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There are many options of where to go and what to do to find a job. The old way of walking door to door to businesses and asking whether they are hiring a thing of the past.

Now you can do a lot of your job searching from the comfort of your own house. But, even with staying at home there are many options for your job search to look at to help you find the perfect job. Every job search option has its good points and bad points.

Online Job Search Sites

The world has gone the way of the Internet when it comes to job searching. Online job search sites have become one of the most popular options for job seekers everywhere. There are many different online job search sites out there, monster and career builder are two of the most popular.

There are numerous pros to using online job searching sites. One of the biggest pros is that there are numerous jobs listed on one site. This will save you a lot of time in your job search. By typing in a few keywords about the job that you are looking for, you will be able to bring up hundreds of jobs that you can apply to.

Another pro to online job sites is that prospective employers can find you as well. You do not always need to find all of the job openings yourself.

When you post a profile to an online job site, you can make your resume searchable by prospective employers. By doing this, you may have the perfect job end up coming to you.

Not all is perfect in the world of the online job sites. There are cons to this method of job hunting.

One of the cons is that you are competing against hundreds of other job applicants for every position that you apply to. Because the sites are so popular, there are millions of people that log on each month to search for jobs in this method.

Another con to using the online job search sites is that it is hard to customize your application to each job. On these sites, you upload one resume and one cover letter.

These are the things that you use to apply to all job openings on their web site. Since you upload one resume and cover letter to use, it is very difficult to personalize each application that you send out in the hopes of getting a job.

Here are a few places to begin your search:

http://www.Monster.com
http://www.jobbankusa.com
http://www.jobopenings.net/
http://promotions2.workopolis.com
http://www.careerjet.com/
http://workbloom.com/

One of the tried and true ways of searching for a job is with the newspaper want ads. In the movies, you will see the person that is job-hunting sitting at their kitchen table circle newspaper ads for a job.

This is a very good visual of a way for you to look for a job. All you need is your highlighter and a copy of your local newspaper to get started on this job hunt.

Newspapers have been around for a long time and so have their want ads. Many business owners feel more comfortable looking for job applicants through the newspapers.

These business owners shy away from the Internet as being a risky way to look for new applicants. There are many jobs available through the newspapers that you will not find online. This is a great advantage in the world of job hunting.

One of the cons for newspaper ads is that the application process for many of these jobs can be much longer then their online counter parts.

The problem with applying to ads through the newspaper is that you will usually need to fax or drop off your resume.

Many companies that use newspapers ads still place resumes into a database so that they can search for keywords from possible applicants.

This means that once your resume is received, it must be entered into their computers.  This will take more time then an online application.

Here is a very handy resource that feature thousands of online newspapers (updated daily):

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/