Online Career Resources

How to Write a Resume

• The Riley Guide: Preparing Your Resume for the Internet and Posting it Online
  http://www.rileyguide.com/eresume.html
• Monster Career Center Resume Builder
  http://career-advice.monster.com/resume-tips/home.aspx
• Resume Creator
  http://www.perfectinterview.com/tctc/

Job Hunting and Interviewing

• Job Search
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• Interviewing
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• Interviewing Skills Website
  http://careers.lmu.edu/
• Monster Career Center Interviewing Tips
  http://career-advice.monster.com/interview-tips/home.aspx

Cover Letters and Thank You Letters

• Quintessential Careers: Cover Letter Resources
  http://www.quintcareers.com/covres.html
• Monster Career Center Writing Cover Letters
  http://career-advice.monster.com/resume-writing-basics/career-changers/cover-letter-career-changers/home.aspx

Information About Companies -- Job Listings From Across the United States

• The MonsterBoard
  http://www.monster.com
• The Riley Guide
  http://www.rileyguide.com/
  Learn more about employers who have invited you to an interview.

Salary Information

• The Riley Guide: Salary Guides and Guidance
  http://www.rileyguide.com/salguides.html

Employment Guides

• America's Job Bank (U.S. Department of Labor job listing service)
  http://www.ajb.dni.us/
• Career Mosaic
  http://www.careermosaic.com/
  Career Mosaic offers a variety of listings on employers, opportunities for college students, and on-line job fairs. There's also on-line resume posting and searching, a career resource center, and a new "international gateway."
• Career Resource Center
  http://www.careers.org/
• Catapult on Job Web
  http://www.jobweb.com
• Job Choices Magazine
  http://www.jobweb.com
• Job Hunters Bible.com
  http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/
  What Color Is Your Parachute?
• JobWeb (job search, career and company information)
  http://www.jobweb.com/
• National Employment Weekly
  http://www.nbew.com/index3.htm
• NCS Career Magazine
  http://www.careermag.com/
  (check out developments in various career fields)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
  http://stats.bls.gov/oco/
  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. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
• Online Career Center - Monster.com
  http://www.occ.com/
  (Job, career and employer information)
• PENCOM Interactive Career Center
  http://www.pencom.com/
  (mostly technical job listings)
  Identifies computer skill sets and indicates typical annual salary.
• Quintessential Careers: Career and Job Resources by Industry
  http://www.quintcareers.com/indres.html
• The Riley Guide
  http://www.rileyguide.com/
  The Riley Guide is an extensive on-line directory to employment and job resources on the Internet. Browsers will find advice on using the Internet to apply for jobs and research organizations, as well as to find information about specialized job fields.
• The S.C. Employment Security Commission
  http://www.sces.org/
  S.C. Employment Security Commission page with links to state, federal, and other S.C. job openings.
• Yahoo's Job Listing Directory
  http://careers.yahoo.com/

Career Development/Planning/Self Assessment

• The Career Key
  http://www.careerkey.org/english/
  Respond to certain questions and determine what careers would be best for you. Based on the Holland personality codes.
• Career Center
  http://www.career.missouri.edu/students/
  Designed to help you match your interests and skills with similar careers. 
  http://www.psychtests.com/lc.html
  Offers a variety of career and personality tests.
• Enneagram Personality Dynamics
  http://www.enneagraminstitute.com/
  Complete an online test and determine your personality type.
• Keirsey Temperament Sorter
  http://www.keirsey.com/cgi-bin/newkts.cgi
  Presents the official Web site for the Keirsey Temperament Sorter and Temperament Theory.
• Keirsey Temperament Web Site
  http://keirsey.com/
  Contains 70 questions and an evaluation.
• PersonalityType.com
  http://www.personalitytype.com/
  Learn about your personality and obtain snapshots of the 16 types.
• Psychological Type Profiles
  http://www.typelogic.com/
  Contains profiles on the 16 types from the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and links to Type resources.
• Self-Esteem Test
  http://www.queendom.com/tests/personality/self_esteem_r_access.html
  Determine your level of self esteem by responding to a series of questions.
• Transferable Skills Survey
  http://www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/car/self/career_transfer_survey.html
  Complete a test and learn which skills you can successfully transfer to a new job/career.
• Type A Personality
  http://www.queendom.com/tests/personality/type_a_personality_access.html
  Respond to questions and determine if you are a Type A personality.