Job Search – Try Some Niche Job Boards, But Concentrate on Networking

Posted under Internet Job Search, Networking on July 10th, 2008

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Jason Alba posed a question a few day ago on his Jibber Jobber blog:

“If only 3% of jobs are found from job boards, why do you spend more than 3% of your time on job boards”?

He points to his own “unbalanced” job search strategy, devoting 90% of his efforts to job boards.

Although he supports concentrating most heavily on networking to land your next job, he suggests designating some time to niche job boards, instead of Monster and CareerBuilder.

His broad list of 30 niche job boards, contributed by Eric Shannon and based on data from Google, offers plenty of avenues to explore.

Posted by Meg Guiseppi

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