In the past people studied the job ads in the daily newspapers; today, when looking for a new professional challenge, people simply browse the internet. There are now numerous, reputable job portals that offer up-to-date vacancies from a wide range of industries. Many job boards also provide useful additional features, such as the ability to add your own CV or helpful tips for a successful application. The 10 most important job portals in Austria include:
Stepstone.at
Stepstone was founded in 1996 in Norway and now has branches in Europe, the USA and Asia.
- Offers: Stepstone records about 6,000 new job offers per month for Austria. Those who want to extend their search to all of Europe will find over 200,000 job listings from a wide variety of sectors and professional fields.
- Target audience: Stepstone appeals to a very large group of job seekers. Whether management positions or secretarial jobs, engineering or creative work — the range of offers is broad.
- Search function: the quick search only requires entering the desired job title and location. However, you can also search in detail, by occupational field or in so‑called job channels that specialize in a particular sector.
- Additional services: free job offers by email, newsletter, application tips, creating your own CV.
Meinjob.at
The Austrian online job platform www.meinjob.at is a company of Mediengruppe Österreich and is part of the OE24 network.
Offers:
- Meinjob.at records approximately 6,500 new job offers per month for Austria.
- The focus of the offered jobs is on the areas of sales, controlling, finance and accounting, retail, etc.
Target audience:
- Meinjob.at is generally aimed at anyone looking for a job, but especially at those who are interested in well-known companies headquartered in Austria, such as Post, Erste Bank, Fressnapf, or Raiffeisen Landesbank.
Search function:
- The suitable job can be searched for by category, federal state, or a relevant keyword.
Additional service:
- Free job offers by email
- Newsletter
- Job alert
- Gross–Net Calculator
- Inclusion of listings in the daily newspaper Österreich
- Icon with the text "Applications from people with disabilities are expressly welcome"
- Meinjob.at also offers an apprenticeship page at www.lehrling.at
Karriere.at
karriere.at is an independent career portal that aims to bring together Austrian executives and top domestic companies.
- Offers: the focus of the jobs offered is in the areas of leadership/management/entrepreneurship, accounting/controlling, as well as sales/customer support/service. Occasionally scientific professions or jobs in the education/training sector are also offered.
- Target audience: karriere.at primarily addresses specialists and managers from technical and commercial fields.
- Search function: anyone searching for a job via karriere.at must specify 4 criteria. On the one hand the desired professional field and federal state (Bundesland), on the other hand the preferred type of employment and the desired position level.
- Additional services: salary calculator, templates for cover letters, job alert, career blog, enter your own resume.
Monster.at
2.6 million searches are carried out per month on monster.at – the Austrian job portal also benefits from the international Monster network, which extends to over 60 countries worldwide.
- Offers: here you can find job listings across all sectors and federal states. The most popular areas are Marketing/PR, Sales and Administration. Those who want to broaden their horizons will also find worldwide job listings.
- Target audience: monster.at primarily targets people who plan their career paths individually and who want a highly personalized job search for that purpose.
- Search function: searches are performed by keyword and by federal state/postal code/city. Alternatively, applicants can filter by a specific company or by a specific category/industry.
- Additional services: job alerts by email, submit your CV, application tips, forum for exchanging experiences with other applicants.
Gigajob.at
Strictly speaking, gigajob.at is a meta-search engine that largely draws on other job portals.
- Offers: applicants can choose from nearly 7,000 job listings. The job postings cover a wide variety of sectors and federal states. Worldwide listings are also available on gigajob.at.
- Target audience: gigajob.at appeals to anyone who is currently searching for a job.
- Search function: the simple search requires entering the desired job title and specifying the preferred work location. If desired, users can filter the search by country, city, industry and type of work (e.g., teleworking).
- Additional services: create a free applicant profile, free access to the FAQ help for applicants, career journal, application tips.
Green-jobs.at
The career platform green-jobs.at originated from a joint initiative of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, karriere.at and green jobs Austria.
- Listings: as the name suggests, on green-jobs.at you will find only job listings from the environmental sector. Listings always refer only to domestic companies; international jobs are not advertised.
- Target audience: green-jobs.at appeals to applicants who are interested in a profession in the environmental field and/or related sectors. The areas of activity are varied; they range from consulting and leadership/management to clerical work or legal affairs.
- Search function: the search form is simple and easy to understand. Searches are performed by job title and the desired location of the prospective employer.
- Additional services: application tips, gross-to-net calculator, magazine about 'green topics', information on education and further training, company fact checks, newsletter.
AMS e-Jobroom
The so-called e-Jobroom is the official online job portal of the Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS).
- Offers: with the e-Jobroom, AMS Austria expands its scope of work. It ensures that advertised jobs are accessible and viewable by applicants around the clock. All positions that have been reported as vacant to the Public Employment Service are advertised, including apprenticeships and training positions.
- Target group: for many jobseekers, the AMS is the first point of contact. Accordingly, the target audience of the e-Jobroom is broad. It is essentially aimed at all people of any age who are looking for a new job.
- Search function: three different search functions are available in the e-Jobroom. The free search can be performed by occupation, location, or company name. The guided search filters by type of employment relationship, and the AMS job robot searches external company websites for listings.
- Additional service: creation of personality and interest profiles by applicants. Registered users can enter resumes and save search criteria.
Hoteljob-oesterreich.at
Anyone interested in a job in gastronomy or the hotel industry is well served by hoteljob-oesterreich.at.
- Offers: this portal specializes in job offers from the hotel, gastronomy, and tourism sectors, as well as positions carried out on river and cruise ships.
- Target audience: the addressees are primarily managers but also skilled workers from a wide range of areas such as child caregivers, head chefs, butlers, hotel managers, and many more.
- Search function: the search form includes the categories occupation, field, and desired level.
- Additional services: free storage of CVs including photo, information for applicants, and the ability to post job-seeking ads.
Unijobs.at
Originally launched as a student platform, unijobs.at is now considered one of the largest job boards for side and part-time jobs.
- Offers: unijobs.at offers side jobs, part-time jobs, student jobs, marginal employment, and internships from all occupational fields and in all Austrian federal states.
- Target group: here too the platform's name already hints at the target audience. Unijobs.at primarily addresses students looking for a side job or graduates who want to gain initial professional experience after completing their studies.
- Search function: searches are performed using 3 different categories. Applicants must specify the kind of work they want, the type of employment, and the desired federal state.
- Additional services: blog, application tips, search results by email, and the option to save favorites for the next search.
jobspot.at
jobspot.at is another attractive job board both for applicants and for companies that want to advertise a position. To distribute listings particularly effectively, jobspot.at relies on social media.
- Offers: jobspot.at offers jobs from a wide range of occupational fields. In addition to searching for full-time jobs, applicants also have the option to look for freelance positions and internships.
- Target audience: basically anyone who wants new professional challenges.
- Search function: when searching for jobs you can filter by job type, salary range, job category, and publication date. If desired, you can also try the "keywords" search, which looks for job offers matching specific terms.
- • Additional services: free publication of your own CV, a blog on application and career topics, social networking on Facebook, Twitter, and the like.
