Unemployment in the U.S. job market is now a low 5.3 percent, but we all know there are still problems. Some of the decline is due to additional workers who have given up looking for jobs. In some states the unemployment rate has actually risen. Also, small businesses have been dealing with a shortage of skilled workers for some time now. A survey last summer found that roughly a third of small businesses had unfilled positions due to an inability to find qualified applicants.
As I look for job candidates for my company I have to be more and more savvy to find the best workers possible. It’s weird that over the past 12-24 months I’ve had fewer and fewer people applying to work for me. I’ve done the normal post on Craigslist and a few other places but not gotten the same results as I did in the previous years.
This caused me to have to look outside my small box, become a bit more tech driven. I found that there were thousands of sites where potential employees were. Here are nine of the top sites that I have found to be very useful in my search for the right employee. Read more…