In today’s complex and competitive job market, job seekers must uncover enough of the right opportunities to enhance their probability of success.  To increase the number of openings uncovered as well as prospective interviews and job offers, today’s job seeker must avail himself of as many resources available to him as possible.

In an effort to assist candidates with this process, Objective: Resumes has compiled and will continue to build upon a listing of resources available to the job hunter.  While we will do our utmost to ascertain the functionality and value of the links below, Objective: Resumes cannot and does not make any warranties or representations of any kind, whether express or implied, as to the completeness, currency, or accuracy of information presented on any linked sites.  Nonetheless, we believe that you will find these resources to be useful to you in your job search.

It is our goal to provide job seekers with the most comprehensive resource guide available anywhere.  You can assist us with this endeavor.  If you have knowledge of any useful resources, you may Contact Us and send us the link(s) to such resources.

Check back frequently as we will be adding and updating the information on this page on a continuing basis.

Job Boards

Job boards are a good starting place for a candidate commencing a job search.  The major job boards, like Monster and CareerBuilder, are very broad in scope and have tens of thousands of opportunities listed at any given time.  Other boards are more targeted by industry, geography, or other variables and contain fewer, but perhaps more relevant opportunities.  Regardless of size or target audience, job boards are an essential part of any job hunting strategy or job campaign.  Below are listed job boards in various categories.

General Boards

Executive Boards

Accounting & Finance Boards

Energy-Related Jobs

  • Oil Jobs  Gas and Oil job vacancies from the Energy Institute.

Sales & Marketing Boards

Medical, Healthcare, & Pharmaceutical Boards

Technical & Scientific Boards

Technology/Information Technology Boards

Government & Veterans Boards

Diversity Boards

International Boards

Professional Associations

While most job seekers are aware of the major and some of the lesser known job boards, few consider professional associations as a lead to prospective employment.  Yet, there are probably as many professional associations as there are Internet-based job boards, and many of these associations have their own job boards to serve the needs of both job seekers and employers.  The advantages to the job seeker of utilizing these job boards is two-fold.  First, they are targeted to specific occupations and career paths, providing job seekers with more relevant results to their employment searches.  Second, since fewer candidates utilize professional association job boards, prospective employers will receive fewer (albeit, better qualified) candidates from these sources – providing such candidates with a competitive edge not possible on the larger, more generic job boards.  Below you will find links to professional associations that have job boards and career resources on their sites.  Simply click on the links and begin utilizing these often overlooked resources.  Check back frequently as we will be adding associations as information becomes available to us.  The associations below are listed by category to faciliate your use of the information.

Academic/Education

Administrative & Clerical

Advertising, Marketing, & Sales

Architecture, Engineering, & Design

Banking

Construction

Finance & Accounting

Healthcare - Medical & Dental

Information Systems/Technology

Insurance

Media – Broadcast & Print

Not-for-Profit/Charitable

Operations

Science/Research

Transitioning Military Personnel

Transportation

Travel & Tourism

Recruiters

Although diminishing in overall importance to the average job seeker, recruiters remain an important means for many to access the job market – including job opportunities that are both published and unpublished.  One way for job seekers to identify recruiters who may be of benefit to them is via membership lists in professional recruiting associations.  With that in mind, we provide a categorized list of professional recruiting associations with links to their membership pages.  Please note that executive search, staffing, recruiting, and human resources associations are general in nature and their member firms may have positions available for candidates in varying occupations/industries and at various levels.  As with our other job hunting resources, we will be updating this list as additional sources become available.

Executive Search

Financial

Healthcare

Human Resources – General

Information Technology

Staffing

Company Information & Research Sites

Today, job candidates have at their disposal an enormous amount of information about prospective employers.  Utilized in the right way, this data can assist motivated candidates in uncovering job opportunities, including those that are neither published nor otherwise advertised.  All sites listed provide free information.  In some cases, registration is required to access data.  Some sites may provide only partial available information on a free basis.

Educational Options

Sometimes, displacement from a job can provide a candidate the impetus to more fully develop his/her professional skills, seek technical training in a new field, or obtain the undergraduate, graduate, or professional degree of which he/she has always dreamed.  The following sites provide information and resources facilitating such endeavors.

Directories

Career-related directories provide both general and targeted information concerning a broad array of topics of prospective concern to the job seeker.  Less specific than the “Company Information & Research Sites,” directories nonetheless offer valuable career resources.

Other Links

The following sites provide either general or more targeted information and links that may be of interest to job seekers.