Begin your job search with the Indeed search tool shown below, or look to the bottom of this page for a selection of jobs for the “Jobs for Veterans” search. Indeed.com is where I have always started my own job search, or used whenever I’m daydreaming about a new role.
Here are some tips to help you get the most our of a job search with Indeed.com.
Getting Started
Using Indeed is just like using Google, Yahoo! or MSN search tools. You can quick-search from the Indeed tool, as follows:
Step 1. Type words into the box marked ‘What’ that describe the kind of job you are looking for, such as a job title, skill or employer name.
Step 2. Type into the box marked “Where” the city, the State or the zip code where you want to find a job.
Step 3. Click the ‘Find Jobs’ button.
Jobs will be returned that match your keywords within 25 miles of the location you specify. If you enter two or more keywords, it will return only those jobs that contain ALL your words (you don’t have to include ‘and’ between the words).
Exact Phrases
Putting double quotation marks around your search term will help you find jobs containing an exact phrase.
For example, you could enter: “engineering technician”
Capitalization
The search tool is not case sensitive. It doesn’t make a difference whether you enter upper or lower case letters. Therefore, “general dynamics” is going to give you the same results as “General Dynamics”.
Narrowing Your Search
Sometimes your search will return a large number of jobs. If this happens to you, there are a couple of things you can do. First, try adding more terms to the ‘What’ box and search again. Also, don’t forget to use the ‘Where’ box – using just your zip code works well.
Another great feature is to exclude jobs containing certain keywords. Just type “not” before any terms you don’t want.
engineer NOT civil
Broadening Your Search
To find all jobs that fit your interests, however, you may need to broaden your keyword search. One thing you can do is remove keywords from the ‘What’ box and try the search again. It’s usually more effective, though, to use ‘or’ between terms. If you are looking for a leadership position, for example, you could search for: manager OR director. This will bring back all jobs that have either the word ‘manager’ or the word ‘director’ in the listing.
Abbreviations
Having a military background, you know that some names and phrases are better known by their abbreviations than their full forms. To make sure you don’t miss out on any jobs opportunities, use both abbreviated and unabbreviated forms together. For example, enter: PR OR “public relations”.
Company Names & Job Titles
If you have a dream company in mind, you can limit your search to show just jobs from a particular company or with a specific job title.
For example, enter the following into the keyword box to return all jobs at John Deere:
company:deere
Or, to return all jobs that include the word ‘analyst’ in the job title, enter this:
title:analyst
If there are multiple words in the company name or job title, use double quotation marks. For example:
title:”product development”
Complex Phrases
You can also use complex phrases to fine-tune your search.
e.g. (manager OR director) and healthcare
This will return all jobs that contain the term healthcare and either the word manager or director.
You can keep revising your search string to improve your results set. The example above could end up looking like this:
(manager OR director) and (healthcare OR pharmaceutical) NOT sales
Shown below are a listing of jobs that have been selected from Indeed using the search term: Jobs for Veterans. Sometimes it’s easier to see some results that are already done for you to get an idea of what to expect. These are actual job openings that are currently available. If you see something you like, then great! If not, use the search form at the top to find something that better fits your style. Either way, best of luck in the job search hard-charger!