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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nSo, you have to be smarter about your job\nsearch. Fortunately, as the job landscape has evolved, so have many job hunting\nsites that can help you find the role or the career you\u2019re after. Here are five\njob hunting sites that take your job search to new levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LinkedIn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
LinkedIn<\/a> has evolved from a business-oriented social networking platform to a robust job hunting site in many respects, with its Jobs function being one of the core areas Microsoft has continued to build out since acquiring the platform. Here\u2019s what makes it special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyone can use Jobs regardless of whether they\u2019re a LinkedIn member, but you won\u2019t get the full benefits of this function if you aren\u2019t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What makes LinkedIn so powerful when it comes to finding a job is that you\u2019re ideally already a LinkedIn member using the platform to network with other professionals and to stay abreast of trends in your industry. If so, you have a network of connections to leverage in your job hunt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n LinkedIn will tell you when you have\nconnections at a company or if there are people there who previously worked for\nyour current employer at some point.You can also drill further to see if you\nhave any second or third-degree connections. Not only can you see if you have\nany connections at a company, you can see who the recruiter is in charge of\nplacing the role. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This expands your options for getting a foot\nin the door through referral, which is much more effective than sending a\nresume and hoping for the best when the odds are already stacked against you (recall:\nnumbers, time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Overall, LinkedIn will feed you more\npersonalized information regarding your career and job search than any other\nsite or platform. In the jobs dashboard, you can tell LinkedIn your career\ninterests, how far you\u2019re willing to commute, what type of employment you\u2019re\nlooking for, which industries you prefer and more. Based on this information,\nLinkedIn will show you jobs that fit your job search criteria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But you can, and should, also conduct your own job searches with LinkedIn\u2019s advanced search engine. Like any job hunting site, you can search on role and location, then save those searches to receive alerts when new jobs appear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What makes LinkedIn different is you can also save job searches that are specific to companies and receive alerts dedicated to positions you\u2019re interested in knowing about at those organizations. This gives you the ability to conduct very broad or very narrow searches, then automate those to receive so you don\u2019t have to keep checking back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019re trying to land a specific kind of\nrole or work for a specific company where competition is thick and winning\nrequires a more tactical approach, you can activate LinkedIn Premium, which\ncosts $29.99\/month, to get competitive intelligence on other applicants, such\nas whether you\u2019re a top applicant and which skills you have or are missing in\ncomparison to other applicants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Others features of the Premium plan include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Premium could give you a leg up against the\ncompetition, but in general, LinkedIn\u2019s Jobs function will help anyone who\u2019s\nlooking for a job or career change find it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Glassdoor<\/a> is a staple job hunting site that job seekers have been using for years. While it offers a great job-search function on par with LinkedIn and other job hunting sites, there are a few core aspects of its platform that differentiate it from the rest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The most important aspect of Glassdoor, and the reason for why it was created, is that it gives job seekers the ability to understand the true culture of a company on their Glassdoor profile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To start, you get an overview of the company from their perspective, including general details about size and sector, why they think people should work for them, and even images or videos showing the culture they claim to promote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What\u2019s really important, however, are the reviews others–from current and former employees to current or previous job applicants–give the company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n These reviews, sometimes in the thousands, give you a real sense of whether the company is worth applying to based on what people say about their experience with the company, including a rating scale on whether they recommend the company, whether they have a good outlook on the company, and whether they approve of the CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While on a company\u2019s Glassdoor page, you can also access Interviews, which gives you reviews of the company\u2019s interview process from others who have been in your position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Interviews feature provides some up-front graphs that give an overview of the interview experience, through which methods applicants have been successful in securing an interview, and the general difficulty of the interviews for the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moving deeper, you can filter interviews by\njob type. This is important, as different organizations within a company could\nhave unique ways of interviewing beyond the first one or two conversations you\nhave with a recruiter. If you prefer a bigger picture, you can sort all\ninterview reviews date, popularity and other filters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lastly, Glassdoor allows interview reviewers\nto give insight into what kinds of questions the company tends to ask in\ninterviews. This makes preparing for an interview with the company a little\neasier, as you know to an extent what questions to expect and can work on\nanswers to them ahead of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two more strong features of Glassdoor are\nSalaries and Benefits. Again, these features give you the ability to read what\nothers say about them with regard to the company you\u2019re interested in\npotentially applying to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Salaries can be searched and browsed on by role. By drilling into a specific role, you can see the salary ranges for current or past employees based on years of experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is important, as it gives you an accurate estimate to work from when considering how much money you\u2019re going to ask for if you get a job offer or if you end up in a situation where you need to negotiate for a higher salary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Likewise, Benefits gives you the ability to\nsee what benefits the company offers and what people think of them. You get an\naverage rating of the overall benefits package and can also drill into specific\nbenefits offered for a sense of how employees regard the company\u2019s health\ninsurance, 401K and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With all this information in addition to a\ngreat job-search function, Glassdoor may be the go-to job hunting site for\nthose who care as much about where they work as what job they want to land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taking an atypical route to becoming a trusted job hunting site, The Muse<\/a> began as an online publication, The Daily Muse<\/em>, producing content around careers. Considering what it offers job seekers today as The Muse, this job hunting site has come a long way from where it began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Similar to LinkedIn, The Muse can personalize\nyour job search, but in a different way. The Muse asks a short series of\nquestions about what you\u2019re looking for in your job search and why. By then\nconnecting your LinkedIn account, The Muse has even more data to give you a\nrich package of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the exceptional features of The Muse is\nExplore Companies. While Glassdoor provides a breadth of insight into companies\nfrom hundreds of people with varying opinions, The Muse focuses on building out\nhigh-quality, in-depth features of specific companies it feels are worthy of\nbeing highlighted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n These features include videos, photos, virtual\noffice tours, insights from employees, and more–including, of course,\navailable jobs. If you\u2019re looking for a specific type of company to work for,\nmore so than finding a type of job anywhere you can, The Muse gives you the\ndeep understanding you may want of a place, from a cultural to aesthetic to\nlocation perspective and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sticking to its roots, The Muse still puts a\nlarge focus on producing career-focused content in its Advice section. Here,\nyou can read article upon article from The Muse\u2019s career experts on Career\nAdvice, Job Search, Career Paths, Management and more. Whatever you need to\nknow to help you along your job-search journey, this job hunting site likely\nhas some info to share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One section that will appeal to many job\nseekers is Companies Hiring Now. While The Muse can\u2019t produce an in-depth\nfeature package equipped with photos and video footage for every company, they\ndo a great job giving you insight into other places of employment in these\narticles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s more The Muse offers on top of these\ncore areas, but overall, what makes it a unique and powerful job hunting site\nis the vast repository of knowledge it\u2019s able to serve job seekers who need\nguidance, want clarity and still want to have an easy way to find the positions\nthey\u2019re interested in at the end of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are other job hunting sites out there worth investigating. Indeed<\/a> is still touted as one of the best places to search for jobs. Monster<\/a> is well-known for the content it produces to help job seekers learn more about how to be successful in the job hunting process. The Balance Careers<\/a> is also a trusted source for this content, though it doesn\u2019t offer a job search function. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Still, there\u2019s something unique about\nLinkedIn, Glassdoor and The Muse. Regardless of which sites you prefer, it\u2019s a\nsmart idea to leverage them in conjunction. The job hunting world moves fast\nthese days and is full of obstacles. If you want to win, you\u2019ll need the smart\nfunctionality, automation and information these job hunting sites provide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Best of luck on landing that new job!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Finding a job today requires a different approach than it did even a few years ago. 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Personalize Your Experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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