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COMPANIES: Annual Report Gallery Corporate Information Thomas Register - search over 72,000 product headings and more than 170,000 company listings CAREERS: America's Job Bank Assessment.com - you can take the Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential test here. Which is an excellent idea. BakosGroup.com - tests your job searching savvy. Free advice on your resume, too. Bureau of Labor Statistics - career voyages videos Career Guide to Industries - U.S. Department of Labor guide provides "information on available careers by industry, including the nature of the industry, working conditions, employment, occupations in the industry, training and advancement, earnings and benefits, employment outlook, and lists of organizations that can provide additional information." Companion to the Occupational Outlook Handbook. Career Key - quiz to help you figure out what job you would be suited for Careerbuilder.com - can post your resume here. And get tips on how to interview. Careers.org - directory of over 6,000 links to jobs available now, employer resources, education, personal business, career services, and references by topic and region. Career Search - 237 popular careers from College Board Online Career Voyage - This Web site "features detailed information about the fastest growing industries and occupations, the skills and education required to prepare for them, job openings by area, and wages, licensing requirements and growth rates for numerous occupations." Includes information about "on-the-job training, apprenticeship programs for skilled trades, and two-year professional degree programs at community colleges." From the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education. CollegeGrad.com - search engine for employment by location, career or industry. Lists 50 questions you should expect on an interview and a list of questions you should ask the interviewer. Dilbert - you have to keep a sense of humor about the whole thing Job Hunter's Bible - Home page of Dick Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute, a classic career book Jobstar.org - quiz to find your dream job and scoop of great jobs that never get advertised. Monster.com- post your resume, career advice, search for jobs. World famous site. Occupational Outlook Handbook Peace Corps - With site map and information on countries where volunteers are assigned. Americorps - like Peace Corps only you don't go out of the U.S. Very impressive on a resume. Princeton Review Career Quiz Riley Guide to Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet Salary Expert Salary.com Worst Job Hall of Fame (according to Science Magazine)
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| Resumes and Cover Letters |
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large collection of resume, cover letters and career books. Their call number
is HF5300-HF5400. Can build a web resume for free at the online site VisualCV, Zolio and GigTide. Click here for an excellent article from NPR about multimedia resumes. There are lots of niche boards now like LawEnformentJobs.com and PublicSafetyJobs.com. Type your job title, then the words jobs.com after it and see what you find. Microsoft Word 2003
and 2007 has several
resume templates under General Templates, in the right hand window.
Click on the General Documents tab and that will bring up the resume
templates. The Internet has 107,000 free resume templates (last time we checked). There are also ones you can buy, so beware. Use the Google below and type in free resume templates and check out the results. This also works for cover letters. |
| Newspapers - check out their Help Wanted classified ad sections |
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