JOB HELP
Free tools for job-seekers
Career & Technical Education Database – Vocational information on technical topics, such as computing science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retail, accounting, graphic design, and photography.
Data-Axle Reference Solutions – Formerly ReferenceUSA. Data-Axle makes it faster and easier to find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, find news articles, conduct job searches, research papers, locate addresses and phone numbers, conduct market research and much more.
Entrepreneurship Database – Information for entrepreneurs and researchers that includes business start-up plans, video clips, journals, business cases, and more.
Ferguson’s Guidance Career Center – a comprehensive resource that enables users to explore industries and careers, plan their education, and research best practices for résumés, cover letters, interviewing, networking, and salaries/benefits. The database includes articles, career advice blogs, and streaming video.
Job & Career Accelerator – This extensive database has an easy-to-use search tool for finding jobs, creating resumes, accessing training for good interviews, and even career advice. Users have access to over 120 model resumes, a college and scholarship finder feature, and interest assessments.
Occupational Outlook Handbook – Profiles for hundreds of occupations including sections like What They Do, Work Environment, How to Become One, Pay, and more. Each profile also includes Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projections for the 2010-20 decade.
Job Search Engines (local and national)
CareerOneStop – Sponsored by the U. S. Dept. of Labor. “Your source for career exploration, training and jobs.”
Careers In Government – Find a government job
CollegeGrad.com – College grad job hunter
CollegeRecruiter.com – Recruits college students
CoolJobs.com – Find “cool” jobs online
Dice.com – technology job board. If you are a technology expert in areas such as Information Technology (IT), software, high tech, security, biotech, aerospace or engineering, Dice will assist you with finding your next great career opportunity.
Diversity Jobs – “Connecting job seekers with employers who embrace diversity.”
eFinancialCareers – Browse finance jobs and explore banking career opportunities.
GovJobs.com – Government Jobs
HealthCareers Network – Your Career Portal for Healthcare Jobs, Recruitment and News. 10K+ Active Job Listings.
MediaBistro – Jobs and recruiting for social media and traditional media professionals covering journalism, social media marketing, social games, web development, publishing, TV, PR, graphic design, and advertising.
Nurse Recruiter – Find your next nursing job across the U.S.
ResumeBuilder – Free online resource to create a resume easily using one of the more than 30 professional resume templates.
Interview Resources
Most job search websites (Glassdoor, Indeed, etc.) have a lot of information on interviewing as well and should be considered great tools to use during your job search and interview preparation stages.
The Muse – Click on the Advice link located at the top of the page to find various articles on interviewing.