# Best Tech job web sites

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tech-job-web-sites/275119>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 16, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tech-job-web-sites/275119 "2004-11-16T20:35:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tech-job-web-sites/275119/1 "2004-11-16T20:35:38Z")

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It seems I’m unfortunately back in the market for a job. Since we’re a smart bunch of people here, I thought I would ask for suggestions of the best job board web sites for tech jobs.

Specifically, I’m a semiconductor product engineer (that’s an electrical engineer) looking for jobs in test, design-for-test, or production of chips.

Anyone have advice on the best boards to look for openings on? Of course I’m all over [monster.com](http://monster.com) which has a wide variety of everything, and I’m also looking at [dice.com](http://dice.com) which is more tech oriented. What I’d like to hear are people’s opinions of the most effective sites that are oriented specifically towards technical jobs (as [dice.com](http://dice.com) is).

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tech-job-web-sites/275119/2 "2004-11-16T21:19:37Z")

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I’m actually in that field. I’ve never hired anybody from a website. I’d advice you to look for job posts at specific companies. You can also send me an email with your location, and I might have some names for you to contact.

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**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tech-job-web-sites/275119/3 "2004-11-17T13:11:59Z")

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Thanks, **Voyager** , I’ll drop you an e-mail.

I agree that you can’t rely on only web boards; I’m making a lot of phone calls to people I know (or don’t know!), and chasing down listings from companies I know are in the business.

However, there are plenty of companies that put their listings on the web or look for candidates there. Last time I was looking for a new job, I got a fair amount of hits from [monster.com](http://monster.com), several of which led to interviews, and one of which got me the job I just had. So I’m not skipping the web (although it is only part of my job search).