Job Search: Resources
Self Assessment & Job Search Advice
www.quintcareers.com – “More than 3,500 pages of free college, career, and job-search content to empower your success in life. With vast searchable materials, Quintessential Careers provides almost endless – and endlessly helpful – career guidance.10goodminutes.com - 10goodminutes is a is a weekly series of 10-minute interviews that provides career strategies and advice to young professionals. Each episode features a different perspective - 10GoodMinutes is more than just career talk; it is advice, tips and resources you can use.
www.jobhuntersbible.com - Resume tips to networking advice to industry research links, this site has it all.
www.rileyguide.com - The Riley Guide is an exhaustive introduction to the online career search, pointing you in the direction of literally everything you could need before and during your job hunt. With salary guides, resume and cover letter coaching, and a list of things to do before beginning a job search, the Riley Guide is an essential resource.
www.jobstar.org - A local California site offering job listings and leads in the area, as well as helpful hints for getting started on your search.
www.careervoyages.gov - With specific industry break-downs and interest specific links – advanced manufacturing, aerospace, energy, health care, homeland security, and transportation among them – this site is very helpful for those with particularly focused career goals.
www.collegegrad.com - This site, like many of the others on this list, allows a user to “explore careers,” work on a resume, and garner job search advice but here’s the kicker – here you can post a resume, search available jobs and internships, and take advantage of a virtual career fair.
www.jobweb.com- This site is tailored to new college graduates, and allows you to research employers, access the job listings of countless participating schools, and even peruse blogs with everything a new college grad needs – apartment advice, career info, even recipes!
www.collegejournal.com - This Wall Street Journal subsidiary is a collection of articles and columns that prove useful to the recently graduated job seeker.
www.doleta.gov/jobseekers - U.S. Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration, or ETA. On it you’ll find self-assessment tools, information on worker rights, and grant application tools. It also incorporates a ton of helpful job search links, including info about government positions.
www.asktheheadhunter.com - This site claims to give you the “insider’s edge on job search and hiring,” straight from the source – Nick Corcodilos, a former Silicon Valley headhunter. One of the best features is a free Q&A with Corcodilos in which he answers “the readers’ most daunting questions about the job search and hiring.” Got a tough question? Log on and send it in!
www.masscis.intocareers.org - It provides links to local job leads and Massachusetts employers as well as information on Massachusetts graduate schools and financial aid programs.
