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Our Favorite Websites
Career Decision & Assessments | Job Boards | Job Search | Resume | Job Letter | Interviewing
Job Descriptions and Labor Statistics | Salary Information | Miscellaneous but Informative
CAREER DECISION & ASSESSMENTS WEB SITES
About Career Planning
www.careerplanning.about.com/library/blplanning.htm
One of 700 different topic sites from ABOUT.com. Each site, including this one on career planning, is managed by a professional expert from that field who offers articles, advice and links to additional topic-related sites.Career Planning Process by Bowling Green State University
www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/career/students/index.html
Kudos to Bowling Green State University’s Career Center for their most excellent site. They offer accurate, thorough and quality career information.Personality Tests
www.2h.com/Tests/personality.phtml
No one can resist taking personality and “IQ” tests. Here are some fun and some serious career-related tests.Personality and IP Test Links
www.coach.net/personal.htm
A master list of links to lots of test sites (but don’t take any one test as gospel!)Queendom
www.queendom.com/tests/career/index.html
Check out the career test section.Quintessential Careers
www.quintcareers.com/index.html
A career site that addresses the needs of high school students as well as college students. You can e-mail a “Career Doctor” with specific questions.Princeton Review
www.review.com/career/
A career information site directed at college students. Occupational profiles and networking advice.University of Minnesota
www.umn.edu/ohr/ecep/topten.htm
Ten insightful questions to help you focus on your highest interest areas.WorkSearch
http://worksearch.gc.ca/ (click - “Site Map”)
Our Canadian neighbors, the Department of Public Works and Government Services, supply this comprehensive career decision site. Information and advice range from explaining career decision-making steps to helping you determine if you should be self-employed. Get to know yourself better through tons of unique self-inventories that assess traits including communication skills, learning style, and if self-employment is right for you. Get ideas on how to gain experience while in college.
Nortech
http://neotechjobs.com
NorTech, the Northeast Ohio Technology Coalition, sponsors this online job board to promote technology jobs in northeast Ohio. It is free for employers and jobseekers. Some of the occupational categories available at this site are Advanced Materials/Manufacturing, Bioscience, Electronics, Energy, Power & Propulsion, Healthcare, ICT (Information and Communication) and Science & Engineering.CareerConnect by Lakeland Community College
careers.lakeland.edu
Lakeland Career Services Center’s own job board of local job openings. Post your resume in the database so employers can find you. Hyperlinks allow you to communicate directly with employers and send your resume in a nanosecond.CareerBoard
www.cleveland.careerboard.com
A northeast Ohio job board that will notify you by e-mail of jobs related to your field. Also find information on various companies.Cleveland.com
www.cleveland.com/jobs/
Job opportunities from the classifieds section of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, online. Check out current, local career events.MonsterTRAK
www.monstertrak.com
JOBTRAK is now part of the Monster.com family. This is a national job board and job search information site designed for college students.Net-Temps
www.net-temps.com
Don’t rule out staffing agencies when looking for a job. This site is dedicated to them and their jobs.The Beacon Journal
www.ohio.com/bj
The classifieds section of Akron’s Beacon Journal newspaper, online.The News Herald
www.sunnews.com/classifieds/jobs.htm
The classifieds section of Lake County’s News Herald newspaper, online.Snag-A-Job
www.snagajob.com
Summer Jobs & Part-time Jobs for Students
JOB SEARCH WEB SITES (multiple topics)
About Career Planning
www.careerplanning.about.com
One of 700 different topic sites from ABOUT.com. Each site, including this one on career and job search, is managed by a professional expert from that field who offers articles, advice and links to additional topic-related sites.America's Career InfoNet
www.acinet.org/acinet/
A portal to numerous job assistance resource links for job and resume databases, professional associations, legal information, occupational and labor market information, and relocation resources.Career Advice
www.washingtonpost.com/wl/jobs/home
The Washington Post provides lots of job search advice and information on careers, occupational trends and companies.Career Planning Process by Bowling Green State University
www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/career/students/index.html
Kudos to Bowling Green State University’s Career Center for their most excellent job search information site. They offer accurate, thorough and quality information. One of the best features is a huge sample list and definitions of work skills and competencies. (Look in the “Career Planning Process” section under “Self-Assessment”.)College Grad Job Hunter
www.collegegrad.com
An entire job search book, College Grad Job Hunter. Check out the chapter on networking. The site also has a Q & Q forum for job search questions.Damn Good Resume
www.damngood.com
The site of job search book author, Yana Parker. You’ll find many tips for job hunting and resume writing.Job-Hunter’s Bible
www.jobhuntersbible.com
The guru of career planning and author of “What Color is Your Parachute, Richard Bolles, offers sound job search information. He includes current career-related articles, excerpts from his benchmark book (of course) and links galore.Job Choice Magazine Online
www.jobweb.org/JCOnline/
Relevant current articles on job search issues & real life job experiences. Opportunity to ask job search questions by e-mail. A catalog of job books.JobStar Central
www.jobstar.org
The best part of this site is the hints on creative ways to locate the “Hidden Jobs”. Also,if you’re a linkaholic, you’ll find lots of job search-related links!JobWeb
www.jobweb.com/home.cfm
One of the most credible job search sites for college students from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Includes job search advice, articles, information on occupations, employer surveys, salary guides, and much more.Monster Career Center
http://content.monster.com
Monster.com provides this college-focused, national job board and job search information site. In addition to lots of good hints, it has a great virtual mock interview exercise, message boards and chat rooms for career topics.Quintessential Careers
www.quintcareers.com/tutorials.html
Find helpful advice and samples on various job search topics including interviewing, cover letters, resumes, salary negotiation, and suggested methods to look for jobs. (Note: You'll have to click through many short pages to see all the information.)Rebecca Smith’s eResumes & Resources
www.eresumes.com
Though she unabashedly promotes her book, Rebecca Smith offers specific advice on using electronic resumes and online job search.WorkSearch
http://worksearch.gc.ca/ (click - “Site Map”)
Our Canadian neighbors, the Department of Public Works and Government Services, supply this comprehensive career and job search site.
Career Planning Process by Bowling Green State University
www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/career/students/index.html
Bowling Green State University’s career & job search guide, which includes a fantastic skills self-assessment list.College Grad Job Hunter Book
www.collegegrad.com
An entire book online, including sample resumes.Proven Resumes
www.provenresumes.com/toc.html
Resume advice targeting specific career areas.Rebecca Smith’s eResume & Resources
www.eresumes.com
Information and instructions to create an electronic resumes. Also, find links to resume posting sites.Resume Tutor by the University of Minnesota
www1.umn.edu/ohr/ecep/resume/
Without a doubt, this site is our numero uno choice if you want to build a resume, section by section. They do a great job explaining what goes into each section and why. Lots of examples are provided to help you understand how to create your own resume text. You will need to do the final formatting of your resume, but if you have good text, the formatting is a minor task. Additional resume information can be found in their articles and links.Radford University Career Services Center
www.runet.edu/~csc/keywords.html
Our cohorts at Radford University have created a huge list of keywords and phrases that you can use to describe your skills, experiences and your work style in your resume or cover letter.The Riley Guide
www.rileyguide.com/letters.html
Resume links heaven.WorkSearch
http://worksearch.gc.ca/ (click – “Site Map”)
A good, interactive tutorial for creating a resume.
JOB LETTER WEB SITES
CareerLab - Career Advisor
www.careerlab.com/free.htm
A library of 200 sample job-related letters (cover, thank you, etc.) with plenty of instructions to go with them.
INTERVIEWING WEB SITES
Interview Questions
www.pse-net.com/interview/interviewbyjob.htm
Interview-linkaholics can never get enough, so here are more interview question sites by specific careers.Job-Interview
www.job-interview.net
Tons of sample interview questions, hints and links.Monster Interview Center
http://interview.monster.com/
It’s imperative that you practice for your job interview before the big day. This site, part of Monster.com, has excellent virtual interviews for specific occupations as well as other interviewing hints.WorkSearch
http://worksearch.gc.ca/ (click - “Site Map”)
A job search information site that includes interview questions with excellent advice on how to respond.
JOB DESCRIPTIONS and LABOR STATISTICS WEB SITES
America’s Career InfoNet
www.acinet.org
The US Department of Labor provides information on wages and on occupational trends and required competencies. There are also links pertinent to diverse groups.Bureau of Labor Statistics
www.bls.gov
Tons of federal employment and labor reportsCareerOINK (Occupational Information Kingdom)
www.careeroink.com
You'll find comprehensive information about thousands of occupations. Check-out their lists of "The 50 Best Jobs", "The Fastest Growing Jobs", and much more.Occupational Outlook Handbook
www.bls.gov/oco/
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ OOH handbook, a resource book that provides descriptive information and the outlook for various occupations.O*NET
http://online.onetcenter.org
This Web site replaces the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) book. It provides a large database of occupations and descriptions of them. Information includes the nature of the work, educational requirements, the skills, abilities and knowledge required, labor market information, related occupations and other informative Web links.
SALARY INFORMATION WEB SITES
DataMasters
www.datamasters.com
Compare salaries for same job, different city.Homefair
www.homefair.com
Calculate what it will take to relocate to another city.JobStar
www.jobstar.org
Links to various salary surveys and advice on how to negotiate salary and benefits at the time of a job offer.Salary.com
www.salary.com
Search for salaries by occupational area and city. There are also links to other salary studies, resources and job search information.Salary Expert
www.salaryexpert.com
Another site that provides salaries by position title and city but with an additional multilingual option.Wageweb
www.wageweb.com
View salaries for these specific career fields: sales, marketing, human resources, finance, engineer, information management, administration and health.
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS but INFORMATIVE WEB SITES
English Usage Resource Books
www.bartleby.com/index.html
This site gives you access to the most-used, general information and language reference books: a dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus, language usage guide, famous quotes almanac , bible, Shakespeare resource, geographical locations guide, and a book about anatomy!Hire Diversity
www.hirediversity.com
Resources, information links, articles and job listings by state are provided for multicultural and bilingual job seekers.Immigration Handbook Information
www.visalaw.com/
Legal guidelines for employment of immigrants.JobWeb
www.jobweb.com/catapult
Click on “Career Offices” to check out other college career centers’ Web sites.Latpro
www.latpro.com
Employment resources for Hispanics.Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
www.state.oh.us/odjfs/jobsearch
Links to government sponsored employment Web sites.Princeton Review
www.review.com/career/
A job search hints site directed at college students.
Updated 05/11/07
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