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You've found the employer's Website. Where are they hiding the jobs?
Often the location of the job listings is not obvious.
Finding the Jobs on the Employer Website
If recruiting from the general population is a goal or if the labor market for the industry is tight, the links for jobs are usually obvious. The link may be named "careers," "employment," "human resources," “job opportunities,” or just “jobs.” Look at the bottom of the Website home page, the so-called "housekeeping links," if you don’t see a link at the top or on the sides of the home page.
If there is nothing obvious on the employer’s home page, the jobs may be found by checking the "About Us" page or the "Site Map" page. A Site Map page should link to all the pages on the Web site. If there is no Site Map, look for a contact in the Human Resources department by clicking on a link named "Contact Us" or something similar.
No obvious links to jobs you can see anywhere? Don't give up yet!
 If you have the Google Toolbar installed on your browser, Google will search the employer’s site on any keywords you choose. Type one of these terms: "jobs," "careers," "employment," "job opportunities," "human resources," or "HR" into the Toolbar's search bar, and then click on the Site Search button (above). Then, Google will search inside the Website you are visiting. If jobs are posted on that employer's Website, you should find them using one of those searches. See Job-Hunt’s Google Toolbar Tips article for more detailed directions on using the Toolbar. It can be extremely handy for this kind of search.
- Without the Google Toolbar, you can still do a search inside an employer's Website. Go to Google, and do this search - "site:employerdoman keywords" (without the quotation marks, no space after the colon, and a space after the domain name). So, if you wanted to find a job at Apple Computer, your search on Google would look like this - "site:apple.com careers" (again, without the quotes, etc.).
- Prefer to use Yahoo, AOL, or MSN? The same search string for Google (not the Toolbar) works on those sites, too. Just type "site:apple.com careers" (without the quotes, etc.), and those sites will also search inside the Apple.com Website for "careers" for you.
After all that, no jobs found? They may be too small, have too small or unsophicticated a Website staff, or not need any employees at the time you checked. They may also have their jobs posted on another site - one of the big ones perhaps, an industry association site, or any one of thosands of other places.
Last Resort...
Call them to ask where their job openings are posted. It may open their eyes to the recruiting opportunities they are missing, and it will bring you to their attention, unless they are completely out to lunch. Make sure that you have thoroughly searched their Website, before you call, or you will be the one who looks dumb.
Next: Leveraging Employer Websites for a Successful Job Search
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About the author...
Online job search expert Susan P. Joyce has been observing the online job search world and teaching online job search skills since 1995. Susan is a two-time layoff "graduate" who has worked in human resources at Harvard University and in a compensation consulting firm. In 1998, her company, NETability, Inc. purchased Job-Hunt.org, and Susan has been editor and publisher of Job-Hunt since then. Follow Susan on Twitter at @jobhuntorg.
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