Big Internet portals such as Yahoo , Excite , Lycos , Infoseek , and Snap have buttons that link to employment opportunities culled from job listings on corporate sites. To search in a specific city, try looking at the classified section of the city's local newspaper. Thankfully, they're generally online these days. In Boston, look at The Boston Globe's site. Other major dailies with online classifieds include The New York Times , The San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner , The San Jose Mercury News , and The Chicago Tribune .
Newspapers also print articles on the job market and list upcoming job fairs and area employers.
Finally, most Web-based companies list their staff positions on the Web, along with the technical skills the jobs require. For job listings at CNET, for example, go to the Job Openings page. Poke around at the corporate Web sites of companies you want to work for. Fortunately, the Net is also a great place to network, especially for programmers and software engineers. Tune into a Usenet newsgroup and get into a discussion about your area of expertise.