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Online Job Search Resources

What kind of job should I look for?

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Schedule testing or a follow-up visit in any Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation office; we will discuss fields or areas of work you should consider based on your aptitudes.

• You can learn more about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality inventory from The Myers & Briggs Foundation.
• The Keirsey Temperament Sorter is another online personality test.
• The Self-Directed Search, by Dr. John L. Holland, is an interest test you can take online (for a fee). This is the same interest test we give in conjunction with our aptitude test battery.
• O*NET OnLine was conceived by the U.S. Department of Labor to be the definitive resource for counselors, educators, human resource specialists, and the general public to learn more about occupations.
• The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a very useful guide, produced by the U.S. Department of Labor, with basic information about the most common career fields, job trends, educational requirements and more.

Other ideas

• Cooljobs.com lists non-traditional postings, like circus performer or mystery shopper.
• Coolworks.com emphasizes outdoor jobs, especially short-term positions in travel and tourism.
• EscapeArtist.com is a site specializing in international listings.
• The Freelancers Union is a non-profit organization dedicated to the needs of freelancers, consultants and independent contractors.
• A good source of information about careers that don't require a college degrees is the Vocational Information Center.

For whom should I work? Where are the jobs?

• Check out major job-posting sites, such as HotJobs (now part of Yahoo!), Monster, MonsterTRAK, Careers.Org, the Recruiters Online Network, and America's Job Bank. Indeed is a meta-search engine that will search many job-posting sites at once.
• Some job-posting sites are more focused. For example, Idealist.org is for not-for-profit listings nationwide; the FindLaw Career Center specializes in the legal field; and EnvironmentalCareer.com which highlights jobs which focus on improving the environment. There are countless others; a Google search may help you find them.
• Trade publication classifieds and professional organizations often have a section with job listings. IEEE-USA for engineers and ChronicleCareers by The Chronicle of Higher Education are two such sites.
• Most large companies post their openings on their website. For examples, see Apple, Google, or Fidelity Investments.

Where can I get more job search help?

• JobHuntersBible.com is a site maintained by Dick Bolles, as a supplement to his popular book What Color is Your Parachute?
• For students and recent college graduates, CollegeGrad.com has a variety of tools for the jobseeker.
• The Riley Guide is a directory of employment and career information sources and services on the Internet. It is primarily intended to provide instruction for job seekers on how to use the Internet to their best advantage.
• WetFeet is a site dedicated to "Helping you make smarter career decisions.”
• Quintessential Careers offers comprehensive career and job hunting advice, with a variety of articles, tools, tips, and tutorials.

updated April 2007