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Career Resources and Job Search
Recommended Books (opens new page to Feroce Coaching)
Start with some perspective:
An Interview With an Honest Boss. Hilarious.
"Overtime" and "Promotions" are the best.
Career Resources and Job
Search
VocationVacations.com.
Founded by fellow Portlander Brian Kurth, this exciting
new company has been featured in media all over the
world. Its premise? Test-drive your dream
job. Take a look! Try on a career change at
VocationVacations.
2young2retire.com.
Retirement alternatives central, 2young2retire.com
provides inspiration and resources for those who are not
ready to throw in the towel and want help exploring the
'what's next?' question. You can also buy their book,
"Too
Young to Retire: 101 Ways to Start the Rest of
Your Life."
Job
Search
It's
useful to know how to use online job search tools.
The bottom line is that you should create an account and
several "search agents". Search agents preserve
your criteria for your job search, such as geographic
region, industry, keywords, job title, and much
more. Then choose to have those search agents run
daily and the results delivered to you every morning by
email.
General
monster.com -- one of the granddaddies of job sites
CareerBuilder
-- the new giant on the block
Linked
In Jobs -- jobs posted on one of the better-known
networks
Yahoo HotJobs -- another all-around great choice for job
seekers
CareerSpice
-- Inspiring a desirable and productive career by connecting job seekers and employers who share common values and passion.
JobDango.
Jobs in the Pacific Northwest. My limited experience
suggests these are more entry-level jobs.
CascadeLink.
- Many links and resources for the Pacific Northwest.
Vault: Research employers, careers, and industries, view message boards with
intel from other job seekers, and much more. A great source of
information.
Executive
TheLadders.com publishes
a large collection of online job listings and
information for professionals seeking employment with
incomes from $100K to $500K. We've had personal
experience with the jobs listed and they're quite good.
TheLadders' network of web-based products includes SalesLadder.com, FinanceLadder.com, MktgLadder.com, UpLadder.com and RecruitLadder.com.
Legal positions are also included. The Company was founded by former
senior executives from HotJobs.com.
Sign up for the weekly job newsletter
and search over 16,000 job listings per month.
6FigureJobs.com
-- a decent resource for higher-level jobs
Career
Journal-- the Wall Street Journal's online resource
Government
USAJobs--
the Federal government's official jobs site
Job
Search. - Operated by the Department of Defense for
reasons unknown, another resource on all federal jobs.
Capitol
Hill Job Guide.
Philanthropy, Non-Profit, Social Work
Philanthropy
Careers.
Non-Profit
and Social Work.
Legal
ACC
In-House Jobline.
See TheLadders, above.
Legal Authority. Legal
Authority claims to be the largest portal of legal employment opportunities in
the world, with a database of more than two million legal employers in all 50
states and more than 150 countries. It is a fee-based service that helps clients
apply directly to law firms, corporations, judges, public interest
organizations, public defender's offices, prosecutor's offices, state or federal
governmental agencies, law schools, and so on.
Law Crossing.
Subscription-based, maintains a large database of legal employers, their pitch
being substantially the same as Legal Authority's, but with a different pricing
model. Law Crossing does not provide the advice on resumes and cover
letters and so forth that Legal Authority does.
Resumes
Leading Edge Resumes. Deborah James, a Certified Professional Resume Writer teams with executive clients worldwide providing them with resumes, branding messages, bios career marketing strategies.
A and A Resume. Inexpensive resume service by professionals with 50+ years of cover letter and resume writing expertise. Many free tips, resources and articles for the jobseeker. Receive a free resume critique
Gilbert Resumes. A resume
and career service practice directed by one of the country's premier certified
résumé writers.
Cutting
Edge Resumes. Focuses on helping people put together
resumes for meaningful, fulfilling work
Candocareer.com.
Top-notch resume and cover letter development and
interview coaching by a dual Certified Resume Writer and
Career Coach. Candace works with clients until they are
100% satisfied with their resume and cover letter.
Review resumes and cover letter samples, job search and
interview tips and strategies
ResumeRabbit -- Instantly post your resume to over 75 career sites
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