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Starting Points
Recommended Websites
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Database of career opportunities in education and academia. Includes faculty, research, post doc, adjunct, administrative, and senior management positions at (community) colleges, universities, and research institutes around the world.
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Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and an extensive career resource library online.
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BestPlaces.net provides information and analysis of the best places to live, work and retire in the U.S.
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This guide offers ideas and suggestions for finding information about companies and nonprofit entities designed to assist students looking for work after graduation
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Provides information on available careers by industry, including the nature of the industry, working conditions, employment, occupations in the industry, training and advancement, earnings and benefits, employment outlook, and lists of organizations that can provide additional information.
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Website features include the ability to search for jobs locally or nationally, post jobs, and search resumes.
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Information on salaries and hiring provided by the Wall Street Journal; includes resume database, and job search and post.
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Information about companies and industries
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Categorized list of links to job searching web sites, including newspapers, classified job ads, career-based employment companies, professional recruiters, contract employment, international jobs, corporations, federal jobs, and related newsgroups.
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Job search help, job listings, advice, and career articles and resources.
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Contains articles and tips on how to write a resume and on interviewing.
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Provides information on career choices in special education.
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Website offers a full-time, contract, and temp job search, and a recruiting center.
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Provides information on skills, abilities, and work activities associated with various occupations.
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The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
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Provides information on how to write and evaluate a resume.
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Provides information on employment opportunities and job resources on the Internet.
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The Riley Guide guides users through the many online sites and services that are useful for your job search. This guide does not post jobs nor resumes, doesn't review resumes, and cannot forward them to others.
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Provides information about employee pay levesl and compensation-related best practices, trends, and policies.
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Salary.com is the technology leader in providing employee compensation data, software, and services to enterprises, small businesses, and individuals.
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Provides information about state capitals and profiles of individual states
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Database of jobs, internships, and career connections at KU.
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