career.com: should you bother with this job site?

Originally described as the "World's First Recruitment Site", career.com has been updated with a new look and feel.

The original site was very dated and unattractive in comparison with other job sites.

The site is now run by Kenexa, an IBM subsidiary that provides software to aid organisations to find the right people for their organisation.

The new site has a very simple uncluttered layout, with just a search box and nothing else on the home page at all.

The search criteria offered on Career.com's home page is fairly standard: you can search by job title or keyword and location such as city, state and zip code.

If you click on Power Search, this yields additional fields that you can use to further refine your search. It's recommended that you use the Power Search, otherwise you're likely to end up with far too many results:

You can refine the keywords you use, including exact match or excluding words.
The Power Search also enables you to search by company name, if there's a particular company that you want to work for.
You can also search by job types: contract, full-time, internships, part-time or temporary jobs.
Jobs can be selected from job boards, employers' own websites or both and you can also exclude staffing agencies if you want to.
If you want a job in a specific location, you can enter a city or zip code and select jobs based on a location and a specific number of miles from that location.
You can also select job adverts by date or relevance - useful if you only want to see recent job adverts.

One major flaw is that you have to enter some keywords - so you can't just ask to see all the jobs in a particular profession at a particular location. If this flaw makes it more difficult for you to find what you want then try another job site such as Monster.

Once you've hit the search button, the site brings up the relevant jobs that match your criteria. The site seems to be funded by adverts from Google that surround the listed job vacancies.

URL for job seekers	www.career.com
Type of site	Generalist job site
Specific job sectors covered	Accounting Administration Advertising Aerospace Engineering Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Airline Industry Analog Engineer Analyst and Project Management Applications Engineering Architectural Services Arts, Entertainment, and Media Banking BioTech Business Development Business Planning CAD Chemical Engineering Chemist Civil Engineering Client / Server SW Consulting Communications Community, Social Services, and Non-profit Computer Programming Construction Industry Consulting Contract Management Co-op / Internship Customer / Technical Support Database Administration Defense Industry Design Engineering Documentation Education / Training Electrical Engineering Electronics Commerce Employment Placement Agencies Engineering Engineering - Management Environmental Engineering Executive Management Facilities / Safety Field Operations Field Support Finance Financial Services Firmware Engineering Food Industry Government and Policy Graphic Art Health Care Industry Healthcare, Practitioner and Technician Hotel Industry HR HW Engineering Information Technology Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Insurance Industry International Trade Internet / E-Commerce Investment / Portfolio Management Law Enforcement and Security Legal Management Manufacturing Marketing Materials Management Mechanical Engineering Military Network Administration Network Engineering Other Personal Care and Service Process Engineering Product Development Product Engineering Product Management Professional Services Project Management Public Relations Publishing Purchasing QA / Software Testing Real Estate Industry Research & Development Restaurant and Food Service Retail Sales Risk Management Sales / Sales Management SAP Business Consulting Science Security Sports and Recreation SW Engineering System Administration Technical Writer Technician Telecomms Test Engineering Training Transportation and Warehousing Travel Web / Multimedia Windows - Mac Development
Geographical coverage	US
Number of jobs on the site	Not stated, but likely to be in the millions
Jobs by email	Yes
Can you upload your resume	Yes

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