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So you're ready for a change maybe you been fedup your resume you fixed your LinkedIn profile you've been stuck in the same job for a long time and now it's time to find something new where do you even start today I'm gonna show you the top ten job search sites most of them you have no clue that they ever existed you don't want to miss this Post this one's going to be jam-packed with value.
Today iam writing about the top 10 job search sites out there that you need to be looking for once you have gotten everything else in order first and what do I mean by first before you even go and try to apply to some of these job boards and try to figure out and search for jobs and begin your career search in general there's two essential things you need to do before you even endeavor upon that.Again I want to stress this none of them are in chronological order like first is the best or tenth is the the least best it's not like that at all but these are the top ten job sites that you need to be paying attention to if you're looking for a gig in 2020.
Tip Number one:
Make sure that your resume is in tip-top shape. if you don't have a good resume if you don't a strong modern resume that gets past the 80s scanners it doesn't matter what site you go to you're not gonna get even a glimmer. So you want to make sure that that's taken out first.
Tip Number Two:
You want to do is you want to make sure that your LinkedIn profile look I want to share a stat with you 92% of employers search your online presence during the interview process. So if you're looking for a job you've got to make sure LinkedIn is everything you know and the resume is still relevant it's going to increasingly as these years advance you know technology you know the marketplace it's moving at lightning speed well everything else you included most job career candidates they're not thinking of the future and they don't have a strong online presence.
The first job site that is in the top ten and these are not in any kind of chronological order the first job site that I'm gonna share with you is one that maybe most of you guys are not aware of and that site is called dice.com
NUMBER 1 : www.dice.com
So dice.com is a technical website that specializes in both startup companies and really. It's all about tech jobs. so you can also with the cool thing about dice is you can post your resume and let people come to you and plus you can use even their personalized salary predictor tool to figure out what Salary to expect or even demand when the time comes. so this is a great site that a lot of people don't know about it'smostly for text.
Ideal for those of you who are look for jobs and careers in the tech space
Number 2: www.indeed.com
The second job site that I'm gonna share with you is one that is fairly common that most of you guys know and it's one that we cannot overlook because it's extremely important for your job search and that is indeed. Calm now some of you guys might not have heard of this job site before I've mentioned this in other Post.it's not the prettiest job board out there because it aggregates listings from other sites but it's got most openings in all interests you can search even without signing in. Which is kind of cool you or you can create account that will remember what you're looking for including desired salary. This site will even email you when new openings come up so indeed that's number two indeed and
Number 3: www.linkedin.com
This job site that you need to be paying close attention to is my beloved LinkedIn. Yes LinkedIn is not just a social media platform it is not just a content platform and it's not just a branding platform even though it is absolutely essential for your personal brand you can find amazing jobs and the cool thing is as I said at the top of this Post if you have an amazing LinkedIn profile that communicates your value and shows your audience, why they should pay attention to you ? this is an unbelievable site that you can actually apply directly to some of the listings there are over 675 million members as of this recording LinkedIn is becoming the most unbelievable platform right now to get organic reach. If you don't know what I mean by organic reach that means you can post valuable information about yourself providing value to your audience that will reach people naturally without putting any money behind it. The difference between organic reach and paid reach but essentially. It's traffic that you pay for versus traffic that you just get naturally automatically without paying a single penny which is beautiful and LinkedIn as of right now in 2020 as of this recording is the best place to build your brand. It's the best place to get attention, it is the best number one cocktail party for business networking around period. So you have to have a very strong LinkedIn profile.
Number 4: www.glassdoor.com
job site that I'm going to share with you today is maybe one that you've heard of before glass door now glass door is a very very well known job search site. I'm sure most of you guys have heard but if you haven't the cool thing about glass door is in addition to searching for openings by industry and location you can look companies on this site to read what actual employees have to say about working there and it's not just what their recruiting team is pitching you can also look up average salaries upto their positions and follow a company to get periodic updates about it. So this is a really cool job search site and it's one that you need to have on your bookmarks. It's a fantastic way to find gigs and even get a little bit more background in more context on the companies that you want to work for.
Number 5: www.ziprecruiter.com
This job site on our list here out of the top ten is zip recruiter now a lot of us might know zip recruiter as you know that advertisement that comes up on all of our favorite podcasts. You know zip recruiter does a really good job of branding and you want to about paid traffic the zip recruiter does an amazing job how many times am I going to write okay I'll stop the cool thing about zipper cooler is it's actually a really cool jobsite besides a place where you can actually find people to hire you can actually search for openings as you would any other board but the emphasis here is on creating a profile and uploading your resume. So that it's algorithms will recommend you to an employer so that's actually really cool. So you can you can draw traffic to you again make sure that your resume is one that stands out it's modern it's keyword optimized.Number 6 : www.tedjob.com
TEDx the job site to help you get the gig that you want and help you get the job that you want is none other than Google. Yes Google I said Google most of you guys may think this one's a real obvious one you would be surprised. I mean Google is an amazing search engine and the cool thing is most of you guys might not know this it may sound obvious but just in case you didn't know the everything search engine is also a job search engine - all you need to do is simply add jobs to any search term a position title maybe perhaps an industry a location a company, Google will actually crawl other job sites to gather those listings it also allows you to add filters and make an email alert for the terms that you choose, I mean this is a no-brainer folks but you'd be amazed how many people Google that doesn't make sense Google let's "I just go to Google and search" yes you can go to really I mean to be quite honest you could go to Google and YouTube for pretty much anything. I mean the University of Google and University of YouTube are probably the two underutilized most undervalued most underestimated resources on the planet take advantage of this amazing technology and this amazing era that you're living in folks.
Number 7: www.careerbuilder.com
Now most of you guys may have heard of this as well career that what sets career builder apart is that besides the fact that it's an online job searching and it's been in the online job search game for over 20 years it's also got a lot of great career advice that you can actually check out and they got a lot of great tips and Nimitz and great tips and advice on job search career advice you'd be surprised how many people don't understand how powerful this platform is you could actually glean a lot of information and a lot of value career builder.com
Number 8: www.higheredjobs.com
This job search site is for those of you who are looking for academic positions teaching positions maybe you've got an MFA or MA you know being a professor who now works very minimally at the University. People who actually you know come out of the corporate sector or private sector and are interested in working in the public sector they're interested in actually giving back they're interested in actually having a little bit of a quieter life a little bit of a kind of more tamed life than the hustle and bustle of corporate nine-to-five and teaching is a fantastic way to supplement your income it's a fantastic way to earn some money while you're in retirement and so higheredjobs.com is a beautiful site where you can sir all the latest academic positions that are available you can also set alerts for certain keyword phrases certain terms such as for me. So higher-end jobs calm is a fantastic place to go look for those types of positions.
Number 9: www.idealist.org
idealist.org is a really interesting job search site some employers choose to post their job openings only on sites that specialize in their field perhaps that's one way to make sure candidates are dedicated to that type of work idealist is a long time leader in posting nonprofit jobs an only nonprofit government agencies and the light can post here so if you're looking for a non-profit type of gig or you're looking to work for a non-profit this is a fantastic site idealist.org go check them out.
Number 10: www.mediabistro.com
This is also another industry specific site but the media jobs listed here include those in journalism,marketing,advertising social media,television and film searching is 100% free. But you could pay for a membership that includes online courses a couple of member discounts all sorts of cool features and things like that access to a freelancer marketplace and also articles about pitching articles to publications and so mediabistro.com that's number 10.