Best Job Search Engine?

• Upper90

  Online, naturally. Not for me, a friend of mine just moved here, and I told him that I'd help him scope for jobs online.
  
  I'm really out of practice, as I haven't had to do this in a while, I jaunted over to Craigslist, as that's where I found my current job, and it looks like a mess of scams and etc.
  
  So, what's solid? or at least as solid as it gets?
  
  Monster? Indeed?
  
  I know they all have their pros/cons, I guess I'm just looking for some personal experiences.
• UA5straightin2008

  

  monster.com
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  careerbuilder and juju
• Upper90

  I just went to Monster for the first time in a couple years. Looks like not much has changed, which is solid.
• GoChiefs

  

  If he needs to hand in a resume personally..I just heard a good one today. There is a woman in Dover..they call her 'balloonatic'. She goes around wearing bikinis and has balloons tied onto her. A buddy of mine was trying to get into this place that's a really good job..but everyone applies there. So of course he wanted to stand out. So he called her up and come up with a plan. She went in on a Friday while the head honcho was in a meeting. The lady at the desk thought it was one of his coworkers playing a practical joke..so she let her in. She went into the conference room..in her bikini and balloons..and sang a song about wanting the job that she had made up. Handed my buddies resume to the head honcho. He got a kick out of it. Called my buddy up the following Monday and hired him on the spot.
• UA5straightin2008

  

  GoChiefs wrote: If he needs to hand in a resume personally..I just heard a good one today. There is a woman in Dover..they call her 'balloonatic'. She goes around wearing bikinis and has balloons tied onto her. A buddy of mine was trying to get into this place that's a really good job..but everyone applies there. So of course he wanted to stand out. So he called her up and come up with a plan. She went in on a Friday while the head honcho was in a meeting. The lady at the desk thought it was one of his coworkers playing a practical joke..so she let her in. She went into the conference room..in her bikini and balloons..and sang a song about wanting the job that she had made up. Handed my buddies resume to the head honcho. He got a kick out of it. Called my buddy up the following Monday and hired him on the spot.

  thats hilarious
• UA5straightin2008

  

  just saw an ad on t.v. for theladders.com
  
  but it said it is only for 100k+ jobs for 100k+ talent
  
  not sure if your friend falls into that category or not
• Glory Days

  

  is he looking for a specific type of job?
• Upper90

  Not that I know of, he's got a degree in Accounting, and I believe one in Marketing. He was working for a different branch of the Non Profit that I work for, but then that branch closed, and he moved (back) here, where he's originally from.
  
  If I'm not mistaken, most of his experience is administrative/accounting. Not sure if that's the direction he wants to stay in.
• Glory Days

  

  well then besides job search websites, if he has any ideas of who he wants to work for, he can check out that company's website for employment information.
• Websurfinbird

  

  Upper90 wrote: Not that I know of, he's got a degree in Accounting, and I believe one in Marketing. He was working for a different branch of the Non Profit that I work for, but then that branch closed, and he moved (back) here, where he's originally from.
  
  If I'm not mistaken, most of his experience is administrative/accounting. Not sure if that's the direction he wants to stay in.

  If he wants to stay in the non-profit sector, he should try idealist.org.
• j_crazy

  

  monster if you're searching, never put a resume on there.
• UA5straightin2008

  

  how come?
• j_crazy

  

  Me?
• UA5straightin2008

  

  yeah
• j_crazy

  

  oh well, I put mine on there not really looking for a job, but just to remind myself to keep it up to date (which as I'm typing I realize I haven't looked at it in almost 2 years) and I literally got 20+ calls a day about jobs that I was in no way qualified for (meaning they wanted someone with 10 years experience, and my resume clearly said that I started my job 4 months ago) and 5 -10 jobs that weren't even in my field.
  
  Edit:
  
  My point is that I think it's more of a nuisance to put a resume on and let the recruiters or whatever use that site than to find the job you like on there and then send your resume discretely.
• Upper90

  All of this is great info, guys, I appreciate it a lot, and I've passed it on.
  
  And I forgot all about idealist.org, websurfin. Good call, I found a job that I interviewed for on there a while back, but decided to stay where I was at.