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Job & Employment

Whether you are a student in the market for a summer job or internship, a recent graduate ready to launch a new career, or a veteran of the workplace ready to make a change in employment, the Wilton Library has dozens of books to suit your information needs. We are now able to offer, in addition to our substantial print collection, the following electronic resources for job seekers.

Creating and Posting Your Resume

In addition to the resume posting services offered by the many job search services listed below, the following services are offered for those wishing to post an online resume.

  • BizLink Resume Guides and Interviewing Technique
    (http://www.bizlink.org/category2.asp?cat=14&catID=14&subcat=129)
    Links to sites of interest on the topic.
  • JobFind.com
    (http://www.jobfind.com/)
    Pointers on creating a resume and writing a cover letter (either electronic or print) and lists of places online to post your resume. You can also store your resume here for quick sending to potential employers.
  • JobStar Central
    (http://jobstar.org/tools/resume/index.cfm)
    Geared toward California, but with articles and tips for all.
  • MonsterTRAK
    (http://www.monstertrak.monster.com/)
    MonsterTRAK is the dominant player in the job listing and resume markets for college students and recent graduates.
  • eResumes & Resources
    (http://www.eresumes.com/eresumes.html)
    Learn how to make your resume e-friendly.
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Finding Company Information

  • Hoover's Online
    (http://www.hoovers.com/)
    Search Hoover's extensive database of corporate information with links to corporate homepages.
  • Researching Companies Online
    (http://www.learnwebskills.com/company/index.html)
    This business research tutorial presents a step-by-step process for finding free company and industry information on the Web.
  • Searching for Company Information
    (http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/company/c2index.htm)
    The Science, Industry and Business Library of the NYPL has put together this great guide for finding information about companies, public and private, both online and in your local library.
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
    (http://www.sec.gov/)
    Search the Edgar database for company reports filed with the government.
  • Vault
    (http://www.vaultreports.com/)
    Get the "insider's view" on job hunting and some of the nation's biggest industries and companies. Search industry articles, career profiles, and company homepages. The Career Topics section discusses issues of diversity, entrepreneurship, internships, interviewing, resumes, and salaries & compensation.
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Finding Job Listings Online

Most large companies maintain Web sites on which they post current job openings. They can be found using the tools in Finding Company Information above.

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Freelance/Contract Work

  • elance.com
    (http://www.elance.com/)
    Join a worldwide community of people and businesses using Elance to buy and sell services.
  • Guru.com
    (http://www.guru.com/)
    "The world's largest online marketplace for freelance talent."
  • Net-Temps
    (http://www.net-temps.com/)
    Specializing in temporary and contract work, this site has free listings of over 100,000 positions (companies pay to advertise). Job seekers link allows you to bring together your resume, current listings, relocation tools and more.
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Other Useful Tools

  • Career Development eManual
    (http://www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca/)
    Assess your personality, aptitudes, and values -- then match these to potential occupations. Intended for college students, but useful for anyone considering a change of career.
  • GovExec.com: Jobs & Careers
    (http://www.govexec.com/jobs/)
    Government Executive Magazine's career center provides detailed information on Federal pay schedules. Included are the General Schedule pay tables, Executive, Senior, and Scientific or Professional pay levels, hourly rates, military pay tables, law enforcement pay rates.
  • JobHuntersBible.com: What Color Is Your Parachute?
    (http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/)
    An online version of the job-hunting classic, with tips specially designed for Internet job hunting.
  • O*Net Online
    (http://online.onetcenter.org/)
    Online replacement for the old print Dictionary of Occupational Titles. Search by occupation title, skills, or related occupations.
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook 2006-07
    (http://www.bls.gov/oco/)
    Guide to hundreds of occupations from able seaman to zoologist. Users can browse an alphabetical index or any of eleven occupational clusters, or search the resource by keyword. See especially the Fastest Growing Occupations. For wage information, check out the Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates.
  • Relocating Information
    (http://www.wiltonlibrary.org/relocate.asp)
    This page, created by Wilton Library's Reference staff, has links to sites of interest to those thinking of relocating, including information about schools, chambers of commerce, real estate agents, movers, and local government.
  • The Riley Guide
    (http://www.rileyguide.com/)
    A comprehensive guide to resources and tips for online job seekers.
  • Salary.com
    (http://www.salary.com/)
    Salary information for thousands of job titles by occupation and region.

Professional associations can provide wonderful networking and job-seeking resources. Try using an Internet Search Engine to locate an association in your field.

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