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Career & Employment Search Websites

General

Career Journal

http://online.wsj.com/public/page/news-career-jobs.html

The Wall Street Journal Careers page helps you stay abreast of economic news and trends. It also offers pertinent articles, career advice, employment search and resume tools.

Career Magazine

www.careermag.com

CareerMag.com, is a community providing resources to advance careers. In addition to posting the latest jobs from coast to coast, they offer a variety of career resources to foster professional development, have services designed to increase exposure to top employers, and articles to support career growth.

Career Planning at About.com

http://careerplanning.about.com

At this site visitors may find tools for self assessment and career exploration, learn basic computer skills, locate helpful resources to update resumes, or research companies. This site has loads of advice and a lot of tools to help visitors pursue their career goals.

Indeed

www.indeed.com

Although this site is primarily an advanced employment search site, it has additional features such as graphs of job trends by industry and a salary search page. The most unique component is a forum where posters can ask about potential employers, everything from hiring procedures to benefits and corporate cultures.

JobHunt: a Meta-List of On-Line Job-Search Resources and Services

www.job-hunt.org/index.html

U.S. News reported in 2006, “This is the best portal for those who have a career goal and now are trying to land a job.” See the “Hot Site of the Week” or read the articles in “Layoff Help.” Find links to industry specific job search sites, networking resources, and job search experts, plus a whole lot more!

JobHuntersBible

www.jobhuntersbible.com

Dick Bolles has designed the site as a supplement to his book, What Color is your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers; the perennial favorite was first published in 1972 and is updated nearly every year. This respected site is a rich source of career information.

Jobseekers Advice

www.jobseekersadvice.com

Jobseekers Advice is divided into sections such as: career development, CV (curriculum vitae) and Resume writing advice, employment issues, interview advise, job seeker center, and career education. Jobseekers may also seek guidance on one of the advice forums.

www.linkedin.com

Create a profile to summarize professional expertise and accomplishments, form enduring connections by inviting trusted contacts to join LinkedIn and connect. Connections, connections’ connections, and the people they know, link members to a vast number of qualified professionals and experts. The site is recommended by Business Week.

Monster

www.monster.com

The premier global online employment solution for more than a decade, Monster strives to bring people together to advance their lives. Monster connects employers with quality job seekers at all levels and provides career advice. Monster Worldwide is consistently ranked among the top 20 most visited sites on the Internet.

North Texas Resource Guide

http://northtexasresourceguide.pbworks.com

This guide has federal and state assistance information and links for unemployment, SNAP, TANF, WIC, housing and other programs for assistance. Please note that the emphasis is on federal, state and regional organizations and programs.

NationJob

www.nationjob.com

Since 1995, NationJob has been using their highly successful PJ Scout (Personal Job Scout) service to help millions of Job Seekers search for new jobs by sending new job openings that match each user’s unique preferences to their email account on a weekly or daily basis.

Quintessential Careers

www.quintcareers.com

Quintessential Careers is a career, job, and college site, offering comprehensive free expert career and job-hunting advice through articles, tools, tips, samples, tutorials, and links to the best job sites. Special sections for teens, college students, and others make this a comprehensive resource.

Riley Guide

www.rileyguide.com

A highly respected resource, the Riley Guide introduces the online job search, listing many online sites and services that are useful. They do not post jobs or resumes but instead point to the places that do.

Vault

www.vault.com

Fortune recently called Vault "The best place on the Web to prepare for a job search." Job seekers, students, and professionals have discovered that Vault is the Internet's ultimate destination for insider career and education information.

Yahoo! HotJobs

http://hotjobs.yahoo.com

Yahoo! HotJobs' tools and advice put job seekers in control of their careers and makes it easier and more cost-effective for employers to find qualified candidates. In addition to its popular consumer job board, Yahoo! HotJobs provides employers, recruiters, and staffing agencies with progressive recruiting solutions.

Your Winning Edge NYS Dept of Labor

www.labor.state.ny.us/workforceindustrydata/publications/winning_edge/winnedge_index.shtm

The New York State Department of Labor has produced an entire book, entitled Your Winning Edge, and made it available online. It covers topics such as the job markets, resumes, networking, and interviews.

Government

Bureau of Labor Statistics

www.bls.gov

This federal agency posts a variety of charts, tables, and reports related to various aspects of employment.

CareerOneStop (U. S. Dept. of Labor)

www.acinet.org

The U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored site and portal offers career resources and workforce information to job seekers, students, businesses, and workforce professionals. America’s Career InfoNet helps individuals explore career opportunities as a basis to make informed employment and education choices. America’s Service Locator connects individuals to employment and training opportunities available at local One-Stop Career Centers.

Finding and Applying for Jobs and Evaluating Offers

www.bls.gov/oco/oco2004.htm

Finding—and getting—a job you want can be a challenging process, but knowing more about job search methods and application techniques can increase your chances of success. And knowing how to judge the job offers you receive makes it more likely that you will end up with the best possible job.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

www.bls.gov/OCO

The Occupational Outlook Handbook, revised every two years, is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives.

Studentjobs.gov

www.studentjobs.gov

This one-stop portal accesses a range of employment opportunities within the Federal government that are available to students, whether in high school, college, or graduate school. Tools help students assess their skills, create resumes, and search for jobs.

Texas Workforce

www.twc.state.tx.us

This state agency is charged with providing workforce development services in Texas. For employers, TWC offers recruiting, retention, training, and outplacement services; information on labor law; and labor market statistics. For job seekers, TWC is the source for career development information, job search resources, training programs, and unemployment insurance benefits.

U. S. Department of Labor

www.dol.gov

The DOL promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States through a variety of measures. This extensive website allows employers and employees access to federal employment statutes, forms, service locations, and many other types of support.

U. S. General Services Administration

www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?contentType=GSA_OVERVIEW&contentId=10546

Wherever your expertise lies, whatever your major, GSA has a job for you. Join the team of over 12,000 GSA employees across the country that provide support to other federal agencies and, in some cases, the general public. All GSA job openings are posted on the site and information is updated daily. Jobseekers do not have to be registered to view current job openings.

USAJOBS

www.usajobs.gov or www.usajobs.com

This is the official job site of the U. S. Federal Government. It’s intended to be your one-stop source for Federal jobs and employment information. Like some other Federal sites, this is a portal to other, more specialized resources.

Resume/Letter/Interview

Career Lab: First and Best Cover Letters

www.careerlab.com/letters

and

Cover Letters.com

www.cover-letters.com/Home.aspx

Why are these cover letters the "FIRST and BEST" on the Internet? The author, who wrote the book, 200 Letters for Job Hunters, collected letters for 10 years, writing them himself, or in conjunction with his career clients. What distinguishes these letters is that they are REAL—used by REAL people in REAL job campaigns and career transitions—and they produced REAL results: interviews, consulting assignments, and job offers.

eResumes

www.eresumes.com

Learn to write and distribute resumes and cover letters that will knock the socks off the recruiters, HR people and computers (yes, computers!) that read resumes. Master the job search and job interview with tools and resources for resume-writing, or find criteria for selecting a professional to write a great resume.

Learn 2 Prepare for a Job Interview

www.tutorials.com/09/0957/0957.asp

Walk through the steps of a successful interview in this tutorial. Find a supply list and time frame to assist in your preparations, so that you can present yourself in the best possible light.

National Resume Writers' Association

www.nrwa.com

Founded in 1997, The National Resume Writers’ Association (NRWA) is an industry organization dedicated to promoting excellence in resume writing through certification, education, and mentoring programs. Many members are also involved in other aspects of the job search process, including career assessment, and interview/career coaching. The site allows users to search for a career specialist in their area.

OWL at Purdue: Workplace Writers

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/681/01/

The Online Writing Lab is a respected resource for all types of writing. This page is dedicated to effective workplace writing, starting with audience analysis and job skills checklist, though the resume or curriculum vitae and cover letter, and finally, to the job acceptance letter. This is also a great refresher on some writing basics such as structure, style, tone, and punctuation plus considerations of purpose and audience.

Resume Resource

www.resume-resource.com

This portal has links to samples of many, many different types and styles of resumes, curriculum vitae, and cover letters, templates and articles. Many of the sites sell services, but offer some free content.

The Damn Good Resume

www.damngood.com

Resume writing doesn't HAVE to be painful even if you're faced with problems like employment gaps, job hopping, age discrimination, being fired, layoffs, or worse. Get resume advice, sample resumes, cover letter help, and job search tips from Yana Parker, author of several books on the subject.

University of Waterloo Career Services Handouts

www.careerservices.uwaterloo.ca/resources/handouts.asp?priNav=3

While directed primarily toward a young audience, this collection of handouts cover a range of topics such as career decision making, occupational research, networks and contacts, work search, resume and curriculum vitae writing, letters, interview skills, and work/life planning.

Virginia Tech: Resume Formats & Samples

www.career.vt.edu/jobsearc/resumes/formats.htm#samples

This resource, designed for those entering the work force, addresses some basic resume decisions such as chronological versus skills format and provides many sample resumes. One helpful bit of advice is to design a personal resume format within generally accepted conventions, and the “resume software and templates” page provides the format layout data to accomplish that objective.

Employment Search Engines

AboutJobs.com

www.aboutjobs.com

AboutJobs.com is an on-line recruitment network that provides career resources and employment opportunities to high school and college students, resort and hospitality staff, expatriates and international job seekers, as well as seekers of part-time work and adventure.

BestJobsUSA

www.bestjobsusa.com

This tool has an advanced search capability that allows users to specify industry category, keyword, location, salary and experience, to locate only positions that meet all of their criteria.

CareerBuilder

www.careerbuilder.com

As the U.S.'s largest online job site, CareerBuilder.com put over 1.6 million jobs in front of job seekers wherever they are - at home or work - in print and on the Internet. More than 23 million unique visitors go to the site every month to check out opportunities in every industry, field and job type.

Careercast

www.careercast.com

Target job opportunities by industry, function and location. The site's job database includes opportunities from all U.S. and Canadian newspaper, magazine, niche and TV station web sites plus postings to the Adicio National and Regional Networks. Other services include articles and tools, video of the day and blog of the day, plus the JobsRated.com section, which features rankings of the nation's best and worst jobs.

Craigslist

www.craigslist.org

Did you know that “The” internet classified website also has job postings?

DirectEmployers.com

www.jobcentral.com

JobCentral National Labor Exchange is a service of DirectEmployers Association (DEA), a nonprofit consortium of leading U.S. corporations, in alliance with the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) to help employers increase labor market efficiency and reduce recruiting costs. Users can search for positions by keyword, location or industry.

DiversityJobs.com

www.diversity-jobs.com

Developing and promoting a diverse workforce makes good business sense and is integral to the continued success of an organization. At Diversity-Jobs.com the goal is to bring together people of diverse cultures and religious backgrounds and connect them with companies who support and want to increase diversity in their workforce.

Search by job category, state, company, or keyword.

employMAX

www.employMAX.com

This website is actually a portal to other employment search sites, many specializing in categories such as clerical and office jobs, nursing, summer, part time, and security jobs.

EmploymentGuide.com

www.employmentguide.com

Since its inception in 1995, the EmploymentGuide.com job board has provided a combination of hiring solutions and job search options across numerous job industries nationwide. The focus is on hourly and skilled jobs, from entry-level to mid-management employment opportunities. Users can search by keyword, location or industry; they can also locate job fairs in their area.

GetTheJob.com

www.getthejob.com

The job postings on GetTheJob.com represent the elusive Hidden Job Market as up to 70% of the jobs can not be found on traditional job boards. They collect our job postings from the corporate career centers of thousands of companies, indexing over 2 million jobs at any time. The postings may be browsed or searched by location, company, category, or job description.

HelpWanted.com

www.helpwanted.com/Job-Search

This webpage has tabs for many types of classified ads… including jobs. Openings can be searched by category, keyword, location, experience, education, and other criteria.

Indeed

www.indeed.com

Indeed is a search engine for position openings that includes all the job listings from major job boards, newspapers, associations and company career pages. And it is possible to drill down by keyword and location to find those postings that fit requirements precisely.

Jobfox

www.JobFox.com

The Mutual Suitability System^TM enables a close match of the wants and needs of job seekers with those of the employer. They learn each individual’s unique skills, experience and goals and then present only jobs that are the right fit. To ensure that qualified seekers and employers connect, they reach out to both parties by e-mail and even call to encourage the contact.

Manpower

www.manpower.com

Manpower is a world leader in the employment services industry, creating and delivering functions that enable corporate clients to concentrate on their core business activities. The sixty year-old, the $21 billion company offers employers a range of services including permanent, temporary and contract recruitment; employee assessment and selection; training; outplacement; outsourcing and consulting.

Monster.com

www.monster.com

RealMatch

www.realmatch.com

Like a fingerprint, every working person has acquired a unique set of skills from a variety of jobs and careers. Real-Time Job Matching ™, is a technology that allows employers and job seekers to specifically define themselves, their needs and their preferences. By utilizing Realmatch’s taxonomy of titles and skills, job seekers and employers can be precisely matched.

SimplyHired

www.simplyhired.com

Looking for a job shouldn't be a full-time job! That's why they built the “biggest, smartest job search engine on the web.” They search thousands of job sites and companies, just so you don't have to. Use their nifty tools to find local jobs, identify trends, research salaries, and secure that offer letter.

TopUSAJobs

www.topusajobs.com

Search by job category, city, state, job keyword, and job detail; links allow users to post resumes to targeted job boards. This site is a two time winner of the Weddle’s User’s Choice Awards!

True Careers

www.truecareers.com

Job seekers can search for positions by keyword, job category or location, take a career test, get resume help and sign up for online services. CareerBuilder Newsletter contains expert job search advice, career products, work tips and custom content, while Career Fair Announcements is a source of information about local events and career fairs in the area.

Local Employment Search Engines

AmericanJobs.com

http://americanjobs.com

Through a partnership with Indeed, members can search tens of thousands of jobs in just about every industry and zip code. The site offers the hottest job listings from some of the nation's top employers, and they continue to add services and enhance functionality. For example, during a search, job seekers have the ability to rollover any job listing and read a brief description of the position, helping to reduce the time it takes to find and apply for the best available jobs.

Dallas Morning News

www.dallasnews.com/classifieds/jobcenter/?mk

Search for local jobs using Yahoo! Hot Jobs or browse by job catagory. Post/Edit your resume, create search agents, and more! The site has tools to help with tasks such as resume writing, interviewing, researching salaries, networking, and career advice.

DallasJobSite

www.DallasJobsite.com

Finding the right local job opportunity can be challenging, which is why this site specializes in the Dallas career market. A targeted approach to searching for local jobs in Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington and the surrounding areas allows them to provide job seekers with highly relevant job results and career resources for a more successful job search.

Flipdog: Find Local Jobs

www.flipdog.com

FlipDog is a great place to find jobs and advance careers, and since FlipDdog is powered by Monster it accesses the largest database of jobs and the most helpful career development tools. Try a local job search, view the directory, or browse the most popular job searches conducted by other visitors.

Fort Worth Star Telegram

www.star-telegram.com/jobs/

Search for jobs by keyword, job category, location, or company. The advanced search page allows for searches of multiple locations, categories, keywords, specific distances and salary ranges, even the exclusion of certain job titles, companies or other criteria.

Job.com

www.job.com

This is your source for local jobs, career advice, and services to manage a job search and or career. Whether looking for employment today, or researching opportunities for tomorrow, Job.com locates hot jobs from some of today's best employers. With so many local job listings, you are sure to find a job you’ll love. Start your job search now by browsing or go to the Advanced Job Search to find jobs in specific industries.

Jobing

www.jobing.com

Users can search local jobs, find local employers, connect with local people and discover local job resources in their Jobing Community.

JobsLocally

http://jobslocally.net

Search by job title, keywords, company, or location at this site powered by Indeed.

Workforce Solutions

www.wfsdallas.com

Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas is mandated to implement services that complement economic development, a resource for employers to access the quality employees they need. Workforce Solutions administers a broad range of programs to address local workforce issues with business-directed objectives, including job training for individuals, workplace education, child care and educational initiatives.

Texas Workforce

www.twc.state.tx.us

This state agency is charged with providing workforce development services in Texas. For employers, TWC offers recruiting, retention, training and retraining, and outplacement services, information on labor law, and labor market statistics. For job seekers, TWC is a supplier of career development information, job search resources, training programs, and unemployment insurance benefits.

Specialized Employment Search: Academic

Academic Employment Network

www.academploy.com

Academic Careers Online

www.academiccareers.com

Specialized Employment Search: Aviation

Federal Aviation Administration

www.faa.gov

Specialized Employment Search: Emerging Workforce

CollegeGrad

www.collegegrad.com

Entry Level Jobs and Internships