Employment/Job Seeker

A General Guide to Resources through Pickler Memorial Library

RESUME AND INTERVIEW GUIDES:

Look in the Library Catalog for books using these keywords:

(employment or job) and resume*

interview* and (job or employment)

The Riley Guide: Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet (http://www.rileyguide.com)

Excellent resource for using the Internet for finding a job. Contains introductions to, and annotated links for, jobs resources. Sections for career fields, salary surveys, research, and help with resumes, cover letters, and more. Compiled and regularly updated by librarian and consultant Margaret F. (Riley) Dikel.

JOB ADS SOURCES:

Links to Career-Related WWW Sites at (http://career.truman.edu) by Truman State University Career Center

Academic360.com -- contains higher education employment opportunities available on the Internet.

FEDWorld-Bulletin Board of Job Postings from the Federal Government (http://www.fedword.gov)

Monster.Com (http://www.monster.com)

The Riley Guide: Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet (http://www.rileyguide.com)

Truman University Career Center (http://career.truman.edu)

Newspapers and professional magazines are good sources for the most recent job ads. Check the Current Newspaper stands and Current Periodical area in the Library for the most recent issues. Current issues of many newspapers and periodicals are available for free on the Web, and the links of Classifieds, Job Hunter, or a similar link will take you to pages with job ads. Examples of those Web sites are:

KANSAS CITY STAR (http://www.kcstar.com)

ST LOUIS POST DISPATCH (http://www.stltoday.com)

There are some web sites collecting newspaper and periodical homepages. From there you can find hundreds of newspapers and periodicals on the Web. Some of them are:

News Link (http://newslink.org/)

Newspaper Archive (http://metalab.unc.edu/slanews/internet/archives.html)

(Hint: Newspaper’s Sunday editions normally have more job ads than other
days.)

EMPLOYER INFORMATION SOURCES

The National Jobbank - Ref HF 5382.5 U5 N34
Sorkins Directory of Business & Government Ref HC 108 K2 S67 (http://www.sorkins.com/)

More company directories are available in the H section of the Library’s Reference Collection.

Company reports can be found through Company Financial Information of LEXIS-NEXIS Academic (http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe), and EDGAR Database (http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm.)

Other sources of employer information may include employer’s Web site, and the telephone directories (both in print and on the Web)

OTHER GENERAL CAREER GUIDES

            The Best Jobs for the 21^st Century        Ref HF 5382 K68
            Big Book of Jobs. Ref HF 5382.5 U5 B54 2004
            The Career Guide Ref HF 5382.5 U5 D86
            College Majors Handbook Ref HF 5382.5 U5 F644 2004
            Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance Ref HF 5381 E52
            Guide to College Majors Ref HF 53822.5 U5 G85 2005
            Guide to Internet Job Searching Ref HF 5382.7 R557 2004
            Occupational Outlook Handbook (http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm)Ref HF 5381 A1 O36
            Occupational Outlook Quarterly Per HF 5382.5 U5 O3
            Professional Careers Sourcebook Ref HF 5382.5 U5 P76
            The Top 100: The Fastest Growing Careers for the 21^st Century   Ref HF 5382 T59

LOCATION AND MOVING GUIDES

America’s Top Rated Cities Ref HT 123 A669
            Cities Ranked and Rated   Ref HT 123 S64
            Moving and Relocation Sourcebook Ref HT 334 U5 M5
            Homefair     (http://www.homefair.com/)
             The Riley Guide: Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet (http://www.rileyguide.com)

PLEASE ASK AT THE REFERENCE DESK FOR HELP IN LOCATING THESE SOURCES.

PICKLER MEMORIAL LIBRARY- TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY 7/2005

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