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Web Resources
CareerBuilder
http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/
Job listings and job search advice.
Occupational Outlook
Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/oco/
Treasure trove of info about hundreds of different types of jobs. Includes details on: necessary training and education; earnings; expected job prospects; what workers do on the job; working conditions. A product of the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
O*NET Online
http://online.onetcenter.org/
New online version of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles from the U.S. Department
of Labor.
Riley Guide: Employment
Opportunities & Job Resources on the Internet
http://www.rileyguide.com/
Directory of employment and career information sources and services on the Internet
that is primarily intended to provide instruction for job seekers on how to
use the Internet to their best advantage.
Start Here. Go Places. In Business and Accounting
http://startheregoplaces.com
Award-winning, provocative site with all kinds of resources for those interested in business and accounting
careers including study information, simulation games, scholarship and internship listings, profiles of
successful CPAs and more. From the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Web Resources - Calculators and other Tools
Best Places to Live & Work Lists (.PDF)
Links to several "Best Places to Live" and "Best Places to Work" lists from a variety of sources.
HomeFair
Salary Calculator
http://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html
From the National Realtor's Association. Compares your current salary with what
you would need to earn in a different city to have the same standard of living.
Salary.com
http://swz.salary.com/
A calculator that shows national average salaries for occupations adjusted by
location, as well as other fee-based salary information.
Sperling's Best Places
http://www.bestplaces.net/
Thinking of relocating? Sperling's offers a site jam-packed with useful information, tools and quizzes.
Try the "Find Your Best Place" quiz, or use the Cost of Living Calculator. Which are the most
"energetic" cities? The most romantic? Dozens of subjects and surveys, statistics and profiles.
Web Resources - Job Listing Sites
America's CareerInfoNet
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/
Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state
labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and the most
extensive career resource library online.
CareerOneStop - State Job Banks
http://www.jobbankinfo.org/
Listing of all state job banks across the country.
JobCentral: National Labor Exchange
http://www.jobcentral.com/
This easy-to-use site is a service of DirectEmployers Association, a nonprofit consortium of leading U.S. corporations in alliance with the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA).
JobWeb
http://www.jobweb.com/
Maintained by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
Monster
http://www.monster.com
Job database that also includes research information about companies.
Web Resources - Online Newspapers
News Directory
http://www.newsdirectory.com/
Links to newspapers, magazines and more — national and international.
Web Resources - MATC, Madison Area, Wisconsin
City of
Madison Job Listings
http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/jobs.html
Madison Newspapers
Online Classifieds
http://www.madison.com/jobs/
MATC
Advising and Career Resources
http://matcmadison.edu/matc/studentresources/acr/.
TechConnect
http://techconnect.matcmadison.edu/careers/
Job service available to students within 90 days of graduation, students enrolled
in a professional development class, and alumni. Also contains listings of jobs
for MATC students looking for Work Study (on and off-campus) and general (non-program)
jobs while going to school.
WISCareers
http://matcmadison.edu/matc/studentresources/acr/wiscareers.shtm
Providing quality career development resources and services, Wisconsin Careers
is a unit of the Center on Education and Work in the School of Education at
the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wisconsin
Department of Workforce Development
http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/dwd/workers.htm
Provides information for Wisconsin jobseekers, workers, and employers.
Wisconsin
JobNet
http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/jobnet/mapwi.htm
Wisconsin Job Service database, Wisconsin State Job Openings site, and more.
Wisconsin’s
WorkNet
http://worknet.wisconsin.gov/worknet/
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Electronic Databases
These can be found under the "Find Articles" link on the library home
page
Business
& Company Resource Center
Contains detailed information on 448,000 U.S. and international companies and
over 1,000 major U.S. and global industries.
Career
and Technical Education
Full-text index of vocational and technical periodicals, newsletters and publications.
Includes many titles not found elsewhere in electronic format.
General
Reference Center Gold
A very large, diverse general and popular topic database with full text, abstracts
and indexing to more than 2700 periodicals.
Proquest
Online Newspapers
Provides full-text, abstracts, and indexing for national, international, and
Wisconsin newspapers.
ReferenceUSA
Business ( Available through the South Central Library System)
http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/cgi-bin/auth.cgi?connectto=RU
ReferenceUSA Business provides directory information for about 12 million U.S.
businesses of all sizes. Search by phone number, address, CEO, estimated sales
and much more.
Vault Online Career Library
Downloadable PDFs of Vault Guides, 4,000+ Company Profiles, 1,100+ Vault Career Advice Articles, Industry and Occupational Profiles
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Books and Audio-Visual
Many of the books and audio-visual items on the subjects of job
hunting and vocational guidance can be found
in the Dewey ranges 650 and 331,
while some material on job hunting on the Internet are in the 025’s.
Use the MATC Library Catalog, under the “Find Books and AV” link
on the library home page to find specific books.
See
all the books we have on the subject of vocational guidance.
You can also limit your results to just items in your field.
Type your field (e.g. nursing, technology, veterinary, etc.) into the search
box below.
Electronic Books
NetLibrary
General and career resources
Safari Tech Books
Marketing and other business texts
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