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Online Videos

Renowned San Francisco career consultant Linda Artel has graciously created a free career video workshop on education-portal.com to help graduating university and college students succeed in entering the workplace. Ms. Artel has been involved in the career consulting industry for over 20 years and has worked with many high profile clients and companies. We are proud to have her volunteer her services with us to help young people exceed.


Job Interviewing Videos
Job Networking Videos
Resume Videos
Researching Careers Videos

Online Research

The following links provide a wealth of information including resume and cover letter samples, occupational information (salary, industry standards), job search skills, career assessments and job search boards.

Employment & Internships

Top 200 Internship Employers

Top Master's Employers

What Employers Want

Marketing Yourself in 2008: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Resume, cover letter, and interviewing advice

Internal Affairs- Teaser

Interviewing


Successful Interviewing

Beware of the Top 5 Interview Mistakes

Common Mistakes Made During an Interview

Overcoming Inexperience

The Gatekeeper

The Worst Job Interview

Resumes & Cover Letters

Do's and Don't's of Cover Letters and Resumes

IntaJob.com: free online resume builder

Top 8 Resume Editing Tips

How to Email Your Cover Letter

Ten Ways to Botch Your Resume

Three Steps to Creating a Resume Yourself

Avoid the Top Three Cover Letter Mistakes

Samples of Objective Statements

Other

Negotiating Salaries
Evaluating an Offer
Employment Agencies
Transitions

"The Greener Grass"

Create Boundaries

Web sites:

Salary List -Salary List of Millions Jobs!

College Grad - Collegegrad.com is the # 1 Entry Level Job Site.

Career Directory - find comparative salary and job popularity indexes, organized by job and by metro area.

PlaceMatch - Detailed profiles for 20,000+ U.S. cities and towns for students who may be interested in relocating.

Net-Temps -Manage your job search!


http://www.tamu.placementmanual.com/jobsearch - Steps in finding a job, sample letters and more.

http://online.onetcenter.org - The O*NET system serves as the nation's primary source of occupational information, providing comprehensive information on key attributes and characteristics of workers and occupations:  salary, tasks, outlook, skills and more.


http://www.acinet.org/acinet - America's Career InfoNet is a resource for making informed career decisions to support a demand-driven workforce investment system.


http://www.careermag.com/JS/CareerResources - Make use of all the great resources the network offers!  Get free career assessment and magazines, or read countless job descriptions to aid you in your job search.  From personality tests to helpful articles and videos, it can help you prepare for your job search by giving you the tools you need


http://www.rileyguide.com - The Riley Guide introduces you to the online job search, listing many online sites and services that are useful for your job search. We do not post jobs nor resumes, but instead point you to the places that do.

 
West Library Resources

Ref HF5381.A1.036           Occupational Outlook Handbook
Ref HF5381.E52                Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational 

                                              Guidance                  
Ref HS17.G334                 Encyclopedia of Associations
Ref HF5382.5.U6.T473    The Dallas/Fort Worth Job Bank
Ref HF5382.7.J625          The Job Seeker's Guide to Private and Public

                                             Companies

 

Salary  Survey by degree

 

LinkedIn 2009 Graduate Guide