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Virtually all business activities have found the Internet
as one of the most effective way to communicate or advertise their business to
the rest of the world. Employers and recruiters who have job openings are not
left out in this regard.

The web is increasingly gaining a lion share of the
advertisement market.

"A survey conducted by the
Society for Human Resource Management in 2009 put the number of job seekers who
used online resources in their job searches at a staggering 95%."

There are well over 500 thousand online job boards. This
article focuses on how to draw a filter on which job board to start your job
search with.

The type of job an individual is looking for will determine
which job board the individual will visit. Job boards are classified into five
main categories namely:

• ·       
  Niche job boards
• ·       
  Geographically specific
• ·       
  General
• ·       
  Job Search Engine and Aggregators
• ·       
  Unclassified

Among the five categories of job boards mentioned above,
Niche sites have proven to be the most effective. It helps job seekers find
jobs faster. Niche job board focus on a particular demography, select group or
profession. One typical example is a job site that focus on a particular
profession such as hospitality, engineering, accounting, or job site focusing
on recruitment of top executives. Examples of job boards in this category are
AllRatailjobs.com and Itjobsinusa.com.

Another powerful, effective and more prevailing job search
trend is localizing job search to a particular or specific geographic area
example, www.calgaryjobcentral.com, vancouverjobs.com etc.

This type of site is called geographically specific job
board. It focuses on a small geographic area, helping job seekers who are
targeting jobs in a particular geographic area. Statistics has shown that 50%
of job search are conducted with a certain geographic location in mind. This
has made this type of job boards more effective and relevant.

The oldest and most common category is the general job
board. eg. www.monster.com or www.jobscentral.ca. This category is relatively
becoming less effective. It is too general and sometimes not direct to the
point. The shift is gradually moving towards Niche job sites and Geographically
specific job sites which have proven to be more effective.

In recent time, job search engines and job aggregators are
increasingly becoming very popular. This category is more or less becoming
ubiquitous. Job aggregators gather, pull and extract jobs from many job boards
including different employers career page. These jobs are packaged , into one
searchable list. It was initially seen as very effective. However, it is
gradually loosing popularity as some of the jobs found on aggregator sites are
duplicate of another. Some listed jobs are also expired or inexistent job
openings. example of sites in this category includes, indeed.com, simplyhired
etc.

The least popular is the unclassified job site: this
category lack striking features of a complete job board. Sometimes they come in
form of general classified with a job and employment section. These are often
found on social networking web sites. This category is the least effective.

In summary, start your job search with the niche sites
followed by geographically specific job sites. Always adapt some flexibility in
your job search: Do your research ahead of your job search. Structure your
resume to be striking while highlighting your strongest skill sets.

Sometimes during the course of your search, you will notice
that the job market is shifting or leaning towards a certain market. Try and
adjust with the changes and flexibility.

Good luck in your job search.

Source: http://www.jobscentral.ca/jobsearch.html

Author: Justin Alan