Job Seekers
Helpful Web Sites
The following Web sites may prove useful in various facets of your job search activities.
These sites will also contain links to other helpful sites.
| The Career Place Home | www.CareerPlaceJobs.com |
| The Career Place Tips | www.CareerPlaceJobs.com/Tips |
| This list of helpful web sites | www.CareerPlaceJobs.com/Tips/NetworkingSites.htm |
| More sites | www.CareerPlaceJobs.com/Resources.htm |
| Mass. Division of Career Services | www.detma.org |
| The Riley Guide | www.rileyguide.com |
| What Color is Your Parachute? | www.jobhuntersbible.com |
| Monster Career Center | www.occ.com |
| Harvard University | www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/careerdevelopment/selfassessment.htm |
| Descriptions/Profiles of Jobs | www.jobprofiles.com |
| Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential (MAPP) | www.assessment.com |
| Myers Briggs Test | www.serve.com/douglass/forms/myersbriggs/ |
| Keirsey Temperament Sorter | www.keirsey.com |
| The Riley Guide | www.rileyguide.com |
| America’s Career Infonet | www.acinet.org |
| Hoovers Directory of Companies ($) | www.hoovers.com |
| Wet Feet.Com | www.wetfeet.com |
| Corporation Annual Reports | http://wsjie.ar.wilink.com/cgi-bin/start.pl |
TIP: Another approach is to research companies at investment-related sites, which includes most search engine sites (e.g., Yahoo), online trade sites (e.g., www.eTrade.com, www.Ameritrade.com), and stock exchanges (e.g., www.NYSE.com and www.NASDAQ.com)
| Occupational Outlook Handbook | http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm |
| Salary.Com | www.salary.com |
| JobStar Salary Surveys | www.jobstar.org/tools/salary |
| Career Journal (Wall Street Journal) | www.careerjournal.com |
| Bureau of Statistics | www.bls.gov |
| America’s Job Bank | www.ajb.dni.us |
| Boston Globe Classifieds | www.boston.com/classifieds |
| Boston Herald Help Classifieds | www.jobfind.com |
| Boston Hire | www.bostonhire.com |
| Career Builder Network | www.careerbuilder.com |
| Career City | www.careercity.com |
| Career Magazine | www.careermag.com |
| Career Exchange | www.careerexchange.com |
| Metro S/W Community Newspapers | www.townonline.com/working |
| FlipDog.Com | www.flipdog.com |
| Hot Jobs.Com | www.hotjobs.com |
| Jobs.Com | www.jobs.com |
| The Monster Board | www.monster.com |
| The Career Shop (incl. info on training) | www.careershop.com |
| The Job Search Engine | www.jobsearchengine.com |
| The Job Factory | www.jobfactory.com |
| Recruiters Online Network | www.recruitersonline.com |
| Wanted Jobs (search engine) | www.wantedjobs.com |
| Links to Industry-Specific Sites | www.quintcareers.com/indres.html |
| Engineering Jobs and Resources | www.engineeringjobs.com |
| Aviation Employee Placement Service | www.aeps.com |
| Banking Jobs – Financial Resumes | www.bankjobs.com |
| CPA’s (Mass. Society for CPA’s) | www.mscpaonline.org |
| Biotechnology Careers Center | www.bio.com/jobs |
| Employment for Computer Professionals | www.computer.com |
| Computer Consulting and Programming Jobs | www.dice.com |
| Resources for Teacher Employment Opportunities | www.educationplanet.com |
| Job Center for Teachers | www.teachersplanet.com |
| Information Technology Professionals Site | www.it-ta.com |
| Medical Field Jobs | www.medhunters.com |
| Performing Arts Info. Center (Casting Call) | www.actingworld.com |
| Leading Supplier of Technical Resumes | www.passportaccess.com |
| Interactive Site for Engineering Contractors | www.roadwhore.com |
| Tech Telecommuting Jobs Brought Home | www.tjobs.com |
| The Computer Merchant, Ltd. | www.tcml.com |
| Job Bank and Links for Seniors | www.seniorjobbank.org |
| Mid-to Senior-level Professionals | www.cruelworld.com |
| Headhunter-type services | www.headhunter.net |
| Mature Job Seeker Needs | www.quintcareers.com/mature_jobseekers |
| Contract employees | www.ceweekly.com |
| Contract Technical employment services | www.ntes.com |
| Contract and temporary job market site | www.net-temps.com |
| U.S. Government Jobs | www.usajobs.opm.gov/ |
| Mass. State Jobs | www.state.ma.us/hrd/ceo |
| Higher Education Information Center (Mass.) | www.heic.org |
| Barnes and Noble University (Free!) | www.barnesandnobleuniversity.com |
| The Career Shop Training | www.careershop.com/training |
| EduPoint | www.edupoint.com |
| Hungry Minds | www.hungryminds.com |
| THINQ (formerly TrainingNet) | www.thinq.com |
| U.S. Dept. of Education Financial Aid Site | http://www.ed.gov/finaid.html |
| The Princeton Review Career Site | http://www.review.com/index.cfm |
| Career College Association (financial aid info) | www.career.org |
| Jobs Direct | www.jobdirect.com |
| Job Trak | www.jobtrak.com |
| Excite’s City Guide | www.excite.com/local |
| RentNet | www.rent.net |
| Homebuyer’s Fair | www.homefair.com |
| AltaVista | www.altavista.com |
| Ask.com | www.ask.com |
| Excite | www.excite.com |
| www.google.com | |
| Go.com | www.go.com |
| Lycos | www.lycos.com |
| Microsoft Network | www.msn.com |
| Yahoo | www.yahoo.com |