OK, we have gotten some good responses on our poll but not a lot of feedback. Please comment below and answer these questions; Have you gotten a job through one of the tools/websites mentioned in our poll or some other method? and which one? what has been your experience with the different tools we list? Your choices are;
job boards – (monster, CareerBuilder, Niche boards, etc.)
Aggregators – ( SimplyHired, Indeed, etc.)
LinkedIn
FaceBook
Twitter
Direct to company
Recruiter
Newspaper
Personal network – (family, friends, organizations, etc.)
Search Engines – (Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.)
see results or cast your vote
Please leave a comment!
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Authors
Ken Horst
June 18, 2009 at 9:06 am
Though I haven’t looked for jobs online, I know of quite a few people who have gotten them via LinkedIn, even in today’s recessionary economy.
It’s for this reason that I believe LinkedIn to be the best job-hunting tool of the ones you enumerated. It is far more professional compared to Twitter and Facebook (at least, you wouldn’t expect to see crazy party pictures on a LinkedIn profile) and is clearly geared more towards networking on a professional level (and, in turn, networking is by far the best way to find a job).
June 25, 2009 at 1:32 am
Even though it’s a bit salesy to put this here, I’d like to introduce you job seekers to my job board. I’ve had this board for 7 years now and know it’s helped hundreds of folks find jobs.
It connects job seekers with 1400+ recruiters across the country. Even in this bad economy, there are several thousand positions to look through. Hopefully this can help in your search.
Trey
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