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Web Sites for the Jobless

Unemployment in the U.S. has hit a 14-year high as companies cut back. That has sent masses of laid-off workers flocking to the Web in search of opportunities and job sites have been stepping up to meet the challenge.

Some sites, such as www.Vault.com and www.JobCoachTips.com , are providing career counseling and other new services. Vault.com has created a $999 service for job seekers to get two 45-minute career coaching sessions over the phone to help them land a new job. JobCoachTips.com offers a one-hour career coaching session with a certified executive & business coach for $275 and a year's subscription to weekly job coaching tips for $9.95.

JobCoachingTips.com offers 21 job seeking tips for $9.95 plus links to free and low-cost online career self assessments, free interview tips and a link to CareerBuilder.com:

For a Year's Subscription to weekly Job Search/Career Transition Tips, click here:

For 21 Career Transition Tips, click here.

To Find Jobs, click here.

For Career Assessments, click here.

For a free Interview Success Guide, click here.

Job search sites are experiencing a dramatic spike in usage. The total number of minutes that Internet users spent on such Web sites jumped 13% in October from a year earlier, while the total number of job-site pages viewed rose 20% in the same period, according to comScore Inc., a market research company based in Reston, VA. Overall, the number of unique visitors to job search sites is up 12% in the past year, more than the 5% increase for the Internet as a whole.

One thing career sites haven't been able to perk up for job seekers is the total number of job listings.

As of earlier this month, the number of job listings on www.Dice.com was down 9% for the year so far, compared with the same period in 2007, says a spokeswoman, who declined to reveal underlying numbers. At www.Indeed.com, the number of open positions has stayed flat at about five million jobs over the past year, says Indeed.com Chief Executive Paul Forster.