CAREER COUNSELING
SITES TO EXPLORE FOR ENTERING THE WORKFORCE
BE CAUTIOUS WHEN USING THE LINKS BELOW: Some of the links are businesses that require you to PAY for their services. STCC offers many of these services free of charge through both the Counseling Center and the Office of Cooperative Education/Career Services and Transfer Affairs. Visit either of these offices if you have any questions about the links below.
- Employment search engine: www.careerjet.com .
- Assistance with resolving career issues www.usatoday.com/careers/careers.htm. This site includes an Ask-a-Counselor Column as well as all sorts of resources on employment projections and salary issues.
- Displays thousands of jobs that are easily searchable www.CareerBuilder.com
- Extensive information on careers, resumes, cover letters, interviewing, and salary information www.CollegeGrad.com
- One of the best career resources on the Internet, it includes a section on how to use the Internet in your career search www.Therileyguide.com
- Information about overseas opportunities (teaching, engineering, medical, etc.) http://www.overseasjobs.com
- Includes jobs listed by employers with a special interest in minority candidates http://www.black-collegian.com (Click on Career Center and then on Job search)
- AARP Working Options www.aarp.org (click on Money and Work)
- Career One Stop Coach – lots of information for workers www.onestopcoach.org
- Job Profiles – experienced workers describe their jobs www.jobprofiles.org
- This site includes an interactive game that helps people go through the job-seeking and interviewing process by providing opportunities to select an appropriate resume, answer interview questions via phone, face a panel of interviewers in person and answer questions asked by the vice president of the company. www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/jobs/nti/nailtheinterview.html (may need to go in as far as .com and then search for “jobs” and/or “nail the interview)”
- The Vocational Information Center website is a directory that provides links to online resources for career exploration, career and education, work opportunities, trade and technical schools and career related reference resources. www.khake.com
- These two sites provide salary information on hundreds of occupations www.Salaryexpert.com www.Salary.com
- Information on up to 20,000 federal government openings www.USAjobs.gov
- Four sites that carry information on millions of jobs www.Monster.com, www.CareerBuilder.com, www.Hotjobs.com, www.Craigslist.org
- Three excellent sites that focus on jobs in your chosen field and location www.Indeed.com, www.Simplyhired.com, www.sciencejobs.com
- America’s Job Bank www.ajb.dni.us Thousands of new jobs posted daily
- Citylink: http://usacitylink.com Most comprehensive city and state listing on the web for relocation information
- Computer Jobs and Technical Employment: www.computerwork.com
- Health Care Jobs: www.sciencecareers.org Hundreds of jobs updated daily.
- High Tech Job Listings: www.dice.com
- Job Bank USA: www.jobbankusa.com
- Jobs and Careers Web Directory: www.career.org Career education, job search services and Monster.com career directory
- Jobs.com: www.jobs.com Locate jobs via job categories and state or zip code.
- Jobfind: http://www.jobfind.com Job search, resume, company profiles, career news, job fairs, newspapers and diversity and disability web links
- Jobweb: www.jobweb.com Especially for college students and new college graduates
- Open Positions Database: http://www.black-collegian.com Includes jobs listed by employers with a special interest in minority candidates
- Overseas Job Express: http://www.overseasjobs.com Provides information about overseas opportunities (teaching, engineering, medical, etc.)
- Yahoo – Hot Jobs www.hotjobs.com Utilize this search engine to explore career information on the internet
- Job Accommodations for People with Disabilities: http://www.jan.wvu.edu
- Jobs with the Federal Government: www.USAjobs.gov Information on up to 20,000 federal government openings
- Four sites that carry information on millions of jobs:
- Three excellent sites that focus on jobs in your chosen field and location