Beyond Monster.com
The skinny on new places for finding jobs and employees.
The days when Monster, Hotjobs, and CareerBuilder ruled the roost of job classifieds — at least for software-oriented jobs — are long gone. A new generation of sites cater to every niche of the industry. Some charge relatively little for a job posting, and others are free. Here’s a sample of websites and email lists to check out next time you’re looking for a new job, or a new employee.
Tip for Companies
Do you advertise jobs on your own website? Make sure your job listings are indexed by ‘meta-job-search’ sites like Indeed and Simply Hired so they show your jobs in their search results. It’s free.
NYC-Focused
These sites cater to New York City in particular.
- Next NY
- Freelancers Union
- NYC Computer-Human Interaction Group
Yahoo Group and mailing list - Meetups
Many meetups have message boards that welcome job postings - Craigslist: New York City web/HTML/info design jobs
- Craigslist: New York City internet engineering jobs
Professional Associations
These sites are run by organizations dedicated to particular professions.
- AIGA
Graphic and other design - Information Architecture Institute’s Job Board
- Information Architecture mailing list
- Interaction Design Association Discuss List
Focused on Type of Job
These sites focus on a particular combination of design, development, and business jobs.
- Crunchboard from Tech Crunch
Design, development, business - Paid Content
Mostly content and business jobs - 37Signals
Design, development, business - Boxes and Arrows
Design and development - Media Bistro
Mostly writing and editorial - Good Experience
Design, development, business - Think Vitamin Job Board
Design and development - Slashdot
Development and technical - Rails Related Jobs
- GigaOM Jobs
Design, development, business - jobs.joelonsoftware.com
Development - TechGigger Jobs
Jobs with VC-backed Tech Start-ups - CSS Beauty Job Board
Design and development - Problogger Job Board
Blogging jobs - Performancing
Blogging jobs - Authentic Jobs
Standards-aware designers and developers
Freelancers
These sites focus on hiring freelancers, often using the website to connect employers with offsite workers and facilitating the transaction.
Jobs + Social Networking
These sites combine job listings with features to help find how you’re connected to the job through your network.
Aggregators & Distributors
These sites aggregate jobs postings and distribute them to other sites.
