Job Search in US (What worked for me)

First of all be sure what you are looking for. If you have a background in IT Services would you be looking in the services industry or are you looking for an American company a permanent job.

There will be several offers for contract jobs, be clear if you are looking for those, if not then simply focus on perm focus. Along the job search there is a major distraction of such offers. Save the energy for searching for right jobs at the right place.

Now if you have decided to go IT Services route I know people and friends in companies like TCS, INfosys , Wipro, Accenture, Sapient, IBM, etc. This way they get referrals, CV goes directly to the HR rather than a CV bin and everybody wins. CV being shortlisted and getting an interview call is a different ball game altogeather.

If you are looking for a Perm Job in American Company. Same logic applies as mentioned above except more needs to be done on job search front. Try having a professional network profile in a site like linkedin and add all your contacts you know from past (education, job etc). Stastically (not sure of the source but certainly some leading, renowed data bank), maximum jobs , key jobs are through networking.

Finally Job sites. I had accounts with Monster, Careerbuilder, Yahoo hot jobs, dice etc. For pure tech jobs I guess dice works best. Yahoo hot jobs gives least number and least relevant jobs (at least for me), monster is ok while careerbuilder is better than the rest and has some smart tools and comfortable layout etc.

However what really works is Linkedin and Ladders. Linkedin is catching up these days and best part is recruiters from companies have profiles there (you can look at their history, clients etc.) so you can reach out to recruiters directly. Same for Ladders, not only they have jobs listed (some exclusively ladders like Linkedin) but they you can search for recruiters also (who have jobs in specific areas and job functions etc. more targetted basically). Only catch is you pay up $30 for monthly membership (my take worth it considering whats at stake for you).

Bottomline network, reach out, spend some time on sites like Linkedin and Ladders. Look at your competition (other profiles which match urs but look better on these sites).

I can push CV in Fox Interactive Media (Myspace) reach out to me in case you are looking for a job here.

On a lighter note a friend of mine told me to be patient for the right job. It takes as many number of months to get a job as many years of experience you have :) If you have 7 yrs of experience it might take you 7 months. :) Ofcourse I did not believe that ..but an interesting thought..isnt it ?