is yes. Even though "hate" is a strong word, there are many job seekers who are really upset with the application process, the hiring process, and how employers treat candidates.
Why Job Seekers Hate Employers originally appeared on About.com Job Searching on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 at 08:58:15.
My email In Box is full, every single day, of pitches for the latest, greatest, best sites for job seekers. These job sites promise to find you a job fast, they guarantee you exclusive job listings, and they assure you that the site is a top ranked site for job seekers.
Some of the job sites that call themselves the best job sites are not good job sites, let alone the best job sites. Others are bad job sites, and still others would garner a spot on a list of worst job sites.
The worst of them take advantage of job seekers who can't afford to waste money by charging them for job listings and resources that are available free via the job search engines or directly on company sites.
Because the Internet is so difficult to police, it's up to job seekers to do due diligence and check out the job sites they are going to use ahead of time.
Before you sign up for a fee-based site, post your resume, or register to use a job site, check out the difference between bad job sites and good ones, and how you can evaluate job sites, so you don't get taken advantage of and spend money on something that's available elsewhere absolutely free. It won't take you much time to check out the site and it's well worth what you'll save in the long run.
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Bad Job Sites originally appeared on About.com Job Searching on Monday, February 1st, 2010 at 06:00:11.
The About.com Job Searching Forum has been inundated with posts (that have been deleted because they don't fit the standards for posting) offering free trials on job sites that charge job seekers for unadvertised job listings on company web sites.
Regardless of what you read, it's important to be aware that job seekers don't have to pay to access listings from employer web sites. Despite sites advertising that you can get a job search edge by paying for job listings (over $200 a year on one site I looked at recently), job seekers don't need to pay to access job postings that are available elsewhere for free.
I wrote about LinkUp the other day. LinkUp searches unadvertised jobs on employer web site and has many additional features for job seekers, as well. The job search engines Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com also search jobs from company web sites.
Visit LinkedIn's Company Pages and you'll find jobs posted for the companies you're interested in. All these sites are free for job seekers. They won't cost you a dime, let alone hundreds of dollars to use.
If you come across a site that charges, carefully check it out to see what value it can add to your job search and whether you can find a similar resource for no charge. Google it, ask about it in our Forum, check sites like the Ripoff Report to see if there are complaints, and get recommendations, before you spend any money. Also, check to see how easy it to cancel the service and get a refund - check the Ripoff Report by searching the web site and refund.
Please save your money, don't get taken advantage of, and don't pay for what is available elsewhere free.
More: Top Free Job Search Engines | Top Free Job Boards
Paying for Job Listings originally appeared on About.com Job Searching on Sunday, January 10th, 2010 at 16:01:10.
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If you\'re a teen looking for a job, it\'s definitely a challenge. This is a tough job market, especially for young job seekers.
However, if you take the time to prepare to job search, you\'ll give yourself an edge over the other candidates. Our Teen Job Search Guide provides information for teens on how to find a job, where to get working papers, where teens can work, what to wear for an interview, and how to obtain references.
\n\n\nJobs For Teens originally appeared on About.com Job Searching on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 at 08:00:35.
