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Below you will find information on how to find a job, including where to find job listings, networking, using a headhunter and job searching strategies.

Finding a Job: The First Step

The first step in finding a job is to write a resume or prepare to complete a job application. Depending on the type of job you are searching for, you will need a resume, CV (curriculum vitae) and a cover letter or you will need to complete an application for employment.

In most cases, you will need a resume to apply for full-time, professional job opportunities. If you are seeking a part-time job or work in a career field like hospitality or retail, for example, you will complete an application for employment.

Job Search Engines

Use the job search engines to search the top job banks, company sites, and online newspapers. There are a variety of job search engine sites that will search all the online job sites to capture new job postings.

Online job search resources, including job search sites, job search engines, networking sites, online job search tools, and tips to ensure that you are using all the Internet job search resources available.

If you're in the market for a new job, you'll want to check out my list of the top job search engines out there. All of these job search engines offer unique features and can streamline your job search efforts.

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1. Monster.com-Job Search Engine with Lots of Extras

Monster is one of the best job search engines out there. You can narrow your search by location, keywords, and employer; plus, Monster has plenty of job search extras: networking boards, job search alerts, and online resume posting.

2. Indeed.com- A Meta Search Job Engine

Indeed.com is a very solid job search engine. Unlike Monster, you cannot submit your resume from Indeed.com, but the job search engine more than makes up for that by being a meta search engine of many of the major job search engines and job search boards out there. ndeed uncovers a lot of jobs that you wouldn't normally find on most job search sites, and they do a good job of making their job search features as easy to use as possible.

3. FedWorld-Find a Federal Government Job

Think of FedWorld as your gateway into the huge world of US government jobs. You can do a detailed federal job search here, and FedWorld also offers the serious federal job searcher the opportunity to search FirstGov, search and view Supreme Court decisions, and view GS pay rate schedules.

4. CareerBuilder- One of the Largest Job Search Engines

CareerBuilder offers job searchers the ability to find a job, post a resume, create job alerts, get job advice and job resources, look up job fairs, and much more. This is a truly massive job search engine that offers a lot of good resources to the job searcher.

5. Dice.com-Technology Job Search Engine

Dice.com is a job search engine dedicated to only finding technology jobs. Dice also offers those job searchers with a security clearance the ability to search on ClearanceJobs.com, "premier Internet job board focused exclusively on candidates with active or current security clearances."

6. America's Job Bank-A Mammoth Job Search Engine

America's Job Bank is one of the largest job search engines on the Web today. With almost two million jobs in its sizable database at the time of this writing and more than fifteen thousand new jobs being posted almost every day, America's Job Bank is a must-have job search engine. Search by job title, keyword, military, or job number.

7. Yahoo Hot Jobs-A Personalized Job Search Engine

Yahoo Hot Jobs is linked to your Yahoo ID (if you have one), so once you're signed into Yahoo, you're signed into Hot Jobs. You can search by location with Hot Jobs, my personal favorite, and you'll be able to see all the jobs in your general area in the column to the left. Any job search can be subscribed to via RSS; you can add it to "My Yahoo" or a personalized RSS reader (such as Bloglines).

8. SimplyHired - Simple Job Search Engine

SimplyHired is a popular job search engines partly due to their SimplyFired contest. SimplyHired also offers a very unique job search experience; the user "trains" the job search engine by rating jobs he or she is interested in. SimplyHired also gives you the ability to research salaries, add jobs to a job map, and view pretty detailed profiles of various companies. I highly recommend SimplyHired.

9. LinkedIn.com-A Social Networking Job Search Engine

LinkedIn.com combines the best of two worlds: the ability to scour the Internet for jobs with its job search engine, and the opportunity to network with like-minded friends and individuals to deepen your job search. From the site: "With LinkedIn, you find the people, jobs and services you need through the people you know and trust, while you strengthen and extend your existing network." Finding a job all too often is about who you know, and LinkedIn.com does a great job of addressing this.

10. Craigslist - Community Classifieds Job Search

Technically, craigslist.com is not a job search engine, but it is certainly a great tool for job search. Find your community and find jobs - and the jobs posted on Craigslist tend to be some of the most eclectic, truly interesting jobs around on the Web. It is very common for reputable employers to post jobs on craigslist.

Other Job Search Engine Websites:

    1. www.jobing.com