Internet Resources
Employment Trends and Career Information
Diversity & Special Populations
Salary Tools
- Reality Check - Texas Reality Check
- 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
- 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. - Wall Street Journal
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...
Job Banks
- America's Job Bank
- Allied Health Careers
- Health Care and Medical Jobs
- Teachers-Teachers.com - A Premier
Teacher Placement Service - Careers in Government
- Cybersecurity Jobs
- Federal Jobs
- Houston Area Employment
- Houston Jobs
- Austin Area Employment
- Austin Jobs
- Dallas Jobs
- San Antonio Jobs
- Fort Worth Jobs
- United States Department of State
- Nation Job
- Texas Job Source
- Texas Workforce Commission
- Job Hunt
- AgCareers.com
- Hospitality Careers Online
- Hospitality Jobs Online
- ResortJobs.com
- CoolWorks.com
Employment Trends and Career Information
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- O*NET OnLine (Occupational Information Network)
- Job Star Central
- Career Journal
- Economy at a Glance
- 2010 - 2020 Job Outlook in Brief
Diversity & Special Populations
Veterans
- G.I. Jobs: Search jobs, education opportunities, transition checklist, job fair calendar, civilian career guide for military job-seekers.
- Department of Veterans Affairs: Internet home page for the VA
- Military.com: The largest military veteran job board in the world
- MilitaryHire.com: Hiring network where formal military personnel can seek careers and utilize their professional skills.
- Military to Civilian Occupation Translator: The Military to Civilian Occupation Translator helps service members match military skills and experience to civilian occupations
- Texas Veterans Commission: The Texas Veterans Commission provides services through agency programs of claims assistance, employment services and education that will significantly improve the quality of life of Texas veterans and their families.
- Transition Assistance Online: Resources, links and job postings geared toward veterans of the US Armed Forces.
- Troops to Teachers: U.S. Department of Education and Department of Defense program that helps eligible military personnel begin a new career as teachers in public schools where their skills, knowledge and experience are most needed.
- Vet Center: Readjustment Counseling Services
- VetJobs: Leading Internet niche job board for reaching military veterans currently in the work force, active duty military personnel who transition each year into the work force, members of the National Guard who return to the US each year from extended deployment, and their family members.
- Veterans' Employment & Training Service (VETS): U.S. Department of Labor web site. Provides resources and expertise to assist veterans obtain meaningful careers, maximize their employment opportunities and protect their employment rights
- Veteran's Information Guide: From the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, this site has resources for Civil Service Employment and Veterans.
- Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program: Services offered through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
African American
- 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.
Asian
- National Association of Asian American Professionals
An organization web site which includes a person of contact for help finding a job.
People with Disabilities
- 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. - Entry Point - Entry Point is the signature program of the AAAS Project on Science, Technology, and Disability
- 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 International Dyslexia Association
A web site that addresses the concerns of dyslexic college students and provides resources. - Job Accommodation Network
This website is full of contact information, current events, documents, and feedback. - Lime Connect -“Lime offers excellent resources for students with disabilities. They provide scholarships and fellowships and the Lime Network offers professional development webinars and notification of internship and full time career opportunities. Their partners include Google, Bank of America, Target, Goldman Sachs, PepsiCo, and more.”
- 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
- Insight into Diversity
A website directed to females, minorities, veterans, and disabled persons, as well as to all employment candidates. - Diversity Employers
Jobs with Employers committed to Diversity. - Equal Opportunity Publications
A site dedicated to information concerning the publications, as well as a resume database for help in locating a job. - NACME (the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering)
A site dedicated to providing leadership and support to increase the representation of successful African American, American Indian and Latino women and men in engineering and technology, math and science-based careers. - IMDiversity.com
LGBTQ
- Human Resources Directory
An organization that works towards equal rights for gay, lesbian and transgender people. - Queer Resources Directory
A gay and lesbian information directory. - Out & Equal
A national nonprofit organization that advocates safe and equitable workplaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. - Gay Workplace Issues
A list of books recommended to help with sexual orientations. - National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP)
An organizational site that advocates various sexual orientations into the scientific and technical fields. - National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
A national organization that advocates safe and equitable workplaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. - Pride at Work
An Organization who's purpose is to mobilize mutual support between the organized Labor Movement and the LGBT Community.
Hispanic
- Latpro Professional Network
A job board for Hispanic and bilingual professionals. - Saludos (Hispanic Careers & Education)
A site that contains a job search engine as well as career advice. - Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
A site that offers matching of your resume with engineering companies. - Latinos in Science and Engineering
To promote excellence in engineering, science, and mathematics while cultivating the value of cultural diversity.
Native American
- NativeWeb
A site dedicated to providing internet information to the indigenous people in the world. - American Indian Science and Engineering Society
An organizational site that holds a resume database and job listings.
Women
- 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.
Internships
- SHSU Agricultural Sciences & Engineering Technology - Internships
- DC Internships
- Internships - USA - Call our Career Library staff at 294-3732 for the SHSU subscription password and username, then click on "The Internship Series On-Line".
- Academy of Television Arts and Science
- American Institute for Foreign Study
- American Institute of Physics
- American Statistical Association
- National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
- Back Door Jobs -- Exciting Career Adventures
- Environmental Jobs and Careers
- Cultural Vistas
- Center for Museum Studies - Museum Internship Partnership Program
- College Grad Job Hunter Internships
- Council on International Educational Exchange
- EntertainmentCareers.Net
- Environmental Careers Organization
- Inroads
- Institute for Experiential Learning
- Institute of International Education
- Internships.com
- InternshipGPS.com
Developed for MBA students by MBA students, is your #1 source for MBA internships and for information and tips related to resumes, cover letters and internship interviews and more. - Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service
- Live, Learn, and Intern in Washington, DC
- Mystic Seaport
- National Archives & Records Administration
- National Research Council - Canada
- Resort Intern Connections
- Smithsonian Institution Fellowship
- Student and Intern Housing in New York City
- Student Conservation Association
- Study Abroad
- United Nations Internships
- Walt Disney World College Internship Program
- Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars
- Wyndham Vacation Ownership