Job Websites
One of the benefits of internet is the various job websites available to apply online for jobs submitted by employers. Job sites have become one stop for employers and job seekers. These job sites provide various resume tools, career advice and tips for interview. It is great resource to get resume templates, advice on cover letter and how to shape your career. Simply you have got access to career advisor.
How does these job sites help? First it is a big job bank were employers from different work space post job openings. Secondly these sites allow you to search job by various parameters such as location, zip code, job title, date submitted, skill set and by employer. The wide variety of search criteria allows you to refine your job search to the niche market. The job resource tools provided by these job websites are very useful for job seekers. Advice on cover letter, building resume and interview readiness are few of them.
Popular Job Sites
- Monster.com: This job site is industry leader in online job search market. The sire provides useful resource tools and articles for job seekers.
- Dice.com: One of the early online job search portal mainly started with Tech jobs. This site is popular among Tech people to search for high paying jobs.
- Yahoo! HotJobs: (http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/) This site is operated by Yahoo, and also has lot of traffic coming from jobseekers. The site lists job from all known industries.
- Careerbuilder.com This site is also one of the big online job search sites offering thousands of open job to job seekers.
- Craigslist: don’t be surprise, the classified site has hundreds of job up for grab. The free classified website is used by small and medium companies to post open positions.
- USAJOBS: This site is for searching government jobs. All US federal government jobs are posted here. You might be surprised to see the salary in certain Information technology jobs are at par with private sector.
- Career Journal – Advice on jobs, career restructuring and how to change careers. The site is sponsored by the Wall Street Journal.
Highest Paying Jobs
Nursing
Medical Services
Computing
Engineering
Green Jobs
Education
CPA
IT Jobs
Finance
Telecommuting
Home Land Security
Human Resources
Pharmaceutical Business Analysis
Small Business
Pharmacy Jobs: Shortage of Pharmacist is making pharmacist to work for longer hours. Jobs starting from 90k upwards.
CPA Jobs: With tighter regulations accounting has moved to next level. Demand for CPA has grown in ten folds. Average salaries are 100k.
MBA/Computer engineers/Doctors are still the hot careers. Salaries in this bracket still average close to 100K.
Sales/Marketing The sales opening for managing business for US companies in Asia are in high demand. Everyday jobs are moving to Asia for cheaper man power adn growing consumer demand in ASIA. The next economic boom will be in Asia.