While job boards are not the best way to look for a job and have a low success rate, they can still be useful. You never know through what source you might land a job and so it makes sense to use all the job search methods available. When using job boards the main thing to keep in mind is that you should not spend too much time on them, because they are not the most productive way to search for a job. They are also useful sources of information for clues about which companies are hiring and what they are looking for.
Below are some of the top job boards in Singapore:
- JobsDB
- JobsCentral
- Monster
- JobStreet
- EFinancialCareers
- JobCyclone
- Best Jobs
- ST701
- StreetDirectory
- TopFinancialJobs
You can also use job aggregators like Recruit.Net and Careerjet, which provide jobs from a few job boards and also from company job pages.
While different job search methods work for different people, there are some methods that provide greater success than others. The unfortunate thing is that many job seekers tend to spend too much time/effort on the less productive ways.
Below is a list of the least successful ways to look for a job. These percentages refer to the number of people out of every 100, who find a job using only that method.
1) Internet job postings: 4 to 10%
2) Mailing out resumes to companies: 7%
3) Answering ads in professional/trade journals: 7%
4) Local newspaper ads: 5-24%
5) Head-hunters, employment agencies, search firms: 5-28%
As you can see, many of the methods people commonly turn to, do not produce the best results. Using a combination of approaches would obviously increase the success rate; however, the increase would not be very substantial. Therefore, it is important to realise that your time spent searching for a job in these ways should be limited.
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