• Find ALL of your local news papers, and search them.
• Don't go online to the newspaper sites. Many newspapers do not have all of their classified listings online, or don't post them immediately. Go get a paper.
• Many employers will post technical jobs on their web site or on national job search sites. Put all of the big local employers in your favorites, and check them daily (at least weekly). 

Job Search Links: 

Job.com offers free searches and free resume postings. Post your resume for free and receive a free resume critique, plus other free career resources. 

The Freelance Work Exchange has many resources to help you find telecommuting positions and contract work. They don't charge $25, $100 or more just to let you see what they have like many Work at home sites that you find. There's free info to get you started, and you can see all that they have to offer for only $2.95! 

Monster.com - One of the biggest job search sites. Offers the ability to search job openings by location, category, and keyword. Also offers the ability to post a resume, and create a search agent.   

Dice.com - A site dedicated to Tech jobs and Technical sales only! Has searches of most metro areas, as well as a search by area code. Convenient search agent will feed you job leads by e-mail.

CareerBuilder - one of the biggest job site networks. Combines on-line ads with job listings from newspaper classified ad sources. 

America's Job Bank -  Free for both job seekers and employers from the state unemployment agencies and directly from employers. Many functions available - job search, resume posting, and a job search scout. A Privacy Policy is posted. 

DirectEmployers.com - several large employers combined their efforts to create their own job site and this is it, combining a big site's search and support capabilities with opportunities from the employer Web sites! 

CareerJournal - from The Wall Street Journal, offers excellent news (of course!) and contains a large and growing library of excellent job search articles. Find jobs using the Advanced Search feature.

AllJobSearch - Search a bunch of job sites at once, (like Monster, HotJobs, and CareerBuilder). It will also pull in results from other sources depending on your search criteria, like from newspaper classifieds, and Internet newsgroups, and employer or local interest sites!

EmploymentWizard.com - Pulls recent employment ads from national and local newspapers for the last 15 days, and direct employer postings. Use the Advanced Job Finder for the best results. 

You don't have to work for one company forever. Work for yourself, or open yourself up to the Global Workplace. 

Don't forget local newspapers. Many companies will only place an ad in one local paper. Find your local papers and check them daily. 

Find out who the largest employers and companies are in the area. This includes city, state and federal governments. Check their web sites for postings. Your local chamber of commerce may have a listing of the largest companies, as well as their sites.