2007 Top Sites for Job Search – CareerBuilder Wins Round 5

   

CareerBuilder tops the field in round five, offering users the most compete set of advanced ‘filters’, ‘sorts’ and search options.

   

Let’s say you are looking for:

   

¾      a sales and/or marketing job;

¾      in the Dallas, TX area;

¾      paying $80k or more;

¾      requiring a 4-year college degree;

¾      excluding jobs in medical sales;

¾      excluding national and regional jobs ads; and,

¾      excluding ads from your current employer.

   

Only CareerBuilder makes this as easy as filling in a few search boxes, and checking a couple boxes.   

   

In contrast, Jobs.com offers no advanced search capabilities … in fact, clicking the provided ‘advanced’ search link takes users directly to a list of search results rather than providing advanced options.  Pretty lame for a site owned by Monster; and frankly, given the limited options available to Jobs.com users, especially when compared to JobCentral and America’s Job Exchange, I have no idea how Jobs.com passed the screening process to be included on the list of sites published by ETA as alternates to America’s Job Bank.  Finishing last in this round drops Jobs.com from further competition.

   

   

Best Job Sites – Round 5 Results

   

1. CareerBuilder
2. SimplyHired
3. HotJobs
4. Indeed
5. JobCentral
6. Monster
7. America’s Job Exchange
8. Jobster
9. Oodle
10. GetTheJob
11. Jobs.com

   

   

Through five rounds we’ve looked at the combination of content in small, medium and large markets, basic and advanced search options, and search relevance delivered by each site.  With four distinctly different winners through five rounds, it’s clear that no site excels in all areas.  It’s equally clear that Oodle and GetTheJob are outclassed in this group … neither site has had a top five finish in any round.  So as we head to round six, only the eight best sites will move forward.