Jobs and Careers: Web Resources
Judy Donlin, Selector Librarian
General Employment Resources & Job Searching
A powerful job search engine which can be searched by industry, keyword and geographic locations. Searches over 200 websites, 500 newspapers and 300 newsgroups.
America's Job Bank is the biggest and busiest job market in cyberspace. Job seekers can post their resume where thousands of employers search every day, search for job openings automatically, and find their dream job fast. Employers can post job listings in the nation's largest online labor exchange, create customized job orders, and search resumes automatically to find the right people fast.
CareerBuilder is the nation's leading recruitment resource, with presence in more than 130 local newspapers and more than 26 million visitors monthly.
- CareerJournal.com (The Wall Street Journal Executive Career Site)
CareerJournal.com is the Internet's premier career site for executives, managers and professionals. The site's job database offers more than 100,000 available positions, including job listings in the CareerJournal National Network—a database containing opportunities from local and national newspaper, magazine and TV station Web sites across the U.S.
"The #1 Internet job search service for college students and recent grads." The site exclusively targets college students and recent grads and is used by more colleges and universities than any other career site (with more than 6,000 active links) and provides more entry level job search content to job seekers than any other site on the Internet.
A database that allows for Federal job searches sponsored by the Office of Personnel Management. Includes jobs from federal human resource offices nationwide.
Yahoo! HotJobs provides employers, recruiters, and staffing agencies with progressive recruiting solutions and hiring management software. Job seekers voted Yahoo! HotJobs the (2002, 2003) Best General Purpose Job Board for Job Seekers, and recruiters voted Yahoo! HotJobs the (2003) Most Recruiter-Friendly General Purpose Site in a survey conducted by WEDDLE's.
Indeed is a search engine for jobs—with
a radically different approach to job search. In one simple search,
Indeed gives job seekers free access to millions of employment
opportunities from thousands of websites. Indeed.com includes all
the job listings from major job boards, newspapers, associations
and company career pages - and we continue to add new sites every
day.
With the familiar look and feel of general search engines, Indeed
makes it easy for you to drill down by keyword and location to jobs
that fit your requirements precisely. You may save your searches
and have jobs delivered to you by email alert, MyYahoo, or other
RSS feed readers. If you have a MyYahoo account, for example, your
saved Indeed job search may be added at the click of a button.
Dick Bolles' (What Color is Your Parachute?) site is designed to be a supplement to his popular book for job hunters and career changers.
JobWeb®, a Web site of career development and job-search information for college students and new college graduates, is owned and sponsored by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).
A comprehensive site for legal-related employment, including links to law schools with career services, general job sites that offer a "legal" category and odds and ends, such as law resume forum, bookstores and directories
- MOIS (Michigan Occupational Information System)
Michigan Virtual Career Services offers online career development tools designed for educators and parents to help middle and high school students turn career dreams into realities. Students have access available through the Farmington Public Schools. The Main Library has a CD version.
Smart career and business decisions start here! This site is a bridge to state and national employment, career, education, training, and business resources and services.
The State provides career information for Michigan jobseekers, managers, current state employees, and human resources professionals. Users can find many downloadable forms and documents.
Not every business in Michigan is required to be licensed by the State of Michigan. Search or browse to find out if your new venture requires a state license.
Instructions for filing unemployment claims. Claims can be filed online or by phone.
Monster.com has over a million job listings and over 41 million resumes as well as excellent career advice on resumes, interviewing and salary information
Net-Temps is the leading job board for
temporary, temp-to-perm and full time employment through the
staffing industry. Membership with Net-Temps is free for
jobseekers. Users can search from thousands of new job postings,
post up to 3 resumes and cover letters, set up job search agents
and access other career resources including resume writing and
interviewing tips, salary calculator and weekly newsletter.
The site has won numerous distinctions including Forbes Best of
Web, Fortune's Top 10, Weddle's User's Choice, CareerXroads Top Job
Board and the Electronic Recruiting Index Website of the Year
Awards.
This Web site features jobs available in Oakland County, a quick job search and job listings by date, category and more. This site is powered by CareerBuilder.com.
You can also search other local newspapers at the Library's Magazines and Newspapers page.
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.
Margaret Dikel (née Riley) is a librarian and her site is, perhaps the best on the net. Certainly Richard Bolles (What Color Is Your Parachute?) calls it the best gateway job site on the Web. The Riley Guide introduces you to the online job search, listing many online sites and services. They do not post jobs or resumes but instead point you to the places that do.
The Salary.com website is one of the most widely recognized destinations for those seeking reliable information about employee pay levels and compensation-related best practices, trends, and policies.
SalaryExpert.com is a leading provider of online salary data, serving individual employees, HR professionals, compensation specialists, managers, and Boards (both for-profit and not-for-profit).
Over 5,000,000 jobs searchable by keyword, category or zip code.
