Career Web Sites
General Career Sites
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Search by specific occupation, occupational groupings or an alphabetical
listing of occupations. This item is the same as its paper counterpart.
Career Builder Home Page
This is the site formerly known as Career Path. It allows searching by company,
lists jobs available, and allows posting of resumes. There is helpful
information available to job seekers on salaries, interviews, and resumes.
America's Job Bank
This is a useful site for both employers and job seekers. Job seekers can post
their resumes and look through over a million available jobs.
Job Hunter's Bible
This is the online version of the career book What Color is Your Parachute? . It
Includes links to many useful sites on job hunting.
Monster Board Job Database
An all-in-one job search tool, Monster features jobs listed by geographic area,
job category, by company, and even international jobs. You can set up an account
in which you can post a resume or have job listings sent to you via e-mail.
Helpful tips are provided for writing resumes, doing interviews, and planning a
career.
One Source Workforce and Career Information
This reliable source on career information includes material on specific
occupations, training programs, and the Illinois labor market and outlook. Each
specific job description includes such items as expected salary, employment
potential, and education needed. There are career exploration tools to help
students find out what jobs may be suitable for them.
Quintessential Careers
This is another site that has information on resumes, cover letters,
interviewing, career exploration and other things related to careers.
Riley
Guide
This is a comprehensive site on careers. An A to Z index on all aspects of job
seeking is a highlight.
Career
City
This spin-off from Adams Media Corporation covers all aspects of getting a job.
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Classified Job Sites
Yahoo classifieds
This site containing classified ads can be searched by city.
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Chicago Area Job Sites
Job Center of Lake
County, Illinois
This site sponsored by the College of Lake County lists jobs in the
Lake County area, articles with tips on job skills, links, and other
valuable services when looking for a job.
IllinoisJobs.Com
Chicago area job seekers can submit resumes, receive e-mail jobs
listings, or search a jobs database. Job resource tips are available.
Contractors and freelancers can look for projects and jobs.
ChicagoJobs.Org
Developed and maintained by Skokie Public Librarian Frances Roehm, this site
includes information on all aspects of job searching.
Chicago Tribune
This is the Tribune's job searching page. It is part of the Career Builder
Network.
Chicago Sun-Times
This is the Sun-Times' job searching page. You can use this to search for jobs local to Mundelein and other suburban areas, including ads that would appear in the News-Sun and other suburban papers.
Illinois Department of Employment Security
This state office helps match workers with jobs and offers training to
unemployed persons.
Daily Herald
This is the Daily Herald classifieds section online, listing suburban jobs.
CCJobNet.Com
Twelve community colleges in Northern Illinois combined their job listing
services. Search for listings, or post your resume.
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Illinois GED
Illinois GED
Now available to help GED students. Includes online
practice quizzes, assessment tests, and individualized assignments. To
have an instructor near you arrange access, call Adult Learning Hotline
at 1-800-321-9511
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Resume Sites
Monster.com's Resume Builder
Rebecca Smith's E-Resumes and Resources
This site offers tutorials, articles and links on doing electronic resumes.
Resume Blaster
This is a pay service for those wanting help with online resumes
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Specialty Sites
Vetjobs.Com
This is a site that can help military veterans find jobs by letting them search
available jobs and by giving them job hunting resources like resume information
and interview preparation tips. Veterans can post resumes on the site. Employers
can find qualified veterans for their job openings by reading the resumes.
Federal Jobs Digest
This claims to be the busiest career site on the web. It lists federal jobs and
gives tips on how to get them. The job searching is free if you submit your
resume online.
USAJOBS
This is a listing of available federal government jobs. Job seekers can search
across the country of limit their search by state.
Saludos.Com
This is a jobs database targeted at Hispanics that is a service of Saludos
Hispanos Magazine. It includes an online job fair, career advice and a source
for posting resumes.
LatPro
All the jobs on this site require fluency in Spanish or Portuguese.
Adweek
Click on the classifieds section of this site to find information about jobs in
the advertising field. You'll also find job search tips.
Lawjobs.com
This is a job search site for the legal profession
Blueline.Com
Job openings at police departments across the country are listed at this site.
Environmental Jobs.Com
This lists jobs having to do with the environment.
Salary.com
Plug in a job category and a geographic location and this site will calculate a
median salary that can be expected for someone working that job in that area.
Brassring.Com
This is a service for the technical industries. Job seekers can post resumes,
search for jobs, look up company information, or get training through a program
with Kaplan College. Employers can post jobs and search for resumes.
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