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Job Choices 2013

 

Salary Tools

  • Reality Check
  • Salary.com
  • City-data.com
  • Salary Wizard Tool
  • The Bureau of Labor Statistics
    The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor.

 

Interviewing Tips

  • Closing the Interview
    Regardless of your style or how you choose to close the interview this website will give you some key points to keep in mind.
  • America's Career InfoNet
    America's Career InfoNet is a resource for making informed career
    decisions to support a demand-driven workforce investment system.
  • Economic Research Institute (ERI)
    ERI provides over 10,000 organizations with compensation information, including: salary survey analyses, geographic salary survey differentials, wage survey data, executive compensation survey information, cost-of-living survey comparisons, prevailing wage studies, and compensation and benefits training.
  • WSJ.Com
    A look at the issues as the global economy changes companies' views about diversity.
  • Glassdoor.com
    Salaries, Ratings, and Reviews posted anonymously by employees.  See what we have for your company or job title...
  • Virtual Interview from Porot.com - Manage Your Career
    The hiring interview is the culmination of all the effort and time you have invested in your job hunt. It requires preparation, skill and strategy.
    With more than 30 years of experience, Daniel Porot is one of Europe's leading pioneers in Career Design and Job Hunting.  Daniel and his team of trainers have run workshops, seminars and conferences in 30 different countries throughout the world teaching over 50 different nationalities. To date, more than 70,000 participants have attended their workshops. Daniel co-taught with Richard N. Bolles (author of "What Color Is Your Parachute?") at Richard's annual two-week summer workshop for 20 years.

 

Job Banks

 

Employment Trends & Career Information

 

Diversity & Special Populations

African American

  • Black Collegian Online
    A career site that provides information on career resources for Black collegians. Job search strategies, graduate school opportunities, career and industry reports are abundantly explored.
  • Blackworld
    An internet directory for varying information, including a career center.
  • National Black MBA Association
    A web site dedicated to economic and intellectual wealth.  Includes information on employment networks.
  • National Society of Black Engineers
    An organizational web site with job and scholarship postings.
  • NetNoir
    A black network site.

 

Athletics

  • Athletes4Hire.com
    Many employers like to hire former athletes because of the dedication, work ethic, competitiveness, and other intrinsic traits that athletes possess and develop from the rigors of being a collegiate student-athlete. The website is currently being promoted to every NAIA and NCAA school in a 7 state region.

 

Asian

 

Disabled

  • College Recruiter Articles
    Article 1 - An article on how “Technology opens employment doors for people with disabilities.”
    Article 2 - An article with answers on how to job hunt.  The article is titled “Ask the experts: Job hunting when you’re disabled.”
    Article 3 - An article with answers on if you should mention your disability to a prospective employer.  The article is titled “To Disclose or Not to Disclose.”
  • Deafjobnet.com
  • Disability Resources Monthly
    A "wonderfully well-organized site ... for cutting through the morass of disability-related material on the Web" -- Encyclopedia Britannica Internet Guide.
  • DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking,   and Technology)
    A resource and support program focusing on “Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology.”
  • Employment and Rehabilitation Programs
    A site whose mission is to promote the employment of Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities by designing policies that make work pay, promoting research and program innovation, educating the public about programs and services that facilitate entry into the workforce, and partnering with other public and private groups to remove employment barriers for people with disabilities.
  • Equal Opportunity Publications
    Since 1968, Equal Opportunity Publications, Inc. (EOP) has led the way in diversity recruitment with a portfolio of seven national career magazines, a diversity website, online job board, and Career Expos for women, members of minority groups, and people with disabilities.
  • Gettinghired.com - Careers & Community for Talented People with Disabilities
    The GettingHired Mission: To create sustainable employment growth and opportunity for people with disabilities.  The GettingHired internet based portal accomplishes its mission by serving and connecting:

    Job seekers with Disabilities
    Committed Employers
    Advocacy Organizations
    Service Providers

    Our portal has incorporated several unique free services designed to help people prepare for the work place and build their careers. Our social networking medium offers individuals a platform to connect with each other and career mentors. Jobseekers will find opportunities posted by employers who expressly use our portal through paid annual subscriptions to hire them. Our portal identifies and highlights individual skills, talents and backgrounds. No person will be asked to disclose a disability anywhere on the GettingHired portal. Our RightMatch technology matches individual qualifications to specific job requirements facilitating employment success.
  • The International Dyslexia Association
    A web site that addresses the concerns of dyslexic college students and provides resources.
  • President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
    This website is full of contact information, current events, documents, and feedback.
  • The National Business & Disability Council
    A site for employers to search for prospective employees with disabilities.  You can post your resume through the site or search the nationwide database for jobs.

 

Diversity

 

LGBTQ

 

Hispanic

 

Native American

 

Women

  • National Organization for Women
    An organizational site that describes internship opportunities within NOW.
  • Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
    An organization site that offers career guidance and professional development opportunities.
  • The Association for Women in Computing (AWC)
    An organizational site that is dedicated to the advancement of women in technology fields.
  • Women in Technology International (WITI)
    An organizational site dedicated to providing women in technology inspiration, education, conferences, on-line services, publications and a worldwide network of resources.
  • WWWomen
    A search directory for women concerning many issues, including careers.
  • WomenJobSearch.net
    Provides an online job search for women and still covers important topics such as: the different types of cover letters, building a strong job search chain, and tips to making a successful career change.

 

Internships

 


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