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Laura Melius, Director, Career Services, Eastern Kentucky University
Career Guidance |
Job Listings
Just starting your career? Interested in changing career direction? The sites listed below can help guide you to the career path that's right for you. Then you can check the sites in
Job Listings to find an actual position in your chosen field.
Career Guidance
- America's Career InfoNet
- This site will help you make better, more informed job decisions with
national, state and local labor market information, including employment
trends, wages and more.
- CareerBuilder
- This site lists hiring companies, career articles, career advice, and
a link to a site on how to write an effective cover letter.
- Career Guide to Industries
- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics has produced
this career guide which provides information on available careers by industry,
including the nature of the industry, working conditions, employment, occupations
in the industry, training and advancement, earnings and benefits, employment
outlook, and lists of organizations that can provide additional information.
(PDF format)
- The Career Key
- This is a series of assessment links created by the University of North
Carolina. It includes personality profiles, skill assessments, and job preference
audits.
- Career Planner
- This site is for everyone from high school and college students to career
changers. It includes assessment and career planning tests, tips on career
planning, career resources and more.
- Career Voyager
- This site is a job search and career management portal.
- Careers in Botany
- This site gives good information on careers working with plants.
- Careers in Libraries
- This site, from the American Library Association, provides a good overview
of careers in this field.
- Employment Projections
- U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics website of their
Industry-Occupation matrix.
- Job Hunters Bible
- This site has lots of valuable information and links for the job seeker.
- Job Hunting
101
- This site takes the guesswork out of finding the right job. It covers
everything from employer profiles, to interviewing skills and marketing
yourself.
- JobSearch Pro
- This site provides thousands of links to help get you started on your
job search,including, job listings, career advice sites and much more.
- Kentucky Labor Market Information Survey
- This site provides information on various indicators such as underemployment,
benefits, and labor shortages and vacancies.
- Kentucky
Occupational Information
- This website gives you statistics and information about the Kentucky labor
force and employment outlook with projections to the year 2006. It includes
career, industry and occupational information, labor force data, projections,
wages and related information. (PDF format)
- Michigan Occupational Information
System Self-Assessment
- This Self-Assessment will help you find out what careers you might like
to pursue.
- O*Net
- This site helps you evaluate your skills with powerful up-to-date occupational
databases with job descriptions and skill sets.
- Quintessential Careers
- This site insightful articles, career tips, career toolkit and more.
- Salary Calculator
- Use this site to compare cost of living in hundreds of U.S. cities.
- University of Waterloo Career Development
Manual
- This is an excellent step-by-step career development site.
- Work & Career
- US News developed this site which provides information on job searches,
resume writing, interviewing tips, and basic work-life issues.
Job Listings
- AALL Job Placement
- Academic Position Network
- ARLIS/NA Jobnet
- Association of Research
Libraries
- Guide to Employment
in the Library and Information Professions
- America's Job Bank
- Biology Jobs
- Career
and Job Information
- Chronicle of Higher Education Career
Network
- ComputerJobs.com
- ComputerWork.com
- Dice.com-High Tech Jobs Online
- Engineer-Cad.com
- FlipDog.com Job Search
- Free Pint Worldwide Job Search
- GO Jobsite
- Guru
- HotJobs.com
- Kentucky Library Job
Hotline
- Kentucky Personnel Cabinet
- Library and Information Technology
Jobs
- Library Job Posting on the
Internet
- LIS Jobs
- Medzilla
- MLA Jobline
- Monster.com
- Museum Jobs
- Overseas Jobs
- Science Careers
- TeachGeorgia.org
- Telework and Telecommuting
- USA Jobs
- Washington Post
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Last Updated:
Monday, 12-Jan-2004 10:00:27 EST
