Job searches increase as online job search sites grow

Despite the traditional holiday season slow down, job searches on one job search site: Simplyhired.com, grew 27% during a two week period in November. Search trends confirm a weakening economy, with New York taking the lead for greatest increase in searches (104%). Aside from math related jobs (such as research analysts and statisticians) that are common in the financial industry, significant increases were also seen in searches for entertainment jobs – suggesting a decline in those jobs as more people cut back on discretionary spending.

There are many job hunting sites on the web, with new ones seemingly springing up daily. SimplyHired, who released this survey, claim to be the largest job search engine. This may be true, but they certainly aren’t the most popular – that title stays with monster.com based on both Alexa and Google ranking. Other popular sites include realmatch.com, jobfox.com, indeed.com and hotjobs.yahoo.com.

Some other jobs sites you should be aware of if you are in the unfortunate position of having to search for a job:

CoolWorks.com – if you ever wanted to chuck it all and go work at a dude ranch for a summer or in a national park or summer camp, here’s the place to search. For unusual or seasonal jobs in unusual places, it can’t be beat. Sign up for their newsletter just to see the simple lifestyle you're missing.

Craigslist.com – There are no fancy communication tools here, or resume builders or really anything fancy at all. But there are jobs. Why? because it doesn’t cost much for employers to list them and they get lots of local traffic. Does it work? Let's put it this way - My road to becoming an Examiner started on Craigslist, and I was just browsing, not seriously looking for a gig.

LinkedIn.com – There’s nothing better than a personal referral or introduction. Be sure your friends know you’re looking – their friends may be hiring.

USAJobs.gov – When the economy is tough there’s nothing like the stability of a government job. Here’s where the federal government hires. State and county jobs are listed on their websites as well, but given the financial stress local governments are under, this might not be the best time to look.

Reference:examiner.com