Job Search Web Sites
- BestJobsUSA.com
- Career.com
- CareerOneStop
- CareerBuilder
- Careerjet
- ChiliJobs.com (not the Chili's restaurant chain)
- CollegeGrad.com (for students and recent graduates)
- Dice.com (specializes in high-tech jobs)
- DiversityWorking.com (specializes in helping minorities)
- EmploymentGuide.com
- Help-Wanted.net
- HireDiversity.com (specializes in helping minorities)
- Indeed
- Job-Hunt.Org
- jobs.com
- Juju
- Kforce.com
- MSN Careers
- Monster.com
- Net-Temps (lists both temporary and permanent employment)
- Ozarks Help Wanted (Ozarks-area job listings)
- PlusJobs
- Simply Hired
- Spherion Online Career Center
- TrueCareers
- WetFeet
Internship Opportunities
- Idealist.org (internships with non-profit organizations)
- InternJobs.com
- InternshipPrograms.com
- Internships.com
- InternWeb.com
- JobWeb.com
- Rising Star Internships
Newspaper Classifieds
- jobhunt.com (scroll down to "Search by State" to find job announcements in classified sections of newspapers in all 50 states)
- Springfield News-Leader classifieds
Field-Specific Job Searches
- BackstageJobs.com (theater and entertainment industry)
- ComputerJobs.com (computer field)
- Computerwork.com (computer field)
- Google Jobs (work for Google—technical writing and computer fields)
- Health Care Job Store (healthcare field)
- nutritionistjobs.com (dietetics and medical fields)
- Referwork Jobs (architecture, engineering, and construction fields)
- STC Career Resource Center (technical/professional writing field, for STC members only)
Company and Government Sites
Company Web Sites
Most companies will list job vacancies on their company Web sites. Doing a little research about the major companies in your field and then searching Google or Bing to find those companies' URLs could lead to beneficial results.
Government Jobs
If you're interested in working for the government, you might look at the following information about locating state and federal job openings.
State Government
Consider looking for state government jobs on the Web. Most states have official Web sites that list employment opportunities. Missouri's Web site is at the following address: http://www.mo.gov. To find another state's official Web site, try the address above, but substitute that state's two-letter abbreviation or full name in place of "mo." For instance, Arkansas's state page is at http://www.arkansas.gov, and New Mexico's state page is at http://www.newmexico.gov.
Federal Government
Browse to the U.S. government's official USAJOBS job search Web site. Or look through Government Job Search, which is a similar resource but isn't sanctioned by the federal government.
Social Media
Check out various Twitter feeds and Facebook pages for job opportunities. For technical communicators, consider following @jobs4writers, for example. The feed is constantly updated throughout the day with writing jobs, some contract and some full-time, from across the country.