Websites:
Refdesk's Job Search Resources
About.com Job Search Engine Tips
About.com Top Ten Job Search Engines
Indeed.com
Job Search Engine
SimplyHired
Job Search Engine
Portland State University's Career Center
University of Oregon's Career Center
Florida State University's Career Center
Very good & comprehensive
The Riley Guide
An excellent site to get you started with online job searching
SimplyHired.com
Aggregates results from many other job sites, newspapers and companies
Jobdango
Find jobs located in the Pacific Northwest
CNN Job Fairs Directory
National directory of upcoming job fairs
America's Career InfoNet
Careerbuilder.com
MSN's Career Center
Comprehensive site
Facebook
Online social networking site
Reppler Blog
Excellent blog / site about managing your online reputation...
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Local Job Listings by City:
Oregon Employment Department job listings
CascadeLink job and career links
Craigslist (Oregon cities)
Portland:
Oregonian classifieds
Portland city jobs
Corvallis:
Gazette Times classifieds
Corvallis city jobs
Eugene:
Eugene Register Guard classifieds
Eugene city jobs
Newberg:
Newberg Graphic classifieds
McMinnville:
McMinville News Register classifieds
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Government Jobs:
Official Oregon government jobs page
Oregon government jobs directory
Federal:
USAJobs (official government site)
By State:
State jobs directory
By County:
Local counties
By City:
Local cities
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Employment Information / Tests :
OLMIS (from the Oregon Employment Department)
Labor market information & more
Yahoo HotJobs Career Assessment
Includes a career test
The Riley Guide
An excellent site to get you started with online job searching
Occupational Outlook Handbook
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is created by the United States Department of Labor, and includes information about the nature of work, working conditions, training and education, earnings, and job outlook for hundreds of different occupations. The Handbook is released biennially with its companion publication the Career Guide to Industries. The current 2008-2009 edition was released in December 2007 and includes employment projections for the period 2006-2016.
(From Wikipedia).
FindLaw legal information & employees' rights
Food handler information & test
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Library Databases & Resources:
These databases can be accessed at the library, or remotely with your home computer
(you will need your library card number).
Reference USA
Available in the Library and from home with your Lake Oswego Library card
A highly customizable database of businesses that allows you to get lists of businesses based on specific criteria, and provides detailed information on each. This database is a great way to find potential employers, and fortify yourself with information before interviews.
Career Information System
Available in the Library and from home with your Lake Oswego Library card
The Oregon Career Information System (CIS) provides a system of occupational and educational information to help Oregonians learn about the world of work and education. The information that CIS develops is comprehensive; for example:
- Current employment, wages, outlook, hiring practices, preparation, and licensing, in addition to the skills, abilities, and knowledge required, are reported for each of over 540 occupation titles. These occupations cover over 95% of the labor market in Oregon.
- Every postsecondary program of study or training offered in Oregon is described within one of over 600 program categories. More than 150 topics of information, from admission requirements and costs to services for students with disabilities, are provided for each postsecondary school in Oregon. Similar information is included about national two-year, four-year, and graduate institutions.
- A complete scholarship and a financial aid database that lists national, state, and local awards is available along with a tool to sort the entries based upon an individual’s characteristics.
- CIS also includes information about self-employment, job search, industries, and the military as an employer.
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Resumes & Cover Letters:
Resumes:
TearTaylor's Career Corner
About.com Resume Guide
HowToWriteaResume.org
Portnov Computer School's sample IT resumes
Minnesota's Job Search Center
Writing a
Curriculum Vitae (an expanded comprehensive resume):
About.com Writing a Curriculum Vitae
CVTips.com
Excellent! tips for writing a Curriculum Vitae
Cover Letters:
About.com Cover Letters
Lake Oswego Library offers Microsoft Word, with its resume templates and wizards!
All for free! Call 503-675-2540 or stop by the library for more information.
We also offer free Resume & Job Search Classes.
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Library Print Resources:
Below are the call numbers for books in useful subject areas; reference books will
be in the reference collection with the same call numbers.
