Career Resources Via the Internet

With so much help available via the World Wide Web, job seekers who fail to use it as a source of job leads, career information, or help with job search techniques are handicapping themselves.

Here are some of the career planning sites which the ERIC Clearing House on Adult, Career and Vocational Education feels may help.

America's Job Bank
Lists thousands of jobs and refers candidates to job sites maintained by individual employers.

Business Sites on the Web
Lists a number of Websites which contain information about individual companies.

Career Counseling Services Online
Provides career counseling, testing, education planning, resume development, and other job search skills.

Career Mosaic
Cites job openings and information on such things as job fairs, resumes, and other career resources.

Center of Excellence
Do you know what career combines high-demand, high-pay, and high-tech? You might be surprised to learn that it is manufacturing and applied engineering.

Career Parent Magazine
http://careerparent.bridges.com

Career Path
Compiles and displays "Help Wanted" ads from 63 major newspapers all over the country.

Career Resources
Disseminates information on job fairs, sources of listings, and employer profiles.

E-Span's Job Options
Posts resumes, provides access to job sites, and offers a job alert service.

Hoover's
Summarizes key information on hundreds of America's largest employers.

HRS Federal Job Search
Lists open federal jobs, tells how to apply for them, and offers links to state employment offices.

ISeek
ISeek career services.

Job Trak
Shares jobs posted with college career centers and gives advice on how to hunt for a job.

JobSmart
A source of information on the California job market. Similar services are available for Mississippi and Ohio.

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
www.mnscu.edu.

MN Transfer
www.mntransfer.org.

The Monster Board
Provides tools to help monitor job campaigns, store resumes and letters and connect to a global careers community.

US News and World Report Career Information Page
www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/careers/cchome.htm

Open Positions Database
Includes jobs listed by employers with a special interest in minority candidates.

Overseas Job Express
Provides information about overseas opportunities (teaching, engineering, medical, etc).

Suite 101
Provides job search advice and sample resumes to help military service veterans.