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Job Hunting Online
Introduction: The Internet
1. Primer
2. Gateways
3. Supersites
4. Job Search Engines
Introduction: Research On The Internet
1. Directories
2. Search Engines
3. Best Search Engines
4. Meta-Search Tools
5. Clustering
6. Specialized Search Engines
7. General Research
8. Beyond Search Engines
9. The UnderWeb & Deep Searching
10. Beyond The Web: Usenet & Newsgroups
11. Evaluating The Data
12. Grants
Introduction: Contacts And Networking
1. Internet Networking
2. Finding People You Know
3. Finding People You Don't Know
4. Chat Rooms
5. Forums & Message Boards
6. Newsgroups
7. Mailing Lists
8. Networking Web Sites
9. A Category All Its Own
10. Miscellany
11. People At Their Business
12. E-mail
Introduction: Counseling, Testing & Advice
1. Online Job-Hunting Articles
2. Online Job-Hunting Guides
3. The Gateway Sites & More
4. Online Personality & Traits Tests
5. Online Careers Tests
6. Transferable Skills
7. Education
8. More Help: Career Counseling Offices
9. One-on-One Career Counseling
10. Offline Career Counseling
Introduction: Web Sites For Job Hunting Research
1. Geography/Moving/Where To Live
2. Identifying Careers
3. Salaries
4. Industry Research
5. Company Research
6. Company Research & Contact Info
7. Beyond Contact Information
8. More Specific Company Research
9. Self-Employed And Home Business
10. Part-Time, Contract, & Temporary Work
11. Non-Profits And Social Conscience
12. Work For Minorities
13. Work For Women
14. Work For The Disabled
Introduction: Job & Resume Sites
1. Resumes & Cover Letters
2. Portfolios
3. Job Boards: The Supersites
4. Job Boards: Job Search Engines
5. Job Boards: Regionals
6. Job Boards: The Networked Sites
7. Job Boards: College & Graduate Sites
8. Job Boards: Niche/Trade/Specialty
9. Job Boards: Diversity/Women/Disabled
10. Job Boards: Government
11. Job Boards: Contract & Temporary
12. Job Boards: Executive
13. Job Boards: International
14. Job Boards: Links To Job Boards
15. Job Boards: Articles About
16. Volunteering
Introduction: Job Hunting Online
1. Chapter One: Learn The Net
2. Chapter Two: Resumes
3. Chapter Three: The Job Boards
4. Chapter Four: Contacts And Networking
5. Chapter Five: Counseling And Testing
6. Chapter Six: Online Research
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Counseling, Testing & Advice | Online Job-Hunting Articles
Counseling, Testing & Advice
Introduction to Counseling, Testing & Advice
1 - Online Job-Hunting Articles
2 - Online Job-Hunting Guides
3 - The Gateway Sites & More
4 - Online Personality & Traits Tests
5 - Online Careers Tests
2 - Online Job-Hunting Guides
3 - The Gateway Sites & More
4 - Online Personality & Traits Tests
5 - Online Careers Tests
6 - Transferable Skills
7 - Education
8 - More Help: Career Counseling Offices
9 - One-on-One Career Counseling
10 - Offline Career Counseling
7 - Education
8 - More Help: Career Counseling Offices
9 - One-on-One Career Counseling
10 - Offline Career Counseling
Online Job-Hunting Articles
The Web is now brimming to overflow with articles about job-hunting; as time passes, it’s becoming more difficult to find the ones that burn brightest in a field that tends to generate more heat than light. The ones I have listed here are all good, for various reasons. Note that more links to articles about Internet research, contacts, resumes, and job boards are in their respective chapters of this book.
The Truth About Online Job Hunting
Though not extensive or earth-shaking, this article is a good, basic primer on Internet job-hunting. More about attitudes than actions, the article will help to dispel a number of false assumptions, and point you down the right road.
You’ll find many helpful articles on The WSJ Web site, so be sure you explore it thoroughly.
Top Jobs Matching Your Interests and Needs
If you want some ideas for possible careers or jobs, you will find lists here like, “The Top 10 Jobs for People Who Can’t Stand Ties or Pantyhose”, or ““The Top 10 Jobs for People Who Like To Work With Their Hands”… like that.
Highest Paying Jobs
Lists of the jobs with the highest salaries (national averages, of course) for no college education, 2-year degree, 4 year, and Graduate Degree.
Assessing Your Skills and Accomplishments
A good article from the University of Wisconsin Web site.
Transferable Skills
From Quintcareers, an article series that details the concepts of Transferable Skills, with lists of skills and advice about how to emphasize these in your resumes and cover letters.
Common Job Search Misconceptions
A very good article, and, if you browse the Wetfeet site, you’ll find a lot more of the same caliber.
Informational Interviewing Tutorial
Another Quintcareers home run. One of the best & most complete articles (actually, it is a series of articles) on the subject available.