Utilizing Internet Resources for Career and Self-Exploration
The Internet can be an invaluable tool in career exploration as well as for gathering occupational, industry and company information. The Internet can also be used for job search purposes, and for gathering undergraduate, professional and graduate school information. The Internet is also a valuable source of information concerning available work and career information. Jeff Hyames, Assistant Director of Career Development at Central Michigan University helped develop the following resource concerning career information on the Internet.

Career Exploration- Top Sites for Finding Career Info and Links

Jobboom
www.jobboom.com/conseils /top100A.html
Top 100 Internet sites for learning and employment.

Job Hunters Bible Site
www.jobhuntersbible.com/counseling/ctests.shtml
Career exploration, self-assessment and job sources on the net.

Quintessential Careers
www.quintcareers.com/home.html
College, career and job site.

The Riley Guide
www.rileyguide.com
Employment opportunities and job sources on the net.

Top9
www.top9.com
Takes you to the top websites, click on Careers & Education.

Career Exploration-Research
Before applying for a job or internship, it is important to research the position, organization, and/or company. These resources can help you begin the search.

Career Services
www.careers.cmich.edu
Utilize CMU career services

Park Library
www.lib.cmich.edu
A great source for books and articles about a company, school, location, career or particular job.

Companies Online
www.companiesonline.com
Search from a database of more than 60,000 companies.

Hoover's Corporate Web Site
www.hoovers.com
Browse more than 4,000 corporate home pages.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
www.bls.gov/oco/

The Business Directory
www.yahoo.com/business
Directory of business information on the Internet.

Job Search-Necessities
These sites can help with creating your paper documentation (resumes and cover letters), contain virtual interviews, and can assist with relocation information.

Career Lab
www.careerlab.com
An excellent sitefor over 200 cover letter samples for a variety of situations.

Career Resources Library
www.acinet.org/acinet/library.htm?category=2.1

Job-Hunt
www.job-hunt.org/

Kaplan Educational Center
www.kaplan.com
Select "Career" for information about resumes, cover letters, and a practice interview game.

Monster.com
campus.monster.com
Sample resumes, cover letters, and a practice interview area.

Job Search-Job Postings
These sites can help you...

Net Temps--The Hire Power
www.americasemployers.com

America's Job Bank
www.ajb.dni.us

Best Jobs U.S.A.
www.bestjobsusa.com

Career Builder
www.careerbuilder.com

Career City
www.careercity.com

Career Com
www.career.com

Career Exchange
www.careerexchange.com

Career Magazine
www.careermag.com

Career Site
www.Careersite.com

Career Shop
www.careershop.com

Career Web
www.employmentguide.com

Spherion
www.joboptions.com

Yahoo! Hot Jobs
www.hotjobs.com

Internet Career Connection
www.iccweb.com

About.com Job Searching
www.jobsearch.about.com/mbody.htm

Job Web
www.jobweb.com/

Nation Job Network
www.nationjob.com

Tax and Accounting Sites Directory
www.taxsites.com

The Monster Board
www.monster.com

Jobfind.com
US www.jobfind.com

World Hire Online
www.hire.com

Graduate/Professional School Information

Association of American Medical Colleges
www.aamc.org

College Source Online
www.collegesource.org

College View
www.collegeview.com

GRE (Graduate Examination Record)
www.gre.org

Law School Admission Council
www.1sac.org

Petersons
www.petersons.com
Search for professional, graduate and undergraduate schools.

The Princeton Review
www.review.com
Graduate and professional school preparation and information.

U.S. News & World Report
www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm (click on rankings)
Information and graduate school ranking in a variety of categories.

Career Interest and Personality Assessments Available On-Line

Career Interest Quiz
www.schoolfinder.com/careers/3step1.asp

I Types.com
www.9types.com

Jobs I Might Like
stats.bls.gov /k12/html/edu_over.html

Kaplan's Career Match Game
www.kaptest.com

My Future Quiz
www.myfuture.com/ career/interest.html

Self-Assessment Career Survey
www.mois.org/moistest.html

The Keirsey Character Sorter and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter
www.keirsey.com/

Relocation Information

Realtor.com
www.homefair.com/

Monster Moving
www.virtualrelocation.com/

Moving Soon
movingsoon.net/

Rent Net
www.rent.net/
Search for available rental units throughout the U.S. and Canada