For sites where you should find less competition, check out the sites listed for your state or country, or the categories of site in the left column (e.g, Academia, Computers, Law, etc.).

Be sure to follow the guideines in Protecting Your Privacy when posting your resume or profile at any Web site. The big sites have a spotty record in living up to the promises in their privacy policies. Be careful. Job-Hunt does NOT recommend resume distribution services! See Using Web Job Sites, and the other articles in the column on the left, for more information.

The Best of the Best | The Rest of the Best

• Indeed - (Job-Hunt Sponsor) Find a job based on the salary, title, and location now on Indeed. Indeed is a "job aggregator" site site that allows you to search through the postings on literally thousands of Websites at one time - more than you would probably know to search if you had the time. Sites submit their job postings to Indeed for inclusion - including the mega sites like CareerBuilder and Monster, (but NOT CraigsList), niche sites like DICE, newspaper classifieds, many other smaller job sites, plus employer Websites. Then you apply for the jobs on the sites where they originated - so watch out for privacy practices before you submit your resume. You can set up an RSS feed, or sign up for the traditional e-mail notices.
• JobCentral - from the DirectEmployers Association (DEA) is a large group of employers who combined their efforts to create their own job site, and the result is JobCentral. GOOD: find jobs using the standard search, "Keywords" (e.g. job title) and "Location." BETTER: clicking on "Add Advanced Fields" allows you to choose the age of the job postings you want to see and specifiy if you want to see jobs from employers, staffing firms (3rd party recruiters), or both. There is a Privacy Policy posted, but beware that each employer will have their own privacy practices, so be careful.
• LinkUp - (Job-Hunt Sponsor) Find a job based on what you want to do (keywords like job title or company name) and where you want to do it (location). LinkUp collects job postings from thousands of employer Websites and aggregates them for job seekers to search in one place. Like Indeed, it's a great site to not only find jobs but to identify employers in your target geography who are hiring. Duplicate job postings should be eliminated and bogus job postings should also be minimized.

• CraigsList - in a class by itself with jobs from small and medium-sized employers, Criagslist is organized by location. So, pick your location out of the list in the right most column of each location home page. In most of the locations covered, posting job ads is free for employers, so you will find scams and get-rich-quick schemes posted. Just ignore them. A fee is charged employers in the 11 largest cities, which tends to weed out most of the scams in those locations. See Job-Hunt's Free 20 Minute Guide to Using Craigslist to Find a Job for tips and help using this site. Don't post your resume here unless you convert it to a cyber-safe version of your resume!
• Net-Temps - has both "temp" as well as permanent (as "permanent" as a job is these days) job opportunities PLUS contract opportunities - a job that lasts from a few weeks to several months and can sometimes develop into a permanent position. It's a good way to pay the bills and add experience to your resume at the same time. A Privacy Policy is posted.