EC/ODE Job Hunting Links

 

The Job Resource is recommended by Brandon Eaton, who says, "Hey, I've found a great tool that should be useful in your job search efforts. The Job Resource has full time jobs and internships, and you can upload your Word resume and have it automatically converted to PDF, ASCII, and web-readable formats.

Posting your resume allows you to receive messages from employers. They also feature hot companies every week."

JobReviews.Com offers interview, salary, and job position reviews so that any current or aspiring job hunter can get the inside scoop on actual interview scenarios, salary offers, and prospective jobs.

Career Consulting Corner offers a U.S. and worldwide job bank, career exploration, tips for interviewing and a list of career fairs.

Job Star California has links to over 300 salary survey sites, in California and nationwide.

Check out Career Mag, Career Shop, Career City, CRM 21, Quint Careers, Experience On Demand, Wage Web, and Resume Net.

The Princeton Review online provides resources that can help you choose a graduate school, prepare for entrance exams, or search for a new career.

The Wall Street Journal has a careers site.

The Reno Gazette Journal has local job listings.  Other online sources include Job Openings at UNR, State of Nevada jobs, and job openings at Truckee Meadows Community College.

America's Job Bank links the 1,800 State Employment Service offices. It provides job seekers with the largest pool of active job opportunites.

Catapult links to job listings, internships, post graduate options, and provides information on help guides and career library resources.

College Grad Job Hunter is an online version of the print guide. It is designed to give college students and college graduates one-stop shopping for jobs on the Internet.

Contact Center Network is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization which has the most comprehensive directory of nonprofits resources on the Internet, with links to over 5,000 sites arranged by issue and geographic region.

USAJobs is an online government job listing - the code under current openings by series for economists is 0110, and for economics assistant is 0119.  You might also look for statistician (1530) or statistical assistant (1531) positions.

FedWorld contains a service which allows you to search a database of about 1,500 U.S. Government job announcements updated 5 days a week.

Federal Jobs Database is a database of federal jobs searchable by geographic region and keyword. An international job search capability is also accessible.

The United Nations Office of Human Resources Management lists jobs for the UN.

JobWeb is sponsored by the National Association of Colleges and Employers; this site provides information about entry level jobs as well as industry information.

Westech maintains a Virtual Job Fair for high tech positions.

Guide to Job Resources on the Internet (Riley)

A listing of job resources in such areas as business, internships, government, science, environment, social sciences and many more. Resources are accessable by state and international areas.

Online Career Center is an enormous database of job listings which can be search by geographic regions or keywords. There is a resume bank where one can submit your resume at no cost via email.

CareerPath includes job advertisements placed in the following major U.S. newspapers: The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, San Jose Mercury News, The Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Southern Florida Sun-Sentinel. You will need to register your name at no charge.

CareerWeb hosts information for both the job seeker and employer/agencies. Also contains database searchable by state and category.

Career Builder has a new searchable site.

Adams JobBank Online contains current openings listed in computers, finance-consulting, general management, healthcare, office, sales/marketing/pr, education, social work, and technical non computer related.

Career Mosiac has listings can be searched by keyword or select a company and view their current available positions. Information about companies are included. Resumes are accepted for inclusion in their resume at no charge.

Cool Works includes jobs in national parks, resorts, cruise ships, camps and volunteer positions.

Peterson's List of Graduate Schools and Professional Schools includes information for graduate school programs by subject area and location. Information about studying abroad and various language programs are also available.

Academic Positions is a list of universities advertising various employment opportunities from teaching positions to administrative and support positions.

Foundation Center.  Their mission is to foster public understanding of the foundation field by collecting, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating information on foundations, corporate giving, and related subjects.

Scholarly Societies Project - a comprehensive list by subject area of scholarly societies which can lead to potential contacts for employment.

Career Forum.

Yahoo:Employment Page.

Business Week has a good online career center, and USA Today has a site called bestjobsusa.

Check out Job Bank USA, Local Careers, Changing Channels, Family Friendly Careers, or Romac International's KnowledgeForce Resource.  The Private Industry Council of San Luis Obisbo County, Inc., maintains a good online career resources website, as does the Career Consulting Center from the Texas hill country.  Dice.com has a good site for high-tech careers online.

Careerlab has a sample of 200 cover letters for resumes, and you can post your resume at A+ Online Resumes for a fee.  Then there's free help at Ten Minute Resumes.

Search Beat - how to start an internet job search, or so they say. A little self-referential.

Occupational Outlook Handbook provides job descriptions of more than 300 occupations, that together account for 91 percent of all the jobs in the nation.

WetFeet allows visitors to research companies in numerous industries.

SEC Public Company Information has a database called EDGAR that allows the user to search all publicly-held companies and obtain information about the company and their recent financial report.

U.S. Industrial Outlook.  Published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, this site provides a solid foundation on which to examine the economic trends in various industries and provide career options.

Yahoo-Business and Economy-Companies, a large listing of organizations and companies arranged by broad subject category.

The Monster Board - this site has more than 15,000 unique jobs within their database. The site also includes information about employers. It provides information on their products and services, and employee benefits.

National Business Employment Weekly - selected articles take from the online version. There are no job listings included.

Big Book - the yellow pages at your fingertips. One can look up any job category, search by state and/or city and get the name of an organization, address, and phone number.

Salary Counter.  The calculator allows you to determine salary you would need to make in a new city based on cost of living differences. Make sure you scroll down the page to be able to search cities within a particular state.

ZineZone - advice for coping in a demanding work environment.