Difference Between a Job Board and Search Engine
It can be confusing to tell the difference between a job board and a job search engine, but it's wise to know where the job listings you find online are coming from. Typically, in a cover letter, you'll mention how you found the job posting. Put simply; a job board is a website that posts jobs supplied by employers, whereas job search engines scour the web and aggregate job listings from job boards and employer websites.
Job Boards
With job boards, companies have specifically listed their open positions and often accept job applications directly through the job board. Employers typically pay a fee to the job board to list their jobs on the site – essentially, the site warehouses resumes and sells employers access to them.
Monster, the largest and best-known job board, is a general board with postings across a broad range of industries. Indeed offers a wider array of jobs including contract positions, work-at-home opportunities, job board, and volunteer work. CareerBuilder is focused more on people with a bachelor's degree.
Other more specialized boards focus on a particular industry. Dice, for example, is a leading site for tech jobs. Career Bank and eFinancial Careers focus on finance and banking. Variety Careers posts media jobs in television, radio, and production. Job Board covers advertising and marketing.
You will find a wider variety of job postings on job search engines because they contain listings from multiple sources. However, you may also have to look through duplicate listings and make sure the job vacancy is still available.
Also, targeting a broad job search can be difficult. If you search a big company, you might get hundreds, or even thousands, of results. Adding parameters such as location can help narrow the results.
If you find an opportunity through a job board, you may have to register on that site, and some even require a fee to join. You may also deal with a lot of spam and advertisements.
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