You. Your spouse. Your kid. Your best friend. Your kid's best friend's brother-in-law. Everyone knows someone who's looking for a job. And the jobs are out there, if you look in the right places -- and if you're willing to spend a little time. Here I've compiled my strategy and some good links for finding job listings. While this lens focuses on St. Louis area jobs, you can use these tips, and many of these links no matter where you live. Today, St. Louis... Tomorrow, the WORLD!
Search Engine Shuffle
Everyone knows Monster. Depending on your field, these giant job sites might have thousands of opportunities for you -- or they may have none. Either way, they're a good place to start.
- Monster
- It's Monster. Do you really need more description?
- HotJobs (Yahoo)
- Yahoo's Job Search Engine
- Career Builder
- The one with all those commercials about people who found jobs.
- Craigslist St. Louis
- Click on your category of interest under "Jobs" for the latest listings.
Newsprint Hands?
So you get your little red pen and you go through the classifieds. But, just like those big search engines, depending on your skill set, you may find lots of jobs, or you may find none. Check them anyway, but know that any job listed will most likely have hundreds of applicants you'll have to compete with.
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Search the classifieds of both the Post and the Suburban Journals at the same time!
- Lee Enterprises
- If you're looking for jobs AT the Post-Dispatch or Journals, look here.
Tips for Searching on www.stltoday.com
How To Find What You're Looking For
Searching the Post classifieds online is actually pretty easy. Just follow these simple tips:
1. Brainstorm search terms that will most likely appear under the listings you want. Generally, I search for jobs for a graphic designer friend. Here's what my list looks like: graphic, design, designer, artist, printer, prepress, advertising, marketing Avoid using terms that are too general, unless you don't mind sifting through hundreds of results.
2. Enter your search terms, then select to match on Any Words. This will show you listings that list at least one of your keywords.
3. Select to search under Job Description. Employers don't always choose the best title for their ads, so always search the descriptions for a mention of your keywords.
4. Select your search period. Do you check these every day? Then select the last day to see only the newest ads. I check less than daily, so I almost always choose the last week to see ads from the last 7 days. Your other options are the last month and all.
5. Search!
1. Brainstorm search terms that will most likely appear under the listings you want. Generally, I search for jobs for a graphic designer friend. Here's what my list looks like: graphic, design, designer, artist, printer, prepress, advertising, marketing Avoid using terms that are too general, unless you don't mind sifting through hundreds of results.
2. Enter your search terms, then select to match on Any Words. This will show you listings that list at least one of your keywords.
3. Select to search under Job Description. Employers don't always choose the best title for their ads, so always search the descriptions for a mention of your keywords.
4. Select your search period. Do you check these every day? Then select the last day to see only the newest ads. I check less than daily, so I almost always choose the last week to see ads from the last 7 days. Your other options are the last month and all.
5. Search!
Big Business Is Our Friend
There are many companies that call St. Louis home. At branch locations and franchises, you're likely to find only jobs directly related to what they do. Like Wal-Mart. If you apply here, they'll have positions for salespeople, inventory people, greeters, and everything else needed at the store level. But, if you're in Bentonville, Arkansas, and you apply at Wal-Mart, a whole list of "corporate" jobs opens to you. Think accounting, advertising, computer programming, research, franchise management... anything! Here's a list of a few big companies that are headquartered here (in no particular order). Links will take you directly to their career sites when possible.
- Express Scripts
- A "Pharmacy Benefit Management" company.
- Energizer
- You know, like the Bunny.
- Dierbergs
- One of our local Grocery Stores.
- Brown Shoe
- Nothing like Al Bundy.
- Edward Jones
- Financial Services Company
That's Cool.
Here's a list of the places you never thought of. Yeah, that's right. Make your friends jealous! Tell them you work at the Zoo. Or the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Or for the Rams. Wait, leave out the part about the Rams.
- The City Museum
- A cool place for cool people.
- The Missouri Botanical Gardens
- Got a green thumb?
- The St. Louis Zoo
- Not just for zookeepers!
- The St. Louis Art Museum
- Is art your thing?
- The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Or maybe it's music?
- The NFL
- Yes, you can actually find postings for jobs with the NFL team of your choice.
- The St. Louis Science Center
- Learn stuff at work.
You Oughta Be In Pictures
TV stations need people too!
Books Are Good For Stuff.
Higher Education
Remember how much you loved college? Remember how bad it sucked when you had to join the "real world"? Now you can go back, and - get this - they'll PAY YOU!
- Webster University
- Mommy, I think there's a Gorlak under my bed!
- St. Louis University
- And a Billiken in my closet!
- University of Missouri - St. Louis
- Tigers St. Louis style
- Maryville University
- Enough with the mascots... here's Maryville.
- St. Louis Community College
- St. Louis Community College Opportunities
- Fontbonne University
- Fontbonne University Opportunities
- Washington University
- Working at WashU
- Jefferson County Community College
- Jeffco Opportunities
- Missouri Baptist University
- Careers at MoBap
- Concordia Seminary
- Work at the Seminary
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New Dilbert
Workin' for the Man
Uncle Sam wants YOU! Here's various government-type job search sites for your searching pleasure.
- USA Jobs
- This national site has plenty of local government job opportunities, from social work to the FBI.
- City of St. Louis
- Search here for jobs with the City of St. Louis...
- St. Louis County
- ...here for jobs in St. Louis County...
- Jefferson County
- ...and here for Jefferson County.
Feel Good
Looking for a career that's rewarding, but still pays the bills? Here's you'll find nonprofit opportunities with some local organizations.
- Humane Society of Missouri
- Combine your love for animals with your skills in counseling, maintenance, and even marketing.
- Girl Scout Council of St. Louis
- As they say... once a Girl Scout, always a Girl Scout.
- American Diabetes Association
- Search in your area for jobs with the ADA.
- American Red Cross
- You can browse opportunities at the local branch office. Only drawback is you can't search. Scroll through all opportunities at ALL branch offices if the Red Cross is for you.
- Arthritis Foundation
- Watch this site for local opportunities.
- Shriners Hospital
- Click here for the Shriners Hospital Career Center.
- Special Olympics Missouri
- Search for opportunities in your area.
- St. Louis Public Library
- Opportunities with the library.
- St. Louis County Library
- And opportunities with the County Library.
Be Creative
Ad agencies aren't the only places to look for jobs for you creative types. Here's some more links to recruiters, staffing agencies, and more.
- Creative Hot List
- Search here for advertising & design agency jobs for writers, designers, and more.
- Bishop-Partners
- Don't know too much about them, except they recruit for a variety of agency positions, from the creative department to media buying.
- Creatives On Call
- A staffing agency for creative jobs. Register here for temp, contract, and even full time work.
- The Creative Group
- Also a staffing agency for creative jobs. Home to freelancers of all types.
Are You An ADMAN (or woman!)?
You may be surprised how many ad agencies call St. Louis home. And, while they've all got the traditional ad jobs, don't forget, they need accounting, human resources, and office staff too! Oh, and by the way, better download the newest version of Flash Player before you try some of these sites.
- Ad Club of St. Louis
- Here's the link to Ad Club's job listings, but if you're truly in the market for an advertising job, it might not be a bad idea to join...
- Arnold Worldwide
- I can't link straight to careers, so click on "Our Agency" then "Careers" to search for jobs in the STL office.
- Rodgers Townsend
- If there are specific openings available, you'll see a link on this page that says "Current Open Positions". If not, go to the Flash site and click "Contact" to get an email address to send resumes to.
- The Spark Agency
- Again, can't link directly, so click on "Employment" at the bottom, then click on "Current Employment Opportunities".
- Advertising Savants
- Click "Us", then "Employment".
- Drone & Mueller and Associates
- Check back periodically for job listings.
- Geile/Leon
- Click "Jobs" and check back often.
- Osborn-Barr
- Click "Openings" and "St. Louis" for a list of openings in our area.
Be Heard
If music is your passion, why not consider a career in radio? Here are links to some of the radio opportunities in St. Louis.
- KMOX
- 1120 AM
- KFNS
- 590 AM "The Fan"
- WIL
- 92.3 FM "Today's New Country" and home of the Cornbread.
- KEZK
- 102.5 FM "Soft Rock"
- Clear Channel
- Search here for jobs from the radio giant.
Teach the Children
For those of you who want to make our future a better place...
- St. Louis Public Schools
- Check out the City School District's list of openings for teachers, principals, nurses, and much more.
- Clayton Schools
- Use the "Job Postings" Quick Link on the left to see listings for Clayton.
- Hazelwood Schools
- Job listings in the Hazelwood School District.
- Kirkwood Schools
- Kirkwood School District.
- Ladue Schools
- Ladue School District
- Lindbergh Schools
- Lindbergh School District
- Maplewood/Richmond Heights
- Maplewood/Richmond Heights School District
- Mehlville Schools
- Mehlville School District
- Normandy Schools
- Normandy School District
- Parkway Schools
- Parkway School District
- Pattonville Schools
- Pattonville School District
- Rockwood Schools
- Rockwood School District
- University City Schools
- U-City School District
- Webster Groves Schools
- Webster School District
- Hillsboro Schools
- Hillsboro R-3 School District
- Northwest Schools
- Northwest R-1 School District
More St. Louis Companies
To wrap it all up, here are links to some more St. Louis companies, or companies with offices here for you to check out.
- Drury Hotels
- Local opportunites from the hotel chain.
- Coinco
- Headquartered in St. Louis, here you'll find links to their corporate jobs.
- Commerce Bank
- Bank jobs of all sorts.
- CSI Leasing
- CSI Leasing jobs
- CPI Corp
- Select Missouri on the drop down menu to find jobs in our area.
- D&K Healthcare
- Click "Opportunities" and then "Current Openings" to see their listings.
- Bryan Cave
- For law firm jobs with this St. Louis-based company click here.
- BSI Constructors
- BSI Contructors Jobs
- Casino Queen
- Try your luck at work at the Casino Queen.
- Cass Information Systems, Inc.
- Cass Information Systems Opportunities
- CCA Global Partners
- CCA Global Opportunities Here.
- Centene Corporation
- Search Missouri Opportunities at Centene here.
- Charter Communications
- When you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
- Arch Coal
- Arch Coal Opportunities
- Argosy Alton Belle Casino
- Search for jobs with the Alton Belle from this site.
- Barry-Wehmiller
- Search for jobs at the St. Louis office of Barry-Wehmiller.
- Boeing
- Search here for jobs with Boeing.
- McBride & Sons
- McBride & Sons Opportunities
- A. G. Edwards
- It's headquartered here, so search the home office opportunities for corporate jobs.
- Alberici
- Alberici Opportunities
- Amdocs
- Careers at Amdocs
- Nestle Purina
- Search here for St. Louis jobs at Nestle Purina.
- Panera Bread Company
- Panera Bread Opportunities
- Build A Bear Workshop
- Complete with titles like "Distribu-Bear" and "Copywriter Bear"! It makes me happy.
- Anheuser Busch
- Really, don't we all want to work there?
- Zoltek
- So I'm not really sure what they do, but it sounds cool.
- World Wide Technology
- World Wide Technology Opportunities
- Watlow
- Watlow Careers
- Vi-Jon
- Vi-Jon Opportunities
- U.S. Bank
- Careers at U.S. Bank
- UniGroup, Inc.
- One of those Flash sites... so click "Employment" then "Positions"
- Spectrum Brands
- Work for Spectrum Brands.
- Talx
- Talx Opportunities
- SSM Healthcare
- A VERY LONG list of opportunities at SSM Healthcare.
- Correctional Medical Services
- Careers with Correctional Medical Services
- Sigma-Aldrich
- Sigma-Aldrich Opportunities
- Scottrade
- Scottrade Careers
- Solutia
- Work with Solutia
- Sabreliner
- Sabreliner Opportunities
- Savvis
- Opportunities with Savvis (not Savvis Center)
- St. John's Mercy Healthcare
- Mercy Careers
- RGA
- Reinsurance Group of America Careers
- Rehab Care
- Rehab Care Opportunities
- Ralcorp
- Ralcorp Careers
- Pulaski Bank
- Careers at Pulaski Bank
- Peabody
- Opportunities with Peabody
- Paric Corporation
- Paric Corporation Opportunities
