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Purpose

This page acts as a bookmark to various useful sites for job hunting purposes. The last major (structural) change was April 28, 2005.

As of May 4, 2009, I'm employed again, and again with the University of Michigan, through my own efforts monitoring job site and through contacts I had there. I don't believe that any of these job boards helped, but this is the worst job markets since the Great Depression, in the state most economically depressed - and I had special requirements that prevented me from taking advantage of possibilites on the east and west coasts.

 
 

Summary

My rough opinions of the job boards are as follows:

MichWorks
The State of Michigan Job Board - all of the inquiries I got through MichWorks1 were for completely inappropriate jobs - such as an opportunity to sell insurance by commission by traveling throughout lower Michigan. I also believe that MichWorks is being used by scammers and other predators to prey upon the unfortunate.
Monster
Monster is open to everyone - and is so undiscriminating that, like "MichWorks" above, you put yourself at risk of being scammed. On the other hand, if you are already on MichWorks (and you have to be to show willing to the Michigan unemployment agency), you may as well "show willing" here too. I'm not sure if it matters to employers at all whether you are on Monster or not.
Career Builder
Not as bad as Monster, not as good as Dice. A place to keep an eye on things.
The Ladders
They promise $100K job search - but they're really preying on people who think too well of themselves. A waste of money.
Dice.Com
This was a doorway for me into other technical job hunting sites. Through Dice, I was found by an employment agency willing to work with me to polish (develop, really) my resume. Not that any of that found me a job, as I indicate above. You will get plenty of contacts through Dice and related job sites. Most will be for temporary slave labor, requiring uncompensated for relocation - but it's good to get the phone calls when you're stuck at home.
Federal Government
The Federal Government's jobs boards are complicated and cumbersome - and there's just not a lot of Federal jobs in Michigan.
LinkedIn
Think of Facebook crossed with Monster. If that doesn't scare you, then enjoy.

Try to apply to at least 10 jobs every day. Watch for duplicates. When a new job shows up, all of the head hunters will pounce on it. Some will re-write or truncate the description slightly, but never enough to truely disguise that they're all hawking the same position.

Will the last person leaving Michigan please turn off the lights?


 
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Organizations

Altarum (formerly ERIM) General Dynamics
Advanced Information Systems
Michigan State University THOMSON REUTERS
Arbor Networks General Motors (GM) nCircle Toyota
Chrysler Car Group Henry Ford Hospital Pfizer University of Michigan
DaimlerChrysler Honda Proquest Veridian
Federal Gov't IBM Rockwell Collins Washtenaw Community College
Ford Motor Company Internet 2 Superior Consultant Holdings Wayne State University

When searching for a job on-line, look for the following keywords:

unix linux solaris tcp/ip
software developer client/server  

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Job Boards

IT|careers.com LinkedIN Mlive.com State of Michigan
Career Portal
Ciber MiCareerBuilder Monster UpLadder
itcareers Michworks.Org Salary.Com  

Body Shops & Recruiters

Cae-Tech
PeopleForge Careers
  EpitecGroup VisionITInc

Honorable Mention

Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest Interlink Networks LucidLink WebRoot

Aggregators

CareerJet Dice.Com    
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Altarum

Corporate Site
http://www.altarum.com/
Employment Opportunities
http://www.altarum.com/altarum/Careers/Opportunities.asp

Ann Arbor — Craigslist

Aggregator Site
http://www.craigslist.org/
Aggregation Site
http://annarbor.craigslist.org/

Arbor Networks

Corporate Site
http://www.arbornetworks.com/
Employment Opportunities
http://www.arbornetworks.com/about_careers.php

Cae-Tech

PeopleForge Careers

Employment Opportunities
http://www.cae-tech.com/careers/

Ciber

Corporate Site
http://www.ciber.com
Employment Opportunities
http://www.ciber.com/jobs/vacancies.cfm

CareerBuilder

Job Board Site
http://www.careerbuilder.com/

CareerJet

Aggregator Site
http://www.careerjet.com/

IT|careers

Job Board Site
http://www.careers.com/
IT specific Jobs
http://it-computer.careers.com/

Chrysler Car Group

Corporate Site
http://www.chrysler.com/
Employment Opportunities
http://www.careers.chrysler-group.com/

DaimlerChrysler

Corporate Site
http://www.daimlerchrysler.com/
Employment Opportunities
http://career.daimlerchrysler.com/dc/start_flash.php?language=2
(nasty flash application)
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Dice

Job Board Site
http://www.dice.com/

Epitec Group

Job Board Site
http://www.epitecgroup.com/

Federal Government

Employment Opportunities
http://www.usajobs.gov/

Ford Motor Company

Corporate Site
http://www.ford.com/
Employment Opportunities
http://mycareer.ford.com/

General Dynamics

Advanced Information Systems

Corporate Site
http://www.gd-ais.com/ist.htm
Consolidated Employment Opportunities
http://webex.gdc4s.com/corpjobposting/jobs/default.cfm

General Motors (GM)

Automobile companies, and GM in particular are in great difficulty.
Corporate Site
http://www.gm.com/
Employment Opportunities
http://www.gm.com/company/careers/index_flash.html

Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest

Organization Site
http://www.gleq.org

Henry Ford Hospital

Corporate Site
http://www.henryford.com
Employment Opportunities
http://www.henryford.com/home_careers.cfm?id=49647

Honda

Corporate Site
http://www.hondacorporate.com/
Employment Opportunities
http://www.hondacorporate.com/careers/
 
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IBM

Corporate Site
http://www.ibm.com/
Employment Opportunities
http://www.ibm.com/employment/

Interlink Networks, Inc.

Interlink Networks, Inc. went bust during the spring and summer of 2005. A rump of the organization continues to operate, as far as I know. See also LucidLink
Corporate Site
http://www.interlinknetworks.com/
Employment Opportunities
http://www.interlinknetworks.com/about/jobops.htm

Internet 2

Corporate Site
http://www.internet2.edu
Employment Opportunities
http://www.internet2.edu/about/jobopportunities.html

itcareers

Job Board Site
http://www.itcareers.com/

LinkedIN

Job Board Site
http://www.linkedin.com/

LucidLink

See also Interlink Networks, Inc.
Corporate Site
http://www.lucidlink.com/

State of Michigan

Career Portal

Job Board Site
http://www.michigan.gov/careers

Mlive.com

(Ann Arbor News)

Job Board Site
http://www.mlive.com/jobs/

Michworks.org

Job Board Site
http://www.michworks.org/

MiCareerBuilder

(Detroit Free Press and Detroit News)

Job Board Site
http://www.micareerbuilder.com/
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Monster

Job Board Site
http://www.monster.com/

Michigan State University

Corporate Site
http://www.msu.edu/
Employment Opportunities
http://www.hr.msu.edu/HRsite/
HiringPostings/Staff/Postings/PubJobPostings.htm

nCircle

Corporate Site
http://www.ncircle.com/
Employment Opportunities
http://www.ncircle.com/index.php?s=company_jobs
 

Pfizer

In February, 2007, Pfizer announced that it was closing a number of facilities around the United States, including facilities in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Kalamazoo Michigan.

Needless to say, they're not a good prospect for employment at this time (March 2007).

Corporate Site
http://www.pfizer.com/
Employment Opportunities
http://www.pfizer.com/are/careers/fr_find.html

Proquest

In March 2007, Proquest announced that it was moving it's headquarters to Texas. It claimed that existing employees' jobs aren't threatened, but such a promiss should be taken with a large grain of salt.

Corporate Site
http://www.proquestcompany.com/
Employment Opportunities
http://www.proquestcompany.com/about-jobs.shtml

Rockwell Collins

Corporate Site
http://www.rockwellcollins.com/
Employment Opportunities
http://www.rockwellcollins.com/careers/index.html

Salary.com

Job Board Site
http://salary.com/
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Superior Consultant Holdings

A provider of outsourcing for health care and information technology
Corporate Site
http://www.superiorconsultant.com/
Employment Opportunities
http://www.superiorconsultant.com/Company/careers.asp

THOMSON REUTERS

Corporate Site
http://www.thomsonreuters.com/
Employment Opportunities

Toyota

Corporate Site
http://www.toyota.com/
Employment Opportunities
http://www.toyota.com/toyota/about/jobs/JobsSearch.do

University of Michigan

Corporate Site
http://www.umich.edu/
Employment Opportunities
http://www.umich.edu/~jobs/
Positions posted TODAY
http://websvcs.itcs.umich.edu/jobnet/
new_postings_byjobfamily.php

UpLadder

Job Board Site
http://www.upladder.com/

VisionIT

Job Board Site
http://www.visionitinc.com/

Wayne State University

Corporate Site
http://www.wayne.edu/
Employment Opportunities
http://www.hr.wayne.edu/employment/POSTINGS/JOBS.HTM
and
http://jobs.wayne.edu/

Washtenaw Community College

Corporate Site
http://www.wccnet.edu/
Employment Opportunities
http://jobs.wccnet.edu

Webroot

Corporate Site
http://www.webroot.com/
Employment Opportunities
http://www.webroot.com/company/careers/

Veridian

Veridian was acquired by General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems in August, 2003
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