Job Search Engines

Career Builder is definitely NOT my favorite resume posting site. I received numerous phone calls and e-mails from insurance company agents and I'm pretty sure some loan companies got a hold of my info from there too. I like to use this phone number website called 800Notes where I can put in the number and see who owns it, which usually ends up as insurance or loans or a disconnected number. I noticed on 800Notes that a lot of the comments mentioned they had their resume posted on Career Builder, so I decided to remove mine from there to see what happens. Guess what, the calls and emails stopped! I still use Career Builder to search for job openings since it has easy to use search features, plus their email newsletter has lots of helpful information for job seekers. I just will not be posting my resume again any time soon.

Another job engine I do not care for is HotJobs. Every time I look for job openings, I tend to find some seemingly shady, non-direct listings, and training programs. Yes, there are some listings that are legit, but I rarely find any listings I would comfortably send my info to. I have not posted my resume on HotJobs so I do not know what kind of responses will come from it and I am not interested in finding out.

There are job engines I love to use because I can set up e-mail alerts that get sent directly to my in-box, have easy to use resume builders, and provide helpful hints and tips. My favorite job search sites are definitely: Indeed, Get Interior Design Jobs, Juju, Interior Design JobZone, Coroflot, and Monster. One great thing about Monster is it has handy little communities you can join to find out more about your profession, network, and see what is going on in the business world. My favorite is Art Bistro- geared towards design/illustration/art professions.

Definitely try all kinds of job search engines because not all listings will be on every one. Be sure to always check the official websites of places you want to work too, because many times they have job postings that are not listed elsewhere online. Just because those sites did not work out for me, does not mean it will not work out for you.

Here are some links you can use:
http://www.indeed.com
http://www.coroflot.com (Design professions)
http://800notes.com (Phone # comments)
http://www.job-search-engine.com (JuJu)
http://www.monster.com