Internet Job Search Resources
Compiled by:
Geraldine Urbanski
Rochester Workforce Center
300 11th Avenue NW
Rochester, MN 55901
America’s Career Infonet:
www.acinet.org
Explore options for work and learning. Information on education,
training and financial aid, employment trends and wages, state profiles,
career assessment, career videos, search engine career pages, employment
trends and projections, salary surveys, and the ability to explore careers
by occupation. Links to other great sites.
Career Zone: www.explore.cornell.edu/newcareerzone
Video guided tour that tells you how to use the site. Self assessment
(okay, but limited). Career research alphabetical by education required
or wage, some with videos. Explore colleges, the military, and internships.
Find out more about college prep tests. Links to financial aid (http://www.fafsa.ed.gov)
where you can fill out an on line application.
Marine On St Croix: www.marineonstcroix.com/job/ramentry.htm
Special section for recent grads, research employers, special interest
areas such as women and work, home based work and self employment.
Tests:
Personality tests, intelligence tests, career related tests and more.
These can help you decide on a career that fits you. These sites have
career test sections.
www.queendom.com/index.html
www.davideck.com/
www.saf.uwplatt.edu/counsel/career/workval.htm
The Riley Guide: www.rileyguide.com
Research careers and employers. Salary surveys. Information on self-employment,
employment opportunities, and job resources.
Job Star: www.jobstar.org
Links to 300 salary surveys, career guides, the hidden job market, electronic
librarian that lets you ask questions and posts FAQs and answers.
Work at Home:www.bbb.org/library/workat.asp
Information from the Better Business Bureau. Check what they have to say
about offers to work at home.
Jobtrak Career Forums: www.jobtrak.com
This site hosts discussion groups on a variety of topics including career
counseling, job search tips, internships, and specific career fields.
You can post questions to the groups and receive advice from peers and
professionals.
New York Dept. of labor:
www.labor.state.ny.us/html/winedge/workval.htm
Worksheets to identify your work values and career goals, career planning
steps, and ideal job.
ISEEK:
www.iseek.org
Links to schools, education programs and financing. Career planning, job
search and suggestions for self-employment.
Labor Market Information:
www.des.state.mn.us/lmi
Research information about jobs, trends and salaries.
America’s Learning Exchange: www.alx.org
Search for classroom courses, distance learning opportunities, web-
and computer-based training, educational programs, conference workshops,
and seminars and for the providers that offer them.
How Can I Get The Job I Want? (Job Search Preparation)
Creative Job Search:
www.des.state.mn.us/cjs
Skills identification, the job search, networking, resumes, cover and
thank you letters, interviewing, Internet search strategies, job success
skills.
Career Infonet: www.acinet.org
Job hunting tips topics such as resumes, interviewing, networking, and
evaluating a work offer. Resources for diverse groups, research employers,
trade and professional associations, employment law.
Find a school.
Does the career you chose require training? These sites offer links to
schools’ home pages or list different training programs.
www.alx.org
www.acinet.org
www.careers.org/index.html
New York Dept of Labor: www.labor.state.ny.us/html/winedge/skillid.htm
Skills identification, resume tips and samples, especially good scannable
resume information cover letters, interviewing tips.
CareerLab Letters.
www.careerlab.com/letters
Hundreds of sample letters that range from networking to negotiating and
countering a job offer. Letters to answer ads, make a cold contact, say
thank you and follow up. There are even sample response forms you can
include with your job search letters so that you are more likely to get
a response.
Riley Guide, Career Steps, and Jobstar:
Help with resumes, even on-line ones, interviewing, networking, cover
letters, and references.
rileyguide.com
www.careersteps.com
jobstar.org
Interactive interview.
www.kaptest.com/view/article/0,1898,3134,00.html
Practice interactive interview with Mr. B. Igwig
Job Interview. www.job-interview.net/
Interview strategies; questions, tips, practice interviews by occupation.
Next Steps. www.nextsteps.org/
Cover letters and resumes, job search and interviews, keeping your Job.
Acorn Resume and Accuresume: www.acornresume.com
and www.accuresume.co/
HTML, ASCII, how to submit resumes on line, scannable and formula tips,
interactive defective resume, links to sites where you post a resume for
free.
Marine on St Croix: www.marineonstcroix.com/job/ramentry.htm
Tips on organizing your job search.
Resume Tutor: www1.umn.edu/ohr/ecep/resume
Interactive site that helps you build your resume. samples
Where Can I find Job Listings?
Minnesota’s Job Bank:
mn.onestopjobs.org
The largest source of job listings in Minnesota. Search for jobs, post
your resume and ask scout to notify you of jobs. You can search statewide
or five miles from your home. Links to employers.
Pioneer Planet: www.pioneerplanet.com/jobhunter
Search company postings and newspaper ads, post your resume, research
companies.
Star Tribune: workavenue.com
Quick or advanced job search, post a resume, research employers.
Minnesota Jobs: minnesotajobs.com
Search for jobs in Minnesota by company or category. Many state agencies
list jobs on this site. Links to Employer and school sites. Post a resume.
Newspaper links: newspaperlinks.com,
mnnews.com, www.realfind.com
The first site links to newspapers nationwide and the second to Minnesota
newspapers. Search the want ads.
Kforce: www.kforce.com
Easy job search. Knowledge Cybrary of resources for job seekers and employers.
On line training, relocation information, career network.
Nation Job Network: www.nationjobs.com
Easy job search. Scout feature if you have E-mail.
Career Mosaic: www.careermosaic.com
Large nationwide site. Search jobs, post a resume
Next Steps: www.nextsteps.org
Links to on line job sites and resume banks, even some in specialized
areas, newspapers, school career centers and business home pages.
Careers WSJ from the publishers
of the Wall Street Journal. careers.wsj.com
Job hunting, research employers, special executive section.
Best Jobs USA: http://www.bestjobsusa.com
Easy search format. Annual list of the best places to live and work in
the United States is included on this site. Additional sections on the
site include a career guide, access to job opportunities, resume posting,
information on job fairs, career advice, workplace information, and company
profiles.
Get a Job: www.mitchman.com/getajob.htm
Links to 26 job posting sites and job news groups all over the US.
Flip Dog: www.flipdog.com
Easy to follow job search, that can be narrowed down geographically. You
can post a resume and research employers.
Recruiters on Line: www.recruitersonline.com
Easy to use searches, post a resume, research employers.
Job Hunt: www.job-hunt.org
Links to thousands of web sites organized to fit your job search.
American Jobs: www.americanjobs.com
High tech computer and engineering jobs.
Local companies:
Mayo on-line career center: www.mayo.edu./hr-jobs
or www.mayo.edu./career
IBM: http://ibm.com
Hormel Foods: www.hormel.com
Government Positions:
State of Minnesota: www.doer.state.mn.us
Federal Civil Service: usajobs.opm.gov
Olmsted County: www.olmstedcounty.com/humanresources/career.htm
City of Rochester:
www.ci.rochester.mn.us/city/joblink.html
Megasites: They’ve Got it All (or link to
it)
Minnesota’s Job Bank and America’s
Job Bank: www.ajb.org
The largest source of jobs listings with links to Career Infonet which
has assistance for career planning and research, tips for getting a job
and links to other job search sites.
Monster: www.monster.com
Post and find jobs, link to companies, and browse an extensive range of
information to help develop your career.
Careercity: www.careercity.com
Easy to use. Clear layout. Career planning, job hunting aids, job listings,
posting your resume.
Career Steps: www.careersteps.com
Job search resources, resume posting, and evaluating a benefits package,
links to great career and job placement sites.
Next Steps: www.nextsteps.org
This site takes you from career planning and research through the job
search process to pointers for job retention.
Marine on St Croix: http://www.marineonstcroix.com/job/ramentry.htm
Links to MN web sites that list jobs, job listings in specific career
fields, job listings outside of MN, government and non-profit job listings,
information for specific groups such as women and minorities, researching
employers, salaries and trends, conducting a job search, information on
posting your resume on line, and getting free E-mail.
US News and World Report: www.usnews.com/usnews/nycu/work/wocareer.htm
Hot job tracks, self-assessment, resume information, interviewing, and
job search.
Careers from the Wall Street
Journal: careers.wsj.com
Salary data, easy to use calculator, Company profiles, job hunting advice,
succeeding at work, job searching, links to employer web sites, links
to related sites. Special executive section.
Career Magazine: www.careermag.com
Career coach, research employers, job hunting tools, job search, resume
posting, job match, and articles.
Career Builder: careerbuilder.com
Salary calculator, relocation information, job-hunting tips, job search,
tips for keeping a job.
Nation Job Online: www.nationjob.com
Job searching, easy to use job scout, post a resume, company profiles,
career guidance, education and relocation information.
Career Resource Center: www.careers.org
Extensive index or career related web sites.
ISEEK. www.ISEEK.org
Plan your education or career, job search, self-employment information.
Internet Search Tools
Select a search engine:
Your Internet browser will select one for you if you click “search”
on the tool bar or you can select your own by entering the URL in the
address space. My favorites are listed below. I use these because they
more than one search engine at a time so I have to do fewer searches.
www.dogpile.com
www.google.com
www.metacrawler.com
The search engine has a space for entering the subject you want. For instance
if I enter “resume” to do a search in Google, I get 476,000
matches. That’s a lot of sites! If I add the word “writing”,
it narrows it to 22,300 matches. Try different combinations of words and
different ways of stating the subject you want.
The sites that match your search will be listed on your screen. The top line will be hypertext that can take you to the site and beneath that will be some keywords that matched your search. The bottom line will be the URL for that site.
Try different search engines. If I search Metacrawler for the word “resume” I get 70 matches. If I add the word “writing”, I get 78 matches. You see that different search engines use different criteria when they search.
These sites will link you to related sites.
www.allsearchengines.com/careerjobs.html
www.allsearchengines.com/education.html
Free E-Mail Accounts
DC Email: www.dcmail.com
Email.com: www.email.com
USA.NET: www.usa.net
Hotmail: hotmail.com
Yahoo!: mail.yahoo.com
More Recommended Websites from the Dakota County School-To-Work Partnership
www.acinet.org/acinet
I love this site. Simple, clear and useful. Great labor market information
and salary comparisons. Salary surveys and employment projections are
typically taken every ten years. The info you see will be from 1996 projected
to 2006.
www.mnworkforcecenter.org/
This web site is newly designed. Tons of useful information and links.
asp.studentcenter.com/doctor/doctor.asp
This is part of Monster.com. It allows the student to see what different
careers can relate to specific majors. Useful for your students, I think.
www.wetfeet.com/asp/home.asp
Wonderful career exploration. Very hard (as opposed to soft) information
about career paths, specific industries etc.
www.iseek.org
The state of the art in career exploration for people of any age or background.
www.backdoorjobs.com
A way to get into a field through “the back door” i.e. volunteering,
low-paying internships, “adventure” jobs.
www.cooljobs.com
Dream jobs! This is a real job posting site but the jobs are the kind
you would only dream about. Like getting an MTV make-over.
www.review.com/career/
click on “finding a job”
and “Top 10 jobs for…”
This is a fun site for career exploration. Among the top ten lists are
the top ten jobs for people who hate wearing a tie, for people who like
to stay up late, etc. Lots of fun.
www.usnews.com/usnews/edu
click on “find a job”
and “hot job tracks” on right
side bar
These are cutting edge jobs, jobs with no SIC code yet.