EBSCOHost
Iowa Resources Self
Assessment and Career Investigation Resume
and Interviewing Job Searching Federal
Agencies Employment Law Books
about Employment
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
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.
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.
Blue House Links
This site offers numerous links and reviews of
employment-related web
sites.
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.
Headhunter.net
This site offers links to international job search Web
sites, as well
as a resume writing center, job listings, company profiles, and links
to online job fairs.
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
650.1
Far
America's
Top
Jobs
for
People
Without
a Four-Year
Degree
650.1
Kra
Job
Finder's
Guide,
2000:
The
only
book
you
need
to
get
the
job
you
want
650.1
Res
Resumes
for
the
50+
Job
Hunter
650.1
Yat
ppb
Cover
Letters
that
Knock'em
Dead
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