Employment opportunities lurk in many different places. Job placement agencies; online job sites; and your local newspaper all provide great job offerings. The trick to finding that perfect position is to search for jobs in places that most other people are neglecting to look. This is precisely where classifieds come in. While most job seekers used to look for employment opportunities in local papers, the internet seems to have made the local paper obsolete. Truth is that this just isn't the case at all.

Take some time to look at your local classifieds – you'll find that lots of local employment opportunities are only listed in your local paper. Many times, local employers simply won't bother listing their open positions online. In this case, those job seekers that spend time searching the local paper often find jobs that most other people miss.

Of course, this doesn't mean that you should neglect classifieds that can be found on the internet. There are lots of employment opportunities to be found online; though you'll want to be careful about whom you intend to trust. Sometimes, internet employment opportunities can turn out to be a scam.

Jobs might be hard to find these days, but your chances of finding great employment opportunities increase by digging through the classifieds. To keep it old school, use a red pen! Whether you search the online classifieds or those found in your local paper, always remember those old tried and true classifieds.