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Top 100 job search websites and categories

by eric shannon on January 24, 2011 0 comments

This is the 2011 guide to the top 100 US job search categories. For each top employment category it lists the top 3 or 4 niche job search websites. Before you start, a quick reminder that if your job search skills are weak, it won’t matter how many jobs you apply to. Start here with The complete job search guide – how to land a job at a great company and make sure you aren’t wasting your efforts.

This guide excludes:

  • job sites that lack top Google rankings
  • sites with high Google rankings but low credibility, authenticity or integrity.
  • most sites which always require registration or paid membership to be useful
  • aggregators and job board networks like our own job search engines at JustJobs.com

This guide relies on my 14 years of experience running a top niche job board and dozens of hours of research.  As you’ve probably noticed, the Internet can be a cesspool (to use Google CEO, Eric Schmidt’s words). So avoid posting your job or resume the first place you come to. Remember the old saying “measure twice, cut once”. Look for websites with personality, that win meaningful awards, that are in the news, that publish a blog – whose credibility is clearly high.

What’s different or unusual this year in the search results?

  • more job sites owned by publishers for whom jobs is an extension like fashionjobs.com
  • more social network type sites such as firefighternation.com
  • want to see creativity? check out the flash sign up at exploretalent.com or site design at careersinmusic.com
  • fewer entrepreneur operated sites, more corporate and seo/affiliate entities
  • European job search Engines and Craigslist are making their way up

The top 30 job site niches. These rankings represent an average of 12 months search data at Google and are influenced by seasonal considerations as well as the business cycle — so take this top 30 for what it is, just a snapshot in time.

top 100 job board nichesIf this is in any way useful or interesting to you, please share with your friends or link here if you’re a blogger – you’ll help me keep the effort going.  Without further ado, here are all 100 categories and their job boards arranged alphabetically:

Legend

  • association – site is operated by an association and/or nonprofit
  • free – free for employers
  • IAEWS - displays International Association of Employment Web Sites logo


accounting accounting jobs

 

 

advertising

agriculture

airline

airport

architecture

art

attorney

automotive

aviation

bank

biology

callcenter

christian

college & entry-level

 

communications

computer

construction

 

consulting

contract

creative

 

cruise ship

customer service

data entry

day care

 

design

driver

 

education

engineering

 

environmental

executive

fashion

 

finance

 

firefighter

freelance

government

graphic design

healthcare

high paying

hospital

hospitality & hotel

housekeeping

hr

hvac

insurance

interior design

international & overseas

it & technology

jobs for teens

journalism

laboratory

law

law enforcement

library

logistics

loss prevention

maintenance

management

manufacturing

marketing

mba

media

medical

 

military

modeling

museum

music

non profit

 

nurse

oil and gas

paramedic

part-time

pharmaceutical

pharmacy

photography

physician

police

psychology

public relations

radio

radiology

real estate

receptionist & secretary

restaurant

 

retail & merchandising

sales

science

seasonal

 

security

social work

sports

student

teaching

telecom

temp

transportation

travel

warehouse

welding

wine

work from home

If you’re looking for a wider variety of job boards not covered by this report, you’ll find a more comprehensive directory of boards at JobBoardReviews.com.

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