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What Color is Your Parachute author Richard N. Bolles' comprehensive website includes section on the Internet, Research, Contacts, Job Hunting, and more. The Internet What is the Internet to the job-hunter? The Internet is a place where a job-hunter can perform certain tasks. The Internet becomes five places to the job-hunter... Research Research on the Internet Using the Internet for Research: how to find information ...more »

The recession is weighing heavily on everyone’s mind these days. A lot of people are lost and do not know what to do in the face of such crisis, but it’s a good thing that people with blogs such as GeekMBA360 are willing to give a helping hand. GeekMBA360 is all about dishing out career and person financial advice to those who might need them.

CareerNoodle provides a suite of engaging, authoritative, and easy-to-use career exploration and planning tools for middle, high school and college students. Utilizing active and constructivist learning theories, combined with advanced Web technologies, CareerNoodle was created with a user-centered design process that included the participation of hundreds of guidance counselors, educators and students across the nation. ...more »

Career Planning Today is a blog that provides simple, practical, and helpful information with regards to career planning through the sharing of: >> Examples of informational interviewing reports >> Examples of career research reports >> Examples of career action plans It is quite possible to successfully plan one’s career, but getting started is a challenge for many people. By focusing on career self assessment and ...more »

This site offers a comprehensive Myers-Briggs Personality Type Assessment Tool called DO WHAT YOU ARE, excellent career ideas for non-traditional careers, career trends, etc. in its EXPLORER section, and data driven comprehsensive career information under its PLANNER section. Our High School Guidance office has used this product with all of our students for about 10 years now and it keeps improving each year. We love ...more »

CareerOneStop is your pathway to career success, featuring the broadest and deepest collection of information about careers on the Web. We have information and tools to help job seekers, students, businesses, and career professionals CareerOneStop offers career resources and workforce information to job seekers, students, businesses, and workforce professionals to foster talent development in a global economy. It includes: ...more »

“Promoveo” (pro-MO-ve-o) is Latin for “to advance” “to push ahead.” Promoveo is a structured learning experience to guide new and seasoned health care workers step-by-step through the process of identifying and developing a detailed action plan to achieve their career goals. The Promoveo health career exploration and planning course was developed by Clarian Health Partners, a large statewide health care system based ...more »

This site is the online version of Bio-1's Get Growing Career Paths brochure, which was developed in partnership with industry. On the site, the six job families of the bioscience industry are broken down into job groups. Across the job families, there are hundreds of example jobs, with education requirements and potential salary ranges, and within each job family, there are videos of real people who work in some of ...more »

Laguna Source is a national search firm specializing in full time permanent placement. Our areas of expertise include all position related to biopharmaceutical, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. An experienced Laguna Soure recruiter will work with you through the hiring process and get you the position you deserve. Laguna Source also is the holding company overseeing ResuWe.com the free resume ...more »

GAcollege411.org has been designed to support workforce development efforts to promote an increase in the employment, job retention, economic productivity, and occupational skills improvement of Georgia citizens. Based on over 25 years of service to the workers of the nation, the integrated tools and content provide effective, local solutions to job searchers and workforce center professional staff. With GAcollege411.org, ...more »

Back2Work Now provides employment assistance to young professionals (primarily focused on Gen-Y). Services include job placement, personal assessment, executive coaching, providing access to an established and expansive network, giving candidates the knowledge to build a personal marketing/branding and introductions to hiring managers and decision-makers. Robert Jones the founder of Back 2 Work Now, has over a decade ...more »

Most job seekers focus on job title and employer but they have no system for deciding which employers they should be targeting. Career GPS is a free online industry "card sort" that allows anyone to explore the industries that interest them the most. Once the industries are selected, the job seeker can easily target employers in those fields using the Employer Locator, Reference USA,or any other NAICS-based tool. ...more »

JobTitled is focused on helping everyone make better career decisions through the use of analytics. It’s a place to learn more about your career path and what else is out there. We believe career analytics is a powerful tool that opens up new ways of thinking about your career and the working world. Our goal is to make public what is currently stored in pockets of knowledge throughout society, and to put this career knowledge ...more »

This is a great online or paper pencil tool for career development grades 3/4 to adult versions. The cost is reasonable in my estimation, at $370 for the digital and paper pencil version both, grades 7/8 to grade 11+. Includes "Reality Check", financial planning tool. This utilizes role playing, virtual communties, is being utilized in several states. Has lesson plans, resources and tutorials for facilitators, you can ...more »

Five Tools for Rapid Reemployment is a comprehensive approach for job searches in Washington State, tapping all of your employment possibilities, far beyond the obvious classified ads in the newspaper or on line. All of these tools take advantage of a free website http://www.workforceexplorer.com which includes a comprehensive on-line listing of all possible employers, whether or not they have advertised any job opening. ...more »