In October, after I lost my job, I shared 8 Job Hunting Sites For The Out-of-Work Mom. These were the sites I planned to utilize in my job hunt. I’m still utilizing them. There’s been a few leads. On the very few interviews I’ve had, I came across and chatted with quite a few people. Of these people, I met three moms who were interviewing for different positions. Accounting, administrative assistant and office management. Each at different interviews. Two of the moms had children who were at an age where mom could return to work (one’s hubby was forcing her and the other was loosing her PA) and the other mom’s hubby had lost his job and both her and her husband were looking for new jobs to supplement his huge lost income, (due to the company he worked for going bankrupt). It was really taking a toll on her. She was missing her two sets of twins sitting in daycare.

It’s hard to be a mom of four who’s recently lost her job in a screwy economy. It’s even harder to be a mom who hasn’t worked in years and is now forced to enter the workforce in a screwy economy. I suggested my 8 job sites to each of the moms, who weren’t really internet/social media savvy, but now I wished I had reached out further by exchanging email addresses, because now that I’ve researched it, I’ve found a handful of sites that I would have recommended to them.The email would have gone like this:

This Out OF Work Mom

So I was officially laid off yesterday. Yeah, I got axed. But it’s OK, everything happens for a reason. We’re going to be fine. I’ll be reviewing the job boards come Monday morning. I’m just going to chill this weekend. There’s quite a few places to look, so I figured I’d share a few of the lesser known in the event there were other out of work moms that were sick of Monster and Craigslist and their local paper.

Linkedin Job Boards
I’ve had a profile there for a while now and have about a 100 contacts to bug for leads.
A lot of people know about LinkedIn but did you know there are also quite a few recruiters that are members who are open to you contacting them. Be sure to join forums too, because you’ll find jobs listed in the forums that you won’t find on the general board, or at least I have.

Style Careers
Positions in the fashion industry. Accounting, advertising, marketing, planning, purchasing, photography, engineering, manufacturing and a host of others.

Creative Hotlist
Positions in the imaging industry.

Indeed.com
A search engine for jobs, allowing job seekers to find jobs posted on thousands of company career sites and job boards.

Career Journal
The WSJ’s career website.

Six Figure Jobs
It’s a premiere executive career community / job board that offers relevant online job search resources and content for $100k+ job seekers and recruiters. Probably out of my league, but hey, you never know.

True Careers
Job board for professionals with degrees.

Simply Hired
Another search engine for jobs, similar to Indeed.

So there’s my list. If you have any sites to suggest, please do. Good luck to those hunting too.