Career Resources
Best Career Websites
For Those Changing Jobs or Careers
Here are a few dozen of the 10,000 websites devoted to job searching. We've grouped the links according to three steps:
Networking is a process of learning what people do in different industries and jobs, the types of Abilities, Skills and Knowledge (ASK ) needed to perform in different occupations. Find out how you can leverage your competencies in different disciplines, and in what areas you need to gain more competency. Then figure out what is transferable to a new work environment.
Flexperience
Flexible Work Solutions. Experienced Professionals.™
Flexperience is a boutique firm that connects experienced marketing, human resources, finance and legal professionals with opportunities for part-time, flex-time, or project-based work with our clients.
Evaluation
Individual Career Advising
Utilize the services and resources available from the Chetkovich Career Center at Haas. Including career assessment and coaching services. Email Career Services
lifeworktransitions.com
Takes a holistic approach to career change; involves focusing on the spiritual and technological aspects career management.
cdm.uwaterloo.ca/step1.asp
Perform a complete assessment of yourself to understand what you are looking for in your career
careerkey.org/english/
Take a test to help with career choices, changes, planning,and job search.
advisorteam.com/temperament_sorter/register.aspx
Take a personality assessment geared toward career and personal development.
DreamJobCoaching.com
Joel Garfinkles methodical step-by-step Dream Job process has guided thousands of corporate professionals, lawyers, accountants, engineers, entrepreneurs and high-tech specialists through successful career transition
Explorations
haas.berkeley.edu/alumni
Extensive resource that will open doors and contacts from Haas.
civicventures.org/
A think tank and incubator,generating ideas and inventing programs to help society achieve the greatest return on experience.
retiredbrains.com/
Retire and work. Part-time, full-time, temporary jobs for retirees. Return to work after retirement.
thephoenixlink.com/
Offers free services for re-careering executives and technologists.
workit.com/events/cityevents.cfm
Excellent site listing networking events (trade shows, professional association meetings,conferences and job faires) in different geographical areas of the U.S.
advancingwomen.com
Access to chat rooms and newsgroups.
salary.com
Salary info. - Job and geographically specific.
www.sfgate.com/jobs/
SF Chronicle classified section. Good place to look at job postings and gather language to describe your competencies.
marketresearch.com
List of newsletters from different industry groups.
homefair.com
Excellent salary calculator to factor in cost of living in different parts of the country -- housing costs, neighborhood crime reports etc. -- for purposes of relocation.
opportunityknocks.org/ and idealist.org/
Jobs in the nonprofit sector.
vault.com/index.html
Excellent resource to get insider information on industries, companies , organizational culture and interview questions.
wetfeet.com
Vaults competition. Offers similar information.
monster.com
The grandaddy of all job search engines a good place to get wording from job posting to describe yourself.
jobstar.org
Good all around career website, info on salary negotiation strategies, resume writing, networking, cover letters. Primary emphasis is CA job links.
ceo-express.com
Comprehensive site listing business periodical with links to periodicals website.
wahm.com
Work At Home Moms. Issues around finding part time work and job sharing.
m2net.com
Senior level contract job opportunities.
xe.net/ucc
Good for figuring out compensation in other currencies.
cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
CIA site offers info on political situations in different countries around the world.
bls.gov/oco/
Info on occupations you may not know anything about and always wondered what people do who have those titles.
careers.wsj.com/
The Wall Street Journals career website. Has good info on factors to consider when going overseas and expatriation issues. Left column "Succeeding at work," click on "Working Globally". Plus, good info. on starting a business.
localbusiness.com
Good for senior level management contract jobs.
bizjournals.com/eastbay
Syndicated regional small business magazine. Good for East Bay, Sacramento, San Diego, LA and San Francisco.
vfinance.com
Gain insights as to where the money is going. Strategies on how to get VC funding and where is the money going these days.
Kforce.com
Part time/contract work for middle to senior level jobs.
cfos2go.com/
Part time/contract jobs in financial management.
tax-talent.com/
Job listings for those in finance/tax planning.
kennedyinfo.com
Directory of executive search firms.
spanusa.net/
Executive search firm specializing in the placement of bilingual Spanish-English speaking professionals and executives of every ethnic background in the United States and Latin America.
latpro.com/
Best jobs for Spanish and Portuguese speakers
dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/California/Metropolitan_Areas/San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Employment/Jobs
Extensive listing of job listing resources targeting the SF/Bay Area
workit.com/events/cityevents.cfm?city_id=1
Good list of networking events in the Bay Area
rileyguide.com/
Referred to as The Riley Guide, it provides one of the most comprehensive listings of internet job search resources.
Some job boards geared to full timers also offer services and postings for independents. mediabistro.com, a New York-based job site, has a "Freelance Marketplace" that lets free-lancers list their expertise and showcase work samples.
eFinancialCareers.com. (eFinancialCareers.com is a partner of CareerJournal.com.) About 200 new jobs are posted daily in more than 30 categories, including asset management, trading, hedge funds, equities and derivatives. Around 5,000 positions are typically posted, about half in the U.S. and the remainder mostly in Europe,
For jobs in quantitative analytics and trading, financial engineering and risk management, bookmark
QUANTster.com.
Targeting the kind of senior-level positions that recruiters fill, you'll find them at
banking-financejobs.com, a job board from The National Banking & Financial Services Network, a group of 65 search firms that specialize in financial services.
For branch-level sales and sales-support personnel, including registered reps, operations and other securities pros, there's
BrokerHunter.com.
Preparation
680careers.com
Jobs in the 680 corridor, Walnut Creek, Pleasanton area.
careerlab.com/letters/default _new2_body.htm
200 cover letter samples
bajobs.com
Bay area jobs.
marketingjobs.com
Sales, Marketing, and Advertising Careers Nationwide.
craigslist.org
Local jobs. Good listing of newsgroups and chat rooms to gather company info.
garage.com
Good information on jobs in startups.
damngood.com
Excellent resume samples.
moneyminded.com
Jobs in finance.
GayJob.biz
It's GayJob.biz's hope that allowing gay people to work where they are valued, wanted and recognized will help promote the acceptance of gays and lesbians in the workplace.
net-temps.com/
Net-Temps provides the world's leading staffing firms with the best
candidates for contract assignments. In fact, Net-Temps was recently named
the number-one job board for contract professionals in the 2000 Electronic
Recruiting Index.
jobsinthemoney.com/
The marketmaker in professional finance positions
biospace.com/jobs
BioSpace Career Center, the leading career resource for life sciences.
quarterlifecrisis.com/
Quarterlifecrisis.com gives twentysomethings the resources they need in one central place. At quarterlifecrisis.com, you can find a job, apartment, and get a life! We only provide links to websites that would be of interest to twentysomethings.
career.fsu.edu/employment/second-interview-guide.html
Tips on sealing the deal on your second round of interviews (developed by Florida State University).
