Job Search Resources

These links have been assembled by students and instructors to help with job searches and when conducting research into business and professional writing projects, workplace writing, and more. You might find our collection of resume resources useful also.

If you have more resources to contribute, please add your comments below!

Gateway Sites

• http://www.rileyguide.com/
  The Riley Guide, for researching jobs, preparing employment documents, and more.
• http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/
  Dick Bolles's (of What Color Is your Parachute fame) re-tooled on-line "Job Hunters Bible."
• http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/intro/gateway.php
  Bolles includes overviews of important gateway sites for the Internet job research

Job Search & Info Sites

• CareerJet
• Career Magazine
• Career Talk
• CareerXroads
• Center for Career Opportunities at Purdue
• CityTownInfo.com
• Contract Job Hunter
• Computerjobs
• ComputerWork
• CareerBuilder
• GameJobs.com
• InformationWeek Careers
• InternetBiz
• InternWeb.Com
• Jobstar
• Journalism Jobs
• Manpower
• Monster
• Net-Temps
• Overseas Job Web
• Recruiter Links
• Recruiters Online Network
• Tech-Centric.Net
• TrueCareers
• Webmonkey: Interviewing for a Web Job
• Work at Home Information
• Yahoo! HotJobs

Advice about Cover Letters and Resumes

• Junk Cover Letters and Bad Resumes
• Kairos and the Cover Letter
  Fun examples that take bad advice too far; by David Blakesley
• A Glimpse and a Hook
  How one resume reader spends his 30 seconds reading yours . . .
• Skeptical Resume Reader (HR Director) Tells How He Really Thinks
  Douglas B. Richardson (Wall Street Journal)
• Build the Resume Employers Want (Jobweb.com)
  Advice for new college graduates
• Build the Resume Employers Want to See
  National Association of Colleges and Employers (College Journal at the Wall Street Journal)
• Sample Resumes (from Jobweb.com)
  Advice for new college graduates in various majors
• How to Apply Oniline and Get and Employers Attention (Jobweb.com)
  Advice for new college graduates
• Answering 6 Common Interview Questions

Salary Comparisons | Cost of Living Comparisons

• Salary.com