Been downsized? Laid off? Fired? Quit? Or just need to change careers? There are many informational web sites available to search out your next job or career. Here are highlighted some of the more useful sites. There are many ways to begin your search. The information provided will allow you find out about your interests; new careers; industry or company information. The web sites listed on this page are good places to begin.

Librarian’s Index to the Internet (lii.org/)
Massive site created and maintained by California librarians. Search “jobs” and get a listing of over 200 job related web sites.

Recruiterlink.com (www.recruiterlink.com/)
This site provided by Hunt-Scanlon is a comprehensive, free database to be used in locating executive recruiters in over 50 industries.

Profession-Specific Salary Surveys (jobstar.org/tools/salary/sal-prof.cfm)

Sample Resumes/Cover Letters (jobstar.org/tools/resume/samples.cfm)

CareerJournal (www.careerjournal.com/)
Current career and job information, plus thousands of searchable listings of executive, management, and professional positions. Content from the Wall Street Journal. Major sections include: Salary and Hiring Info - detailed data; Career Columnists - current articles concerning employment and work force issues; Find a Job - searchable listings of management jobs in every industry, with emphasis on positions in general management, sales, marketing, finance and technology (updated weekly) and Job Hunting Advice. Check out the Site Map for the full extent of this large site.

Monster.com (www.monster.com/)
More than 400,000 job opportunities, worldwide (more than 1,500 international employers)
makes this the largest online jobs database on the Web. You can search by company name, location, discipline, industry, job title, or combinations of these. The employer overview gives some background information into the company selected, the products and services, and employee benefits. They also have a large database of information for the job seeker and the employer. The Online Career Center is now a part of this huge site.

ACCESS (nonprofit jobs) (www.accessjobs.org/)
Formerly known as Community Jobs, ACCESS: Networking in the Public Interest provides an excellent resource for anyone seeking jobs, internships, volunteer positions, and career development in non-profit organizations. Also serves nonprofit employers seeking a national pool of job seekers. All employment listings in the print version of ACCESS are posted on this Web site.

America's Job Bank (www.ajb.dni.us/)
Thousands of new job listings each day. Funded through Unemployment Insurance taxes, this service links the 1,800 state Employment Service offices. Most of the jobs are full-time and the majority are in the private sector. The job openings come from all over the country and represent all types of work, from professional and technical to blue collar, from management to clerical and sales. Resumes can be developed and posted online.

CT. Job Bank (www.ctdol.state.ct.us/)
Search for jobs in Connecticut.

The Riley Guide: Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet (www.rileyguide.com/)
Excellent resource for using the Internet for finding a job. Contains introductions to, and annotated links for, jobs resources categorized by Work Opportunities - career fields, Salary Surveys - what you're worth, Research - career and work options, and Help - with resumes, cover letters, whatever you need. Don't miss the weekly What's New and the Quick Index or Table of Contents pages for more navigation options. Compiled and regularly updated by librarian and consultant Margaret F.(Riley) Dikel.

JobOptions (www.joboptions.com/)
Comprehensive site. Job Search allows geographic, industry, and/or keyword search for thousands of jobs, updated daily; Search Employers database has over 6,000 companies and allows resume forwarding to many of the employers; Post Resumes has free resume posting to a database used by companies searching for employees; and Career Tools, a directory of thousands of annotated links to resources on writing resumes, salary information, relocating, working parents, interviewing, articles from career experts, online continuing education, and more.

200 Letters for Job Hunters (www.careerlab.com/letters/)
The online version of the standard guide to employment letters by William S. Frank. Nicely divided into sections corresponding to stages or events in a typical job search. There's a good introduction to how to write a great letter and sample letters are added to regularly.

BestJobsUSA.com (www.bestjobsusa.com/)
In addition to its database of employment ads, searchable by state, job category, and/or keyword, this resource has a resume bank, annual report on the best cities to live and work in, corporate profiles, a list of best employers, annual salary survey, and many other features to help find your best job.

JobBank USA (www.jobbankusa.com/)
A good site for many, many jobs in all kinds of fields. They have information organized and accessible many ways. Choose some major starting points on the Internet, use keyword searching, search by company name or by a specific field. If your browser can handle news and these sites are available to you, click on their Usenet news search and read the newsgroups included there. Check out their Meta-search page, which lets you search 18+ other job listings sites from the same starting point.

JobHuntersBible (www.jobhuntersbible.com/)
Excellent advice and and reviews of resources in three major sections: Job Listings; Resumes; and Career Counseling. Written and updated by Richard Bolles as a supplement to his job hunting guidebook, What Color Is Your Parachute.

O*NET OnLine (online.onetcenter.org/)
Use this interactive database to explore occupations, identify your current job skills (and get a list of occupations that match your identified skills), discover related occupations, and get a snapshot of the skills and knowledge required for your selected occupation. The Occupational Information Network is a database of worker attributes and job characteristics. "As the replacement for the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT), O*NET will be the nation's primary source of occupational information." Each occupational title and code is based on the Standard Occupational Classification system. Also available in a low-vision version, and the site includes links about job accommodations for disabilities.

Salary.com (www.salary.com/)
This site offers "in-depth coverage of salary information over a comprehensive set of industries and thousands of job titles." The Salary Wizard tool searches for salary ranges by occupation and by region. Other features include salary news and advice, brief job descriptions, links for job searching, and a section for Human Resources (HR) Professionals.

State Fact Sheets (ERS/USDA Data) (www.ers.usda.gov/statefacts/)
Contains information on population, per-capita income, earnings per job, poverty rate, total number of jobs, unemployment rate, percent employment change, farm and farm related jobs, top export commodities, farm characteristics, and farm financial indicators for each state and for the United States as a whole. Updated when new data become available. Sources include the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Census Bureau, and Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Includes links to further data, including agriculture commodities and a rural development briefing room with social and demographic analyses.

USAJOBS (www.usajobs.opm.gov/)
The Web's ultimate federal job list--every vacancy in the United States government, both in theU.S. and abroad. The current job openings database is updated daily and offers many search options. Also includes general federal employment information.

Sources: Librarian’s Index to the Internet and JobStar.