Got an interview set for a job tomorrow, I got the chance though the job placement office at college, but just in case I do not get the job, what job search engine do you recommend to use?
Monster, HotJobs, CareerBuilder, other?
Or do you recommend to use the job offers from the newspaper?
You can use all of them, they don’t charge you. Monster is the biggest and the best in the most general sense. Hotjobs is pretty good too or at least it used to be when I got a job from it. Careerbuilder is crap IMHO. There are more focused job boards for different specialities as well.
Don’t waste your time with the newspaper unless you are a masochist. They are amazingly ineffective.
Yes, use them all, is there any downside to that?
I did take a look at the Sunday paper and I agree Shagnasty.
I forgot to mention: what about searching at craigslist.org?
For IT/technology jobs, I recommend dice.com.
For looking at ads, I recommend www.indeed.com or www.oodle.com. I forget what it’s called, but these pull ads from other boards, so they are a good time management tool.
I wouldn’t be a good career coach if I didn’t also tell you not to spend more than 25% of your job searching time doing internet searches. The majority of your time should be spent networking or going on informational interviews.
I’ve found that Craig’s List is the best way to go.
Just today I read a New York Times e-article (registration required) about online job searches: it mentioned a site called JobCentral.com, which was “developed for major corporations that carries their listings as well as direct links to the companies’ Web sites to apply for jobs. The board was created after executives from corporations like I.B.M., Hewlett-Packard and Intel began exploring ways to deal with the ever-escalating fees charged by the largest job boards.”
It also mentioned Indeed.com, and a place called SimplyHired.com: the article said that both sites “rely on search engines to aggregate a vast array of listings from newspaper classified ads, job boards, corporate sites and trade associations.”
And, it gave the same advice as lorene did. 
Good luck with your interview!
Hey, I got my current job through a newspaper ad, but that was 4 years ago so things may have changed.
The sites to use depend on your industry. I would look around to see if there are any search engines that are unique to your area/industry. For example, I browse http://www.njschooljobs.com because I live in NJ and because I’m in education.
Back in the day when I was really hard up for a job and willing to move I went to websites of companies that I saw commercials for on TV (beverage companies, insurance companies, etc.) just to see if they had a “now hiring” link on their site. I even looked in the yellow pages [to get ideas] for local companies that I thought I might want to work for and looked for their websites as well.
I think differently.
Whoa! How did you know?
Well, eventually I’m looking for a job in the computer animation field, but I will have to wait after graduation in 2007, in the meantime, back to a regular IT job.
Dice is really good for IT but it is maninly contract/consulting jobs. That is what I do though so it suits me fine. You can get a lot of activity really fast on Dice but you better decide if you are open to contract work before you list yourself as eligible for that type of work.
I’ve gotten my last three jobs (including my new one- a real keeper) off Craig’s List. I’ve never had luck answerng ads- but every time I post my resume it gets flooded with great offers. Last time I was in the market I was unemployed on Monday and had three job offers by Friday.
But you have to write a very, very, very clever posting. Tell a story, write a sonnet, do anything but list your boring qualifications. Make them feel like they just can’t pass you up. I’ve found it works best not to include my actual resume in the poster, but rather a clever and snappily written summary of my skills. That keeps people from pigeonholing you, and allows you to use somewhat crappy jobs where you did neat things to help instead of hurt.
All, plus craig’s list and jobsearch.org.
Good thing I started this, I aced everything else, but because I was 10 keystrokes per minute under what they wanted, I was denied. 
I will post a resume at craig’s list and will check the other recommended sites.
Thanks for the info guys.