102 Best Job Boards [By Industry]

Most job board roundups list the big ones and while that’s great for some people, big doesn’t mean good when it comes to your job search. Today, I’d like to take a more sophisticated approach and discuss:

• Which job boards make sense based on your job search goals;

• The pros and cons of major job boards and niche job boards and when you should use each; and

• Give you a list of job boards by industry and profession.

Do Job Boards Still Work?

Short answer: yes. But here’s why many people don’t feel that way. Most job seekers go to big job search websites like LinkedIn or Indeed. Indeed boasts that more than 225 million job seekers use its website. This seems pretty accurate given that when I looked at their organic traffic from search engines alone, it was slightly over 210 million. I would say there are probably more than 225 million people on their website every month.

But let’s compare that to the number of job listings. There are over 40 times the number of job seekers to job listings on this website. Most statistics say you have a 3% chance of finding a job on a site like this. There’s just so many people.

So this is why many people don’t feel job boards work and I suspect why some coaches tell people to stop using them and start cold calling and networking. That’s a topic for a different article though.

So sure, there are executive-level jobs and jobs with small businesses that may not be listed on job boards. Many people call this the hidden job market. However, the overwhelming majority of companies do advertise their jobs on various websites (including their own). And when I polled my recruiting colleagues this month, the majority of their hires still come from applications submitted to their job adverts.

So yes, job boards still work. The trick is knowing where to find the right jobs on the right websites. That’s where this article comes in.

Generalist Job Boards

When I say generalist job boards, I mean those that list every kind of job for anything anyone wants. There is no specialization. While larger generalist boards can have millions of job seekers on them every month, there are smaller ones that are less competitive. Here’s a list of big and small job search websites and what this recruiter thinks of them.

Google For Jobs (Recommended to Discover New Sources of Jobs)

While technically not a job board, Google for jobs pulls jobs from all across the internet into one centralized place. It’s essentailly a job search engine.

What’s really cool is that when you click on a job, it will show you all the job boards that you can apply on. This helps you get a sense of where each company advertises roles and can lead you to new job boards.

To use Google for jobs just type in “job title” job and hit search on Google. It will show you a snippet of jobs that you can then expand. I always start a job search here.

Indeed (Recommended for Mid-Career and Non-Specialized Skills)

Indeed has become the largest job search website in the world, boasting over 225 million job seeker resumes. Indeed is unique because it is also a job aggregator which means it finds postings all over the internet and lists them on its site in addition to companies who advertise directly with them.

Because of this, you can find almost anything with ease and quickly. The downside of course is that because of that ease, everyone uses the site. I personally find it difficult to envision a job search that doesn’t make use of this website at least once a week, especially if you’re mid-career.

Another great thing about Indeed is that you can very easily set targeted search parameters into a job alert that will email you new listings so you don’t have to go and crawl the website every day. You can set your parameters in the search and then ask it to show you all new jobs within the last 24 hours. Then you’ll be shown the latest jobs to apply to.

If you’re mid-career and searching for a job that isn’t highly niche, this is a site I would recommend.

ZipRecruiter (Recommended for Mid-Career and Non-Specialized Skills)

ZipRecruiter is arguably the second most popular job board employers use to find talent next to Indeed. Their model is similar to Monster in that employers pay a flat fee to post job openings rather than the bid model of Indeed. This makes it very appealing to employers who want certainty in what their investment will produce for them - 30 days of advertisement.

Today, there are approximately 9 million active jobs posted on ZipRecruiter which makes it hard to ignore as part of an effective job search. 

LinkedIn (Recommended for Highly Technical Jobs and Those Searching for Large Organizations)

Employers can post 1 job on LinkedIn for free. Employers pay for LinkedIn job postings similarly to the Indeed.com model which is a daily bid. They set a daily budget and based on that budget and the competition, LinkedIn determines when to advertise that job.

LinkedIn is one of the most expensive sites for companies to advertise jobs and find candidates on. Our recruiter account costs us over $10,000 per year and the job ads are more expensive than most other sites too. Typically you find larger companies and independent recruiters sourcing talent on this website. If that’s your target, consider it.

LinkedIn can be a very crowded place with some job openings reaching over 1,000 applicants within the first day.

Another good way to find out whether LinkedIn is a job site you should use is to look at how they break down job functions for employers posting jobs. Below is the list. If you see your job function here, this site could be a place you want to set up job alerts and frequent every week. 

LinkedIn Job Functions:

1. Accounting

2. Administrative

3. Arts & Design

4. Business Development

5. Community & Social Services

6. Consulting

7. Education

8. Engineering

9. Finance

10. Healthcare

11. Human Resources

12. Information Technology

13. Legal

14. Marketing

15. Media & Communications

16. Military

17. Operations

18. Product Management

19. Program & Project Management

20. Purchasing

21. Quality Assurance

22. Real Estate

23. Research

24. Sales

25. Support

I’ve found that those individuals with very specialized skills fare the best on LinkedIn. Where I see the most success is not with LinkedIn job ads, but rather with recruiters sourcing and finding job seekers based on their profiles. If you’re going to use LinkedIn, take the time to update your profile so recruiters start messaging you for the right jobs.

One service I recommend is TopStack Resume. They are a resume-writing company, but they also do LinkedIn profile updates. The best thing about them is you don’t pay up front, but only after you’re satisfied with the work. They’re the only company I know that does this.

Monster (Worth Checking Out)

Monster.com was a leading job board when I was an early career job hunter. It’s changed dynamically since Randstad purchased it in 2016. Unlike LinkedIn and Indeed which require employers to bid for advertisement space, Monster has a flat rate and will run a job for 30 days. 

You’ll find a good blend of openings that are directly posted by companies and some with staffing agencies or recruiters on this site. Randstad has done a great job in revitalizing this job search website and acquiring new clients so you may find a good variety of companies on this job board. 

CareerBuilder (Recommended for Finding Jobs With Staffing Agencies)

CareerBuilder used to be a robust site with thousands of companies posting their jobs here. They were one of the pioneers when job boards on the internet came into existence. Today, this job search website is filled mostly with job listings of staffing agencies and recruitment firms. If you’re looking for contract (temporary) work, this could be a gold mine of opportunity for you. However, if you’re searching for openings where you can apply directly to companies, you may find your time better spent on alternative sites like Indeed or ZipRecruiter. 

Ladders (Recommended for Senior Level Jobs)

The Ladders job board lists jobs that pay around $100,000+ per year in the following areas:

• Accounting and Finance

• Engineering and Construction

• Healthcare

• Human Resources

• Legal

• Marketing, Media and Design

• Operations and Management

• Project Management

• Sales

• Science and Education

• Technology

They have some premium features that cost $50/month, but you can view jobs and apply without paying. In the past 30 days, there were over 600,000 jobs advertised on their website; however, a large number were jobs that have been reposted for more than one month. That could mean a lot of things, but if you are looking for jobs paying over $100,000 in the above sectors, this would be a job board to visit.

Glassdoor (Not Recommended)

Glassdoor has really been an up-and-coming job search website especially because of its company reviews feature. Like anything you have to take reviews with a grain of salt, but they could help you get to know your next future employer before you decide to apply with them. 

Glassdoor also shows salaries for positions similar to what you are looking for and many people use this site to research salaries. I’ve found that there are better sites for more accurate salary information.

The issue I have with Glassdoor is that everyone enters their company and salary when they sign up and because you can enter anything you want, it has very little credibility when it comes to accuracy. I could put in my VP title and state I’m making $30 an hour or $300,000 a year. No one is going to verify it. If you’re looking for salary information, sites such as Payscale.com offer much better information. 

What bothers me the most about using this site is that it requires you to enter what I consider confidential information such as salary and a host of other personal information before you can even view job openings. That makes me nervous. It’s very intrusive and if you read the terms and conditions on the sites, you give them all rights to the information that you share with them. I prefer job search websites that let you view jobs first and then you can determine if it’s worth revealing your personal information. 

GetWork (Not Recommended)

GetWork is part of Adzuna, a London-based job board. This job board was very hit or miss depending on what I was searching for. I found it to be ok when searching for government jobs and jobs at large corporations.

Many of the jobs were old. When I searched my local area, there were only 6 jobs at limited companies. If this was a specialized job board, I wouldn’t mind that too much, but it’s not.

One thing I thought was cool about this site was that it links directly to company career pages, but when I clicked on several of the jobs, it redirected me to a 404 page meaning that those jobs were no longer posted on the company website. Because the jobs aren’t current on GetWork, I can’t recommend it.

Simply Hired (Not Recommended)

In 2016, Simply Hired was acquired by the owner of Indeed. You can find similar jobs to Indeed on this site. For that reason alone, I didn’t put them in my recommended section. The interface is virtually the same as Indeed. In fact, many of the jobs will redirect you to an Indeed posting. I just don’t see why you’d waste your time here when you can go straight to Indeed.

Geebo (Not Recommended)

Geebo is another classified site that supposedly redirects you to a career page to apply, but I found that unlike Craigslist where employers directly post openings, Geebo scrapes the web for its jobs and many of them aren’t current.

Classified Job Boards

I used to tell people that you had to be more careful using classified advertising sites for jobs because of scams, but it seems these days scam jobs are everywhere, even on Indeed and LinkedIn. I’ve used classified job boards in the past to find opportunities, especially with small businesses. Because classifieds are much cheaper than generalist job boards, many smaller organizations will list their jobs here.

Craigslist (Recommended for Jobs With Small, Local Businesses)

Many people think of Craigslist jobs for trade roles, like plumbers, but I’ve had many people find professional roles in accounting here too. This site typically works well if you’re looking for local, smaller businesses to work for. It also tends to have more “transactional” or mid-career roles.

For example, you’re probably not going to find your next Controller or Director of Project Management job on this site, but you might find your next job as a Staff Accountant or a Project Coordinator.

What I do appreciate about this site is that you can typically email the hiring manager directly and sometimes they’ll even list their phone number for you to call them. Job searching on classifieds just seems like less red tape and bureaucracy.

There are other classified job boards out there such as Geebo, but I find Craigslist is the best.

Staffing Agency Job Boards

Staffing agencies and recruitment firms are a great place to find employment. While many people think of these companies when looking for temp job opportunities, they also can permanently place you with their clients directly. Most agencies will advertise openings on other job boards, but they also have a listing of their jobs on their own career pages as well.

Part of an effective job search should involve working with at least one or two recruiting partners.

LHH

Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH) has a career page with temporary and direct-hire work. They specialize in accounting and finance, legal, customer service, health and life sciences, human resources, supply chain, engineering, sales and marketing, and information technology. If you’re looking for a job in any of those sectors, this could be a place to frequent.

When I last checked, they had about 2,000 jobs they were recruiting for nationwide.

Robert Half

Robert Half too has a career page where you can find temp and direct-hire work. You will find jobs in accounting and finance, administrative support, legal, technology, and marketing jobs. If you’re looking for a job in any of those areas, check out this job board.

Randstad

Randstad is a company based in the Netherlands with a solid US presence. They have a lot of temporary work but also some direct-hire jobs that they work on too. They have a diverse set of jobs in manufacturing production, administrative support, transportation, life sciences, sales, legal, non-clinical healthcare, and several others.

When I checked their website, they had around 5,000 jobs listed nationwide.

Adecco

Adecco is one of the largest staffing agencies in the world. You can find everything from nursing jobs to industrial mechanic job openings on their job board. Unlike some of the other companies listed in this section, Adecco is more of a generalist agency and their job board reflects that by having all kinds of jobs.

When I last checked they had around 2,500 job openings nationwide.

Manpower

Manpower is a large US staffing firm. Many of the jobs you’ll find on their careers page are lower paying such as administrative assistants and machine operators. But they do have some finance and engineering jobs as well. This is a good job board for those in trade jobs or looking for jobs that do not require a college degree. They have some specialized positions, but the vast majority are trades and non-degree required roles.

When I checked their website, there were 1,800 jobs nationwide.

Aya Healthcare

Aya is a staffing firm for travel nursing. You can find per diem jobs on their website. While they specialize in nursing, you can also find non-clinical roles, healthcare leadership jobs, and locum tenens. If you are in the healthcare field, this is a job board I would take a look at.

Remote Job Boards

If you’re looking for exclusively remote jobs, even local remote jobs, here are some of my favorite job boards that only post remote roles. And don’t forget to check out my Work From Home Resume Guide before applying.

Remote Ok

Remote Ok has jobs for customer success, executive assistants, software engineers, researchers, legal, sales, product management, marketing, and customer support. All of their jobs are remote and they have a fair amount of them.

Remote Ok was built by a digital nomad and they take their remote work seriously. You can read a full review of Remote Ok here.

Remote Co

Remote Co is another remote jobs only website. They have jobs in accounting, customer service, data entry, design, editing, healthcare, HR, IT, legal, marketing, and others.

We Work Remotely

Another remote job board that has a fair amount of jobs in programming, devops, product, customer support, and sales.

Accounting Job Boards

These niche job boards and professional associations won’t have as many jobs listed as large generalist job boards, but that also means there is less competition. Companies turn to these job search websites because they know there will be fewer applicants, but more qualified ones typically.

Institute of Management Accountants

The Institute of Management Accountants is a professional association that serves managerial accountants and has a niche accounting job search website that spans a diverse range of industries. You can also obtain the coveted CMA certification through the IMA. 

CFA Institute

The CFA Institute which issues the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) distinction also has a job board with roles in accounting, audit, tax, banking, finance, hedge funds, and venture capital. 

Institute of Internal Auditors

The Institute of Internal Auditors is the professional association for internal auditors and issues the CIA certification. It also has a job board that often has internal auditor jobs, IT auditor jobs, and others. 

National Association of Construction Auditors

The National Association of Construction Auditors serves auditors, accountants, and project managers within the construction industry. You can find niche construction accounting jobs such as Senior Accountant jobs, Controller jobs, and more. 

Construction Financial Management Association

The Construction Financial Management Association serves CFMs with education, networking opportunities, and a job board. You can find construction niche jobs for Project Accountants, Controllers, and CFOs. 

Association of Nonprofit Accountants and Finance Professionals

The Association of Nonprofit Accountants & Finance Professionals maintains a niche job search website for Finance Managers, CFOs, Staff Accountants, and COOs to name a few.

Architecture Job Boards

If you’re looking for jobs in architecture, here are two professional associations that have job listings just for you.

American Institute of Architects

The American Institute of Architects is a professional association that serves, you guessed it, architects. They offer continued education and licensing information, but they also have a job board full of architecture jobs. 

Associations of Licensed Architects

The Association of Licensed Architects supports architects and professions related to architecture through education programs, events, and job listings. 

Automotive Job Boards

Autocare Association

The Autocare Association is a global association of companies focused on improving the longevity and performance of vehicles. They also have a job board that typically averages 20+ job listings. 

Auto Jobs

AutoJobs.com boasts of being one of the best niche automotive industry job boards where you can find automotive technician jobs, automotive sales jobs, and administrative roles.

Mechanics Hub

Mechanics Hub is a niche job search website for fleet technicians, diesel mechanics, and similar job openings. They also have had a diversity of jobs in both Canada and the USA. 

Aviation Job Boards

American Association of Airport Executives

The American Association of Airport Executives is the largest professional organization for airport employees and has a unique job board with jobs specific to this niche. 

AeroIndustry Jobs

AeroIndustry Jobs lists many openings for the aviation industry ranging from engineers, general counsel, IT, and project management openings. This is a well-rounded aviation job board. 

Airline Jobs

Airlinejobs.com is a fast-growing niche job website with job listings for pilots, security, aviation technology, helicopter, and technical engineers.

Banking Job Board

Bank Talent HQ

Bank Talent HQ is a banking niche job search website with job openings for relationship managers, intelligence developers, and CFOs to name a few. There are other banking associations and sites that claim to have a job board, but most of them all point back to Bank Talent, so why not just visit the source.

Brewery Job Board

Brew Bound

There’s a niche job search website for everything, including the brewery industry with Brew Bound’s job site. You can find everything from QC Manager, Brewer, Sales Rep, and Director-level jobs in the brewery industry on this job search site. With the rise of microbreweries, this job board is pretty robust with the number of jobs listed. 

Cannabis Job Board

California Cannabis Industry Association

If this is your thing, here’s a job board where you can find everything from director-level roles, to warehouse jobs, sales, and harvest jobs in this industry.

Casino and Gambling Job Board

Casino Careers

Casino Careers is run by a team of former casino gaming/hospitality industry professionals. They tend to focus on operations, human resources, and marketing roles within this industry. 

Communications Job Boards

International Association of Business Communicators

The International Association of Business Communicators is the professional association for individuals in business communications. They offer communication certifications and a niche communications job board. 

PR Council

The PR Council is a US-based association for agencies with public relations offerings and they also host a niche PR job board on their website. 

Hoojobs

Hoojobs is a specialty job search website for public relations, communication, and marketing jobs. You can find everything from VP roles to Account Executives, Communications Management, and Public Affairs openings on the site. 

CPG Job Boards (Consumer Packaged Goods)

Force Brands

Force Brands is a recruiting firm that specializes in CPG jobs. They have several divisions that serve Food & Beverage, Beauty, Herbal, and Pet Food markets and their job board is filled with roles such as loyalty, sales representatives, enablement, and more within this space. 

Construction Job Boards

Construction Jobs

Construction Jobs has been around since 2000 and serves a diverse community within the construction space from estimators to engineers. 

Lineman Central

Lineman Central is a construction job search website for anyone in the electrical line working space. You can find journeyman roles and apprentice electrical jobs here. 

Engineering Job Boards

National Society of Professional Engineers

The National Society of Professional Engineers is dedicated to creating an inclusive, nontechnical organization dedicated to licensed professional engineers and maintains a niche engineering job board. 

American Society of Civil Engineers

The American Society of Civil Engineers serves the civil engineering profession in 177 countries and has a niche civil engineering job search website with openings for Innovation Directors, Project Managers, Quality Assurance, and Principals. 

Forensics Job Board

American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors

The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors maintains a job board with openings from public institutions associated with forensic science. 

Graphic Design Job Board

Professional Association for Design

The Professional Association for Design is the oldest membership organization for designers. They offer professional development opportunities and have a solid niche graphic design job board. You can even find Art Director roles and content designer jobs.

Healthcare Job Boards

Healthcare Job Site

Healthcare JobSite is a niche healthcare job search website where you can find jobs such as Technologist, Credentialing Coordinator, Registered Nurse, and more. 

American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing

The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing maintains a niche nursing job board with jobs ranging from Clinical Assistant to Chief Medical Officer. 

Hospital Careers

If you are looking for a job within a hospital, Hospital Careers may be on your list of niche healthcare job boards with a diversity of roles in IT, administration, laboratory, nursing, pharmacy, and technologists. 

Nursing Job Cafe

Nursing Job Cafe is a nursing niche job board that boasts over 40,000 nursing jobs.

Vivian

Vivian is a digital platform for travel nursing and has over 240 unique employers that use it. 

American Association of Immunologists

The American Association of Immunologists advances the field of immunology and fosters development opportunities for researchers. They maintain a niche immunology job search website with many research-based roles.  

American Academy of Dermatology Association

The American Academy of Dermatology Association has a niche dermatology job board with hundreds of job listings.

HR Job Boards

Society for Human Resource Management

SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management is the leading professional organization in HR. They also have a niche HR job board with human resources openings. 

Professionals in Human Resources

PIHRA, Professionals in Human Resources is an affiliate of SHRM and also maintains their own separate job board for HR professionals. 

Benefits Link

Benefits Link is a niche job search website dedicated to the employee benefits space. If you are a benefits administrator, this could be a job board for you. 

HR Crossing

HR Crossing is a niche human resources job aggregation service. Similar to Indeed, they aggregate HR jobs on their niche job search website. When I checked it, they had aggregated and listed nearly 150,000 new jobs in one week. 

IT Job Boards

IT Job Pro

IT Job Pro is a niche job board that only lists IT jobs. You can find a diversity of roles from validation jobs to DevOps to data scientist roles.

Dice

Dice is a well-known niche job board for IT professionals. You can find jobs for developers, support specialists, infrastructure engineers, business analysts, service desk, network operators, and more on this niche IT job search website. 

Insurance Job Boards

Insurance Jobs

Insurancejobs.com lists a variety of insurance industry jobs including customer service, sales, risk management, underwriting, claims, and more. You can filter by state and remote work on their site.

Insurance Journal

Insurance Journal is a news blog covering topics in the industry but they also host a job board that includes jobs for licensed agents, underwriters, and a variety of other insurance related jobs.

Great Insurance Jobs

Greatinsurancejobs.com has several thousand jobs from actuary, agents, claims, loss control, sales, underwriting, and risk management roles.

Intern Job Boards

If you’re looking for an internship or entry-level job, here are my two favorite job boards to use. If you’re a career changer, looking for adult internships, check out this article about 22 internships for career changers.

Intern Jobs

This is a global database of internships and entry-level positions focused on supporting students, recent graduates and career changers.

Handshake

Handshake is used by universities across the country and is a great way to find internships.

College Recruiter

This is a job board for students and recent graduates. They have over 10,000 jobs listed on their site in all kinds of professions.

Legal Job Boards

NALP

The National Association for Law Placement offers many resources for the legal industry, one of them being a job board that lists a fair amount of legal jobs.

Law Jobs

You can find jobs as an attorney, paralegal, legal secretary, corporate affairs, and even an administrative assistant on this site - all within the legal industry.

Law Crossing

Law Crossing lists jobs for attorneys, law students, and legal staff on their niche job search website.

Librarian Job Boards

American Library Association

If you want to work at a library, this is a must add job search website to your list. You can find learning development roles, science roles, service coordinator roles, and many different librarian jobs across the country.

Manufacturing Job Boards

American Composite Manufacturers Association

The American Composite Manufacturers Association is the largest industry trade association for composite manufacturers and has a niche composite manufacturing job search website. 

Factory Fix

Factory Fix is a manufacturing niche job search website with over 300,000 manufacturing jobs listed on it. You can find jobs in CNC machining, assembly, forklift operations, injection molding, and operations management. 

Marketing Job Boards

Some of my favorite marketing job boards are listed below, but you can see an in-depth review of 14 marketing job boards here.

Marketing Hire

American Marketing Association

Ziff Davis

ProBlogger

Media Bistro

Mortgage Job Board

There used to be a lot more job boards in this space, but many have closed over the past few years. This one still exists and lists jobs from a few different companies.

Mortgage Bankers Association

Mortgage Bankers Association has a few hundred jobs listed on their website. Some are in government, but there are still a few in mortgage sales, private banking, processing, and underwriting.

Non-Profit Job Boards

Idealist

Idealist is a niche non-profit job search website that boasts over 5,000 non-profit jobs along with hundreds of internships and graduate programs. 

Exec Searches

Exec Searches is another niche nonprofit job board for Executive Directors, CFOs, and Senior Director roles with non-profits and some municipalities. 

Global Jobs

Global Jobs is a niche job search website for NGOs, Think Tanks, Government, and Private Sector jobs. You can find policy jobs, accounting jobs, marketing jobs, humanitarian officer jobs, and more across the globe on this niche job board. 

Oil and Gas Job Boards

Energy Job Shop

Energy Job Shop is a niche job search website with jobs in energy and trades, specifically, you’ll find jobs in the oil and gas industry. 

Rigzone

Rigzone is an online publication for the oil and gas industry which also features a niche energy job board. You can find jobs from companies such as Haliburton, Baker Hughes, and more. 

Pharmacy Job Board

American College of Clinical Pharmacy

The American College of Clinical Pharmacy has a niche pharmacy job board. Positions you can find on this niche site include administrator and clinical pharmacist. 

Project Management Job Board

Project Management Institute

The Project Management Institute issues the coveted PMP certification and also has a niche project management job board where you can find hundreds of PM jobs. 

Public Safety Job Board

APCO

APCO is the largest organization of public safety communication professionals and maintains a niche dispatching job board on their site. 

Retail Job Board

All Retail Jobs

If you’re searching for jobs in retail such as buyer, loss prevention, merchandising, sales, store management, or even logistics, this site only lists those jobs within retail companies and is a must-add to your job search.

Sales Job Boards

National Association of Sales Professionals

The National Association of Sales Professionals is one of the largest online communities of sales professionals in the world and features a niche sales job board. 

National Business Development Association

The National Business Development Association also serves sales professionals in continued education and mentorship as well as offering a Business Development Certification. In addition, you’ll find a niche sales job board on their site. 

Tech Sales Jobs

Tech Sales Jobs is another niche sales job search website serving the technology industry. Some of the companies that post on this job board include Zoom, Airtable, LinkedIn, and HP to name a few. 

Skilled Trades Job Board

Traded Up

Traded Up is a job board that specializes in jobs for builders, die makers, carpenters, and other blue-collar jobs.

People Ready

People Ready has a lot of trade jobs on the West Coast, but they also have jobs in other locations. You can find jobs for electricians, masons, painters, and everything in between.

Blue Collar Recruiter

Most of the jobs on Blue Collar are located in the Midwest, but they do have some jobs in other locations. You can find a great variety of skilled trades jobs from plumbing to electricians or door installers.

Software Engineer Job Boards

DevIT

DevIT Jobs lists software engineer jobs all across the US. You can even sort jobs by programming languages.

Python

The python.org has some neat resources, but they also have a job board. It doesn’t have many jobs and the jobs listed are from across the world. If you’re looking for international developer or software engineer jobs, this is a place to check out.

StartUp Job Boards

Startups present their own challenges, but also have high rewards for the right type of people. If you like the startup vibe, here are some job boards I recommend.

Wellfound

There are over a hundred thousand jobs listed on this site. The majority of them are with startups and local businesses. Some common jobs I found were in engineering, product, design, data science, sales, marketing, HR, and legal. Wellfound used to be called AngelList.

Y Combinator

Many jobs posted on this site are in software engineering, design, product, human resources, sales, and data science.

Supply Chain Job Boards

APICS

Formerly APICS, the Association for Supply Chain Management is the global leader and largest association for supply chain. Within their site, you can find a niche supply chain job board and a mentor program. On this niche job board, you can find jobs in Inventory, Materials, Procurement, Supply Chain, Demand Planner, Scheduling, and Warehouse Operations in addition to others. 

Video Game Job Boards

Creative Heads

Creative Heads is a niche job search website for video game, animation, VFX, and software industry professionals. 

GI Academy

GI Academy is another niche job board for video gaming careers. 

Job Boards for Women

All job boards are for women, but these two go out of their way to help women in particular find work.

Career Contessa

Career Contessa is a coaching and career advice site focusing on women. They have a job board with all kinds of jobs.

Fairy God Boss

Fairy God Boss is one of the largest communities for women to find jobs and career advice. They were just acquired by The Muse, so we’ll see how that changes things. One thing they offer is a free job board with around 2,000 jobs on it.

Job Board for Veterans

Recruit Military

Recruit Military is a job board that helps veterans re-enter civilian life by finding employment. This is a generalist job board with all kinds of different jobs. What makes them unique is that the companies that advertise here are interested in hiring veterans.

Job Board for Hourly Jobs

If you’re looking for jobs that pay by the hour, this one is for you.

Snagajob

You can find retail jobs, warehouse jobs, and many others that pay by the hour on this website. You’ll find a high concentration of jobs in restaurants, retail, and hospitality.

Individual Company Websites

It’s also a good idea to start building a list of companies that you want to work for and visiting those company’s career pages directly. Erin Riska suggests visiting company career pages daily because one way to improve your odds of getting an interview (assuming you are qualified) is to apply early.

Many companies post on third-party sites, but there is an advantage to being one of the first 50 to apply and most of the time jobs are only published to third-party sites once every 24 hours meaning if you wait, you may be late to the party.

Rebecca Apostoli recommends using an app such as Web Alert that will send you an email once a company updates a job on their careers page.

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Cole Sperry has been a recruiter and resume writer since 2015, working with tens of thousands of job seekers, and hundreds of employers. Today Cole runs a boutique advisory firm consulting with dozens of recruiting firms and is the Managing Editor at OptimCareers.com. He has also been a stay at home dad for the past 7 years.