A customer needs help looking for jobs. Where is the best place to start?

With the tough economic times, it's more common to have library customers asking for the best places to search for jobs.

For Maryland jobs, a great place to start is with the Maryland Workforce Exchange (MWE) Web site.  MWE is put together by the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation and includes much more than just job postings.  You can find your local One-Stop Career Center locations, a calendar of events which includes trainings and job fairs, and education/training opportunities in the Maryland area.  Registration with the Web site is free.

Another great place to start a broad online job search is with a job search engine such as Indeed or Simply Hired.  These job search engines search a wide variety of Web sites, including major job boards such as Career Builder and Monster, company Web sites, online classified, and more.  Job search engines allow customers to see what jobs are available in their area and only have to search one Web site, saving them time.

There are many more options for online job searching from the Job & Career Information Center's Job & Career Subject Guides.