I’ve been around the job boards a lot in my career as an ASP.NET Web Developer. In this article, I break down the good, bad, and ugly of the top job boards.

Craigslist

Craigslist is good for new ASP.NET Web Developers who are looking to build up their resume. You can find a lot of jobs working for small businesses or startups here. Occasionally, you will see jobs for Mid to Senior level but there are better job boards for experienced devs.

indeed

indeed is the newest job board on my list. I used it for the first time in the past year. I really liked that I was able to tell indeed if I was not interested in a job and it was removed from my list. They also have a feature where you can tell it if you applied for the job which is useful if an external link to apply was in the job description but the application process was not tracked by indeed. The one major pet peeve I have with indeed is that you can’t filter your search to find jobs that have a telecommute option. You can always add telecommute to your search terms but that’s not always accurate.

Monster and CareerBuilder

I’m lumping Monster and CareerBuilder together because they are basically the same IMO. You can find jobs on both sites but they are not tailored to only tech jobs. Also, if you post your resume on either site get ready for an endless stream of phone calls for sales and insurance jobs! They also present you with ads all the time – when you click a link to read a job ad, when you click a link to apply to a job ad, when you click a link to submit an application – it’s very annoying.

FlexJobs

FlexJobs is a paid service so automatically I hate it. You shouldn’t have to pay to view job listings and most of the jobs posted on FlexJobs are also posted on other free job boards. They say that you have to pay because their listings are vetted but I don’t buy it (see what I did there? PUNS).

Dice

Dice has been my #1 goto site for jobs since 2005. It continues to be awesome, you can set up job alerts and filter your search results to find jobs that offer telecommuting. I never turn off my job alerts because I like to keep up to date with hot skills and salaries. My only issue with Dice is that there is no way to manually track jobs you applied for where the application process was not through Dice.

Have you used a job board before? What was your experience? Join the conversation by adding a comment below!