Weddle’s, a company that publishes job-search books, conducts an annual poll to determine the best Web sites for job hunters. Fortune magazine’s Anne Fisher divulges the results and chats with Peter Weddle about why the winners won and how job seekers can make practical use of the results:

This time around, one-third of the sites with the most votes are general-purpose job boards that serve a broad cross-section of industries, professions, and locations. The other two-thirds are niche sites that focus on a specific industry, career field, or geographic area.

That mix is probably no coincidence. “Most job seekers use a number of different sites. The average now is five,” says Weddle. “I recommend using two of the big general sites like CareerBuilder.com or Yahoo! HotJobs and three specialty sites — one that concentrates on your career field, one industry site, and one that focuses on the location where you live or want to live. That way you’re covered from all angles,

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