Career Research

Basic Guides

• EmploymentSpot.com: Comprehensive source of employment information: job listings, job fairs, career information, salary and benefits, relocation resources.
• Job-Hunt.org: Comprehensive, well-organized list of the best and most useful job sites. Useful section covering online job search basics.
• JobHuntersBible.com: by Richard Nelson Bolles Bolles created this site as a supplement to his popular book, What Color is Your Parachute?
• Riley Guide: by Margaret F. Dikel One of the best places to start a job search. Complete list of current job sites. A-Z index useful in locating more specialized job sites.
• Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions: About Independent Internships
• Weddle’s List of Professional Associations: Links to professional associations.

Career Research

• America's Career Info net: 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 Click: Use Career Click to research occupations by job title, training level, and wage range.
• Career Guide to Industries: from the U.S. Department of Labor Information on occupations, earnings and benefits, employment outlook, working conditions, and training and advancement by industry.
• Job Hunters Bible
• Job web: by NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers) A good site for career planning and employment information: tips for students, recent graduates, and experienced job seekers.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook: (online database of career information)
• O*NET: downloadable database of job titles, descriptions, and career information; O*NET database includes information on skills, abilities, knowledge's, work activities, and interests associated with occupations
• Wall Street Journal Career Information page: includes salary, hiring information, job search articles.

Career Resource Center

• Careers: offers an extensive directory of links to careers, jobs, education, employment and career reference resources sorted by topic and region.
• Career Resource Center

Company Research

• Career & Job Resources Tutorial: This enjoyable, comprehensive online guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to perform career-related research and in-depth research on companies. Includes highlights of the best databases and resources available, especially through the Baruch College Newman Library's electronic resources.
• Vault.com: contains extensive company information and discussion boards, as well as downloadable books on various industries.
• Wetfeet: This site has behind-the-scenes company info on various large companies.

Job Fairs

• http://www.jobweb.com/employ/fairs/public_fairs.asp: College Job Fairs.
• http://www.chicagojobresource.com/jobfairs.htm: Index to Chicago Job Fairs, Career Fairs, and Employment Fairs.

Salary Information

• AFL-CIO Executive Pay Watch: from AFL/CIO View CEO salaries, bonuses, and stock options. Compare average workers' salaries to executive salaries.
• Baruch College Career Development Center's: web site on salary research.
• Job Star Salary Information: by Bay Area Library and Information System, Oakland, CA Connect to over 150 salary surveys on the Web. Learn how to negotiate for a higher salary.
• Salary.com: Use salary wizard to research salaries by occupation.
• Salary Calculator: Compare cost of living data from hundreds of U.S. cities before relocating.
• US Dept. of Labor General Employment Statistics

Resume Writing

• Career Lab: Letters for Job Searchers: Many examples of business and job search letters.
• Job Star Central: Resumes: by Job star Basics of resume and cover letter writing including the evaluation of major resume banks and plenty of examples.
• Rebecca Smith's eResumes and Resources: by Rebecca M. Smith Comprehensive resume information. Learn the basics of electronic resume preparation and evaluation of posting sites.

Training Services

• Career Transitions Center: Not-for-profit organization which helps qualified people strengthen the skills, and improve the understanding, required for a successful job search.
• Offices: Apply for unemployment benefits, employment and training services.
• Springfield Illinois Employment & Training Center
• The Illinois Employment and Training Center (IETC): offers employment and training services.

Information on Third Party Recruiters

• Online Recruiters Directory: Recruiters directory and job board.
• Student Guide to Working with Third Party Recuiters - NACE: General information on what to expect when working with third party recruiters

Other Resources

• Benefits Link: Information and updates of reports on pensions, retirement plans, and other benefits data.
• Chicago Unemployment
• Directory: Articles from national career coaches, job seeker tools, career assessment web links, resume tips, career tips, job hunting tips, education opportunities, training information and web links to other numerous helpful sites.
• Directory: Resources to find your first job, graduate jobs, entry level jobs, co-op jobs, internships, re-entry jobs, intern jobs, college jobs, teen jobs and volunteer jobs.
• Directory: Find information about freelance jobs, contract jobs, consulting jobs, moonlighting jobs, contract to hire jobs, per-diem jobs, temporary jobs, temp to hire jobs, and self employed jobs.
• Directory: Find information about seasonal jobs, summer jobs, winter jobs, holiday jobs, teen jobs, weekend jobs, part-time jobs, short-term jobs. contract jobs, contract to hire jobs, per-diem jobs, temporary jobs and temp to hire jobs.
• HBI Job Corps Programs: from the Home Builders Institute Job Corps Program addresses in each state are provided here. In addition, job training and other benefits that are available to Job Corps participants are listed.
• Labor Net: Directory of trade unions and other labor organizations.
• Lost Job Tip

References

Chicago Job Resource - YOUR career connection for Chicago jobs, careers and employment

http://www.chipublib.org/008subject/002business/career.html

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