| If you've decided to get a part time job, you may | | | | online and are available for free for anyone who |
| be wondering where would be the best place to | | | | wants to look. Since many local businesses will be |
| start looking. Finding good part time job listings can | | | | more comfortable with advertising part time jobs this |
| be difficult, especially if you are looking in the wrong | | | | way, you have a better chance of finding what you |
| places. But if you know which places to avoid, and | | | | are looking for. |
| how to protect yourself from scams, you will find it | | | | Another good resource would be specialized job |
| much easier to find the job you are looking for. | | | | boards. These are the smaller, and often less known, |
| The first thing you'll want to know is where you | | | | job boards that specialize in something. Some may |
| probably don't want to look. The big job boards that | | | | specialize in only jobs that pay by the hour, where |
| post all kinds of jobs from all around the country will | | | | others will cater to a particular industry such as food |
| fall into this category for you. These sites can be | | | | services. Use your favorite search engine to look |
| very good when you are looking for some jobs, but | | | | using words that describe the job you want along |
| for a part time job, you're probably wasting your | | | | with words like "job listings" to find these boards. |
| time on these. | | | | One other resource that may or may not be good, |
| One problem with these big job sites is that they | | | | depending on your location, would be online classified |
| attract mostly recruiters who are looking for many | | | | listing websites like Craig's List. Often employers will |
| candidates to fill a job listing they received from one | | | | use these because they are free to post on, but be |
| of their clients. Many part time jobs won't be filled | | | | aware that you are more likely to run into scams and |
| this way, so you won't find many listed there. | | | | "business opportunities" at these sites than at the |
| Another problem is that many of the supposed part | | | | others. |
| time positions are really "business opportunities" | | | | Be careful to avoid being taken in by a scam. If |
| rather than jobs. | | | | someone wants you to pay for information about a |
| So if you don't want to look at the big job boards, | | | | job, or wants you to pay to submit an application, it |
| where do you want to look? One great resource | | | | is probably a scam. And if the job appears to be too |
| would be the classified ads from your local | | | | good to be true, as the old saying goes, it probably |
| newspaper. Most papers now have these listings | | | | is, so avoid these too. |