The Secret to Job Searches

You may or may not know, that there is a secret to using the Internet for job searches.

First, you need to be looking for a job.

Second, you need to decided how far you want to go for your job.

Once you have decided to seek employment and you know WHERE you want to work, the rest is easy.

First, let me provide you with a list of the top Job Search Websites. These are the ones that legitimate employers are most likely to use:



























There is also www.careerbuilder.com and www.monster.com (sorry, no really cool graphics!)

Now.... For the secret.

Don't limit your search to any keywords. Unless you are a scientist or physician with a specialist, if you limit your search you are assuming that the person entering the position is calling the position the same thing as you.

For instance, if you want or like jobs in maintenance and you search for "janitor" then you may not get all of the other jobs listed in the maintenance field because you have limited the search by keyword.

If you are seeking a job as a receptionist, and you look for receptionist... you may miss the jobs that is mostly answering incoming calls, but the employer refers to as a "customer service" position.

Now that I've told you what NOT wot write... Here's the other secret. Make sure when you get your MOUNTAIN of results because you didn't limit your search by keyword, you pick out the titles that you DON'T want.

For instance, when I search Monster or Careerbuilder, I always find the "work from home scams" they usually have a job description that starts something like: Make up to $1000.00 a week from home. So, I select a part of that text like "from home" and put that in the keyword search with a minus sign "-" in front (-from home) This will limit my results to NOT include any listings that contain "from home" in the title.
(note: some search engines ask you to separate keywords with commas, if you are using keywords to limit, look for those instructions)

And that's it.

First, don't limit the good jobs by putting in a keyword, you may find the job of your dreams called something that you never would have imagined, and weed out the bogus opportunities with the minus sign.

I hope this helps!