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Job
Searching
OneSource (http://www.ilworkinfo.com)
Illinois Department of Employment Security, a gateway to workforce
and career information. The most reliable source for information
about the state's labor market.
America’s Job Bank (http://www.ajb.dni.us)
This site is operated by the U.S. Department of Labor in partnership
with each state’s Public Employment Service. You can
use the site to search for jobs either by occupation or keyword,
create and post résumés, and follow links to
individual states, employers, and private agencies.
CareerFairs.com (http://www.careerfairs.com)
Search for the dates and locations of career fairs coming
to your region.
CareerWeb (http://www.careerweb.com)
Search for jobs by city, country, or employer.
Employment 911 (http://www.employment911.com)
This site offers free e-mail service, calendars, organizers,
and résumé posting. It also offers information
about résumé writing, interviewing, salaries,
and cover letters.
Headhunter.net (http://www.headhunter.net)
This site offers links to international job search Web sites,
as well as a résumé writing center, job listings,
company profiles, and links to online job fairs.
Monster.com (http://www.monster.com)
This extensive site features a link especially for “first
timers,” which helps you navigate through the site’s
multiple services. These include job listings, free résumé
posting, free e-mail, a career center, employer research,
and a career newsletter.
Self-Assessment
and Career Investigation Resources
Job Monkey (http://www.jobmonkey.com)
This site is for people who are interested in seasonal jobs
that are off the beaten path, such as working in Alaskan fisheries,
teaching abroad, and working in tourism. It has information
about what these jobs are like, employer profiles, and tips
for getting started.
JobHuntersBible.com (http://jobhuntersbible.com)
This site was created by Dick Bolles, author of What Color
Is Your Parachute? The site offers advice on topics such as
networking, job searching on the Internet, and what to do
when you strike out. It also offers links to résumé
and interview sites, as well as sites that offer personal
assessment tests.
Keirsey Temperament Sorter II (http://www.advisorteam.com/user/ktsintro.asp)
This site offers a free, online personality questionnaire
to help you learn about yourself and the type of work for
which you are best suited.
Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential (MAPP)
(http://www.assessment.com)
This site offers the MAPP test, which can help you determine
what kind of job would make you happiest. The site also has
labor market information, career planning information, and
tips for writing résumés.
Occupational Outlook Handbook (http://www.bls.gov/oco)
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, the Occupational
Handbook presents detailed information on a wide range of
occupations. It describes what people do in their daily work,
what work conditions are like, what training and education
are required, what people earn, and job prospects for each
occupation.
Résumé
and Interviewing Resources
Job-Interview.net (http://job-interview.net)
This site can help you learn about different interviewing
styles, practice interviewing, find books that will help you
improve your interviewing skills, and recognize illegal interview
questions.
JobStar (http://www.jobstar.org)
This site was created for Californians, but it also provides
general information on topics such as résumé
writing, salaries, career development, and the hidden job
market.
Federal
Agencies
Employment & Training Administration
(http://www.doleta.gov)
From the U.S. Department of Labor, this site has information
about job seeking, applying for unemployment compensation,
laid-off workers retraining programs, federal job openings,
apprenticeship training, the Job Corps (training for youth
ages 16 to 24), and America’s One-Stop Career Centers.
Office of Disability Employment Policy (http://www.dol.gov/odep/)
This site from the U.S. Department of Labor offers job links
listed by state, information on programs aimed at assisting
the disabled, information on state liaisons, and a list of
related sites.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
(http://www.eeoc.gov)
This site offers information about federal laws prohibiting
job discrimination, how to file a discrimination complaint,
employment rights of the individual, and laws regarding sexual
harassment.
usworkforce.org (http://www.usworkforce.org)
This site provides information on the Workforce Investment
Act (WIA). This legislation designates funding for employment
and training, especially for low-income Americans. The site
includes information on unemployment compensation, information
for laid-off workers,
information on the Job Corps (training for youth ages 16 to
24), and more.
Employment
Law
Nolo (http://www.nolo.com)
Follow the Employment Law link under the list of Law Centers.
This site has information on the legal issues surrounding
job searching, discrimination, sexual harassment, health and
safety, losing or keeping a job, and drug testing.
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