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Job Hunting can be a very difficult time in a any career. I figured I would share some of the IT Job Hunting Tips I have learned over the past few years.

• They key to finding a job is that you must stay motivated at all the time and never every give up in your job hunt. You have to remain focused and dedicated in your search.I have been there several times and it’s no fun when you can’t find a job. When you’re looking for a job you should focus on utilizing all resources at your disposal.

• For a IT worker in my experience the best way to find a job is to use typical job hunting web sites. I also highly advise using any and all contacts you’ve made throughout your career (who you know really can help find you a job with a little luck). Staffing agencies are sometimes a good option and work once you’ve built up a good resume.

• The one piece of advice that I highly advice against is that some non IT people say you should mail in a resume . The truth is that doesn’t work in IT. Even calling to ask about a application you submitted for a company doesn’t do any good. If a company wants to here from you they’ll call you.

I just remembered that when I posted early this morning I forgot to list 2 of the other sites that I think are worthy of including in your employment search.

• The 1st site is craigslist which is a really great site if you’re willing to search through the individual cities of places where you’re willing to seek employment in. There’s alot of IT jobs out there.
• The 2nd site is SimplyHired which is a site that searches dozens of job boards all at once. This is a huge time saver during the job hunting process and is a site a highly advise all job seekers to visit.

I’ve been in the market to realize that there are only a handful of job board sites that you should use when looking for a job. They are the following listed below:

• CareerBuilder - A pretty good job site.
• Dice - This the absolute best technology only job site out there.
• HotJobs- Another excellent job site.
• Monster This is another favorite site of mine that I really value when job hunting.