While there are many job board sites, the actual board to visit depends on the particular job you are looking for. There are sites for management, design, programming, writing and more.
A free site is Craigslist. You can find any number of jobs there by doing a bit of work and narrowing down your search by geography, job type, and even telecommute if you wish. There are also sites that will charge you to list your profile, to be able to list your profile, or to bid on a job. Some sites take a percentage of the final price if you are the winning bidder. When it comes to bidding for work on job bidding sites, there is no guarantee of work, and most jobs are for low pay, especially for writing jobs.
Bidding sites or sites where you pay a monthly fee for a list of jobs should be a job seekers last resort, not the first place to visit. There are boards like Monster, Jobvertise, Job Spider, Lucky Dog Jobs, and many others found by doing a simple search using your favorite search engine by searching for “Free Job Boards”. Doing a search on Google will return 147,000,000 free job boards.
NOTE: Remember that no job board offers a guarantee of employment.
For any job board you will need an up-to-date CV/Resume for posting that prospective employers can view.
Read the job requirements closely, and do not apply for a job if you do not meet them.
Even in a down economy, there are jobs available in various fields if you will only do the homework involved in finding them.
For freelance writing, look at About Freelance Writing, and Writers Weekly for decent paying jobs.
Unbelievably, Twitter and other social networking sites are also a good place to look for work. In the Web 2.0 environment, social networking is a good place to learn about jobs and to find good articles about starting a home-based business or running a business out of your home.
If you wish to try the various job boards available online, do so with caution and do not put too much personal information on the sites. There have been stalkers, and nuts that will inundate you with spam and more, if you give an e-mail contact. Since you can get a free e-mail account, do so for your profile. Never give out your personal, of family e-mail.
