I need a job. Where do I look?
A lot of prospective job hunters are ready and willing to work, they just don’t know where to look to find the right job opportunities. With so many job seekers out there and a limited number of paid open positions, knowing where to look can be half the battle. Where you look for jobs can largely depend on your background, as resources for college graduates, those with work experience and even those fresh out of high school can be vastly different. Here are some avenues sure to help those looking for employment, spanning various walks of life.Friends, Relatives, Teachers What should be the most obvious job search resource is often the most overlooked. Why not simply ask those who know and care about you for help in your job hunt? Friends who have successfully found a job might know of opportunities within their new company and put in a good word, while parents, aunts and uncles have likely been hard at work at their trade for years and may be able to lend connections. Teachers and professors often stay in touch with professionals within their discipline and may know of an opening you might be a match for, as they can reference your academic performance as well.Internet Job Sites While Monster and CareerBuilder may be the most famous names in the online job hunt, Indeed.com offers a one stop shop, combining many of various job posting forums into one searchable database. If you are entering or looking for a new position within a specific industry, it might be more helpful to search websites that cater to that specific discipline. For example, JournalismJobs.com seeks out relevant positions for Journalism majors and professionals.College Career Centers Many campuses across the country offer career services centers. Not only do these offices spend their days seeking out potential employment opportunities for their students but many companies actually contact career centers themselves in hopes of attracting the best candidates, hoping avoiding the innumerable unqualified applications they would receive from an open job posting.Local Newspaper Classifieds While the print industry may be struggling, there are still employers taking out ads in the paper (both literal and digital forms) for open posts in the area. If you know you want to live in a certain city or geographic area, newspapers can still be a valuable resource some searchers might not think to check.