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Web Resources

UHD Library Resources
The W.I. Dykes Library has helpful resources for job search.

http://library.uhd.edu/career

http://library.uhd.edu/smallbusiness

Career Decision-Making/Choosing a Major

What can I do with this Major?

a series of detailed information about career options for particular majors. Not all the majors listed are offered at the university.

Career Quiz at resources.monster.com/tool/quizzes/perfectcareer

Call Career Services for access to the Discover on-line career planning tool.

After checking out the links above, it’s a good idea to make an appointment with a Career Counselor to discuss deciding a major or choosing your career.

Job Search Guidance
Resumes, Interviewing, (behavioral interviewing) other job search issues:

www.quintcareers.com
www.GottaMentor.com
www.mentornet.net

Professional dress: You will be picking clothes to make the best first impression possible—sharp, conservative, professional.

www.dresstoachieve.com

Master’s Degrees

GradSchools.com
education.yahoo.com

Compensation

www.salary.com
www.jobweb.com
www.cdr.state.tx.us/RealityCheck/

General Search Engines

www.Monster.com - Job Search Engine with Lots of Extras
With Monster, you can narrow your search by location, keywords, and employer; plus, Monster has plenty of job search extras: networking boards, job search alerts, and online resume posting.

www.CareerBuilder.com - One of the Largest Job Search Engines
CareerBuilder offers job searchers the ability to find a job, post a resume, create job alerts, get job advice and job resources, look up job fairs, and much more.

www.YahooHotJobs.com - A Personalized Job Search Engine
Yahoo Hot Jobs is linked to your Yahoo ID (if you have one), so once you're signed into Yahoo, you're signed into Hot Jobs. You can search by location with Hot Jobs.

www.SimplyHired.com - Simple Job Search Engine
The SimplyHired user "trains" the job search engine by rating jobs he or she is interested in. SimplyHired also gives you the ability to research salaries, add jobs to a job map, and view profiles of companies

Don’t forget the importance of a Google Search!
Google specific terms for professional fields, job titles or functions, industries, locations and combine with the words “job,” “professional organization,” “career.”

Company Search Engines

www.Hound.com
This search engine displays jobs posted on employer career pages. This is valuable because the openings on company websites are updated more often than listings on some search engines.

www.Jobcentral.com
This website also directly searches listings posted on individual company websites to connect you directly with companies who are hiring.

Not-for-profits

www.Indeed.com - A Meta Search Job Engine
Indeed.com is a meta search engine of many major job search engines and job search boards. You cannot submit your resume from Indeed.com, but Indeed uncovers a lot of jobs you wouldn't normally find on most job search sites.

http://txnp.org/ - TexasNonprofits Job Postings allows every single nonprofit to benefit from a web-wide search for the most qualified employee.

Government

www.FedWorld.gov -Find a Federal Government Job
Think of FedWorld as your gateway into the huge world of US government jobs.

www.USAjobs.gov - The Federal Government’s Official Jobs site

www.twc.state.tx.us
Texas Workforce – jobs in the State of Texas. Click “Job Seekers & Employers.” Click “Search for Jobs.”

www.hctx.net/hrrm
Harris County’s Employment Website

agency.governmentjobs.com/houston/default.cfm
City of Houston jobs.

www.studentjobs.gov  - Federal Student Jobs

Technology

www.Dice.com -Technology Job Search Engine
Dice.com is a job search engine dedicated to only finding technology jobs. Dice also offers those job searchers with a security clearance the ability to search on ClearanceJobs.com.

Internships

www.cbCampus.com
This is CareerBuilder’s University version. Here you can search for jobs or internships by skills rather than job title. There are also good resources for job seekers here.

www.internships.com/search/post

Something a Little Different

www.CreativeJobsCentral.com
This page is specifically for students interested in Creative fields such as Fashion, Photography, Music, Interior Design, Event Planning, Modeling and Makeup.

www.LinkedIn.com -A Professional/Social Networking Job Search Engine
LinkedIn.com combines the best of two worlds: its job search engine, and the opportunity to network with friends and individuals to deepen your job search.

www.Craigslist.com - Community Classifieds Job Search
Technically, craigslist.com is not a job search engine, but there is a place to look for jobs. Find your community and find jobs - and the jobs posted on Craigslist tend to be some of the most eclectic, truly interesting jobs around on the Web.

www.idealist.org

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Last updated or reviewed on 3/5/12