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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
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
Transferable Skills
Readers of What Color Is Your Parachute? are familiar with the concept of transferable skills: essentially, that you are defined not by your job title, but by the skills that you possess, which are transferable from, and to, any occupation you may happen to be involved in at the moment. It will come as no surprise to you that there are transferable skills tests available on the Internet:
Transferable Skills Survey
Skills Search
Motivated Skills Test
A quick online test of your transferable skills. Test results will show you your strongest and weakest areas.
Skills Search
This quick test will help you link your skills to possible occupations, using the Department of Labor’s database. Once identified, you can look at lots of current information about these, including salary level, hiring rates, etc.
Motivated Skills Test
Some experts say that it is not your transferable skills that matter, but the ones you most enjoy using. They call these “motivated skills”, or “key skills”. On this site is a test you can take, to help you find your motivated skills.