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The Job Hunt
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Finding a new career in today’s fast-paced world isn’t as easy as it looks. Though online job search engines are incredibly popular, sometimes it’s hard to know where to look or what to look for! One underlying issue of concern for job seekers is the vast number of applicants sent in each minute, every day.
No one has to wait for the Sunday classifieds section anymore in order to find the newest jobs ... and an applicant on the East Coast may face competition from around the globe. When beginning your job s...
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Top Rated Job Search
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Monster
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Everyone's heard of Monster and if you haven't, where have you been hiding? Monster not only provides a simple-to-navigate website interface, they have a huge database of positions from all career paths. However, this site isn't just a job search engine. It offers resume help and distribution, career advice, and networking capabilities.
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Monster Mobile-For you chatty Cathy's who cannot seem to put down the cell phone, this feature allows you to search job listings, manage your resume and forward jobs that catch your eye straight to your email inbox!
Star Reviews loves the endless resources and painless job search process available on Monster. Advanced job searches with geographical location, job category, keyword and salary range may be performed. There are no membership fees to participate in their many career-centered features. One downside our team noted was the amount of pop-ups we encountered, which can be distracting. However, great telephone and email support options, as well as help and advice tools snags Monster our Top Rated spot. We are happy to reward their job search services with 6.0 Stars!
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Most Popular Job Search
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CareerBuilder
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Careerbuilder is definitely an eye-catcher, with its vibrant orange site interface and simple-to-browse search mechanism. Careerbuilder offers millions of users extensive job search listings, searches by keyword and industry, customized email job alerts and helpful career resources. They also provide:
- Specific Job Searches-In order to apply for specific jobs, you must have a profile set up before saving each search as a separate job search. Adding credentials, a resume and profile information must be completed before applying for specific jobs.
- CBWorkSpace-Take your profile and resume a step further: create your own, personalized Careerbuilder work space!
While Star Reviews loves the diverse listings and clear, easy-to-surf through website interface, Careerbuilder is extremely popular, which can make landing your dream job a bit more competitive than you planned on. However, if you're willing to take your chances and step up to the plate, it's definitely a great option in job search sites, as there aren't any membership fees. There is efficient email, phone and live chat support options, as well as a wide variety of job advice resources. For this, we give them 5.5 Stars!
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We came across The Ladders and thought this unique site with extremely easy navigation deserved some recognition.
The Ladders is truly an enigma, as it provides job listings for $100k plus career paths. For those of you who may be turned off at the sound of this, don't be. The website interface is easy to crawl through and is not at all standoffish. - Job search engine-Recruiters and hiring managers can view your resume and bio in extensive job-search databases, receiving matches for their job postings.
- More executive career positions than any other job search site on the Web.
Star Reviews feels job-hunters should take a chance with The Ladders, regardless of whether or not you think you want an executive position. There is a free, limited basic membership and a 4-week premium membership is $30, which is a little pricey, but well worth the vast array of listings available. While no telephone support is available, the live chat, FAQs database and email support functions made up for this, as they were all efficient and accomodating. For this reason, we had to award them the Most Popular spot with 5.5 Stars!
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We found the College Recruiter website full of job search resources, although there were numerous links and a plethora of text, which cluttered it up a bit. Navigating the site itself proved to be a small challenge.
Besides offering college alumni and job-seekers searches by industry, keyword and location, College Recruiter offers these key features:
- Professional site email-Keep your job-related emails in their own place, without mixing personal email in.
- Personal Portfolio, Career Video podcasts, resume writing help, "Ask the Expert" and Career Blog.
Star Reviews liked that this job search engine was free to browse job listings, but the $15 for 6-months fee to post your resume in their databases was a pretty reasonable price. While no phone support is offered, email support was sufficient in answering our inquiry and a FAQs section is available if needed. We thought this site earned 5.0 Stars!
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SnagAJob definitely impressed us with its niche-job database, as its job search engine is attuned to part-time and hourly employment positions.
This job site recognizes the importance of finding work for those who aren't necessarily involved in corporate America, designing their website interface to reflect this. Searches are simple, straightforward and the layout is very user-friendly.
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Various search mechanisms-Search by address, zip code, desired employer, or industry.
- Email job alerts, Google maps of local job openings, career-oriented articles and advice.
Overall, Star Reviews thought SnagAJob provided a comprehensive means for part-time or hourly workers to find the perfect position without driving 100 miles back and forth to work. There is no fee to search and receive open jobs by email or through the site, which is an added bonus for those that may not have brimming bank accounts. There is no FAQs section on this job search site, but an efficient telephone support line and speedy email response-time win major points from Star Reviews' team. We thought this site deserved 5.0 Stars!
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Job Bank USA didn't jump out at us when we first landed on its job search site, but it did house a number of useful tools.
Offering much more than stay-at-home positions, they provide potential employees with a large jobs database, advanced resume posting options and these resources:
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Flexible Options-Skip the membership fees and go straight to the job search engine or sign up and receive expert advice, resume and cover letter help, and resume distribution.
We felt that Job Bank USA could use an easier sign-up process, as its site navigation was a little more difficult than a job search site's interface should have been. We loved the free access to the job search listings, but felt that $175 for one job posting was quite pricey. While telephone support was absent on this site, email support and the FAQs section were fairly efficient and comprehensive, answering many of our questions. We decided to give Job Bank USA 4.5 Stars!
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