Employment Resources

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EBSCOHost

Go to our online EBSCOhost subscription-based site, use the Username and Password provided for you at the library, and search the Vocational and Career Collection.

Iowa Resources
I-JOBS
Governor Chet Culver unveiled details of a $750 million plan on March 12, 2009 to create jobs and invest in infrastructure throughout Iowa. Called I-JOBS: the Culver/Judge Iowa Infrastructure Investment Initiative, the plan is a 3-year investment to create jobs, strengthen the state’s economy, and rebuild several critical areas of the state’s infrastructure.  Find out more at this site.

Human Resources Enterprise
Find out about state jobs - openings, pay, benefits, IPERS, etc.

Job Openings with Iowa Companies
Find what companies are hiring in Iowa.  There are also links to resumes, interviews, dress codes, and other tips and tools.

Iowa WorkForce Development
Iowa businesses find workforce information and solutions at this site.  Businesses can list jobs online at no cost, find average wages, and more.

Iowa Federal Job Search
Federal Job Search captures custom job search profiles online and matches them daily against a database of 24,345 federal job openings in Iowa and around the world.

Iowa Job Center
Free job bulletin board for Iowa's employers and job seekers.


The following career resources and annotations are from 2002 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation WebGuides:

Self Assessment and Career Investigation
Job Monkey
This site is for people who are interested in seasonal jobs that are off the beaten path, such as working in Alaskan fisheries, teaching abroad, and working in toursim.  It has information about what these jobs are like, employer profiles, and tips for getting started.

JobHuntersBible.com
This site was created by Dick Booles, author of What Color is Your Parachute?  The site offers advice on topics such as networking, job searching on teh Internet, and what to do when you strike out.  It also offers links to resume and interview sites, as well as sites that offer personal assessment tests.

Keirsey Temperament Sorter II
This site offers a free, online personality questionnaire to help you learn about yourself and the type of work for which you are best suited.

Motivational Appraisal of Personal potential (MAPP)
This site offers the MAPP test, which can help you determine what kind of job would make you happiest.  The site also has labor market information, careeer planning information, and tips for writing resumes.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, the Occupational Handbook presents detailed information on a wide range of occupations.  It describes what people do in their daily work, what work conditions are like, what training and education are required, what people earn, and job prospects for each occupation.


Resume and Interviewing
Job-Interview.net
This site can help you learn about different interviewing styles, practice interviewing, find books that will help you improve your interviewing skills, and recognize illegal interview questions.

JobStar
This site was created for Californians, but it also provides general information on topics such as resume writing, salaries, career development, and the hidden job market.

MiJob.info
Career help, research employers, resume writing, interview help...all of these are included on this website created with Michigan in mind.  Many of the resources are general help resources which would be beneficial to Iowa job seekers as well.


Job Searching
America's Job Bank
This site is operated by the U.S. Department of Labor in partnership with each state's Public Employment Service.  You can use the site to search for jobs either by occupation or keyword, create and post resumes, and follow links to individual states, employers, and private agencies.

CareerFairs.com
Search for the dates and locations of career fairs coming to your region.

Employment 911
This site offers free e-mail service, calendars, organizers, and resume posting.  It also offers information about resume writing, interviewing, salaries, and cover letters.

EmploymentGuide.com
Search for jobs by city, country, or employer.

CareerBuilder
This site offers job searching, posting of resumes, resources and recommendations

Indeed.com
Described as "one search. all jobs."  This site allows you to search for a position, company, or keyword plus a location.  It searches many other job listings and pulls up jobs that fit your criteria.  You can then pull up the jobs by salary, company name, title of position, etc.  A handy search engine for job openings.

Monster.com
This extensive site features a link especially for "first timers," which helps you navigate through the site's multiple services.  These include job listings, free resume posting, free e-mail, a career center, employer research, and a career newsletter.


Federal Agencies
Employment & Training Administration
From the U.S. Department of Labor, this site has information about job seeking, applying for unemployment compensation, laid-off workers retraining programs, federal job openings, apprenticeship training, the Job Corps (training for youth ages 16 to 24), and America's One-Stop Career Centers.

Office of Disability Employment Policy
This site from the U.S. Department of Labor offers job links listed by state, information on programs aimed at assisting the disabled, information on state liaisons, and a list of related sites.

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
This site offers information about federal laws prohibiting job discrimination, how to file a discrimination complaint, employment rights of the individual, and laws regarding sexual harrassment.


Employment Law
Nolo (follow the Employment Law link under the list of Law Centers)
This site has information on the legal issues surrounding job searching, discrimination, sexual harrasment, health and safety, losing or keeping a job, and drug testing.


Books about Employment
650.1 Bea    The Interview Kit  2000
650.1 Far ppb  The Quick Resume and Cover Letter Book  2008
650.1 Res ppb   Resumes for the 50+ Job Hunter   2003
650.1 Yat ppb   Knock 'em Dead Resumes   2008
650.14 Far ppb  Next-day Job Interview: Prepare Tonight and Get the Job Tomorrow  2005
650.14 Yat ppb    Cover Letters that Knock'em Dead  2004
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