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Web
Sites for Career Development, Job Searching, Resume
Building
Occupational
Outlook Handbook - A publication of the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. Profiles many different career areas,
discusses salaries and job prospects, educational and
other requirements, and offers suggestions for job placement
and career development. A standard in the career development
industry. (The Harper College Library also owns this
book in our Reference collection: REF HD 8051 .A62)
Monster.com - One
of the biggest career and job WWW sites, one of the
pioneers of the online job industry. Search for a job,
build then post a resume, post a job listing for your
company, learn interviewing techniques and cover letter
strategies and much more. Once you've looked at Monster.com,
you will get an idea of how most job searching/development
WWW sites operate.
Other Job Sites to try:
America's Job Bank Transition - Job Bank Information
Job Bank USA
Chicago Jobs Yahoo! Careers - Most Web directories, like Yahoo!, have a Career or
Job section. We recommend Yahoo! because it is one of
the oldest and most reputable WWW directories, and also
the most used Web site in the entire world.
Searching for a Job Within a Specific Industry/Career
Field:
One way of approaching the job market is to search within
specific companies or organizations. Another approach
is to go through professional organizations or associations.
Some examples of these: Company/Organization Web Sites:
William Rainey
Harper College
Microsoft
United Airlines
Rainforest
Foundation
Professional Organizations/Associations:
The American Library Association
Fraternal Order
of Police
American Federation of
Musicians
American Medical Association
Don't know the URL (or WWW address, "Uniform Resource
Locator") of the company or organization you'd like
to investigate? Try searching for their home page through
a search engine. We recommend: Google
Illinois Newspapers/Career Sections:
Almost every Illinois/Chicago newspaper is going to
have some kind of career or job section. It might be
a large section devoted to career development, it might
be just a few pages of "Help Wanted" ads. Here are links
to the career sections of some major newspaper in Illinois.
Chicago
Tribune Careers section
Chicago
Sun-Times Career Section
The Daily Herald
Employment Section - You will need to click on "Employment"
from the main site.
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