The Undergraduate Student Government wants to help you find a job.

The Penn State Daily Jolt, a Web site maintained by the USG Department of Information Technology, recently added a jobs board, described in a press release as "a great resource for finding. . .jobs."

The site, psu.dailyjolt.com/jobs, has listings for local jobs on and off campus, summer jobs, internships and full-time jobs.

Matt Miller (senior-computer science) is the assistant director of information technology and the Daily Jolt site administrator. He said the goal of the Daily Jolt is to "provide good service to the Penn State student body."

"We've had a lot of feedback. Students want to get a job," Miller said.

On-campus job postings are free and stay up for two weeks, while off-campus listings range in price depending on how long the employer wants the opening to be posted.

Jade Eckenrode (senior-chemical engineering) theorized that the more people that knew about the board, the more likely they would be to use it to find a job. "I think it would be useful to find out what else is out there — so you can see what is out there besides in Pennsylvania," she said.

Miller said the board allows students and potential employers to find each other.

"It is a centralized place for businesses to post job openings to students," Miller said.

Because the board is geared toward students, companies have "an easy way to target the Penn State student body," he added.

Jack Rayman, director of Career Services, said the impact of putting job openings online likely is at its peak, with companies finding as many as 30 percent of entry-level employees through Web sites.

Rayman also warned that, although the Internet is a "useful tool" for job hunting, students should be wary of what their searches turn up.

"There are a lot of scams," Rayman said. "If it looks too good to be true, it probably is."

Miller said he verifies local job postings and the Daily Jolt's main office in Boston verifies national listings.

Along with the board, a jobs forum was launched which allows students from any of the other Daily Jolt schools to discuss their experiences while job hunting. Peter Wiggen (graduate-mathematics) said he will not use the forum, but was unsure whether he will use the board.

"I might use it if it was well done. Some suck, some don't," Wiggen said.

The board provides students with an easier way to find a job, Miller said, and requires less effort than a typical job search.

Porter Vigil (freshman-finance) said she would definitely use the board.

"I think it gives more people more ways to find stuff," Vigil said. "I think it's useful. I think it's great."