Top Websites For Your Job Search

I saw an article recently, that was written by Jeff Kauflin from Forbes Career Division, that I thought was great to share for those of you looking for a new opportunity and not knowing where to begin with your search, or where to post your resume. I added in a few additional sites that I have found useful as well.

There countless ways to search for a new job or advance in your current role. Networking remains one of the most effective approaches, and Recruiters can be extremely helpful. Here is a list of websites that can help jump start your career search. Almost all of them have job listings and are helpful for research, but they serve different purposes and audiences.

 1. AngelList

Founded in 2010 as a way for startups to find angel investors, AngelList has expanded to include job postings. It has profiles of more than 55,000 startups, about 22,000 of which currently have openings. AngelList also offers novel ways to filter a job search, such as companies with female founders or firms founded by Stanford alumni.

2. GlassDoor

On GlassDoor an organization’s current and former employees post reviews about their experiences. It gives job applicants an inside view of an organization’s morale and culture. If you’re writing a cover letter or preparing for an interview, and you want to cite specific reasons why you’re interested in a company, GlassDoor reviews are helpful. The site also includes crowd-sourced, company-specific salary information and job listings.

3. Idealist

Idealist has listings for nonprofit jobs, internships, and volunteer opportunities. Its goal is to serve “people who want to do good.” Idealist has more than one million monthly users and is used by nearly 120,000 organizations. If you’re thinking about transitioning into a new career at a nonprofit or in education, consider starting with volunteer opportunities to build experience and make connections.

4. Indeed

For pure job listings, Indeed is one of the largest repositories in the world, if not the largest. More than 180 million people visit the site every month. It aggregates openings from thousands of different sites and allows users to filter on criteria like desired salary and experience level.

5. LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a must-have career tool. In addition to its massive number of job listings, it’s invaluable for research. If you’re considering applying to a company, visiting its LinkedIn page and running searches among its employees can reveal how many people work there; the size, makeup and hierarchy of specific departments; and how diverse it is. Networking is perhaps the most powerful way to use LinkedIn. If you have second-degree connections who work at your dream company, consider contacting the connection you have in common and asking for an introduction.

6. The Muse

The Muse lets you do in-depth research on specific companies. Firms pay big bucks to create profiles that include photos and video interviews with employees. The videos are particularly useful. On Trip Advisor’s profile, for example, a senior manager discusses the travel site’s culture and explains that people who can’t maintain a fast pace of work probably won’t like working there. The company profiles also include job listings.

7. PayScale

PayScale aims to tell you what you’re worth salary-wise and claims to have the largest salary database in the world. To sign up, you take a 5-minute survey and answer questions on topics like your years of experience, academic degrees, current company size and even gender. After you enter your salary, PayScale reveals your percentile rank compared to other people with similar job titles and levels of experience, among other factors. Viewing the full salary report gives an interesting picture for how your salary might change under different scenarios. As a hypothetical example, if you had more experience or worked at a bigger company, your compensation might increase by $20,000.

8. Stack Overflow

Stack is first and foremost a community of millions of programmers who assist each other with technical questions. If you’re a novice or an expert coder, Stack is a great problem-solving resource. If you’re an engineer, Stack has job listings and profiles of over 13,000 companies.

9. UpWork

UpWork lists jobs and projects for freelance professionals. It features more highly skilled roles than a site like TaskRabbit but covers a wide range of jobs, from administrative support to data scientist.

10. USAJobs

More than 1.4 million people will work for the federal government by 2017, and USAJobs is its official jobs site. In 2015 more than 360,000 positions were announced on USAJobs. Unlike a typical jobs site, all listings show salary ranges. 

11. CareerBuilder

Not as widely used as it once was, but some employers still use this tool because it’s relatively inexpensive to post jobs and review resumes.

12. Ladders.com

Excellent site for high-level executive job seekers. You do have to pay a fee to search, post your resume and apply to jobs, but for an executive it’s worth it to find the roles and salary that you are seeking.

13. Dice

Still widely used for technical jobs and resumes by staffing and consulting companies and it’s specific to technology, which is helpful.

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