Helpful Web Sites

tips tips for job seekers

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
The Career Place Home CareerPlaceJobs.com
The Career Place Tips CareerPlaceJobs.com/Tips
This list of helpful web sites CareerPlaceJobs.com/Tips/NetworkingSites.htm
More sites CareerPlaceJobs.com/Resources.htm

Career Exploration Sites
Mass. Division of Career Services mass.gov/lwd/employment-services
The Riley Guide rileyguide.com
What Color is Your Parachute? jobhuntersbible.com
Monster Career Center occ.com
Harvard University ocs.fas.harvard.edu/careerdevelopment/selfassessment.htm
Descriptions/Profiles of Jobs jobprofiles.com

Self-Assessment Resources
Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential (MAPP) assessment.com
Myers Briggs Test serve.com/douglass/forms/myersbriggs/
Keirsey Temperament Sorter keirsey.com

Industry and Career Research Sites
The Riley Guide rileyguide.com
America’s Career Infonet acinet.org
Hoovers Directory of Companies ($) hoovers.com
Wet Feet.Com wetfeet.com
Corporation Annual Reports 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., eTrade.com, Ameritrade.com),  and stock exchanges (e.g., NYSE.com and NASDAQ.com)


Occupational Outlook and Salary Research
Occupational Outlook Handbook stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm
Salary.Com salary.com
JobStar Salary Surveys jobstar.org/tools/salary
Career Journal (Wall Street Journal) careerjournal.com
Bureau of Statistics bls.gov

Popular Job Seeker Sites
America’s Job Bank ajb.dni.us
Boston Globe Classifieds boston.com/classifieds
Boston Herald Help Classifieds jobfind.com
Boston Hire bostonhire.com
Career Builder Network careerbuilder.com
Career City careercity.com
Career Magazine careermag.com
Career Exchange careerexchange.com
Metro S/W Community Newspapers townonline.com/working
FlipDog.Com flipdog.com
Hot Jobs.Com hotjobs.com
Jobs.Com jobs.com
The Monster Board monster.com
The Career Shop (incl. info on training) careershop.com
The Job Search Engine jobsearchengine.com
The Job Factory jobfactory.com
Recruiters Online Network recruitersonline.com
Wanted Jobs (search engine) wantedjobs.com

Specialized Job Search Sites
Links to Industry-Specific Sites quintcareers.com/indres.html
Engineering Jobs and Resources engineeringjobs.com
Aviation Employee Placement Service aeps.com
Banking Jobs – Financial Resumes bankjobs.com
CPA’s (Mass. Society for CPA’s) mscpaonline.org
Biotechnology Career Center biotechcareercenter.com
Employment for Computer Professionals computer.com
Computer Consulting and Programming Jobs dice.com
Resources for Teacher Employment Opportunities educationplanet.com
Job Center for Teachers teachersplanet.com
Information Technology Professionals Site it-ta.com
Medical Field Jobs medhunters.com
Performing Arts Info. Center (Casting Call) actingworld.com
Leading Supplier of Technical Resumes passportaccess.com
Interactive Site for Engineering Contractors roadwhore.com
Tech Telecommuting Jobs Brought Home tjobs.com
The Computer Merchant, Ltd. tcml.com
Job Bank and Links for Seniors seniorjobbank.org

Other Job Seeker Sites
Mid-to Senior-level Professionals cruelworld.com
Headhunter-type services headhunter.net
Mature Job Seeker Needs quintcareers.com/mature_jobseekers
Contract employees ceweekly.com
Contract Technical employment services ntes.com
Contract and temporary job market site net-temps.com

Government Jobs
U.S. Government Jobs usajobs.opm.gov/
Mass. State Jobs state.ma.us/hrd/ceo

Sites with Education/Training Info. and Offerings
Higher Education Information Center (Mass.) heic.org
Barnes and Noble University (Free!) barnesandnobleuniversity.com
The Career Shop Training careershop.com/training
EduPoint edupoint.com
Hungry Minds hungryminds.com
THINQ (formerly TrainingNet) thinq.com

Sites for College Students or Recent Graduates
U.S. Dept. of Education Financial Aid Site ed.gov/finaid.html
The Princeton Review Career Site review.com/index.cfm
Career College Association (financial aid info) career.org
Jobs Direct jobdirect.com
Job Trak jobtrak.com

Relocation Information
Excite’s City Guide excite.com/local
RentNet rent.net
Homebuyer’s Fair homefair.com

Search Engines
AltaVista altavista.com
Ask.com ask.com
Bing bing.com
Excite excite.com
Google google.com
Go.com go.com
Lycos lycos.com
Microsoft Network msn.com
Yahoo yahoo.com
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