Advice

Online Job-Hunting Articles

Job Hunters Bible
The official online job search resource hosted by Dick Bolles, author of "What Color is Your Parachute"

The Truth About Online Job Hunting
A good, basic primer on Internet job-hunting on The WSJ Web site.

Top Jobs Matching Your Interests and Needs
Some ideas for possible careers or jobs.

Highest Paying Jobs
Lists of the jobs with the highest 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.

Common Job Search Misconceptions
From Wetfeet site.

Informational Interviewing Tutorial
From Quintcareers.

Online Job-Hunting Guides

College Grad Job Hunter
Author Brian Krueger's book, College Grad Job Hunter, online for free. The book is aimed at the college graduate.

Creative Job Search
This site, maintained by Minnesota's Department of Employment and Economic Development, has put together the equivalent of a job-search manual.

Job Hunters Bible
The official online job search resource hosted by Dick Bolles, author of "What Color is Your Parachute"

Career Development Manual
From the Career Center at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, including a self-assessment.

The Gateway Sites & More

For advice and information about job hunting.

Job Hunters Bible
The official online job search resource hosted by Dick Bolles, author of "What Color is Your Parachute"

Job-Hunt
From Susan Joyce. A wealth of information on job hunting, using the Internet effectively, and current articles about the world of work.

Jobstar
For the job-hunter.

The Riley Guide
With informative and timely articles.

Quintessential Careers
Many articles on job-hunting, resumes, testing and career assessment.

Career InfoNet Reading Room
Part of Career InfoNet.

Careers.Org Career Library
From Careers.Org, a site for college students.

Title: Optimizing your time in front of the interviewer (05/27/09)
Content: Dear Sam: In the last three months, I have had three interviews that were effectively...

Title: Target something-not everything-in your résumé (05/20/09)
Content: Candidate's Background Tom's objective was to secure a highly coveted pharmaceutical sales...

Title: Approach the market strategically when a "mature" candidate (05/13/09)
Content: Dear Sam: I am 57 years old and have just lost my job due to downsizing. I am concerned...

Title: Transform Your Résumé from Lackluster to Value-Added (05/06/09)
Content: The Candidate: Melanie came to me as a proactive move to prepare herself for a possible...