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Job Search and Career Advice
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Occupational Outlook Handbook 2008-2009 http://www.bls.gov/oco( information and employment outlook for most careers)
Job Hunt (excellent website that includes information on entry level jobs, internships and seasonal jobs as well as indepth career information and links.)
America's Employers (the job seeker's home on the internet)
College Grad Job Hunter (takes college graduates step by step through the job hunting process)
Career City (online job fairs, job listings and resume posting)
Career Builder (job listings, resume posting, company researching, interview tips and more)
Student Jobs (this site provides you with one-stop electronic shopping for information about student employment and internships in the federal government, regardless of major)
WetFeet(an award winning website, site provides help to make smart career decisions)
DirectEmployers.Com (employment search engine operated by a group of 150 employers) |
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Researching Companies/Employment Outlook
Vault Reports- great site that offers in-depth company profile reports
America's Career InfoNet- information about the employment outlook, salaries, and training requirements for various careers
Hoover's- Great resource for finding company information
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Job Posting Sites
While these are not all the sites that list jobs on the Internet, this list provides links to some of those we've found to be particularly useful. Please e-mail the CCCS with suggestions of other sites that you think Randolph-Macon College students and alumni/ae would find helpful.
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General Job Listings Across the United States
Monster.com Large site of job hunting resourcesNationJob Network (National listing of employment opportunities)
Jamminjobs.com (site boasting career resources, full and part time job listings)
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International Job Listings
Going Global (A site that provides detailed information on how to search for employment abroad)
Eurograduate Live (for jobs and career planning with an European focus)
Overseas Jobs (leading on-line newspaper contains thousands of overseas job vacancies)
Escape Artist (all kinds of information for "anyone moving to another country," includes jobs overseas)
Teaching Jobs Overseas (international teaching employment opportunities)
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Employment Opportunities in Virginia
Virginia Business Magazine (though this is not a job posting site, it does provide a ranking of the top companies in the state in major industries and other valuable information about employment in Virginia)
Virginia Department of Education (links to all school division and other sites relevant to teaching in Virginia)
JobSeeker.net
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Employment Opportunities in DC
Washington Network Group (A networking organization of professionals in business, finance, foreign and government affairs)
RCJobs (brought to you by
RollCall.com; Covering Capitol Hill since 1955)
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Job Postings from the Classifieds
Wall Street JournalThe Washington PostEditor and Publisher (searchable, comprehensive list of newspaper and media websites)
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Jobs with Non-Profit Organization
The Learning Institute for Nonprofit Organizations (contains links to sites with nonprofit jobs)
Gain experience in your field to stay competitive while doing some problem BASHING with
www.ProjectSledgehammer.org, a project of Career Volunteering.
Nonprofits Jobs (advertised in the Philanthropy Journal)
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Online Publications
Fortune Careers (Research Fortune 500 jobs, post your resume and more)
CareerMag (Career Magazine includes resources/listings and articles of interest)
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Sites Related to Women and Minorities in the Workforce
The Diversity Advantage: Recruitment Solutions (brings consulting on best practice strategy, web tools and personal, proven recruitment methods together for employers--college through experienced)
Careers & the Disabled
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Links to Information About Specific Career Fields
Academic Careers Sites
Academic Employment Network (For jobs in colleges and universities)
The Chronicle of Higher Education(the academic world's source of news and information)
Student Affairs
Residence Hall Director
Accounting/Finance Sites
(Profiles of finance, accounting, and other business jobs)
AccountingNet (Your link to all things accounting)
Financial Job Network (global job opportunities in finance)
Communications Careers Sites
TV Jobs (Employment information, jobs, professional development, station information, and other related information)
Marketing Jobs (Search job listings, post your resume,and connect with other marketing resources)
Education Sites
TeacherLinkUSA.com (Post an employment profile searched by public and private schools all across the United States.)
Teachers@Work (nation-wide, online database matches the professional staffing needs of schools with teacher applicants)
Entertainment Industry Career Sites
USC Career Center Resources for Theatre, Speech & DanceA wonderful web site from the University of South Carolina with many, many links
Art Search (subscription)
Backstage.com -it is free to check partial listings and the listings come in daily.
Theater Workshops
Broadcast Executive Director's Association View descriptions of various jobs in broadcasting
National Association of Broadcasters Their Career Center includes resources for those just starting a broadcasting career, as well as those searching for new positions
TV Rundown Articles on career trends, how people have successfully entered the field, the pros and cons of RV and Radio News Careers . . . and many more
TV and Radio Jobs Broadcast-related links on this site include radio news and employment information
TV Jobs - Broadcast Employment Services Job listings, resume posting, freelance tips, station index, job bank (links to station openings)
Conference of Drama Schools information about careers in acting, stage management, lighting and sound, scenic construction, wardrobe, and others
Artslynx International Theatre Resources Information on topics ranging from acting through children's theatre to world theatre resources
Playbill On-Line Browse job postings by category: performer, technical, design, administrative, academic....
TheatreJobs.com On-line database includes 100's of ads in all fields of theatre. Members ($35 for students) can also post resume and/or portfolio)
Show Biz Jobs (Source for the film, television, recording, multimedia, and attractions job markets. Includes job and internship listings, and a fee-based resume posting service.)
Audition websites:
Theater Mirror
ActorNews.com
Film Jobs
Government & Politics Careers Sites
Students.Gov (a federal initiative designed to make interacting with the government easier for students pursuing education beyond high school.)
Fed World (federal job listings and information)
Federal Jobs for College Graduates (Search federal government jobs by major fields of college study)
Federal Jobs Digest (This site claims it is the "busiest career site on the web")
RCJobs (brought to you by RollCall.com; Covering Capitol Hill since 1955)
The Politix Group (Career Resources for American and International Political Jobs and Internships)
U.S. House Employment: (202) 225-2450
U.S. Senate Employment: (202) 228-JOBS (5627)
Health Care Sites
HealthCareerWeb (This site allows you to access job vacancies and post your resume)
MedSearch by Monster Board (Health care employer profiles searchable by geography or alphabetically)
Links to Health Care Companies
(Compiled by Pam Pohly)
MEDMarket (internet portal to the medical manufacturing industry)
MedHunters.com (valuable advice on job search; entertaining and informative stoies about healthcare professionals and issues in healthcare)
Law/Pre-law Information
National Legal Aid and Defender Association
Non-profit and Social Service Careers Sites
Americorps (a network of national service programs that engage more than 50,000 Americans each year)
PeaceCorps(whatever the assignment, you will help change and improve the human condition at the grass-roots level)
Human Service/Social Service Careers connect with over 500,000 Human Service/Social Service agencies and programs across the United States and Canada
Outdoor/Hospitality Jobs Sites
CampDepot.com (A database of over 10,000 job openings at camps all over the United States and Canada)
Natural Resources Job Search (all sorts of environmental job listings and links)
Cool Works (More than 50,000 jobs in national parks, resorts, ranches, cruiselines, etc.)
Science and Technology Sites
Associated Colleges of the South Environmental Studies Program (a collaborative effort among 15 member colleges, including internships, projects, workshops and more)
Dice.com
Science Classified Ads (search hundreds of position vacancies by discipline, geography, or employment sector)
Science's Next Wave (resources for the next generation of scientists)
Sloan Foundation Career Planning Site for Beginning Scientists (one-stop shopping for job openings and guidance for beginning scientists and engineers)
Space Jobs (a venue for space industry job vacancy postings
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Translation & Interpretation Sites
Language Automation (Access a very thorough list of translation related organizations, or click on find a job for links to subsribe to approximately 10 useful listservs where translation jobs are posted)
Transref.org (Click on Newcomers for good career information on how to take the initial steps)
Translatortips.com (Helping Translators Do Better Business)
Foreignword.com (Post your resume free of charge into a database of over 2600 translators)
American Translator's Association (Information on translation and interpretation professions)
The American Association of Language Specialists (This association represents language specialists working at the international level)
The National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT is a non-profit organization dedicated to the furtherance of the court interpreting and legal translation profession)
National Captioning Institute (non-profit dedicated to the continued development of closed captioning)
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Salary and Relocation Information
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Salary Calculator (this site will use the estimated cost of living index to help you compare salary offers in different cities) |
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Craig's List(a terrific resource for people looking for work or to relocate in different cities; it started in the san francisco bay area and is expanding to other cities--click on the "other craiglists" menu to see the other locations) |
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