Web Sites for Your Job Search, Greater Boston & Beyond

The Riley Guide www.rileyguide.com
Another excellent comprehensive guide, well organized with solid advice
and well-chosen, annotated links. If you’re looking in a particular
field, check the extensive links to occupation-specific resources in Sites with
Job Listings.

About.com: Job Searching http://jobsearch.about.com
A wealth of info and links. Frequently updated.

Career Journal http://online.wsj.com/careers

The Wall Street Journal’s career site provides news, job-search
tips, and job listings.

Online Job Listings: A Few Good Places to Start

The Boston Globe www.boston.com/jobs
They partner with Monster.com.

Craigslist http://boston.craigslist.org
Unique classified ads for jobs. If your field doesn’t fit cleanly in
one of the categories under “Jobs,” click on the Jobs heading and search
using keywords (cashier, for example). If you’re looking for a job like
nanny or cleaner, click on Gigs and search by keyword.

Indeed.com www.indeed.com A search engine with listings drawn
from major job boards, newspapers, associations, and company web sites.

Job Central www.jobcentral.com
Large employer-owned site featuring many unique job listings. Mass jobs
also appear in Massachusetts JobQuest

LinkedIn Jobs www.linkedin.com/jobs?
Jobs posted exclusively are marked. Indicates how you are connected to
the institution. For LinkedIn members.

Linkup www.linkup.com Search engine compiling jobs from
company web sites only; fewer scam jobs.

Massachusetts JobQuest https://web.detma.org/JobQuest
The state’s job bank. Site also lists training programs. Good source
for entry-level as well as other jobs. Lists Mass jobs from Job
Central.

SimplyHired www.simplyhired.com
Similar to Indeed.com. Searches job banks, classifieds,
newspapers, company web sites. More Tools and other links at the end of
each post provide nice additional features.

Selected Job Listing Sites: Local

Use Job-Hunt or the Riley Guide for
more job-listing sites.

Job-hunt.org’s Massachusetts Job Listing Sites.

www.job-hunt.org/jobs/massachusetts/massachusetts_jobs.shtm

Includes classifieds, Mass. professional organizations that list jobs,
and other local job sites.

Commonwealth Employment Opportunities https://jobs.hrd.state.ma.us/recruit/public/3111/index.do
Jobs in Massachusetts state government. Also check individual
department sites for job listings (www.mbta.com; www.mwra.com, etc.).

Community Newspapers WickedLocalJobs http://wickedlocaljobs.com
Yahoo’s HotJobs.

For local niche sites, see the Niche Site listings below.

Selected Job Listing Sites: National

Alltop Top Jobs http://jobs.alltop.com
Hourly RSS feeds of top 5 jobs/articles from various sources.

CareerBuilder www.careerbuilder.com
The biggest of them all.

CollegeGrad.com www.collegegrad.com
Job listings, advice for college students and recent grads.

Cool Works www.coolworks.com Seasonal jobs in interesting
places.

Idealist www.idealist.org Nonprofit job and volunteer
opportunities.

Monster.com www.monster.com One of the largest and best known.
Massachusetts based.

Net-Temps www.net-temps.com Temporary, contract, and permanent
openings.

TwitJobSearch www.twitjobsearch.com;
Keyword search by field and location for jobs posted on Twitter.
Follow users posting jobs that interest you.

USAJOBS www.usajobs.gov Official job site of the U.S.
government.

Niche Job Listing Sites: Directories

The Riley Guide Sites with Job Listings www.rileyguide.com/jobs.html

Lists sites for dozens of occupational categories. Frequently
updated.

Internetinc.com: Top 100 Job Site Niches www.internetinc.com/top-100-job-site-niches-2009

100 job boards that rank high in Google and have credible privacy
policies. By job category. 5/09.

About.com JobSearch: Jobs by Career Field. http://jobsearch.about.com/od/jobsbycareerfieldlist/Jobs_by_Career_Field_List.htm
Over 700 job sites for specific career fields.

About.com JobSearch: Niche Job Search Engines. http://jobsearch.about.com/od/nichejobsearchengines/Niche_Job_Search_Engines.htm
A list of job search engines for specific fields.

Selected Niche Job Listing Sites: Local

American Marketing Association – Boston www.amaboston.org/Boston-Marketing-Jobs.html
Marketing jobs.

American Planning Association/Massachusetts Chapter. www.massapa.org/index.php?page=mass-apa-job-listings
Jobs for certified planners.

Associated Grant Makers. www.agmconnect.org/jobs
Jobs in development, as well as some broader nonprofit jobs, primarily
in Massachusetts.

Association of Independent Schools in New England. www.aisne.org/employment/employment.asp
Jobs at independent schools.

Hire Culture. www.hireculture.org
Jobs with cultural organizations, from the Mass. Cultural Council.

Library Jobs: Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. http://mblc.state.ma.us/jobs/find_jobs/index.php
Massachusetts library jobs.

Mass Biotech Council Careers. www.massbio.org/careers
Jobs and internships in companies, educational institutions, and
organizations related to biotechnology.

Massachusetts Charter Public School
Association. www.masscharterschools.org/jobs
Jobs in charter schools.

Massachusetts Educators Career Center. https://www4.doemass.org/elar/mecccommon/JobSearchPageControl.ser
Positions in Massachusetts school districts.

Massachusetts Hospital Careers. www.mahospitalcareers.com
The Mass Hospital Association’s career site. Jobs in hospitals
statewide, plus a list of Massachusetts hospitals. Free registration is
required.

Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers. www.massleague.org/Careers/Opportunities.php
Clinical and nonclinical jobs.

Massachusetts Municipal Association Career Opportunities. www.mma.org/municipal-jobs
Job listings (mostly high level) in Massachusetts cities and towns. You
may find additional listings on the websites of communities you’re
interested in.

Massachusetts School Library Association. http://maschoolibraries.org/content/blogcategory/25/77
Jobs in school libraries.

Massachusetts Society of Professional Engineers
www.jobtarget.com/home/index.cfm?site_id=283 Jobs
for engineers.

The Massachusetts Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
http://jobs.mshahearsay.org/home/index.cfm?site_id=669
Positions for speech language pathologists, audiologists, and allied
health professions who serve individuals with communication disorders.

New England HERC. www.newenglandherc.org
Job listings from a consortium of New England colleges and
universities.

Nonprofit Jobs Cooperative: New England Jobs. www.nonprofitjobscoop.org/searchJobs&id=5 Jobs
in New England nonprofit and government organizations.

Employer Information

“Pick Your Employer” in Job-Hunt.org, www.job-hunt.org/employers.shtml,
is a great starting point.

Google (www.google.com) companies or organizations to find
their web sites. www.google.com/Top/Business is an extensive
directory of businesses organized by industry.

Select “databases” on the Minuteman Library Network home page
(www.mln.lib.ma.us)
for business directories and to search for articles about employers in The
Boston Globe and other newspapers and magazines.

Boston Business Journal http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston
News and directory of local businesses.

Boston Globe 100 Best Massachusetts Businesses 2009. www.boston.com/business/globe/globe100/globe_100_2009/globe100

Boston Globe Top Places to Work 2009. www.boston.com/jobs/topworkplaces/2009

Employer Locater www.acinet.org/acinet/employerlocator/employerlocator.asp?nodeid=18

CareerOneStop’s searchable database of 12,000,000 employers.

Mass High Tech www.masshightech.com
Journal of New England technology. You can subscribe to a digital
version, or take advantage of the wealth of info on their site. If you
choose one of the navigation bar subheadings, you’ll get recent news
feeds on subjects from Software to Envirotech.

Researching Companies on the Internet www.learnwebskills.com/company/links.html
Useful list.

For employee reviews and salary info: www.vault.com and www.glassdoor.com.
Glassdoor lists interview questions by job title and by company. Vault
has info on industries and professions.

Yahoo Finance News http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/index.html
Check Latest News and Top Stories to follow news for
your industry.

And check LinkedIn www.linkedin.com (for
updates, follow companies you’re interested in), Facebook
www.facebook.com,
Twitter http://twitter.com
Twitter list of employers recruiting there:  http://twitter.com@JobHuntOrg/Employers Recruiting

Networking, Social and Otherwise

Job-Hunt’s Social Networking Page is a
great source of guidance for using social networks in your job hunt. www.job-hunt.org/social-networking/social-networking.shtml

LinkedIn www.linkedin.com The
most popular career-related social networking site. You can develop a
profile, build a contact list, search employers, make connections via
your contacts’ contacts.

Boston Events List for Professionals www.bostoneventslist.com
Extensive list of Boston-area professional networking and
entrepreneurial events, conferences, trade shows, and more.

Boston Networking Blog http://bostonnetworkingblog.com
Listings for in-person networking events in the Boston area.

The Riley Guide Networking & Support Groups
www.rileyguide.com/support.html#nema
Extensive listings for networking groups, organized by state.

Ready for even more sites? Then you need to
check out The Riley Guide’s extensive and annotated
site list. http://rileyguide.com/multiple.html

Posted by Mary Wasmuth, January 14, 2010; updated July 7, 2010.