This is a Job Search January post.
The first thing most people think of when they think of online job search is Monster. And Craigslist. And HotJobs and Careerbuilder and Job.com and all the others.
But there are other options out there: the niche or specialty job boards. The advantage of these sites is that they focus on a specific industry or career field. They might have less jobs available than the “monster” job boards, but they have a focus on a specific field and thus there’s much less riff-raff. For a lot of job searchers, it’s easier to find timely, serious job openings on the niche boards.
There are literally hundreds and hundreds of niche job boards out there. Some only have a handful of jobs, or are updated rarely. Here is a list of the niche boards I have found to be the busiest and the best (in no particular order):
- Academiccareers.com- Jobs at colleges and other academic institutions.
- Ecoemploy.com- It doesn’t look like much, but tons of eco and green jobs.
- EnvironmentalCareer.info- ditto.
- MediaBistro- Job board for advertising, publishing, magazines, media, etc.
- FindLaw- Attorneys, paralegals, etc.
- HCareers.com- Hospitality, hotels, tourist jobs.
- FoodAndDrinkJobs.com- Restaurant, cooks, service worker jobs.
- CafePharma- Good community site for pharma sales professionals with loads of job postings.
- Telecomcareers.net- The largest job site for telecom and wireless professionals.
- JobsInManufacturing.com- Everything from logistics to quality control to general assembly line jobs.
- AllRetailJobs.com- Everything from cashiers to district managers.
- JobsInLogistics.com- Distribution, logistics, supply chain, freight.
- JobsInTrucks.com- Similar to the above, but with a focus on the trucking industry.
- GreatInsuranceJobs.com- Insurance sales, underwriting and examiner jobs.
- Jobs4HR.com- Human Resources jobs.
- JobsInTheMoney.com- The largest finance and accounting job board by far.
- eFinancialCareers.com- Everything from accounting, hedge funds, banking and to investments and risk management.
- TalentZoo.com- Advertising, marketing and PR jobs.
- 6figurejobs.com- Focuses on management and executive management positions.
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8 responses so far ↓
1 Greg // Jan 9, 2008 at 8:14 am
More good ones. http://www.AnimalJobs.com http://www.LandscapeJobs.com http://www.HotelRestaurantJobs.com
2 CK // Jan 9, 2008 at 8:59 am
http://www.jobloft.com/ – retail, food services, and hospitality
3 100 Niche Job Boards | TheJobBored // Apr 24, 2008 at 4:03 pm
[...] written in the past about niche boards and how they’re sometimes more valuable than the monstrously sized job [...]
4 Social Networking Sites As Job Search? | TheJobBored // May 29, 2008 at 3:59 pm
[...] Niche Job Boards have long carved out, well, a strong niche serving specific industries. And some of these niche sites have not been proper job boards at all, but in fact, grew organically from pre-existing communities. I’m thinking specifically of sites like CafePharma for pharmaceutical sales jobs. Often, the authoritative job site for a given industry is not a well-known brand name. [...]
5 Larry Nichols // Dec 29, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Another great niche job board for the Texas oil & gas industry. This site is for the Texas Barnett Shale in the Dallas/ Fort Worth Area.
http://www.barnettshalejobs.com
6 Dan // Jan 19, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Another good site is a niche job board just for teen jobs called http://teenjobscene.com
7 Darlene // Apr 24, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Are there no boards for sales professionals that do not focus on pharma?
8 Tony // Nov 3, 2009 at 11:27 am
Check out http://www.associationjobboards.org. this is an online directory lisitng hundreds of niche job boards sponsored by associations.
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