Finding Jobs Online

Searching for a job online presents new opportunities and challenges. If you want a job in Cincinnati, many are indeed listed online. But how to filter out all of the other jobs from around the country and even the world? Focus is the key word.

Most job search websites have ways to focus your search on certain areas by state or city. If you are simply "trolling" for information about businesses in general with a general search engine like Yahoo! , include your target state or town name in your search.  Using terms like "Marketing AND Cincinnati" will narrow down the prospects. Many job search sites have "bots" or agents available that will take your criteria and then send you email with search results. There are many service sites that will provide you with a free email account, and we list a few below.

Résumé Banks:

There are over 100 Internet sites where a person seeking employment can directly submit their current résumé.  Employers search these sites seeking a match for their job listing.  Click Here for a list of some of the top résumé banks.

General Career Sites What Color is your Parachute?  This is a place to start your online search. Résumé Banks Places where you can submit your résumé online Job Star: Job Search Guide Great 'job portal' with lots of resources. Quintessential Careers Recommended by some of our speakers Superjobs Center The Superjobs Center can help the job seeker in a number of ways. Visit them online at: www.superjobs.com The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services develops and oversees programs that provide health care, employment and economic assistance, child support, and services to families and children. The programs and services offered are designed to help Ohioans be healthy and safe, while gaining and maintaining independence, and are delivered at the local level. Visit them online at: The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Local area job search pages Workforce 411(Ohio jobs) Queen City Jobs Cincinnati jobs on Monster Board Cincinnati Enquirer Classifieds Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Jobs site Strategic HR Inc. Help With Job Search Correspondence William S. Frank has put his entire book "200 Letters for Job Hunters," online for free. Informational Interviewing  Steps to follow to conduct an informational interview and 20 questions to ask to get job-search information. Louise Kursmark from Cincinnati has been writing résumés and helping people find jobs since 1982. She has her own company, Best Impression, which also lists examples of résumés before and AFTER rewriting. Free Internet Services GeoCities - a "community" where you can "homestead" with a web page and email account Free email at Yahoo Free email at Hotmail

The other way of using the web as a resource in a job search is to scope out an employer before you make contact. By finding the employer's web page you are doing valuable research into their approach to business in general. By also searching for articles and announcements about the company you can learn a lot. You may even come across important names and titles.

• These types of searches are where the general search directories like AltaVista,  Excite,  HotBot,  NLSearch, and Yahoo! Finance come into play. Another more specifically business focused resource for this is the Hoovers page.
  

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