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4Resumes.com
4resumes.4anything.com/
All the information you need, organized into
easy-to-navigate sections, with expert commentary
about each web site ... find the best links on the
web about Resumes. 
Academic Employment Network
http://www.academploy.com/
Looking for a job in teaching? This site lists available positions in colleges, primary and secondary educational institutions for faculty, staff, and administrative professionals.

American Jobs
www.AmericanJobs.com/

Free searchable database of Hi-Tech Computer and engineering jobs with Fortune 500 Companies and leading Corporations

America's Job Bank
www.ajb.dni.us/

A great resource for career exploration, the America's Job Bank computerized network links the nation's 1,800 state Employment Service offices.

America's Talent Bank
www.atb.org/

ATB is a nationwide electronic resume system, supported by the Department of Labor

Ansir For One
www.ansir.com/ansirforone/

Online personality test. Free registration. Results are emailed to you.

AVA Online
www.avaonline.org/index.html

The American Vocational Association is a professional organization of 38,000 teachers, counselors, school administrators, teacher educators and business/industry partners. AVA carries out a diverse array of programs that advance vocational-technical and school-to-careers education.

Best Jobs
www.bestjobsusa.com/

Best Jobs has many resources including career guides and employment reviews and news. The database is searchable by state.

Business Job Finder
www.cob.ohio-state.edu/dept
/fin/osujobs.htm

The Business Job Finder is designed to help you get started on a satisfying career in the business world. This site contains information on a variety of business career areas, listings of current jobs and a variety of other reference material.

Career and Job-Hunting Resources Guide
www.stetson.edu/~rhansen
/careers.html

Resumes, cover letters, employment resources, and teen resources. A well constructed site with excellent links and tips.

Career Builder
www.careerbuilder.com/

Searches by metropolitan area, job category, salary, and keyword. Select the "target" to conduct a search. Other topics as well.

Career Center For Teens
www.pbs.org/jobs/teenindex.html

Are You Working Smart, New Century Careers, Exploration Projects, etc.

Career City
www.careercity.com/

Job searches, online career fairs, post resumes

Career Development Manual - Self Assessment
careerweb.career.georgetown.edu
/Internet/RY.nclk

A very comprehensive review of the self assessment process that covers: Personality & Attitudes; Skills & Achievements; Knowledge & Learning; Style; Values; Interests; Entrepreneurism; and Personal Career Profiles

Career Interests Game
www.missouri.edu/~cppcwww
/holland.html

This is an exercise designed to help you match your interests and skills with similar careers.

Career Planning Process
www.bgsu.edu/offices/careers
/process/process.html

Actual interactive online assessments for career planning which encourages individuals to explore and gather information.

Career Web
www.cweb.com/

Thousands of listings for high-paying, interesting positions with companies

Career.Com
www.career.com/

Create and post a resume, search for jobs, etc. The site is celebrating its 5th year anniversary.

CareerJet
www.careerjet.com
Careerjet is an employment search engine for the USA. It allows you to search a growing selection of jobs listed on company sites as well as jobsites in one go saving you the trouble of having to go to each site individually.

CareerNFOsource
home.earthlink.net/~nfosource/

CareerNFOsource is a gateway to hundreds of career and college planning resources on the Web.

CareerPath.com
www.careerpath.com/

CareerPath.com posts more than a quarter million new jobs on the Internet every month, and is updated daily by newspapers across the U.S. Registration (free) is required.

CareerPro Personal Profile
www.career-pro.com/profile.htm

This test will give you a suggested career placement for your personality type. This is shorter, only 20 questions, but has a lot of information and can be used as a companion test to the Temperament Sorter.

CareerPro
www.proresumes.com/

Another great career planning resource, this commercial site has an extensive list of resume and career search services, including free formatting and posting of resumes to be viewed by potential employers. View jobs and resumes, get your free personal profile. Links to employers.

CareerZone
www.nycareerzone.org/
CareerZone was developed by the NYS Department of Labor with a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (O*NET Office) and by the eXploring Careers web group at Cornell University.
CollegeGrad.com
www.collegegrad.com
Not only does this site offer a lot of job search Information, but a lot if useful information specifically geared toward the college graduate.

Cost of Living Calculator (By City)
www2.homefair.com/calc
/salcalc.html

Compare the cost of living in hundreds of U.S. and international cities.

Cover Letters For Job Seekers
www.careerlab.com/letters
/default.htm

Two hundred FREE cover letters

Creating Your Life
www.pbs.org/jobs/creatinglife.html

This project contains three easy exercises, designed to help high school students find direction for their life's work.

eWork Exchange
www.ework.com/
eWork Exchange is a unique market-based exchange where project managers and eWorking professionals can connect, engage and work together to complete projects online. Through eWork Exchange, hiring managers and recruiters can find qualified talent and independent professionals can find their ideal projects.

Exploring Occupations
www.umanitoba.ca/counselling
/careers.html

This page is designed to provide occupational information to help students become aware of their potential career options.

Federal Jobs Central
www.fedjobs.com/

FJC is an accurate and authoritative database for federal job openings. It also contains a toolbox specifically targeted for federal job hunters, both first-time applicants and those already working in federal service. These tools, which include software, publications and services, give job seekers the advice and how-to information they need to land the jobs they find in the database.

Federal Jobs
www.jobsfed.com/Register
/RegForm1.htm

Database of federal job vacancies

Free Academy of Career Training
www.freeacademy.com/fact-hp.htm

Completely online, free technology career training. You can start with the very basics and move through increasingly technical modules that are designed to prepare you for the examinations for certification.

Grants Web
web.fie.com/cws/sra/resource.htm

Excellent information for anyone needing to, or in the process of, writing a research grant.

HeadHunter.NET
www.headhunter.net

HeadHunter.NET is one of the largest and fastest growing employment sites on the Internet. A full featured employment site without any mandatory fees.

Health Care & Medical Employment
members.aol.com/pjpohly
/links.htm

he following 4 pages include a wealth of links and articles for those who are looking for jobs in the healthcare industry (managed care, hospitals, healthcare systems, companies, physician groups, etc.).

HospitalityNet
www.hospitalitynet.nl/

Virtual Job Exchange for Hospitality Industry

Huntington Group
www.hgllc.com/hgllc/

This is a professional search firm specializing exclusively in the IT industry.

Internet Career Assessment Test
www-personal.ksu.edu
/~dangle/icia/

Explore 12 different career areas

Internet Career Connection
www.iccweb.com/

This is a professional career guidance and counseling service completely online.

Internet Sites for Job Seekers and Employers
www.ups.purdue.edu/Student
/jobsites.htm

A listing of over 1,070 On-Line Job-Search Resources and Services, brought to you by Purdue University's Center for Career Opportunities

Job Resources By US Region
cdc.stuaff.duke.edu/stualum/
employment/JobResources/jregion.html
Job Resources by US Region began in the fall of 1994 as part of an earlier work, The Catapult. It continues to evolve into a comprehensive resource for locating employment in the United States.

Job Search Manual
www.jobtrak.com/jobmanual/

Online job search process manual

Job Search Process
www.jobtrak.com/jobsearch_docs
/pointers.html

Articles from How to Conduct an Effective Job Search to Writing Your Resume to Effectively Negotiating Salary Packages

Job Search USA
www.jobsearchusa.org
New job search site
JobNext Career Network
www.jobnext.com/
We provide job search and free resume services to both recruiters and job seekers.  JobNext is the only Internet site that offers its career match services for free to both job seekers and employers. 

JobWeb - Catapult
www.jobweb.org/CATAPULT
/jsguides.htm

Job search guides and links from William & Mary College

Kaplan's Career Tests
www1.kaplan.com/view/article
/0,1275,1411,00.html

A complete set of tests from an education professional to get you started in your job search. These are mostly short and fun.

Keirsey Temperament Sorter II
www.keirsey.com/cgi-bin
/keirsey/newkts.cgi

A 70-question personality test based on the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator, this gives you a personality type to apply to employment decisions.

Kingdomality
www.cmi-lmi.com/kingdomality.html

A fun test that determines what your role would have been during the Middle Ages.

Mapping Your Future
mapping-your-future.org

Includes a guided tour of planning a career, developing a career plan, etc.

MedSearch
www.medsearch.com/

MedSearch is a career center, bulletin board, news group and employment site all rolled into one.

Military Careers
www.militarycareers.com
This Web site is THE leading career information resource for the military world of work. It gives you details on 152 enlisted and officer occupations, one by one.

National Center for Research in Vocational Education
ncrve.berkeley.edu/

NCRVE is the nation's largest center for research and development in work-related education.

National School-to-Work Learning Center
www.stw.ed.gov/index.htm

Articles, grants, discussion areas, calendars, etc. at this federal government site

Net-Temps
www.net-temps.com/

A nice, neat site for job searching. Great database that is very easy to search. Also has a "create your own desktop" option available for job seekers.

NOICC Home Page
www.noicc.gov/

NOICC stands for the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee. Together with a network of federal agencies and State Occupational Information Coordinating Committees. This is the cyberplace for people who work directly with people on career development/management, design workforce investment strategies and educational programs, or use data on education, employment, and the labor market.

Occupational Information Network
www.doleta.gov/programs/onet/

Comprehensive database system for collecting, organizing, describing and disseminating data on job characteristics and worker attributes. O*NET replaces the outmoded Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT), but offers more than merely up-dated data.

Occupational Outlook Search (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
stats.bls.gov/search/oco_s.asp

Search for type of job, such as "engineer." Includes salaries, nature of the work, working conditions, qualifications, job description, job outlook, and other important information about many jobs available within the USA.

Online Career Center
www.occ.com/

Job searches, post resumes, etc.

Online Sports Career Center
www.onlinesports.com/pages
/CareerCenter.html

The Online Sports Career Center is a resource of sports-related career opportunities and a resume bank for potential employers within the many segments of the Sports and Recreation Industries.

Open Directory Links to Career Sites
dmoz.org/Business/Employment/Careers/
Links to probably more career sites than you will ever need!

Professional Development Partnership Projects
www.dssc.org/pdp/

The Professional Development Partnership Projects (PDP), funded by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs, are building partnerships between state and local education agencies, institutions of higher education, and other stakeholder groups to alleviate personnel shortages, create innovative programs, and improve personnel preparation.

Proven Resumes
www.provenresumes.com/

40 free online workshops on resume writing & job searching

Resources for Career Planning 
www.WPI.EDU/Academics/IMS
/Library/Pubs/Career/

Variety of links for career searches

Resume Workshop
owl.english.purdue.edu/writers
/by-topic.html#job

Writing in the job search, including: The Resume: Making It Work for You; Reference Sheet; Job Search Self-Analysis; Cover Letters

Riley Guide
www.dbm.com/jobguide/

Quintessential guide to employment opportunities and job resources on the internet.

SCANS/2000: The Workforce Skills Homepage
infinia.wpmc.jhu.edu

SCANS/2000 is an interdisciplinary research group at the Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). The staff of SCANS/2000 is working on projects related to school-to-work and education reform. The central theme in all their work is creating a workforce development system that properly prepares workers to compete in the international economy of the 21st century.

School to Work Assessment for All Students
www.newhorizons.org
/onlinelrn_johnsonbk.html

Online articles.

School-to-Careers.com
www.school-to-careers.com

This site was designed to facilitate the distribution of School-To-Careers (a.k.a.School-To-Work) information to educators, students, and businesses.

ShowBiz
www.showbiz.com

The one source for access to the film, television, recording, multimedia and attractions job markets

SkillSearch
www.skillsearch.com/

Since 1990, SkillSearch.com has been the leader in alternative career-networking and recruiting tools. Whether you are an employed professional seeking better opportunities or currently seeking a job, we have a complete selection of services to meet your needs.

SkillsNet
www.skillsnet.org

A comprehensive web site for educators involved in Skills Standards and Workforce Development issues. Contains links to School-to-Work, SCANS, Occupational Clusters. Join their Listserv, research grants and funding information.

Student Interactive Career Exploration Project: Educator's Guide
www.pbs.org/jobs/teacher.html

Help prepare students so they can support themselves in the future.

Summer Jobs World-Wide
www.summerjobs.com/do/where

Find a summer job anywhere in the world!

Test Your Marketability
www.stetson.edu/~rhansen/test.html

Provides an assessment of your marketability on a 1 - 25 scale.

Test Your Resume Savvy
www.career-pro.com/restest.htm

How do you perceive the function of a résumé? This test will examine that and the site offers many great resources for résumé construction.

Thriving in a Nontraditional Skilled Trade
www-personal.ksu.edu
/~dangle/thrive.html

Surviving and Thriving in a Nontraditional Skilled Trade was designed to assist women entering or thinking about entering a nontraditional skilled trade or apprenticeship program

U.S. Dept of Labor - Women's Bureau Home Page
www.dol.gov/dol/wb/welcome.html

A wonderful resource about issues concerning women and work.

Vocational Education Resources
pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~sorg/vocation.html
Links to hundreds of sources for vocational education, including legislation, publications, and training
WashingtonJobs
washingtonpost.com/parachute
WashingtonJobs.com is the area's leading career management portal for jobs and related information from the Washington Post. With more than 30,000 local listings, updated throughout the week, and more than 100 different categories, Washingtonjobs.com has greater local career opportunities than any other Web site. 

What Career Is For You?
www.ventura.com/jsearch/unique
/29063/jshome2e.html

Online test to help you identify what career may be suitable to your personality.

Work-based Learning Resource Center!
www.wa-wbl.com/

The Work-based Learning Resource center provides information on work-based learning and School-to-Work that can serve as a resource to everyone interested in educational reform.




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