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- Fitness for the Mind: Dealing with Negative Beliefs That Hold You Back
- Increasing Personal and Career Effectiveness
- Coping with Stress
- Emotional Intelligence: What It Is and What It Can Do for You
- Why People Don't Follow Through...and What You Can Do About It
- Communication: Skills That Improve Performance
Career Websites
- Department of Labor’s Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)
The Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) is a recognized comprehensive listing of occupations with brief descriptions. Useful for getting a definition of a little-known occupation. Last updated 1991, and replaced by O*Net, below.
- O*Net Online
Comprehensive listings and defnitions of occupations. Find information about occupations, match your skills to occupations, and other tools.
- Department of Labor’s Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)
For hundreds of different occupations, the OOH provides very helpful information to help you make career decisions. A valuable resource.
- Monster.com
Search jobs, use career tools, get career advice.
- Hotjobs.com
Offers jobs available listed by company, industry, location, salary.
- CareerBuilder.com
Job listings and career information.
- SimplyHired.com
Large database of available jobs, searching multiple job boards simultaneously.
- 6FigureJobs.com
Job board and tools for executives and experienced professionals.
- PharmaceuticalJobs–USA.com
Industry specific job board site for pharmaceutical and biotech company jobs.
- Financial-Jobs.com
Industry-specific job board site for banking, accounting, investment, and finance positions.
- MarketingJobs.com
Positions available in marketing and sales.
- Vault.com
Job search and matching service.
- DotOrgJobs.com
Job board for non-profit organizations.
- CareerJournal.com
The Wall Street Journal’s site offering job searches for executives, managers, and professionals, as well as career information.
- Salary.com
Offers a tool to gather compensation and salary information by occupation and location.
- SoloGig.com
A job board for freelance jobs and projects.
- SnagAJob.com
Job board for part-time and hourly employment.
- WomensJobList.com
Job board dedicated to women.
- Self Directed Search
Take an inexpensive yet helpful career assessment online, and receive guidance for your career direction.
- Cover Letter Library
Sample cover letters for a variety of job-seeking situations.
- Hoover's Job Bank
Popular job bank.
- Career Perfect
Resume writing services, advice, sample resumes.
- Job Description Tool by Career Planner
A useful tool for finding descriptions of specific careers, offers descriptions of 12,000 occupations.
- JuJu Job Search Engine
Search jobs by category, company, or location.
- Quintessential Careers
A site with many job search tools and information, such as networking resources and lists of networking venues.
- Wetfeet.com
Career profiles and information.
- Princeton Review
Career profiles and information.
- Monster.com Job Profiles
120 job profiles an numerous facts.
- America's Career Infonet
Career information and tools, occupation information, career exploration information.
- Jobstar
Career profiles and guides.
- Career Zone
Although it states it is about careers in New York, much of the information is universal. Many job profiles.
- The Department of Labor's Career Guide to Industries
This guide gives you information about dozen's of industries.The Career Guide to Industries is a companion to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, which provides information on careers from an occupational perspective.
- Job-Hunt.org
Online job search guides and comprehensive listing of useful Internet-accessible job-search resources and services on the Web for job seekers.
- Riley Guide
The Riley Guide is a directory of employment and career information sources and services on the Internet. It is primarily intended to provide instruction for job seekers on how to use the Internet . The Riley Guide introduces you to the online job search, listing many online sites and services that are useful for your job search.
- Job Hunter's Bible
The official online job search resource hosted By Dick Bolles, author of "What Color is Your Parachute." General information about job-seeking and career exploration.
- Senior Job Bank
Job bank for job seekers over 50.
- BYU Career Information Database
This database will guide you to information for over 500 careers and to additional resources that will assist you in researching career options.
- Linked In
Find your next job through your network.When you join, you create a profile that summarizes your professional accomplishments. Your profile helps you find and be found by former colleagues, clients, and partners. You can add more connections by inviting trusted contacts to join LinkedIn and connect to you.
- Peter K. Studner Associates
The author of Super Job Search has this website offering job search tools for job seekers and career changers including help with research on companies, industries, job listings, cost-of-living calculators and other research tools. In addition, you will find examples of good resumes and letters, and resume and cover letter writing services are available. One of the tools offered is an electronic mailing to a selection from a database of 5,000 executive recruiters. Find a variety of information and check out links to job banks, lists of recruiters, research on companies, articles, and sample letters and resumes.
- Do What You Are .com
The authors of Do What You Are present a website of Internet resources for finding career information and job search help.
- Idealist.org
Job bank focusing on non-profit oranizations.
- Community Career Center
Job board for non-profit organizations.
- Job Bank USA
Job bank and career/job search resources. Includes resume and cover letter resources, interviewing advice, and resume posting service.
- Philly.com Classifieds
Search available jobs from the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, plus job listings nationwide.
- Hoover's
Search the database for free information on companies and industries. - Job Search Resources at About.com
Many of the the resources you need for a successful job search. Sample resumes, interview questions and tips, networking tips, job search advice, many helpful articles.
Recommended Reading List
Click on the book cover or title for more information about each book.
- What Color Is Your Parachute?
- by Richard Nelson Bolles
- Take Yourself to the Top
- by Laura Berman Fortgang
- Working with Emotional Intelligence
- by Daniel Goleman
- The Power of Full Engagement
- by Loehr and Schwartz
- Now, Discover Your Strengths
- by Buckingham and Clifton
- Getting Things Done
- by David Allen
- Power Networking
- by Fisher and Vilas
- Super Job Search
- by Peter Studner
- Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type
- by Paul D. Tieger
