Job Seekers
Helpful Web Sites
tips for job seekersThe 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 |