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"Classified Ads Online -- Web Simplifies Job SearchFirst place to start is a company's site.The economy may be picking up steam and jobs are more plentiful, but chances are you still can't pick up the local newspaper and find a job that's perfect for you.Enter the Internet, which in recent years has become a big player in the human resources game as companies post jobs they'd like to fill and potential employees make a virtual pitch to land them. In fact, if you know who you'd like to work for, that company's Web site may be the best place to start the application process. Biggies ranging from Borders (www.bordersstores.com) to General Motors Corp. (www.gm.com) to KeyCorp (www.key.com) make it easy for you to learn about job opportunities and even submit applications online.Still other sites offer a centralized, easily searched database of jobs. Monster, based in Maynard, Mass., celebrating its 10th year, is perhaps the largest and most widely used service (www.monster.com). The online job service operates 22 local language and content sites in 20 countries.One of the strengths of this site is that you can narrow your search by geography and job title. A recent search in the Youngstown area, for instance, turned up about 250 openings overall; categories with the most listings include sales (80), manufacturing and production (17), nursing (9), and accounting (8).You might try CareerBuilder.com, which offers similar job-search serv-ices. At this site I searched for jobs in the Sharon, Pa., area -- and turned up 172 possibilities. Search engine giant Yahoo! is another popular database (www.hotjobs.com). Here, I found just 77 listings in the Youngstown area and only five in and around Sharon, but the jobs seem geared more toward the executive level at higher pay.Want access to a variety of job-search sites at a single portal? Buzz over to SearchBug.com, which offers links to the major sites. Or, if your heart is set on a job in Ohio, try www.ohiocareers.com, www.statejobs.ohio.gov, www.ohiojobsnetwork.com or www.job-hunt.org/jobs/ohio.shtml or www.ejobs.org/states/oh.html.Keystone State more to your liking? Just substitute "Pennsylvania" for the "Ohio" in the above Web addresses and go to Pennsylvania sites. Or, try www.pennsylvania.jobopenings.net, www.madeinpajobs.com or www.pennsylvaniajobs.com.Many Web sites cater to specific occupations. The career field is obvious at LawEnforcementJobs.com, which targets police officers, sheriffs, state troopers and the like. If you want to work in city or county government, head over to GovtJobs.com to see what's new. School teachers and administrators might check Education Week's Agent K-12 (www.agentk-12.org).Those who want to do it themselves will find plenty of opportunities at All Freelance (www.allfreelance.com) or Sologig.com. And temporary job listings are plentiful at Net-Temps (www.net-temps.com).Other sites are more specialized. CoolWorks (www.coolworks.com) is about finding seasonal jobs at interesting places such as national parks, ski resorts, ranches, tour companies and more. Similarly, Funjobs.com offers possibilities with intriguing titles such as wrangler, golf activity specialist, hiking guide and stagecoach/wagon driver.Finally, never overlook online newspaper classifieds as a potential source of job opportunities. Here, some of the best choices range from geographic (e.g., the Chicago Tribune, www.chicagotribune.com/classified) to occupation. For instance, the Chronicle of Higher Education lists job openings from more than 1,010 colleges and universities (http://chronicle.com)."