Your Job Search

One: Respond to position openings

Develop a list of job search sites that list openings related to your field and check them regularly. Start your search with these Career Services Center favorites.

MU Career Manager

  1. Internships and full-time positions
  2. Online resume submission for on campus interviews; searchable by employers
  3. Calendar to track positions and upcoming career events

Going Global

  1. Career Guides packed with country-specific information
  2. Job Postings and Internship Listings for any country in the world
  3. Global Key Employer Directory contains 25,000 country-specific company profiles

SimplyHired

  1. SimplyHired.com is a vertical job search engine that pulls listings from thousands of sites across the Web including the leading job boards, company career sites, newspapers, non-profits, government sites, and more. Simply Hired allows job seekers to search all of the jobs on the Web in one place for free.

Indeed

  1. A search engine for jobs, allowing job seekers to find jobs posted on thousands of company sites and job boards.

Additional websites directly related to your career goals may be found by searching the internet. The most effective ways of finding what you are looking for:

Field-specific search

  1. Go to favorite search engine such as Google
  2. Type: <your field> jobs or <your field> careers
  3. See what comes up
  4. Example: Forensic Science Jobs

Professional Associations

  1. Go to favorite search engine such as Google
  2. Type: <your field> association
  3. Example: Public Relations Association
  4. See what comes up
  5. Look for words like: career, employment, jobs

Back to Three Ways to Find an Internship or Full-time Position

  1. Respond to position openings
  2. Develop target list of employers
  3. Network with potential contacts and employers