Reality SEO Job Search Engine - Optimization Positions

In 2005 I decided to make the transition from freelance SEO consulting to in-house SEO and, for about a year, searched for corporate SEO jobs at substantial companies. I found it a bit tedious to trawl through each of the major job boards. The top standbys for SEO job searches are OASEO.com, Dice.com, SEMPO's SEO job list, the new vertical search at Indeed.com, Craigslist, SimplyHired.com (which draws extensively from Craigslist), the occassional post at SearchEngineWatch blog or other top SEO bloggers who mention full time positions in passing here or there.

The major drawback to relying on these jobs boards or even recruiters and headhunters is that each has a limited number of resources to draw from. For example, recruiters will only tell you about those positions they can get referral fees on, many of the SEO organizations rely on posts by employers. While employers may use a single recruiter, rely on a single SEO jobs board or simply ask their human resources department to find a suitable SEO job candidate. Each of those have limitations and shortcomings that are dependent on incomplete knowledge and restricted sources.

As I ruminated over how to simplify AND broaden that SEO Jobs search - Google announced their new "Custom Search Engine" based on Google Co-op. To be thorough and fair, I've also put alternate custom search engines (below) based on Eurekster and Yahoo Search Builder. Let me know what you think of the new Reality SEO Job Search Engine! A bit of advice here - use your search skills, qualifiers, query operators, and quote marks. Don't hesitate to include the city you are targeting and the words "Job" or "Position" in your search query. I've provided a generic starting point if you want to just click for a quick test.

If you want to read valuable information to help you find that plum SEO job, read my definitive article which includes SEO salary ranges, expected degrees & SEO certifications, as well as typical SEO Job Descriptions in "SEO Job Search - Finding Search Engine Optimization Positions". Once you've landed a few interviews, you'd be wise to read my Top Ten Tips for SEO Job Interviews article. If you've got comments on the results you get with this SEO Jobs custom search engine, visit this blog post and leave your comments. Finally, I just saw this great blog post by by Marios Alexandrou and All Things SEM titled, "55 SEO (job) Interview Questions" that you must read as either a candidate or an interviewer. There are things in that article that both candidates and employers should consider and/or know about.

I've been interviewed about a dozen times before accepting an SEO job myself and have participated in interviews of a couple dozen people after accepting my current position - and I hope you'll find valuable both the SEO Job Search engine, and the tools and resources linked from this page.

The short interview above is Michael McDonald of WebProNews.com Talking with Greg Jarboe of SEO-PR about the trend toward in-house SEO and the need for formal training of search engine marketers. The interview was from Search Engine Strategies in New York.

Here's an option for those of you who prefer Eurekster Swicki's for your SEO/SEM job search.

If those options don't work well for you, here's a "Job-O-Matic" widget from SimplyHired for you to try as well.

Get this SEO Job Search widget!

And finally, here's an option for those of you who prefer Yahoo! - using the Yahoo "Search Builder" option.

Let me know if the Google Custom Search Engine or the Similar Eurekster or Yahoo Search Builder version of this SEO Job Search Engine works best for your job search. Meanwhile, here is a collection of SEO Employment Articles.