3 Steps to Write a Job Search SOS [Video]

September 7, 2010 By Sunny Lam Leave a Comment

One bold anonymous friend of mine (fresh out of college-university) was trying to find a job and decided to send out a handy little SOS to his networks to help in his job search. I respected him for that and decided that it was a good quick reminder for you job seekers out there to start building those networks before you need it and to get them to help you out as part of your “ninja” arsenal of tools.

First…

Remember to Use Everything including the Chop Sticks

During a “jobs jobs” search you want to make use of every possible tool on your belt. Leave nothing out of your arsenal or strategy. You may spend less time on some tools and more on others.

The job search SOS is a pair of chopsticks that you’re using to fight it out in a restaurant. Imagine that while…

Writing the Arrow Fired Letter

Update your resume, brainstorm, mind map and think up every important thing you want people to know about your situation, you, your accomplishments and your goals. Write this SOS like you’d write a cover letter and get it edited by a trusted friend several times. Failing that have the computer read it back to you.

Keep it sharp and concise
Emphasize your strongest achievements
Use bold headings

Here’s an example of one by the anonymous connection of mine:

Good afternoon,

As some of you may be aware, I am a recent graduate of [a Green Business Management program, with a focus on the Green Building Sector]. Buildings play an integral role in creating a sustainable future based on operational efficiencies, conservation and design. I believe that this is a great opportunity (industry) to help reduce our GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions and do it in a cost effective manner.

I am familiar with, and a member of several initiatives and organizations including (LEED, BOMA, TAF, MEER, CaGBC) and actively involved in the [city] Forum for Green Building & Design speakers series. I am also the Green Building Coordinator for a large condominium complex in [city].

I have a Hon. B. Commerce degree with a focused attention in accounting and finance, and currently pursuing LEED AP certification. Utilizing my finance, accounting and sustainability background along with my real world experiences in real estate / property management, and sustainable development, I am looking to build a career within the Green Building industry.

If you or any of your contacts could be of assistance in helping me further develop my career, by creating a mutually beneficial connection I would really appreciate it.

Thank you,

[Anonymous Candidate]

My connection’s SOS was a good start. There are definitely ways to really make it shine.

Here’s are some of the things you might do to improve this:

Good afternoon,

Hoping you are all doing great! Let me know what you are all up to! Anyhow, as some of you may know, I am a recent graduate of [a Green Business Management program, with a focus on the Green Building Sector]. Buildings play an integral role in creating a sustainable future based on operational efficiencies, conservation and design. I believe that this is a great opportunity (industry) to help reduce our GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions and do it in a cost effective manner.

Financial Management Experience

I have a Hon. B. Commerce degree with a focused attention in accounting and finance, and currently pursuing LEED AP certification. Using my finance, accounting and sustainability background along with my real world experiences in real estate / property management, and sustainable development, I am looking to build a career within the Green Building industry.

Knowledge of Green Building

I am familiar with, and a member of several initiatives and organizations including (LEED, BOMA, TAF, MEER, CaGBC) and actively involved in the [city] Forum for Green Building & Design speakers series. I am also the Green Building Coordinator for a large condominium complex in [city].

How to Contact Me

If you or any of your contacts could help me out in this search that would be fantastic! Let me know what I can do to return the favour or help you out now or in the future! Please have them contact me at xxx.xxx.xxxx or email me at xxxx@xxxxx.xx.

Thank you,

[Anonymous Candidate]

PS. Please forward this to at least 10 people you think could help! Thank you!

I moved “Financial Management Experience” to the top position because this is my contact’s strongest area (in this situation anyway). Other possible changes include…

The sentence:

“Hoping you are all doing great! Let me know what you are all up to! “

Helps to open up the conversation by focusing it on your connections and making less “me” centred.

Adding this sentence:

“Let me know what I can do to return the favour or help you out now or in the future!“

Makes sure that you are giving people an incentive to help you out because you’re going to help them out now or later on by returning the favour. Again it helps to make it less about you again and makes it an “obvious” win-win. The easier you make it the better.

You’ll also want to add:

“Please have them contact me at xxx.xxx.xxxx or email me at xxxx@xxxxx.xx. “

If your SOS is forwarded to someone by email (the original SOS was on LinkedIn) then people will have an immediate bit of contact information to get in touch asap. If you forget this people might just file it away without touching base and end up forgetting about it (human nature). The easier the better for potential helpers.

Plus add:

“PS. Please forward this to at least 10 people you think could help! Thank you!“

You want to have the “call to action” repeated and made really, really clear. Have your friends send this to people.

Use the above as a template for your own email, blog post or SOS message.

Remember think of this message like a cover letter.

And…

Beat It Gently into People (Like Bread)

Send that SOS to your professional and personal networks on a regular basis because people might have missed it on the fast pace of email or Facebook. In an ideal world you’d have built the perfect network because you knew exactly what you wanted. Since the world is far from perfect, use the SOS as your emergency kick start.

You can use LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Do some ninja “joint casing” (scouting research) to find out if there are networks you should be a part of that would help you with your job hunt. In the upcoming job search ebook you’ll find out why LinkedIn should be a network you must have (plus one other…). For now get an account and start building relationships with ninja-to precision.

Send the SOS out regularly enough without ticking people off. Once a month is a safe bet. Once a week is pushing it. Once a day is likely to get you a lot of disapproving frowns. (And I know what that can be like, learn from my mistakes.)

Just remember…

A Helpful Catch 22

Let it be said that it’s still a bit of a long shot since your network could have everything under the kitchen sink except the right connections for the job you want. Always remember to make sure you’re laser sharp with your goals and the company you want to work for (vital, vital, vital). That way you’re making the right connections (beforehand) and your SOS will be a ninja star that flies true.

If you’re still employed you might want to avoid using this kind of SOS unless you send it to people who are definitely in a different work place. (You’ve been warned) If an employer finds out you’re looking for work elsewhere it’s usually reason to fire you. These days there is news of employers actually working with employees to find other jobs to make up for lost hours so you can avoid worry in those cases (see A New White-Collar Juggle).

In Summary…

So get your network involved, let people know you’re looking and write up a message summarizing the very best you have to offer so people know exactly what to look out for.

Feel free to connect with me personally to share your biggest problems, fears and concerns about job searching and I will work to address them in my upcoming ebook due out in the next few months. I’m serious. I want to help you find what you’re looking for. Use the Contact Us form above!

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Job Sites That Cover Everything Down to a “T”
Job Sites Based in Canada
Job Sites for College and University Students
Job Sites for Environmental, Green or Nonprofit Careers
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Job Sites That Cover Everything Down to a “T”

These are job sites for worldwide, global listings, the United States, Canada and beyond. This includes the massive global Web sites like Monster.

Adecco – This group claims over 50 years experience and 6000 offices worldwide.

All Job Search – This site pulls information from newspapers and newsgroups.

America’s Job Bank – “…a U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored Web site that offers career resources and workforce information to job seekers, students, businesses, and workforce professionals to foster talent development in a global economy.”

AOL Jobs – offers jobs in partnership with Career Builder.

Apprenticesearch.com - ”The website is designed to help connect apprentices and employers across Ontario and is a free service operated by not-for-profit organizations and community agency partners in Ontario.”

Ask the headhunter – claims to be “The insiders edge on job searching and hiring.”

Boulder Job Listings

Brain Hunter - Zylog says it’s the ”leading provider of IT and Engineering professional staffing services and solutions in Canada, with global delivery capability.”

Career Exchange – “the foremost independent staffing company in South Florida.” It lists jobs from all over the world.

Career Jet – “Careerjet’s job search engine network encompasses over 50 countries, featuring separate interfaces that are translated into 20 languages.“

Career Overview – aspires to help “career professionals, job seekers and students make better, more informed career choices by providing them with relevant, reliable and up-to-date career and job information.“

CareerBuilder – says they are the “global leader” in recruitment using information technology, partners and superior customer service. They are owned by Gannett Co, Inc., Tribune Company, The McClatchy Company, and Microsoft Corp.

Careers Via Wall Street Journal – This is very popular with a large following on Twitter.

Coolworks South Carolina Jobs – This one lists jobs in categories as diverse as rafting, fishing, river guide jobs, cruise ships and more.

Craigslist – A very popular classified for finding jobs locally.

Cruel World – A job search engine-board that has a very amusing name.

Dice.com – says it’s the leading site for “technology and engineering professionals” in the United States.

DirectEmployer.com/JobCentral National Labor Exchange – “This megasite was created in combination with a large group of national employers. The DirectEmployer.com job search engine allows you to search by keyword, filter by date (date listing was posted), source (employer or staffing firm), location, and industry“

EmploymentGuide.com – This is the job board for a set of 75 weekly employment magazines in the United States.

Flip Dog – This was once a highly recommended site. Now it’s owned by Monster.

FortBendJobs.com – Mysteriously a very localized job board in the US that came up in my search.

HotJobs – This job site uses Yahoo’s search system and is run by Monster. It used to be Monster’s competition.

Hound – is a powerful job search engine that pulls jobs from employer web sites and not from job boards. It claims to be highly effective — if that’s the case it’s a hidden gem for recruiters and job seekers.

Indeed – This one is a search engine for jobs on both company sites and boards. Guess Hound is just one of many after all.

Job & Career Tools - More like a premium set of searching tools than a site.

Job Shark

Job.com – One of the top job search databases online and a source for local jobs and career advice. To be honest, it’s got a lot of competition as you can already tell.

JobBankUSA – This is another large online job site that works primarily for people in the United States.

JobFox.com – This job site sounds like the “eHarmony” of job search. It sounds more like matchmaking. Then again, most job sites pretty much do that anyhow. They say they use a specially patented system called Mutual Suitability System (TM) to pull it off.

Jobing.com – They claim to help you search local jobs, employers and people. The question is “which local?”

JOBofmine – This is another massive job search engine site. Alas after seeing the terms “global leader” one too many times (this is around #88) I will let you check it out and judge for yourself.

JobOpenings.net – This job site is based out of South Carolina.

Jobs SC WSJ (Wall Street Journal) – Just how many variations of a job search page can Wall Street Journal have? This is the second and it says it has a “large selection of useful job search articles, job search engine and job tools.”

JobsinPods – Instead of reading through a job board you can listen to podcast readings instead. You can put these job posts that are read aloud into iTunes (or subscribe to it there). An interesting take perhaps — reminds me of video resumes.

jobster – A job site that says it offers unlimited job alerts. In reality many job sites already offer that.

JobVolume.com – This is a Canadian powered job search engine that offers RSS feeds. It states that it looks for and lists both USA and Canadian jobs.

JuJu – This is another job search engine on the web.

JustJobs.com – This is actually a network of job search engines created by LatPro for the United States.

Kijiji – This is a free local classified search engine that provides job search and job listings among other things. It is similar to Craigslist. Find the Kijiji for your local area.

LocalCareers – A local employment job search web site that is part of the LocalCareers.com Network.

Monster – Monster is one of the largest job listing and job search engine databases online for jobs worldwide. When does big become too big?

NationJob – This job web site says it is the #1 community based job network in the United States with over 20 years of experience.

Net Temps – “The leading job board for temporary, temp-to-perm and full time employment through the staffing industry.”

Part – Time Jobs – This job site focuses on part time jobs in Canada.

Simply Hired – This is another one of the largest search engines online. It claims to have millions of job listings worldwide.

snagajob – This job search and listing site has been around since 2000. It is the #1 job site for hourly jobs.

South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce – This web site offers resources and information to help job seekers.

South Carolina Government Jobs – Get government job listings for South Carolina.

South CarolinaJobs.net – This is more of a local employment web site that is part of the LocalCareers.com Network.

The Vault – is one of the more popular sites for “jobs, careers, top employers and education programs, job search advice, salary info, job listings, employee message boards and surveys“

Thingamajob.com – is a free online job and employment tool that is run by one of the United States leading staffing and recruiting businesses – Allegis Group.

TopUSAJobs

TrueCareers.com – This job search web site was created by Sallie Mae and offers career articles and other helpful information too. Apparently it has a sweepstakes that helps to pay off loans for students.

USAJobs.gov – This is the official web site for hiring, jobs, job listings and more for the United States Federal Government. It has individual sub sites for individuals with disabilities, veterans, executives and students.

Web Crawler – This is yet another job search engine online.

Next are the Canadian based job sites.

Job Sites Based in Canada

These job sites are either owned, started or made in Canada. They can have job listings from all over the world or just jobs from a local Canadian area. Take a look below for one that works for you.

Alberta Builder Connect – Need an About page please to distinguish itself from every other Alberta job search site!

Alberta Municipal Jobs - ”Discover the diversity of municipal employment in Alberta!”

Albertajobs.com – Jobs in Alberta

All Ontario Jobs – Free site using advertising.

All Star Jobs – This group claims to help you access “hidden” jobs. (hmm…)

Atlanticjobs.com – Lists jobs in Atlantic Canada.

British Columbia Municipal Jobs – The name says it all.

Britishcolumbiajobs.com – British Columbia BC jobs anyone?

Calgaryjobs.com – Hmm…

Can Jobs – It is the host of a lot of Canadian sub-job sites. Useful? Hmm…

Canada Job Directory – This directory is managed “by Laith Design Group Inc.”

Canada Jobs – The names need some work.

Canadian Careers – It claims to be “one of the original career web sites for Canadians.”

CareerBeacon.com - ”Atlantic Canada’s first, most visited and only bilingual recruitment web site.”

Careerify.ca – Another Canadian themed job search site.

Community Service Centres Ontario – Local community service centres can give you helpful advice.

Cttjobs.com – Jobs in Kitcher/Cambridge/Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Edmontonjobs.com – Jobs for Edmonton, Alberta in Canada.

Eluta – says it’s the “Search Engine for New Jobs in Canada”. It covers areas for New Canadians, Diversity, Green/Environmental, New Graduates and Under 35.

Employment Forum – a Canadian owned site.

Employment Search – same

Guelphjobs.com – Jobs for Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Go figure.

Halifaxjobs.com – Jobs for Halifax, Ontario, Canada.

Hamiltonjobs.com – Jobs in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Horseshoejobs.com – Jobs in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada.

Job Bus Canada – This job site focuses primarily on Canadian jobs.

Job Port – Another Canadian job bank.

JobboardManitoba.com – This job site covers Winnipeg Jobsites, Jobbank Manitoba, Winnipeg Jobbank, Winnipeg Employment Agencies.

JobboardToronto.com – “Directory of Resources Related to Toronto Human Resources Jobs, Toronto Job Banks, Toronto Job search, Toronto Jobs, Toronto Part-time Jobs, Toronto Summer Jobs and Latest Toronto Career Opportunities.”

JobboardVancouver.com – “Directory of Vancouver Job banks, British Columbia’s Hidden Job Resources, Vancouver Job Posting Boards, Vancouver Employment Agencies & Vancouver Recruiters.”

JobBoom.com – Yet another online recruiting and job site focused on Canada. Wow, does it ever end?

JobpostCanada – Yet another job site that claims to be the biggest job site directory in the nation.

Jobs in Alberta – Another job site for jobs in the province of Alberta, Canada.

JobServe.ca – This job site claims to be the “world’s first Internet Recruitment Service.” It might have been the first to use a daily email newsletter with jobs.

Jobslondon.ca – Jobs in London, Ontario.

JobWings – “Finance, accounting, management – Intermediate to senior level”

JobWings Careers – a “specialized job board leader in Canada. [It has] 13 niche boards, federated within the Publipac.ca network, and [rounded out by its] popular job search engine, Nicejob.ca.” (see Publicpac.ca and Nicejob.ca below)

JobZilla.ca – a job search engine based out of Canada that lets you search their database.

Kwjobs.com – Job listings for Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario.

Local Careers.ca – Local careers in Canada. This site is part of The Career Network (see below)

Manitobajobs.com

Montrealjobs.com

Nicejob.ca – This is the search engine for JobWings Careers and Publicpac.ca

Now Hiring Canada – This is a Calgary based job site that advertises jobs from within the province and the rest of Canada.

NowToronto Job Classifieds – If you’re looking for Toronto jobs or more than this job board run by NOW Magazine could be handy.

Nwtjobs.ca – Job listings for the Northwest Territories in Canada.

Ontario Jobwatcher

Ontario Municipal Jobs – Jobs with the city governments of Ontario

Ontario Public Service Careers – Jobs with the Government of Ontario

Ontario Workinfonet – “a system that brings together the people and agencies who have information on local employment, and the people who want to find information that is focused on their own communities. ” Jobs for local areas in Ontario…

Ontariojobs.com Ottawajobs.com PlusJobsCanada

Pride in Personnel – This is a consulting company that works in recruiting. Turn to them if you’re looking to hire or if you want to get into the minds of a recruiter.

Publicpac.ca – Part of the JobWings Careers job network. It targets mostly Canadian jobs.

Quebecjobs.com Saskatoonjobs.com SaskJobs.ca Saskjobs.com

Service Canada Job Bank – This is Canada’s largest job bank that was set up by the Federal Government of Canada.

Service Canada Youth Employment Program – An job search and employment program for Canadian youth.

The Career Network – This network of job sites covers 22 web sites for all the provinces of Ontario and a few other job related Canadian sites.

Tojobs.com – Toronto, Ontario Canada jobs.

Toronto JobCentre

Toronto Public Library – The TPL has its own lists of job-posting websites.

TorontoJobShop.ca Vancouverjobs.com We Hire.ca

Work Link Employment Society – This is a local job search web site for the Vancouver Island, British Columbia area.

Working.com – This is another job search network of web sites covering the major cities and regions of Canada.

Workopolis – It claims to be “Canada’s largest job site with over 15,000 job postings.” It’s pretty big, probably on the scale of Monster for Canada.

Wowjobs – This is another job search engine that looks for jobs everywhere and tries to list them in one place.

Next are the “jobs jobs” sites for college and university students.

Job Sites for College and University Students

The following job sites are for college or university students looking for their first entry-level job or post-graduates looking to cut their teeth on something real world. Surprisingly there are few sites (in English anyway) tailored to students or maybe that’s less surprising than I think.

Student jobs are often listed on other job sites under their own student category.

College Recruiter – This is the web’s largest job board for college and university students looking for internships, recent graduates looking for entry-level jobs or other careers.

Monster College – This is Monster.com’s student focused version of their already massive web site.

Stu’s Jobs – “Created by CU Boulder students, Stu’s jobs is a project that seeks to make the job marketplace more efficient and visible for students and job seekers!“

USAJobs.gov for Students – Here are student job listings for one of the biggest employers in the world.

The next set of job sites are for environmental or nonprofit organizations.

Job Sites for Environmental, Green or Nonprofit Careers

There are millions of nonprofits worldwide however it makes the job of keeping track of all of them that much more difficult. Openly listed jobs mean a lot of competition and even volunteering can be hard.

Charity Village – “the leading online source of information, news, jobs, services and resources for the Canadian nonprofit community“

CleanEdge.com Job Board – This is the job board for the world’s first research and publishing business focused only on the clean technology and energy sector.

CleanLoop.com – This green job site is powered by VentureLoop and also focuses on “clean” or green technologies and businesses.

Eco Canada – This is an employment group with close ties to industry that tries to help people enter the environmental field. Alas it has a tendency to focus on more technical, high qualification jobs like engineering.

GoodWork Canada – This green job Web site is the #1 job site for environmental job seekers in Canada. This was one of the first ones I learned about a long time back. It is run by Peter Blanchard (Peter Blanchard.ca). This is also linked to Planetfriendly Canada.

Green Energy Jobs – “Green Energy Jobs offers a global platform for the latest vacancies in the Renewable Energy sector.”

Green Jobs Network – focused on connecting people looking for jobs in the environmental or socially responsible side of things.

GreenBiz – This job site is run by Greener World Media that works to help businesses get more environmentally responsible.

GreenDreamJobs.com – “Your home for green jobs: renewable and clean energy jobs (solar, wind jobs), green building jobs, organic jobs, and all environmental and sustainable jobs”

Greenjobs – Renewable Energy – ”focuses specifically on all aspects of employment in renewable energy worldwide.”

idealist.org – This is a global job and learning site for anyone who’s looking for nonprofit and volunteer opportunities.

SustainLane – “is an online community where you can connect with local people interested in living healthy lives on a green planet“

Talent Detective Inc. – this is a boutique recruiting business that gives help above and beyond what larger, more traditional recruiter businesses would do. They work with “for profits” and nonprofits in North America.

TreeHugger Green Jobs – This is the job board for the “leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream.”

WorkCabin.ca – This is a major site for green work in Canada. It’s similar to Eco Canada in terms of the amount of green technical jobs that are listed with the extra jobs in communication and customer service and more. You can follow them on Twitter.

Youth Eco Internships – “The Youth Eco Internship Program places unemployed youth aged 15 to 30 from diverse backgrounds into paid internship opportunities within the non-profit and community services sector in Canada with a focus on the environment, community and women’s services. These positions, offered in a wide range of organizations, will help young Canadians learn the skills required to gain and sustain future employment within the sector. This project is a collaboration between the YMCA and YWCA Canada, with funding provided by the Government of Canada’s Economic Action Plan.” One of the organizations I’ve worked with, FoodCycles has had a lot of help thanks to this internship program. It is unknown how long it will last however as of 2010.

In the next section are job sites for management, executive and other professionals.

Job Sites for Management, Executive and Other Professionals

These are the job sites for specialized (i.e. healthcare, law, etc) or super high paying jobs ($100,000+ salaries for CEOs, Presidents, etc.). A lot of Canadian job boards for specialist jobs are on this list from the same job network.

ACCTjob.ca - Technical accounting jobs – Clerks, technicians and supervisors

AdminJobs.ca - Administrative support and secretarial services with a focus on Canada.

Business Analyst Jobs in Canada – An obvious list right?

CallCenterjob.ca – Yet to meet someone who loves work in this area.

Execsearches – It’s a job board that’s focused mostly on nonprofit, government, education and health.

ExecuNet – This is career service geared towards executives and putting them in front of executive recruiters.

ExecuNet Canada – Same as ExecuNet except focused on Canada.

FutureStep – This is a consulting firm that’s focused on recruiting for companies around the world including Fortune 500. Definitely one for the executive level.

HAPPO – Help a PR Professional Out – “Help a PR Pro Out is a movement that seeks to use social media to leverage relationships and help connect those seeking a job in the PR industry with employers.”

HARO – Help a Reporter Out – “Every day, HARO brings nearly 30,000 reporters and bloggers, over 100,000 news sources and thousands of small businesses together to tell their stories, promote their brands and sell their products and services.” It sounds impressive. They can definitely help you with a social media release.

Healthcare Jobs – Healthcare jobs with a bent in Canada.

HRjob.ca – Human resource jobs available to Canadians (and beyond).

ITjob.ca – Information technology jobs for Canada (IT).

JobsinHealthcare.com – This is another LatPro, Inc job search site focused on jobs in healthcare.

JobsinHR.org - This is another LatPro, Inc job search site focused on jobs in human resources.

JournalismJobs.com – “A job board for Media Professionals, where you can search by location, position, industry or status.”

Legal Jobs – Legal jobs all across Canada of course.

Media Job Search Canada – If you’re looking for media jobs in Canada this is a fairly new one to the scene as of 2010.

NurseJobsBoard.com – “provides Daily Job Listing from Multiple Healthcare Job Boards for Pediatric Nurse Jobs,Emergency Nurse Jobs,Registered Nurse Jobs ,Travel Nurse Jobs,Practical nurse,Forensic Nursing Jobs ,Healthcare jobs”

Paralegal Jobs – Para legal jobs across Canada at the least

Pharmaceutical Jobs – with a focus on Canada

PharmaDiversity – Pharmaceutical jobs wherever you need to find them.

Project Management – Project management jobs with a bent towards Canada.

Recrutech - Engineering and engineering technician jobs with a bent toward Canada.

Retails Jobs – Retail jobs across Canada

Salesrep.ca – More sales and retail job listings from across Canada.

SWAT Jobs - Social Worker Action Team; this is primarily in Canada.

theLadders – is another major job search engine and listing web site. It is focused on executive level jobs however especially in the areas of finance, HR, law, marketing, operations, sales, technology, medicine and science.

USAJobs.gov for Executives – You can find executive jobs with one of the biggest employers in the world.

In the next section are the jobs for women, people from other cultures, people of different genders and other visible minorities.

Job Sites for Diverse, Ethnic or People from Other Cultures or Backgrounds

It was surprising and refreshing to see that there are job sites that help people from different cultures, backgrounds or genders to find jobs. There are few however it’s a start.

DiversityJobs.com – Here’s one Web site that offers jobs tailored for women, transgendered, gendered individuals plus seniors, people with disabilities, people of other cultures or ethnicities or those with different sexual orientation.

DiversityZone - Search for jobs with companies that value diversity. Similar to DiversityJobs.com.

Jobs4Diversity – Another “local jobs” search site that’s part of the LocalCareers.com network.

LatPro – “The #1 Job Board for Hispanic and Bilingual Professionals” If you’re of Latin American background, Mexican or Spanish speaking then this job board might be of interest to you.

Transition Assistance Online – TAO is the “largest source” of information, jobs and tools for people leaving the military to go back to civilian life.

WomenForHire – This job site was started in 1999 to help women get hired. It’s definitely one of the biggest I’ve seen so far.

Workforce50.com – This special job site helps older workers, senior citizens and retired people find jobs if they’re looking.

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Job Sites Are Chopstick Level Weapons

Job boards should be one part of your ninja arsenal for finding a job. Since they are openly listed they can give you heavy competition. Some search engine sites actually hunt down company posted jobs though it gives you only a slight edge.

You should spend less time on job sites and more time focusing on the job you really want and going for it — ninja style (read more about that in the upcoming job search ebook in the next few months, sign up for the Priority Notification List on the right hand side —–>).

Your goal is to create a sword that cuts bamboo like it was paper. Chopsticks are what you use when you have no choice.

Take note that some job sites are part of a large network of similar looking sites that are tailored for jobs in a specific area. Ninety-nine percent of these sites are English based.

The list is based on research and turned up a lot of missing yet very popular niche job web sites. A little less than half of the job web sites were started in Canada and many of those job sites also list international jobs.

In Summary…

There are a lot of job sites out there often saying the same thing about what they do. There are 15-25 search engines out of the 171 listed that I highly recommend and that’ll be coming out in a future article. Job sites are chopstick style weapons — you use them in a pinch and you look for sharper and better tools and tactics to survive.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions on how to make this list more useful or if there are sites you think should be one there then please contact me using the Contact form.

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