Posted on Aug 21, 2017
What Job Search site did you find the most useful? If you had issues, what site would you not recommend?
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I don't think we need a perfect site, but I believe there are folks out there that either got lucky with their search or had a method that we would all like to hear about if you were successful. This is definitely one of those topics that I have started to pay particular attention to as the months keep ticking by.
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It's been 21 years since I had to do a job search but I still think talking to your college placement office if your in the same state and close enough sure can't hurt to Help in your job search. The first four or five years after being released from active duty involuntarily after Dessert Storm & the Cold War drawdown I averaged a new job almost annually looking for better opportunities. The girl in the placement office made a remark to the first boss I had in the building products industry and helped get me where I've now been almost 21 years.
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LTC John Mohor
It helped a lot both my first job offer after the Army and my entry into the construction products industry involved Alumni from North Georgia.
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LTC John Mohor
Good luck in your transition Sir! Being Infantry if you like being in the field Construction Project Management at both the GC and sub contractor might interest you?!?
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COL Lee Flemming
@ sfc Stephen SFC Stephen King thanks for the comments. I have not used Indeed and have heard mixed reviews on USAJobs.
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CDR Kenneth Kaiser
CMSgt Virgil Horsley - The government has never learned Human Resources. The hiring process takes too long, they try to force your resume into a format which does not allow you the flexibility to tailor it to the position your are seeking, many of the jobs are already slated for someone but they have to go through HR. Government HR exhibits an amazing inflexibility. I had a friend who was an intelligence systems expert. He knew more about systems of that sort than anyone I ever met. His degree before he went into the service was in Asian Studies but for twenty years he served in various intelligence capacities. He completed his masters in systems engineering but because his bachelors was not in engineering HR told him that despite his Masters he was not qualified for a system's engineer position. I have seen other examples as well where the inability of the HR specialist to understand the job made them unable to determine if someone was qualified. It could take up to 9 months to hire someone once the position closed. To counterbalance that, when I was hiring folks for simillar positions as a defense contractor we were able to get it done in three weeks or less. That is part of the reason why USA Jobs is so crappy.
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I always got the most calls back from job fairs. Only networking was remotely close.
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COL Lee Flemming
Job fairs...the old fashioned meet and greet cannot be under-considered or forgotten!
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I used in Indeed during my break in service to find a job. I really liked their option to search by salary. It really helped me to clear out jobs from the get go that paid too little.
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CDR Kenneth Kaiser
There is also value in researching salaries and in reading articles or books on negotiating salary. One of the biggest mistake folks make is naming their price. You want the firm to identify what range they have in mind. It may surprise you and be much higher than you were about to name. Salary and entering position are critical Your advancement is tied to your current position and current salary. If you undercut your salary request by say twenty percent and they eventually give you a big ten percent raise you are still ten percent below the going rate. Also remember now your benefits are paid for, when you go to the civilian sector you will most likely pay part of your insurance, you wont get BAQ and a host of other things that you ave been getting.
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My go-to's would have to be Indeed.com and USAJobs.gov. I like to cast a wide net, and I encourage my friends to do the same when t hey are looking to make a career change. Indeed gives me a detailed look at the civilian jobs in the area and Usajobs does the same for the government jobs. Of course, separate and formatted resumes are require for each, but I think that it gives a better look at what is out there.
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when looking for local work I used Craigs list, and for others I used indeed and monster.
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LinkedIn. I highly encourage all job seekers to establish a LinkedIn account. LinkedIn even provides Veterans and Servicemembers with a free 1 year premium account that provides additional job search and networking tools: https://linkedinforgood.linkedin.com/programs/veterans/premiumform
Veteran Subscriptions | LinkedIn For Good
As part of LinkedIn for Good's commitment to connect veterans with opportunity, LinkedIn offers U.S. service members and veterans a free one-year Job Seeker Career Premium subscription.
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The best for me is our State Department of Workforce Development site. They have direct postings, but also listings from other sites like Indeed, USAJobs, Monster, and others. Federal jobs you would still have to apply through their systems, but the others you could often just click "Apply". The only drawback is that you can only have resume at a time. It was still the best for finding positions. I think a big part of it is knowing what you are marketable for and focusing your applications and resume to the positions you are applying for.
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Monster used to be ok, but they have recently "upgraded" their mobile app in such a ways as to be utterly unproductive. I like the idea of Glassdoor, but indeed seems to be the best right now.
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SSG Trevor S.
COL Lee Flemming - Glassdoor often has salary comparisons that can help with base line negotiating.
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