Online Resources

Assessments

Holland Self Directed Search
http://www.self-directed-search.com

The Career Key
An online assessment with supporting enrichment modules to help you make sound career decisions.
http://www.careerkey.org

Keirsey Temperment and Character Web Site
Take the Keirsey Temperament Sorter, a personality questionnaire, on line.
http://www.advisorteam.com/temperament_sorter/register.asp?partid=1

Career Leader
Find out what the best business career is for you. Career Leader analyzes your relevant business interests, values and abilities and provides you with a personalized report of your profile, and makes recommendations of specific business career paths for you to investigate.
http://www.careerleader.com

Interviewing

Informational Interviewing
An integral part of networking. This is a good how-to article.
http://jobsearch.about.com/careers/jobsearch/library/weekly/aa121000a.htm

Informational Interviewing
Concise description and how-to for informationally interviewing for results. From the award-winning Wisconsin Job Service folks.
http://www.quintcareers.com/information_links.html

Interview Cheat Sheet
From CareerLab. Simple but effective. A worksheet for you to use before an interview.
http://www.careerlab.com/art_cheatsheet.htm

Job-Interview.net
What a site. Do you know what the best time for an interview is? If not, then head for this site. All you ever wanted to know on interviewing and more!
http://www.job-interview.net

Relocation and Salaries

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Published by the Dept. of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, this handy book provides you with insight on the earnings potential of a particular career field, plus the outlook for the job in general (get it?).
http://stats.bls.gov/oco

Salary Calculator
Compares costs of living in major US and international cities. Part of Homefair.com, and has additional information on multiple aspects of relocation.
http://www.homefair.com/real-estate/salary-calculator.asp

Salary Information
From Jobstar. Over 300 salary surveys, links to additional surveys and relevant reports. VERY interesting salary info on glass ceiling/gender gap issues. Also has tips on negotiating compensation.
http://www.jobstar.org/tools/salary/sal-surv.cfm

Wage Web
Salary survey data for over 160 benchmark positions. Think like an HR type -- this is the kind of data HR professionals use to develop salaries. Also has links to related compensation sites. A good site for background information.
http://www.wageWeb.com/index.htm

Salary Comparison Calculator
Moving to another city? Are you wondering what you will need to earn to survive? Check out this calculator.
http://salary.monster.com/

Resumes and Correspondence

CareerLab.com
This page has "Showcase Your Accomplishments" a manifesto for writing exceptional resumes and cover letters. Informative, motivational, has lots of examples. Take a look around the rest of this interesting Web site for more career and job search tips.
http://www.careerlab.com/art_homeruns.htm

eResumes.com
This Web site is not about resume´ writing. It is about taking the content of an existing resume´ and transforming it into electronic form. Plus yet more interesting and informative links. Good research tools.
http://www.eresumes.com

How To Write A Masterpiece
Excerpts from "Pathfinder", one of the great books on career development. Written by the founder of the Rockport Institute (another great career resource), this is an excellent resource on how to write a real humdinger of a resume.
http://www.rockportinstitute.com/resumes.html

Proven Resumes.com
This site really pushes the author's workshops and books, but there are some useful nuggets of information worth reading.
http://www.provenresumes.com/index.html

Resume Samples
Some free samples of resumes and cover letters.
http://www.career-resumes.com/resume_samples.html
ResumeEdge.com
http://www.resumeedge.com
ResumeEdge provides more than 100 sample resumes and access to
resume/career related articles. Additionally users can download a no-cost ebook entitled, "10 Resumes That Got the Job". This ebook includes actual samples of job-winning resumes.

Research

Occupational Outlook Handbook
If you can't decide on a job or career, check out the Occupational Outlook Handbook, which lists 250 occupations in detail - covering over a 100 million jobs.
http://www.bls.gov/oco

Franklin Covey Mission Statement Builder
A step-by-step process to create your own personal mission statement.
http://www.franklincovey.com/missionbuilder/index.html

The Riley Guide-Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on The Internet
Maintains a database of resumes from prospective employees and matches them to employers, based on a keyword search.
http://www.rileyguide.com

Edgar Online
Search for public company filings at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
http://www.freeedgar.com

CareerMosaic
Career Mosaic is an excellent resource tool for personal and professional use by students, faculty, placement staff, and recruiters. The site includes job and resume postings, employer profiles and international recruiting.
http://www.careerbuilder.com

Jobweb
Provided by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Career planning information and online career fair.
http://www.jobweb.com

WetFeet Network
The web site provides information on companies, careers, and industries that job seekers can use throughout their careers to make smarter vocational decisions. WetFeet also offers job seekers expert advice, newsletters, salary benchmarking tools, and discussion boards on everything from negotiating a raise to writing better cover letters.
http://www.wetfeet.com

America's Career InfoNet!
Smart career decision-makers gain additional information here! Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and a most extensive online career resource library.
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/explore.asp