Reference Links

Use these suggested reference links to support your career transition and career management needs.

Online Job Search

CareerCast
Minimize your time online. Use CareerCast to search many employer sites or Usenet ads at once.
Career Builder
Tools to help you manage your career. Save a job search; create a resume; and read headline news, tips and other information about getting a great job and important employment trends.
Hotjobs
Search for jobs, post your resume and control who sees it! Interact with fellow job seekers via the message board. More!
Monster.com
Top online job search site! This site is has thousands of jobs and useful advice for the job seeker. Widely searched by top employers and recruiting firms. One of the first and more innovative sites.
Yahoo! Classifieds
Yahoo! Classifieds has a straightforward navigational system that allows you to search in different states for different jobs. This site also has links to great career and job search sites.

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Company Research

Better Business Bureau
Helping Consumers and Businesses to Maintain an Ethical Marketplace-- features Alerts and News, Business Report Databases, Resource Library, etc.
CEO Express
CEO Express sifts through the chaotic array of information available on the web and critically selects the links that you need on your desktop everyday.
Companies Online
Find information on over 100,000 Public and Private Companies.
Corporate Information
Find information on private companies, as well as for international firms.

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The Career Resource Network (CRN)
Includes Dun & Bradstreet and CareerSearch - two separate databases that are useful in creating target lists and obtaining company profiles. CareerSearch is useful in finding smaller companies and executive recruiters.
Vault Reports
Find a job and get the insider research on a company from current and former employees.
Wetfeet.com
Get the inside scoop on a company of interest. Research companies, industries, cities, and more!

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Niche Sites

The Riley Guide
Get expert advice online from Margaret F. Dikel's favorite links to help you get started in your job search, find recommended books, complete an online job application, prepare your resume for the Internet, and more.
Wall Street Journal Career Site
Obtain information about hiring activity by region and function, regional profiles, employment trends, working with recruiters, salary data, job ads, future step career and salary profile, and more!

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Free Web-based Email Accounts

Excite Mail
http://www.excite.com/
MSN Hotmail
http://www.hotmail.com/
Netscape Web Mail
http://webmail.netscape.com/
Yahoo!Mail
http://mail.yahoo.com/

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Career Management Sites

Professional Organizations
Expand your network! Link to the homepages for several professional organizations.
Wall Street Journal Career Site
Obtain information about hiring activity by region and function, regional profiles, employment trends, working with recruiters, salary data, job ads, future step career and salary profile, and more!

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Executive Resources

Exec-U-Net
Exec-U-Net - Executive Jobs, Career Management, Salary Surveys, Recruiting, Search. *An AT&T Resource Center favorite! There is a fee to use this service.
JobBank
JobBank USA provides employment networking and information services to job candidates, employers, and recruitment firms. Finding a job, or hiring employees has never been easier.

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Diverse Populations

Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
Internet sources of information concerning disability issues as well as legal issues and sources concerning occupational health and safety and Total Quality Management issues.
Advancing Women
Career community and information for women.
Catalyst
Leading non-profit organization working to advance women and the professions.
Disability Resources Monthly
A guide to disability resources on the Internet.
DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology)
Latpro Professional Network
Job search resources for Spanish and Portuguese bilingual professionals.
National Black MBA Association
National Society of Black Engineers
National Association of Asian American Professionals
Resources for Job Seekers with Disabilities
Several employment resources for people with disabilities.
Saludos Hispanos
Job search resources for bilingual - English and Spanish- job seekers.

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Relocation Resources

Best places to live
Chamber of Commerce Guide
Free Trip Map Maker
Looking for a new home with that new job?
What salary will you need? Compare the cost of living.
Check the Weather in other places.

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Starting Your Own Business

Compaq's Small Business Resource Center
Entrepreneur Magazine.com
Business Opportunity Search.
Freelance Forum
Hot Office
The HotOffice Web-based based Intranet Service is an easy, affordable way to connect colleagues, clients and vendors from anywhere.
Quicken.com Small Business
Small Business Administrations
Small Business Information
Wall Street Journal Start-Up Center
Yahoo! Small Business

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Salary and Financial Resources

Job Smart
Find them all! - Links to over 150 salary surveys! This site will provide links to general and profession-specific salary surveys.
Salary Calculator
Salary.com
Salary and Hiring Information from CareerJournal.com

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Magazines and Publications

Advertising Age
Adweek Online
Black Enterprise
Fast Company
Forbes
Fortune
Hispanstar
The Hispanic Business Resource.
Inc. Magazine On line
Mutual Fund Magazine
The Industry Standard
Wired

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Career Assessment Tools

Personality Tests- Learn about you through these interactive assessments!
Keirsey Temperment and Character Sorter
Personality Type
The Enneagram Institute Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator (RHETI)
Career Tests- Gain insight about your career through these interactive assessments!
The Career Interests Game
The Career Key Game

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Ask Jeeves
Excite
This search engine also includes an extensive career section.
Google
Hotbot
This well-organized search engine provides yellow pages, white pages and free services such as free email, homepages, message boards, chat and personal guide.
InfoSeek
In addition to its rank as one of the top search engines, Infoseek has an excellent career center - worth checking out.
Yahoo!
In addition to helping you find company websites, job sites, and more, this easy-to-navigate directory has already done a lot of work for you! Use their Business section to find professional organizations, classifieds, consulting firms, and publications - and that's just a start!

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Industry Specific Resources

Academic Employment Network
Academic Jobs
The Affiliates
Legal Staffing site that allows resume posting and job searching. Site offers Advanced Online Training, Free Salary Guide, Career News.
Communications Professionals
American Journalism Review Online.
ComputerJobs.com
The Employment Web Site for Technology Professionals.
Engineer Web
Engineering Jobs. Where Engineers Are. Find a Job. Submit Resume. Post a job. Industry News. Organizations. Research salaries.
Environmental Careers World
The Internet's leader in environmental and natural resources job information and career news.
Federal Jobs Digest
Resume and job posting bank and resources for finding federal jobs.
Human Resources Professionals SHRM
The Internet Job Source
Your source for jobs at all major U.S. companies, state and federal government agencies!
Jobs In Government
Jobs in government is a sophisticated and efficient search engine designed to help qualified individuals find challenging opportunities that meet their career objectives in government and the public sector.
Marketing and Sales Professionals
Non Profit Career Network
Great page of information resources pertaining to the nonprofit sector.
OnlineSports.com Career Center
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.
Overseas Jobs Express
Search for jobs in Europe, the Middle East, and US.
Tech Job Bank
Technology Jobs Bank Search Engine. Find Jobs! Talk to Employers! Submit resume! Find employees!
USA Jobs
The Federal Government's official one-stop source for Federal jobs and employment information.

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Consulting/Contracting Resources

Consulting Central.com
Newsletters, magazines, directories, and reports for the consulting community.
Contract Employment Weekly
Furnish subscribers with information about immediate and anticipated contract job openings throughout the world.
Entrepreneur Magazine.com
Resources in getting started in the consulting field.
Guru
Project opportunities, career advice, and services for freelancers and consultants.
Monster: Contract & Temporary
Net-Temps
Resume banks, contractor resources, and thousands of jobs from hundreds of employment agencies.

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Reference Sites and Directories

555-1212.com
Web directory including Yellow Pages, White Pages, Reverse Phone Number Lookup, maps and driving directions, etc.
AOL Presents Government Guide
Government Services Made Easy.
Amazon.com
To purchase books and products online from Amazon.
AT&T Retiree Site
This site addresses questions and provides information for AT&T retired employees.
AT&T Worldnet Site
To purchase AT&T Worldnet Internet Service.
Barnes and Noble.com
To purchase books and products online from Barnes and Noble.
Britannica.com
Includes web sites, magazines, books, and the complete Encyclopedia Britannica.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Includes data, information about the economy, surveys, publications and research papers, etc.
Business Intelligence
European Business Directory
FirstGov
The official U.S. government web portal
Inc.Online's guide to the Internet
Internet e-commerce guide
E-commerce news, product reviews, resources, and more.
Merriam-Webster Online
This site provides a dictionary and thesaurus as well as other information about words and language.
Net lingo
If you don't know what FTP, HTML, LOL, ROFL, :), means, then this site is for you.
Netiquette
If you are new to the Internet, this site takes a lighthearted look at some of the do's and don'ts.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
U.S. Government web directories from Yahoo
Weather
Who? Where? PeopleFinder
Find a person, find a place.
World of Newspapers
Provides links to newspapers online from all over the world.
Zip Codes
Find a Zip Code or the distance between zip codes.

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