Fuentes para la búsqueda de ofertas de empleo en el sector privado para profesionales de la información en España. Una experiencia personal

The aim of this paper is to provide a general framework about information sources on job vacancies for information managers. That is, a basic guide to an active and efficient job searches. As a final product, both description and classification of these resources, and some recommendations for their use are provided. To do this, different names of the information professional were analyzed. Then, by using these names, the Google search engine and previous knowledge, a number of online resources for searching job opportunities in the field of information and documentation were also analyzed and described. Some of them are well known by specialist workers as part of their educational and professional experience. After that, these resources were classified using various criteria, which facilitated a better understanding of them. By observing these resources, job offers, as well as how they were published on Internet, some observations regarding the operation and characteristics of the analyzed resources were shown. Finally, some recommendations on the use of these resources, which give preference to certain resources, notifications and alerts by e-mail, were shown. In this way, some tasks on job search could be automated, avoiding the overload of work and saving time for job seekers, gaining in efficiency.