Career Education Web Resources

Career Advice, Resume Preparation, Cover Letters, Interviewing Skills

• 200 Letters for Job Hunters  From a book by Ten Speed Press. Extremely useful advice as well as sample letters.
• 1998-99 Occupational Outlook Handbook  Keyword searchable.
• About Work  From Monster.com--starting point for novices in the world of work. Everything from career advice and job listings to work from home and business start-up information. Includes a chat room and an "ask an Expert" feature.
• Best Jobs for the Future from US News  1998 edition, also includes advice, info on specific careers.
• Black Voices  Click on the JOBS link for Job info  around the country, post a resume, etc.
• Career Connections   From the Council for exceptional children.  The only job bank on the Internet devoted exclusively to special education professionals.
• Career Interests Game   Suggests a variety of careers suitable to different personality types and interests.
• College Grad Job Hunter  All kinds of advice on how to look for work, write a resume, post it on the net, negotiate salaries and benefits, and much more.
• Dynamic Cover Letters  Also advice on interviewing skills, creating a resume, job hunting skills. Includes a bibliography and comprehensive job hunting links.
• JobSmart  While this is oriented toward the California job market, there's a lot of good general links for resume writing, resume posting, job hunting on the net, and career advice.
• National Association of Colleges and Employers  Excellent starting point for people who are new at job hunting; guide to information on resume writing, career choices, company information (including SEC filings), employment centers and more.
• Occupational Employment Statistics  National and state data for 760 occupations. Includes wage data by job classification
• Princeton Review's Career Guide  Use this along with the Occupational Outlook Handbook when you're trying to determine what careers would interest you.
• *Rebecca Smith's E-Resumes and Resources  Guide to how to construct and post resumes online, and other job search skills.
• Salary Surveys for Various Professions
• Student Center  Career information, info on 35,000 companies searchable by state and line of business, employment statistics by state, articles on resumes, internships, more.
• Student Gateway to the US Government  From the US Governement.
• Getting Past Go: a Survival Guide for College Grads  Tips on job hunting, resume preparation, relocation, more.

• Tripod  Another all-purpose guide to getting started in life, with info on work, money management, looking for and setting up your new home, and enjoying yourself (members get some extra services).
  
  

  Job Listings, Company Information, and Resume Posting Sites

• America's Employers  Postings of thousands of jobs, along with a database of company info, a resume bank, and an FAQ file on the job search process.
• Annual Report Gallery  Downloadable and printable annual reports from Fortune 500 companies (though some only in Adobe Acrobat format)
• Annual reports for Free  More than 3200 companies. Find your company alphabetically or by subject, and call PRAR's 800 number to request the annual report.
• BridgePath  Get Job and internship announcements sent to you for free.
• Dow-Jones Careers  Selected content and advice from National Business Employment Weekly and Wall Street Journal Interactive. Sorry, but if you want the job listings, you have to pay for them.
• Educational Placement  Jobs for teachers.
• Government Jobs.Com  Listings of jobs in city, county and state governments and quasi-official non-governmental.
• Government Jobs Official Posting Site  Gov't agencies. Also links to other job hunting resources like state and city job lines, statewide newspapers, etc.
• JobDirect  Designed specifically for entry-level jobs for new grads. Free to jobseekers; fill out the standardized resume form and get listed in this searchable database.
• Jobs for Police  National police and law enforcement job listings updated daily, searchable by state.
• Law Enforcement Careers  This site offers employment, testing and interviewing guides for federal and state police careers.
• MedSearch America  Look here for jobs in health-related fields.
• Minorities Job Bank  Career, self-development, and job info for all ethnic minorities. Lists jobs with Equal Opportunity employers.
• Monster Board  Job listing service, more than 50,000 job listings from more than 4000 employers. Also has employer profiles, and a nice section on self-employment.
• the Next Wave  Career and job posting site for science majors.
• NonProfit Career Network  Jobs and volunteer opportunities in the nonprofit sector, post your resume, and find out about the service organizations listed.
• Opportunity NOCs  Job opportunities in the nonprofit sector.
• RehabWorld  Job postings for occupational and physical therapy.
• Science Professional Network  Job listings, science career fairs, career workshops, and career links for scientists. From the AAAS.
• TechWeb  Technical job postings, list your resume.
• Vault Reports  "The Jobseeker's Secret Weapon." Profiles of major employers based on interviews with people who've worked there, tell about the kind of organization it is, the benefits and drawbacks of working there. Although the purpose of the site is to entice you into buying the full reports on each company, the snapshot profiles in themselves are quite useful.

Relocation Information

• Relocation Central  Another helpful tool for anyone who's moving. While the database is still growing, and not enough cities are represented, there is info on housing, banking, schools, recreation, and such for the towns that are there; there is also a moving time line calculator, and a moving expense calculator, and other handy tips.
• Relocation Salary Calculator  Wherein by inputting current salary, current location, and new location we find that, if someone wants me to move to Boston they need to pay me $23,000 more. How figures are calculated (consumer price index?) is not clear.
• Rent Net  Search for rental housing all over the country, by price range, type of housing, number of bedrooms.
• Virtual Relocation, US  Anyone who's thinking of moving needs to check this out. Check by state for info on builders, rentals, mortgage lenders, schools, day care, demographics, and much more.

Finding Out What Careers Are Available &
Matching Them to Your Interests and Abilities

• Occupational Outlook Handbook 1998-99. Ref HD 8051.A62 U3
  Also available online at http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm
  Explains job requirements, duties and outlook for a large number of jobs.
• The Career Interests Game http://web.missouri.edu/~cppcwww/holland.shtml
  Choose your personality type and see what kinds of jobs might be appropriate, then click on the professions to find out more about them.
• Princeton Review Career Guide http://www.review.com/career/templates/temp1.cfm?body=index.cfm
  Unique features include an internship search and "Top Ten Jobs for...("Need to pay off student loans right away," "Can't stand tie or pantyhose," etc.) Some other features require free registration.
• Job Searching, from the Mining Company http://jobsearch.miningco.com
  An excellent one-stop shopping place for info on careers, job search skills, job fairs, internships, and job lines and tips for specific professions.