I saw this article today on Career Journal about using the niche job boards instead of the big guys like Monster & CareerBuilder.

I plucked out a few of the quotes for the top 5 reasons to use niche job boards like AllCountyJobs.com.

1. "I learned that you are a lot more apt to find companies that are serious about hiring and know exactly what they want at the niche sites," says Ms. Rempel, now a manager at iWin Inc."

2. "Job seekers who limit their searches to traditional online hotspots may be missing out on the best career opportunities, as more employers are advertising openings on Web sites that cater to specific career fields and geographic locations."

3. "Mr. Hunter and other recruiting professionals who use this kind of targeted recruiting strategy are helping to boost traffic in the niche category at a faster rate than the big boards."

4. "Corporate hiring managers also say they're using niche job sites more because the big boards produce too many unqualified applicants."

5. "If you put the right jobs on the right niche board, you can get a better return on your investment than broadcasting your jobs to the big, general boards," says Ray Schreyer, manager of Internet recruiting at International Business Machines Corp."

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