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Ready, Aim, Hire! - Who's Hiring in Your Town?

Reposted from CareerAlley

Okay, so you've used a bazillion job search sites and the jobs that come up in the search are not in your city, what a waste of time. But you can target your search for the town, city and state where you live (or want to work). There are several ways to do this and we will cover some of these on today's post. Last time we covered this topic (Who's Hiring in Your Town) it was a general "how to" post. This post will provide a combination of lists of where companies are located as well as some location based search sites.

Where are the Best Companies? - The same Fortune article that has been featured in the "Best Companies" series on this site also provides a list of the companies by location. Use the state drop-down box to find your state. From your state's page, you can view the list of companies in your state (there is a city column as well). Once you've selected the company, go to their website and look for the careers page.
Craigslist - Jobs in Your Location - This link will lead to Craigslist's location page, which will list US Cities, US States, Canada and other international locations. So let's try it. Say you live in Iowa, find your state and click on Iowa. This leads to a page which lists several locations across the state. Say you live near Sioux City, click this link next. You are now on the Craigslist for Sioux City Iowa. Go to the Jobs column and click your job category - you now have a list of job opportunities in your city.
Where are the Fastest Growing Companies? - Same deal here as the first link. The same Fortune article htat has been used for the "Fastest Growing Companies" series on this blog can be leveraged by location. Use the state drop-down box to find your state. From your state's page, you can view the list of companies in your state (there is a city column as well). Once you've selected the company, go to their website and look for the careers page.
Local Jobs - "Every local job" is the tag line for this site. The main page has a very simple interface, with a simple search engine on the main page. As an example, using this search I was able to determine that there are 332 bank teller jobs near Brooklyn NY (which is what I used in my criteria). According to the site, there are over 252,000 jobs listed on this site across the US.
Find Jobs by Zip - This site does exactly what it says - finds jobs by zip. I tried with several zip codes and the results were very good. You have the option of picking your state from a list at the top of the page or using the map (same location). They have a list of the latest listings below the map, but the best way to search on this site is to use the "by zip code" method. Lastly, but importantly, at the bottom of the page is a listing of search sites specific to states, try this as well.