Applying Online – Employers and Job Boards
Employer’s websites
Newspapers, broadcast outlets, and digital publishers sometimes recruit directly from their company websites. Submitting an online application to work for your favorite news source is a good way to begin your job search. Here are some career pages for companies you might like to work for. You can use any of these links to start applying for jobs at that company. This list is nowhere near exhaustive.
- Associated Press
- Reuters
- Bloomberg News
- New York Times
- Washington Post
- Wall Street Journal
- USA Today
- National Public Radio
- The Atlantic
- Politico
- The Economist
- Time Magazine
- Christian Science Monitor
- Forbes Magazine
Veterans job boards
Job boards are an invaluable resource for any job search. It can be especially helpful for veterans to frequent military- or veteran-oriented job boards, in addition to traditional job boards like Monster.com and Craigslist. See below for a list of reputable military job boards, and note that this list is not exhaustive.
- Hirepurpose
- ACP AdvisorNet
- GI Jobs
- Hire Veterans
- RecruitMilitary
- Veterans.jobs
- VetJobs
- Silent Professionals
Journalism job boards
Getting tied in to job boards specifically intended for journalists and producers is a great way to see what jobs are out there for you and get on the radar of hiring managers in the industry. To get the most out of these, you may want to make a complete profile and keep it up to date.
Translating your Military Skills to Civilian Terms
Translating your military skills into terms that civilian hiring managers will understand is a challenge but the better they understand your valuable skills and qualifications, the more likely you are to get the job! We’ve compiled a list of websites and organizations that can help.