August 22, 2005
(CareerJournal)
Looking to expand your online job hunt beyond the big boards? Web sites and e-mail lists dedicated to postings in specific fields can supplement your search. Here's a look at niche job boards and e-mail newsletters from around the Web. (Some links may require registration or subscriptions.)
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The National Defense Industrial Association publishes a job bank at defensejobs.com. Advertisers are primarily defense contractors, but you can find postings from government agencies and academic institutions. Approximately half of the jobs require security clearances, says Thomas Nordby, assistant vice president of business operations at the industry association, which is based in Arlington, Va. Up to 10 new positions are listed weekly, and about 70 jobs typically are posted. They include only mid- and senior-level posts and pay between $60,000 and $200,000 in annual salary, he says. The site also features a calendar that lists the six to seven job fairs that the association hosts annually nationwide.
DefenseTalent.com supplies the postings for the career pages of a network of 26 defense-industry-related Web sites. About 85% of the positions listed require security clearances. They're advertised by mostly defense contractors and aerospace and homeland-security companies. Between 100 and 200 new jobs are added daily, and the site averages 2,000 positions from entry to senior level. Annual salaries range from $40,000 to $150,000, though the average salary offered to candidates is $115,000, says Dave Germond, CEO of the Riverview, Fla.-based job board.
Among the sites in the network is RFcafe.com, a site for radio frequency, wireless, science and engineering professionals. Its message board offers additional job postings. Executive recruiters and corporate human resources managers post one to two new jobs there weekly, some requiring security clearances, says Kirt Blattenberger, an RF system and circuit-design engineer who co-publishes the site in Kernersville, N.C.
Those who have security clearances will find plenty of ads on ClearedConnections.com and ClearanceJobs.com. ClearedConnections posts jobs from only classified government contractors requiring security clearances for employment. Twenty to 100 new positions are added daily and about 1,000 positions usually are listed. An additional 30,000 to 50,000 jobs that the Reston, Va.-based site is trying to fill aren't listed for security purposes, says Robert Esti, site's founder and president. To be considered for these opportunities, post your resume through the site's secure submission function, he says.
ClearanceJobs is a site from the IT job board Dice.com that targets IT and engineering professionals with security clearances. About 2,500 new positions are added monthly, and 1,500 jobs are listed on average, reports Evan Lesser, co-founder and director of the site, which is based in Urbandale, Iowa. The jobs, from entry to senior level, pay annual salaries ranging from $30,000 to $200,000. Government contractors post the majority of jobs, with the remainder from federal agencies, executive search firms, private companies, nonprofits and academic institutions. The site also provides free resume critiquing from certified resume writers who will post your resume on the site for you.
Finally, we found the most positions by far listed at the Web site of the U.S. Department of Defense, http://dod.jobsearch.org. During a recent visit, a search of all jobs in the U.S. produced more than 35,000 results. Jobs from entry to senior level are in more than 40 career fields, including health care, law, sales, finance and transportation.
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) has been a boon for professionals skilled in financial auditing and reporting. And so, too, for Web sites recruiting these job candidates.
Among them is inside SarbanesOxley.com, a year-old Web site published in Portland, Ore. Employers and executive search firms post about five to 10 new jobs a week at its discussions board, according to co-publisher Toby Lucich, a business-controls manager at an energy company. You'll also find links to ads for jobs at other job boards. They're mostly in the U.S., from entry to senior level, and pay annual salaries between $50,000 and $100,000, says Lucich.
Electrical Engineers Tap Into These Online Resources
Electrical Jobs, a blog launched in October 2004, features jobs from mainly U.S. employers and search firms, plus links to ads for electrical engineers at job boards such as Monster. It's published by Carolina Highlands Information Services, an information-service company run by Patricia Michael, an engineering professional in Raleigh, N.C. (She also publishes jobs blogs for aerospace, civil, chemical, mechanical and other engineering disciplines.) The home page shows the 10 most recent postings, while the rest are archived by month. Salaries range from about $35,000 for entry-level jobs to about $200,000 and higher for senior positions.
Electrical engineers also may want to visit ElectricalEngineer.com, a Web site from Career Marketplace Inc., a network of job boards in Canton, Ohio. During a recent site visit, more than 400 jobs were posted. You might see titles such as spacecraft-systems engineer or lab-test engineer, but all require electrical-engineering backgrounds, says Andrew Hammer, vice president of Career Marketplace. About 10 to 15 new jobs are added daily, offering salaries from $40,000 to $150,000, he says.
At interEC.NET, a job site for all types of engineers, you'll find a section dedicated to electrical engineers. About two to three new jobs are posted daily, says Nidhi Lal, an engineer in San Francisco, one of two volunteer publishers of the site. Posters include companies, recruiting agencies and government institutions from all over the globe. Salaries are not listed, but jobs range in annual pay from $50,000 for entry-level jobs to about $150,000 and higher for senior posts, he adds.
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