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Career Planning
America's Career InfoNet
"Smart career decisions start here! Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and the most extensive career resource library online."
Career Journal from The Wall Street Journal
This page by the Wall Street Journal provides a lot of useful information regarding job hunting advice, succeeding at work, salaries, who's hiring, and articles about careers and employment.Career: US News
The career page by US News contains career outlook articles covering healthcare, education, technology, finance, and service. Search this site for entry-level jobs, teaching jobs, volunteer jobs, internships, and study abroad programs.Careers in Science & Engineering: A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond
The National Academy of Sciences provides online access to Careers in Science and Engineering which includes information about career goals, survival skills and personal attributes.EmploymentGuide.com
EmploymentGuide.com features a search engine for resumes, career advice, job searches, and lets the user create an account in their database. Search the job page by keywords for category and geographic location.Jobfind.com
This site contains links to pages for searching for jobs, posting resumes, and corporate profiles (listed in alphabetical order). Use the event calendar to find dates for recruiting events and job fairs.Occupational Outlook Handbook
The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics supplies an online, searchable Occupational Outlook Handbook. The Handbook provides advancement opportunities, descriptions, earnings, entry requirements, and working conditions for hundreds of occupations.The Princeton Review
This site offers articles and other resources in the subjects of careers, companies, jobs, internships, industries, books & software, and career discussions.What Can I Do With This Major?
This Web page helps students connect majors with careers by providing information and related links for majors ranging from Accounting to Theater.
Resume Building
#1 Resume Writing Services & Resume Tips Resource Center
This site includes resume tips for a variety of disciplines, including engineering, healthcare, trade professions and more. A link to 60 free resume workshops is also provided.collegegrad.com
This commercial site offers users information on getting started with a resume, provides resume templates for many major fields, describes how to post and update a resume, and gives information on how to get references for a resume.Damn Good Resume
Yana Parker, the author of The Resume Catalog: 200 Damn Good Examples, provides tips about content, format, gaps in work history, how to avoid discrimination, how to present seasonal employment history, and use of paper styles.
Resumes
Brea Barthel and Amanda Goldrick-Jones of the Rensselaer Writing Center at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute offer suggestions for preparing a resume in the following 8 sections: Gather and check all necessary information, Match your experience and skills with an employer's needs, Highlight details that demonstrate your capabilities, Organize the resume effectively, Consider word choice carefully, Ask other people to comment on your resume, Make the final product presentable, and Evaluate your resume.Riley Guide: Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet
This site provides information about preparing for a job search; resumes and cover letters; targeting and researching employers; executing a job search campaign; job listings; networking, interviewing, and negotiating; salary guides and guidance; and information for recruiters. There is also an A-Z index, as well as information about how to get listed on this site.
Cover Letter Writing
Best College Cover Letters
This site from collegegrad.com supplies the best and worst uses of cover letters, a sample cover letter, and cover letter techniques and checklists.Cover Letters
The Rensselaer Writing Center at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute provides information about the content and format of a cover letter, along with sample cover letters.Dynamic Cover Letters Tutorial
This site, sponsored by Dynamic Cover Letters, offers an online cover letter writing tutorial, links to other career sites and general information about career searches.
Interviewing
TrueCareers
Career City, an award-winning commercial career resources Web site, supplies interviewing tips that include information about the basics of interviewing, the importance of an interview, and types of interviews. This site also contains information about searching for jobs, posting resumes, and more.
Job Hunting
About.com Job Searching
About.com provides a page specifically for the job seeker. The page provides posted jobs in various categories, such as Internet jobs, international jobs, jobs by e-mail and jobs by state. You can also find listings for entry-level jobs, internships, job fairs, local jobs, resume postings, and temporary jobs.Academic360.com
"Academic360.com is a meta-collection of Internet resources that have been gathered for the academic job hunter. It includes links to faculty, staff, and administrative announcements and is not restricted to teaching positions." This is an excellent page for the education (or related field) job-seeker. A presentation at a conference for the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) started this site.Academic Careers Online
"Academic Careers Online includes faculty, research, post doc, adjunct, administrative, and senior management positions at (community) colleges, universities, and research institutes around the world."America's Career InfoNet
In addition to providing information on the latest job trends and state salary information, this page contains a number of online career tools and career resources, as well as information on the general employment outlook for certain careers, wages and trends, required job skills, and state information. It also contains a resource library with "[n]early 5,500 links to online Career Resources."America's Job Bank
America's Job Bank provides U.S. Department of Labor information such as wage and occupational trends and geographic profiles - click on Career Infonet to access these links. An online resume service and access to thousands of job listings are also available.
Asktheheadhunter
This site provides tips on strategy and job hunting skills, mistakes that kill, how to interview, success stories, as well as links to a bookstore and other resources recommended by this site and more.
Careerpath.com
Careerpath is a company that offers substantial information regarding jobs and careers. This site provides current (none older than one month) job listings from the Help Wanted ads of leading US newspapers, and from leading employers' Web sites. Search the jobs database by keywords, city, state, and/or job category. In addition, it also provides a personalized job search option, an online bookstore and information about which companies are hiring.Career.com
Career.com simplifies and speeds up the job and recruitment process for both employers and candidates on this site by "[connecting] employers with qualified job seekers." Job seekers can search for jobs and save their resume on this homepage. Employers are able to post jobs on this site and participate in the Virtual Job Fair.CareerMag.com
This site, sponsored by Career Magazine, contains a lot of great resources for job seekers. This site contains a resume bank, job-opening search, and numerous articles dealing with topics such as how to negotiate an employment contract or ask for a raise.
CareerShop
This job hunting site contains a Career Toolbox, which allows the user to search for jobs, post or edit a resume, and link to resume services. Sections are also provided for employer services, hiring systems, and technology training.
CareerWeb
The site has a useful link to the Jobseeker Zone where resumes can be posted. It also has a job search engine and a list of Featured Employers and Featured Jobs.
Catapult
The Catapult site, part of the National Association of Colleges and Employers, offers links to Career Offices, Colleges and Universities, Employment Centers, Industry Information, Job Information/Listings by Field, Job Search Sites Online: NACE Member Favorites, Relocation Resources, Assessment Tools, Career Choices, Career Course Syllabi, Career Library Resources, Graduate and Professional Schools, Help for Parents, International Resources, Job Search Guides, NACE Catalog, Reprint Permission, Resources for Persons with Disabilities, and a Guide to Resume Writing.Chronicle of Higher Education: Career Network
The Chronicle supplies weekly academic job announcements in higher education, advertiser profiles, career news, and links to information and articles on a number of topics related to jobhunters in this field.College Grad
This is an excellent site designed for the recent college graduate. The page features information on preparation, job postings, resumes, cover letters, employer research, interviewing, salaries and offers, and tips after getting a new job. Numerous links are available for all the information on entry-level jobs, internships, employers, and Internet job-search strategiesCool Works
Cool Works.com provides links to over 75,000 job openings in national parks, camp jobs, ski resorts, ranches and more.
HelpWanted.com
HelpWanted.com provides links to a variety of information to help with the job search, subscription to a "Job Hunting Tips" newsletter, the ability to post a resume, advice and resources, and information about placing a help wanted ad for employers. View a job by category or by city at this site. Click on these links to find employment possibilities in Des Moines, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Omaha.HotJobs
Searches can be made by job category, by company, by staffing firm, by US location, and by international location, as well as a link to the HotJob Canada site.
IowaJobs
The site has job listings for full time and part time workers. Some very useful Job Listing resources are also present. "IowaJobs provides links to job listings in other states through America's Job Bank and additional local, state and federal jobs."JobBank USA
"JobBankUSA.com's state of the art resume database provides recruiters, headhunters and corporate human resource professionals easy access to some of the brightest talent in the workforce today." The page allows resume submission and the ability to search through job ads. This page also includes resources, such as Fortune 500 jobs, hot companies, newsgroups, career fairs, and career building. Up-to-date news dealing with employment, job hiring, layoff, and unemployment can also be viewed.Job-Hunt.Org
The Job-Hunt site provides an exhaustive list of links to classified ads, academic and corporate sites, recruiting agencies, and more.JobHuntersBible.com
This page offers advice on questions related to finding a job. It is also possible to receive help on resume building and job searching at this site as well. This site is designed as a supplement to the book What Color is Your Parachute? by Dick Bolles, one of the most widely read authors in the career field.Jobsearchlink.com
Job seekers can post a resume, search for jobs, and access employment resources at Jobsearchlink.com.Monster
Monster, a commercial site produced by a recruitment advertising agency called TMP Worldwide, includes hundreds of thousands of position listings. Job seekers can search by company name, location, discipline, and specific job title. It also has a Monster Campus section that provides information regarding interviewing, resumes and letters, and career advice.monsterTRAK.COM
monsterTRAK is a college-targeted site utilized by over 500,000 employers to fill entry-level and experienced, full-time, part-time, temporary and internship opportunities. Northwest students, alumni, and staff may acquire a password to this database by contacting the Office of Career Services at 660-562-1250 or e-mail career@nwmissouri.edu.NationJob.com
"NationJob's value-added services include a network of Specialty Sites promoting jobs in specific employment categories, Custom Jobs Pages and Community Pages for individual companies and communities, cross-postings to other sites on the web, and P.J. Scout, one of the best-known and most successful uses of push technology in the employment realm." "NationJob's Community Sponsorship Program is the number one community-based Internet recruitment program in the US, serving a total population of over 100 million people in communities in over thirty-five states."
OverseasJobs.com
This site provides links to overseas job opportunities. Users can post an ad on the site or view the mega job list. It contains links to sections on Jobs, Resumes, Resources, Support, Company Profiles, and Employer Services.Quintessential Careers
This site is a "career and job-hunting resource guide," and features links to jobs, resumes, cover letters, interviewing, relocation, and salary negotiation. This page also lists general job sites and specific job sites for teenagers, college students, college graduates, women, minorities, MBAs, and consultants.
USA Jobs
This is the official US government site for jobs and employment information. Links to current openings, veterans' preference information, and an on-line application are provided.Yahoo hotjobs
This site sponsored by Yahoo allows a quick job search by keywords, job category, and city and state. Users can sign-in, post a resume, look at "job-winning resumes by ResumeEdge.com," and get a top candidate background check. Employers can sign-in, post a job, and have access to a number of products and services.
Job Hunting in Specific Fields
Academic Employment Network
"This page and the linked state pages contain educational employment opportunities for teachers and other school-related positions at all academic levels, in a comprehensive listing in alphabetical order by state, educational institution, and position." This page also allows you to post your resume for educational institutions to view.Careers in Business
Careers in Business contains information on a variety of business career areas, listings of current jobs and a variety of other reference material, including books and links to other career sites.Chronicle of Higher Education: Career Network
The Career Network from The Chronicle of Higher Education presents Advice for the Job Seeker, Job Announcements, Career News, and links to career Web resources and book listings about getting an academic job.GeoWeb Jobs
GeoWeb supplies job listings covering the following fields: Software/Hardware Engineer, System Analysts, Programmers, IS Managers, Network/Database Administrators, Electrical Engineers, Civil/Mechanical Engineers, Chemical Engineers, Scientists/Professors, Environmental Professionals, CEO/CIO/CFO/Executives, Directors/Marketing/Sales, Doctors/Attorneys, Accountants, Financial Analysts, Consultants, Managers, Technicians, Administrative Assistants, Nurses, and Supervisors.
Graduating Engineer and Computer Careers Online
"Based upon the CASS Recruitment Media publication, Graduating Engineer & Computer Careers magazine, Graduating Engineer Online is an original career and information center for young engineering and computer science majors starting their careers." The site is a "full service site for students at the forefront of technology and the start of a great career." One can chose from topics like search jobs, post jobs, resume and interview help, regional job markets, company profiles, and entry level salaries.HigherEdJobs.com
"HigherEdJobs.com has one of the largest job databases focused exclusively on college and university positions." They currently list jobs from over 700 colleges and universities.Job-Hunt.Org: Science
Job-Hunt offers an A-Z listing of jobs in engineering, health care (medicine) and the life and physical sciences. It also includes links to sections on the subjects of: Medicine, Biotech, and Pharmaceutical; Engineering; Computers and Technology and more.JobWeb
"NACE (The National Association of Colleges and Employers) is the leading source of information about the employment of college graduates and is dedicated to its 1,800+ college and 1,700+ employer members." This site contains an online jobsearch, news and events, and a site search.MarketingJobs.com
This site addresses the needs of people looking for jobs in the areas of marketing, advertising, and sales across the United States.Quintessential Careers: Career and Job Resources -- by Industry
This page by Quintessential, a publisher of career-related materials, provides links to jobs in Academia, teaching and education, Agriculture, Zoology and the Environment, Airline Industry, Architecture, Construction, Engineering, Arts, Entertainment, Graphics, Business & Management (Accounting, Advertising, Finance, Management, Retail, Sales & Marketing), Health Care, Medicine, Social Work, Hospitality and Tourism, Legal Profession, Science, Space, Energy, Sports, Technical, Telecom, Computers, Software, IT, Various Other Professions, Writing, Journalism, and Publishing, and all other career categories.scijobs.org
This page "indexes biology jobs, chemistry jobs, biochemistry jobs, biotechnology jobs, and a range of related science jobs." It is possible to search for a job, browse through the employer database, submit a resume, register for e-mail alerts, or recommend an employer.
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