As we’ve spoken about many times here, your goal, as a job seeker is to stand out from the crowd.  There are a number of ways to do that, including the specifics you put in your resume and how you quantify the results you’ve achieved, demonstrating your value to any company.

But one simple and often overlooked way to stand out is by where you post your resumes. Experts tell us that employers search out at least three different kinds of job boards and you should be represented in each:

• Big Boards

Monster – World’s largest commercial Job Board.

Career Builder – Owned by three of the nation’s largest newspaper chains, CareerBuilder is the nation’s second largest recruitment resource.
Yahoo Hot Jobs- Job seekers voted No.3 HotJobs.com the “Best General Purpose Job Board for Job Seekers” in a survey conducted by WEDDLE’s in Feb. 2002.

• Boards Targeted by Profession ( examples)

Legal Professionals Career Center Search the jobs posted by the nation’s leading law firms, corporate legal departments, and government agencies listing their full-time, part-time, contract, and temporary positions online.

DICE.com National job board tailored to independent contractors in the high tech industry. Searchable by state, area code, keywords, and type of employment – eg. Contract, Full Time, etc.

GreatTeacher.net Free job classified ads for teachers and speech therapists. Jobs are searchable by state and keywords.

Computerwork.com – Nationwide job listings targeted toward technical professionals in the IT field. Search by state, area code, keywords, and a number of other criteria.

Wall St. Journal Careers The Internet’s premier career site for executives, managers and professionals.

• Specialty Niche Boards ( example)

Advancing Women Careers Our own diversity job board targets and recruits professional women, Hispanics / Latinos, African Americans, the disabled, and other diverse, minority populations in the most sought-after
fields.
Also consider:

National

Job Central The JobCentral National Labor Exchange is provided by leading U.S. employers in alliance with the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) as a public service for all employers and all job seekers regardless of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age or national origin.

Local

Craigs List In most cities around the world, total traffic matches the leading job boards, and they excel in  job search effectiveness,

A new trend is the vertical  job search engines also called  job aggregators or job metasearch sites.  For a list of all these sites globally, go to InternetInc.com. This trend may be heading us in a direction where the same jobs are seen on all boards.

But for now, your goal is to stand out and get noticed.  Be sure you are on at least a big board, a board targeted by profession and a niche board.  Common sense tells you that if you can stand out on a niche board, you will be further down the funnel towards getting noticed, getting a job interview, then a job.  We hope you will consider a free posting of your resume on our board,  Advancing Women Careers, along with any others you may select.

Then write and tell us your experiences.  Share what works and what doesn’t,  We’d love to hear from you.

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