So far, we've talked about websites with general job listings. Before we get to where to find jobs in specific industries, here are a few more places you may not have thought to look that may yield promising results.

Your college: If you went to a reputable center for higher education, chances are they have a career center, likely with a website with listings accessable to alumni. Many listings may even be posted there exclusively by other alumni with a lot of school pride. Your university may also have an alumni network. Browse through that, find other alumns in your industry, and contact them directly. They may have ideas for you and might even know of job opennings.

Social networks: Did you know Facebook has job listings? Listings are friendly, browsable, and if you have questions, you know who to ask. LinkedIn is a social network exclusively dedicated to business contacts. Create a profile, connect to your friends and colleagues, join groups, and search their listings. When you make connections, join groups, or post status updates, that information appears in a digest email sent to your contacts, so you can stay at the forefront of their memories.

Local listserves: Do you belong to a church, synagogue, prayer circle, co-op, bicycle group, fan society, or any kind of social club. They probably stay in touch with their members via a listserve, one which very well may have listings and classified ads. Put yourself out there and see who reaches out.

Newspapers: Newspapers used to make the bulk of their money in classified ads for cars, apartments, and jobs. Some have since phased them out of the print editions, but many have merely moved their listings online, sometimes using established sites' infrastructure. For example, check out the Wall Street Journal's CareerJournal.com, LA Times' (managed by CareerBuilder), LA Weekly's, Orange County Register's (managed by Monster), or your local paper's.

And how about where not to look –

Online recruiters: Sites like MyJobHunter purport to do the searching for you, and will even write your cover letters. What takes a few minutes of searching the website to find out buried in the FAQ is that it costs $40 to sign up and $10/month after that. A Google search revealed a lot of lovely press releases, and a few of dissatisfied customers, but no real reviews or external testimonials. Being un-free, and also sounding somewhat suspicious, I'd avoid sites like this, along with similar sites like ResumeMailman ($50+) and ResumeRabbit ($60).