Job search thru online?

[hepa99]

Aside from career builders and monster job search where do you search for finding a job?

I like to search directly to GC or Consulting Firm website but i have no luck finding list of GC and Consulting Firm website here in New York.

Also, if you have agency that looking for a job (HVAC), I would appreciate if you can share me some link too.

Thank you.

 

[JMirisola]

Check out recruiter websites (i.e. aerotek.com). They, often times, have national listings. Google "engineering recruiting".

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP, Certified DriveWorks AE

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

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[ewh]

Also try CEWeekly. While most of their leads are contract, many are contract-to-direct. A must have for anyone going into contracting, and many such assignments result in offers of direct employment.

"The ambassador and the general were briefing me on the - the vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice." - [small]George Bush, Washington DC, 27 October, 2003[/small]

 

[KENAT]

hepa, I got my current position through aerotek (I think their online part is also known as 'thingamajob' or somethign like that). Initially contract then went direct (I'm loathed to say permanent as there really isn't such a thing at most employers). I'd posted my resume on their site and applied to a few jobs. Months later out of the blue they called me for a job I hadn't even seen.

If you can pull it off networking will most likely be quicker, my colleague who got laid off a week already has at least two possibilites through this.

KENAT,

Have you reminded yourself of faq731-376 recently, or taken a look at posting policies:

http://eng-tips.com/market.cfm?

 

[TheTick]

Most of my placements have come about through personal relationships I have maintained with individual recruiters at contract houses. I have a few favorites that I make sure I keep in contact with. They know me well and know where I am best employed.

I don't return Aerotek's calls anymore. Too many low-dollar warm-body shoehorn placements.

 

[PEDARRIN2]

Back when I was looking in the MEP world, I went to the website of Consulting Engineering (magazine).

It had a list with websites and other contact information of a lot of MEP engineering firms in the US.

I got several interviews from this endevour.

Also try local ASHRAE chapters. I used ASPE and got a few contacts that way.

I personally didnt mind Aerotek too much - but found they mostly placed contract and contract to hire. I had a wife and kids at the time and did not want to make a move of family on a possible full term job.

 

[MintJulep]

How about right here on Eng-Tips.

http://eng-tips.4jobs.com/

 

[MechEng2005]

Check out websites for appropriate professional engineering organizations and see if they have job postings. Also, check to see if they have a list of member companies. Look for companies in your area and look into them.

-- MechEng2005

 

[amorrison]

You local professional association may have a "help" system.

 

[jerry1423]

Check with your state to see if they have a web site.

Here in Wisconsin if you want to receive your unemployment check you need to do searches on their site, and receive e-mails with employer updates, to prove that you are actually searching for a job. I assume that it is free for the employer.

Here is what Wisconsin has

https://jobcenterofwisconsin.com/

I too am working with a recruiter from Aerotek. It looks like they will be able to place me in a great job, but I am not very impressed with the recruiters that I am working with, they seem very ignorant.

 

[TheTick]

One Aerotek recruiter thought that LaCrosse was commuting distance from Sheboygan.

 

[msquared48]

I am not impressed about on-line websites for engineering positions. It's like the word structural does not exist. I keep getting referrals for other jobs, like nursing, shedparding, and the like. Perfect example of lost in translation.

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering

 

[jerry1423]

I usually don't return calls from Aerotek, but a coworker told me about a job, and he passed it onto me. I knew it was something that I was interested in without speaking with a recruiter.

I hope the account manager is more intelligent than the recruiters that I am working with over there. They seem to be either just out of high school, or just out of college. I am sure that I intimidated them a bit when I knew more about the potential employer than they did.

The one bad thing about getting a permanent job thru a place like that is the employer pays a hefty commission to them if you get placed, around 20% of your first years salary, so obviously you need to be worth the money.

It doesn't surprise me at all that a recruiter from Aerotek thought that LaCrosse was commuting distance from Sheboygan - Heck some people in California commute 4 hours each way ... don't they?

 

[kawh1]

Job searching online is like playing the lottery. There's a massive number of applicants, resulting in a stack pile of resumes that the hiring person will have to pick out of.

I've had some success with craigslist.org. Mostly smaller companies that don't scan for buzz words from resumes and cover letters.

 

[Bribyk]

The only job I've gotten without knowing-a-guy-who-knows-a-guy was my newspaper route when I was 13. I don't have any faith in online, cold calls, newspaper ads, etc... As previously mentioned, it's all about networking and face-time. And name-repetition and personality-mirroring...

 

[MikeHalloran]

Faxing your resume to a thousand people has allegedly worked in the past, but decision makers don't appreciate being buried in completely inappropriate resumes, especially when they get multiple copies of a memorable one. A few days of trying to glean anyone useful from the flood starts making a recruiter look good, despite the fees. Screening and matching are valuable services to a busy person who's looking to become a little less busy.

Other than various forms of spamming, you have to do everything you can to get your name out there.
... not just in front of the decision makers, but in front of the retained recruiters.

You don't call them; they call you.
...but they have to find you first.

I don't think they bother with Monster or CareerBuilder anymore; some haystacks are just too big. Right now, they seem to very active in LinkedIn. That could change next week; it's just the way the world works today.




Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

 

[mauricestoker]

Trying to get web based verification of values for web based placement seems like circular logic. I would recommend looking for a job with the Department of Redundancy Department.

 

[bvanhiel]

Craigslist.

-b

 

[PSE]

Professional Associations
LinkedIn
Various job search engines
Professional Placement Agencies

All of these can prove useful in finding a new position. I have found jobs through both posted advertisements and through word of mouth. Some companies are now contracting their technical recruiting (and perhaps all professional recruiting) to outside contractors so it does not hurt to get your name in with several of them as well.

Regards,