Career and Job Information

• Riley Guide. This is a comprehensive listing of career and employment-related links-- well organized and a good starting place for assessing career opportunities. Check out "Where to find jobs" and "Salary Surveys"

• What Color Is Your Parachute. This site is officially titled "JobHuntersBible.com", but it is Dick Bolles website providing a supplement to his well known book. It is a terrific career counseling site that will help you to test your fit with a career, investigate career prospects, and obtain survey information about a career.

• JobWeb. Sponsored by the National Association of Colleges and Employers this site offers a wealth of information on job search, opportunities, career planning, and profiles of employers. The "Catapult" page links to related sites.

• National Assembly of Voluntary Health and Social Welfare Organizations. This site lists paid and unpaid internships with non-profit organizations, most listings are volunteer work during the summer -- "give back" and get experience.

• College Grad Job Hunter. This site by author Bruce Krueger answers questions about preparation for job interviews, resumes, how to handle GPA issues, holding out for another offer, and more practical job finding issues. You can submit your own questions for a response.

• Bureau of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook. Research what job prospects will be. What jobs are in demand.

• U.S. News-Online.edu. The news magazine's resource for information, advice, and links about education and careers.

• monster.com Zones. This is a Website for serious job-hunters, but in the Campus Zone you can find useful information on getting that first real job. The major converter identifies possible careers, given your college major.

• Career Resource Homepage. This site at Rensselaer Polytechnic has links to job data banks, alumni job banks, and related resources.

• Career Central. This firm matches job applicants with firms using an on-line process. Best for MBA's.

• Salary Expert. A free comprehensive salary site offering salary, benefits and cost-of-living information.  Find salaries quickly by selecting Job Title and Zip.

• Best Companies for Blacks, Asia, and Hispanics. Fortune article

• BlackVoices.com. Has a job search database and articles on careers

Internship Links: Links to companies and resources on internships.

• About.com. Business Major Internships. Good links for a starting place.
• Washington Post's job.com. Not only good advice, but links to internships.  
• Internship Opportunity Program. A searchable directory of internships by company and area of interest.
• InternshipPrograms.com. An extensive listing (200,000) with search engine.
• Intern Magazine, boasts over 3000 listings.
• CareerPath.com, starts a listing of internships beginning April 2000. This is a job search and employment information site.
• WetFeet. Click on the "Internship Listings"
• Aetna Insurance
• Boeing
• Kraft Foods
• Land'sEnd
• United Airlines
• TV Internship
• Wells Fargo
  

Job Searches: These sites are recommended for job seekers by Kate Maddox of Information Week as listed in People Trends. Unlike Job Web these sites are not especially designed with the recent college grad in mind, but do list job vacancies:

America's Job Bank Career Mosaic Career Path Espan's Job Options HotJobs Monster.com SelectJobs Yahoo! Classifieds Black EOE Journal