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By Brian Tumulty
Gannett News Service
WASHINGTON — The amount of job market information that originates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and other federal agencies is truly amazing.
So, where do you look for this comprehensive and accurate career information compiled using your hard-earned tax dollars?
Top nine job-search sites
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Want to make the search simple without going through page upon page of links to other interconnected sites? The top nine Internet sites for job searches in November, according to Nielsen/NetRatings:
1.
Hotjobs.com
2.
Monster.com
3.
Jobsonline.com
4.
Careerbuilder.com
5.
Headhunter.net
6.
Salary.com
7.
Net-temps.com
8.
Flipdog.com
9.
America's Job Bank
The best place to start is on the Internet at America's Career InfoNet, which will give you an overview of labor market trends — occupations that are growing and what the typical worker makes in each area.
To skip the overview and get right into the job search, go to America's Career InfoNet career resource library, which has links to more than 100 online job banks and more than 4,000 other links. If you want to work for the government, try First Gov for Workers.
Only one, America's Job Bank, is government run.
Private-sector Internet job banks will often duplicate their job listings on America's Job Bank, which on any given day will list a million or more job vacancies.
All of the top 10 Internet sites are free for job searchers, but only two — America's Job Bank and Jobsonline — are free for employers to post job vacancies.
For people seeking face-to-face attention at a locally run, one-stop employment center, you can search for the location nearest to home by using America's Service Locator.
If you just don't want to use the Internet at all, you can still find jobs via the telephone.
For toll-free telephone referrals to the nearest government-run one-stop employment center, call (877) US2-JOBS 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays, Eastern time. The toll-free number also shuts down on federal holidays.
The 1 million jobs listed on America's Job Bank also can be accessed by telephone at (800) 414-5748 via Jobline, a service developed by the National Federation of the Blind that has been available to all job seekers since July. Navigating the service can be time-consuming.
