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See also the library's links for
Older Adults.
For test preparation materials for specific
career licensing exams, civil service tests and military tests,
see the library's
LearningExpress Library
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Good Starting Points
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Career Journal from The Wall Street Journal
Career oriented articles, a place to
post your resume and salary information.
Mostly geared towards high salaried
professional positions.
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Job-Hunt.org
Articles about how to go about searching
for a job, pitfalls to avoid, how to choose
a good Web site for online searching and
more. The site also includes links to a
large number of other job searching sites.
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Jobweb
Hints for interviews and resumes, articles
for job hunters and an online career fair.
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Quintessential Career and Job-Hunting Resources
Guide
Online resources for
cover letters,
resumes and
interviewing.
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The Riley Guide
This excellent site is full of helpful
advice about how to go about your job
search, both online and off. There are
also links to job and resume sites, as
well as a few book recommendations.
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SkillSource — Employment and Training Services
The Northern
Virginia Workforce Investment Board
has created SkillSource job centers,
where you can prepare a new resume,
find out about training opportunities
and look for potential jobs, free of
charge. The Fairfax County Web site
provides information about the
assistance they offer as well as the
locations of their job centers in
Fairfax County. An array of
youth services including training
and employment assistance are also
available.
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Tips on Resume Writing, Interview
Skills and Job Hunting Techniques
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Job Lists and Databases
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Career Specific Job Lists and Databases
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Federal Government Job Lists and Databases
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Careers in Government
Federal,
state and local government
job listings from around
the United States.
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FedWorld
This
site allows you to search the
Office of Personnel Management's
job listings. Updated daily.
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The Plum Book
Listings
of federal civil service
jobs subject to noncompetitive
appointment.
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USA Jobs
This excellent site is
provided by the Office
of Personnel Management.
In addition to federal
information, the site
also includes state and
local information and
online application forms.
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The Washington Post's Federal Internet Guide
Information
and resources for Federal
employees.
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International Job Lists and Databases
- Local Area Job Lists and Databases
Many of these sites offer online
employment applications.
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General Metro Area
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Washingtonpost.com: Jobs
Search for jobs from over
30,000 listings in our local
area. Registered users have
access to additional options
such as company profiles,
resume storage and e-mail
updates of new job opportunities.
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Maryland
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Virginia
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Nationwide Job Lists and Databases
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People with Disabilities
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DisabilityInfo.gov
Links to government
resources and Web sites concerning employment
for people with disabilities.
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Office of Disability Employment Policy
A division of the
U.S. Department of Labor. The site is
full of advice and phone numbers to call
for further assistance in locating a job.
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Worksupport.com
Aimed toward people with
disabilities, this site has many useful articles
on both finding and retaining employment.
Worksupport.com is a project of Virginia Commonwealth
University.
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Summer and Student Jobs
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Cool Works
A site listing
job opportunities in national parks,
resorts, amusement parks and all sorts
of places outdoors. Most of these jobs
are seasonal in nature and aimed at
students, but there are other opportunities
listed as well.
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Employment Laws for Teens
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Virginia Department of Labor and Industry
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Youth Rules!
A comprehensive site on
employment law for teens published by the
Department of Labor. It outlines federal
restrictions on age limits, hours and
permissible types of jobs. Also available in
Spanish.
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SnagAJob.com
Hook up
with other summer job hunters
for advice on leads, resumes
and volunteer opportunities.
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StudentJobs.gov
A joint effort
of the Office of Personnel Management
and the Department of Education, this
site provides a job database searchable
by geographic location and type of job,
and contains both domestic and overseas
opportunities.
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SummerJobs.com
Another site geared
to the summer job hunter, SummerJobs.com
lists employers and provides help on finding
a job locally or abroad.
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JobStar
Salary
information, including more
than 300 general and career-specific
salary surveys.
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Salary Calculator
Input
a salary in one city, and
the calculator indicates the
dollar amount of an equivalent
salary in your target city.
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Salary.com
Look up
what people in a given field are
making, by zip code, including
detailed descriptions of the
responsibilities at different pay
levels.
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Career Guide to Industries
A companion
to the Occupational Outlook
Handbook (below).
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Guide to Career Prospects in Virginia
Provides
descriptions of more than 100
careers, including handy graphs
showing what educational
background each requires and what
sort of salaries they pay.
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My Cool Career
Self-assessment
tools and useful links for teens and
young adults.
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O*NET OnLine
The U.S.
Department of Labor's Occupational
Information Network offers three
different search strategies for
exploring occupations: Search for
career information using
predetermined employment categories;
enter personal, current or future
skills to retrieve sets of
occupations requiring those particular
skills; or search using various codes
defined by existing employment
classification systems, e.g., the military
classification system. Individuals
with physical or health challenges can
access the Job Accommodation Network
or other pertinent links from this site.
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Occupational Outlook Handbook
In addition to
providing detailed descriptions of
various careers, this resource has
current information on typical wages and
the growth of opportunities in each field.
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Virginia Career View
Sponsored
by the Virginia Department of
Education, Virginia Career View
is a great site for young people
to explore career options. Brief
descriptions and statistics on a
wide variety of careers are
provided in simple terms for
school-aged children and in more
detail for college students. Links
are provided to assist with interviewing
techniques, resume writing, summer
jobs, college financial aid,
internships and more.
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Saturday, April 19, 2008
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