After 2 months (April-May 2001) of looking I finally found a job as a Senior Developer at GlobeOp Financial Services. Here are some links I found helpful and think might be beneficial to others. Yes, I know you can find plenty of lists like these on the Internet, but I have personally used all of these resources and have left out the ones not worth the time. Lastly, many of these resources are geared towards computer related jobs so they might not be helpful if you are searching for a job in a different sector. Feel free to email me at op@prusak.com if you have any comments.
Ophir Prusak
May 23rd, 2001

Job listing Sites. Be sure to take advantage of the automated "we'll email you if there is something new that matches what you are looking for" feature some of the sites have. It's a real time saver:

Information related resources:
  • Silicon Alley Daily. You can sign up for the daily email update.http://www.siliconalley.com
  • Bernardo's list. This is the best mailing list for Internet-industry events and party-ish tech related events in NYC. Highly recommended.www.bernardoslist.com
Recruiters in the NYC area. The recruiters listed here are not "mass market". I've met with all of them and I felt like I was working with a friend, and not just someone who was just trying to make a buck. Most importantly, I got interviews through each of these companies. Other
  • Here is a houmorous short clip called 8 1/2 x 11. It's about interviewing. Click Here to view it (on iFilrm.com).
  • Very funny cartoon on looking for a job Odd Todd

When asked on a mailing list:
Does anyone out there know where I might want to look for web development / webmaster / application developer jobs in NYC or anywhere?

Here is one of the replies: 

Two major NYC groups for "networking" to find web development
  jobs are NYNMA and WWWAC.
      NYNMA ( http://www.nynma.org ) is the New York New Media
  Association, and it is a bit exclusive since it has a substantial
  membership fee - but it occasionally holds free events that are
  called "CyberSuds" where people meet to hobnob, drink,
  and exchange business cards (ie look for staff/work).
      WWWAC ( http://wwwac.org )is the WWWeb Artists Consortium
  which has a slightly smaller membership fee.  It's meetings
  are largely hype.  But it has the primary mailing list for
  the NYC Web Development community.  The mailing list is high
  volume (80+ per day) but job postings are fairly frequent
  (several each week even in slow times), and normally the word
  "JOB" is included in the header making it possible to use your
  email filter to read only the job postings.   Other "job networking"
  events are sometimes posted there, and, of course, local industry
  gossip.   Instructions for subscribing are on their web site
  along with rules about posting (ie do not post a resume, but
  you can ask for leads and put your personal url in your footer).
          The web industry in NYC is very cliquish, and the most 
  likely way to get work is through personal contacts.  Full-time
  jobs are scarce, but there is still a fair amount of free-lance
  contract work, which sometimes leads to more permanent positions.
  Many of the "established players" came from the graphics design
  industry, so talking to friends and acquaintances in that field
  might turn up some leads.
        The tech market in NYC is very depressed right now; BUT,
  it is slowly but definitely recovering.   The keys are:
  patience, persistence, presentation.
            Good luck.
                                   Ruth Shanen
					April 2002

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