Careers and Jobs

Careers & Occupations

Provides information for job seekers on various career areas. Each profile includes a job summary chart, a job description, and up-to-date salary information.

The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a source of career information designed to provide assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.

Highly recommended for career and job hunting resources including sections on how write resumes, target and research employers, salary guides, job listing sites, and sites by occupation. The A-Z index integrates all this information into a handy alphabetical list that is useful for finding both career information and job listings for most occupations. Also includes directories for newspapers, phone, and businesses. Provides good advice on job hunting via the Internet.

The U.S. Department of Labor has career information for over 42 industries. Covers working conditions, employment, occupations, training and advancement, earnings and benefits, employment outlook, and lists of organizations that can provide additional information.

Career resource for industries and companies that describes requirements, career tracks, job outlook, and compensation for various occupations and companies. Industry profiles and guides discuss trends, markets, major players, and jobs in leading industries. Guides to interviewing, job hunting, resumes, cover letters, international careers and consulting.

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ISEEK, the Internet System for Education and Employment Knowledge, is a web-based gateway to Minnesota career, employment, education, and business development information and services. The Internet system helps you make smart choices about careers, employment, education, and business growth.

U.S. Dept. of Labor created CareerOneStop in partnership with the states of Minnesota and New York. This powerful suite of national electronic tools includes - America's Job Bank for postings of jobs, America's Career InfoNet, or wage and employment trends, occupational requirements, and state-by-state labor markets and America's Service Locator to find nearby services for workers and employers.

Produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, ScienceCareers.org (formerly NextWave) is a career guide for scientists. It includes salary surveys, job listings, and articles of interest to the job seeker in a broad range of scientific disciplines.

Books on Job Hunting, Interviews, and Resumes

Search MNCAT, the library catalog, to find books on resumes, employment interviewing, job hunting, and writing cover letters

Netlibrary is a database of e-books that varies depending on the library subscription. It can be an excellent source of career guides and handbooks for resume writing and job hunting. This link is for the University of Minnesota students and staff.

Examples of position objectives which are similar to job descriptions that are sometimes included on resumes.

Job Listings

Links to Monster.Com, CareerBuilder.Com, and other job search engines

Emphasis on the labor market and occupational trends in Minnesota. Navigate directly into the Job Bank to search for job openings or visit listings of job fairs and other

Official site jobs and employment with U.S. federal government.

Over 1 million are employed under this agency to perform much of the business operations for the United States government. Site explains GSA job classifications, listings, web based staffing and recruitment for vacancy announcements and electronic notification.

This department represents the State of Minnesota as its central human resource office, serving state workers and the departments, agencies and offices within the Executive Branch.

Online version of the job listings for the Chronicle of Higher Education, the weekly new source for higher education. Current job listings for positions available in post-secondary institutions and some non-profit organizations.

Links to job announcements from over 2,400 colleges and universities in the US, Canada, Australia, and UK. Gateway to the Human Resources departments responsible for filling professional and civil service positions in post-secondary institutions. Lists teaching and other faculty positions by subject discipline.

Very large database of global job listings managed by employers through E-Recruiting Association, Inc., a non-profit employer association. Lists of positions will link to the job descriptions posted by the corporation very similar to Monster. Excellent search interface for customized searches. Registration and resume postings are optional.

Statewide membership association of nonprofit organizations sharing information, services and research. Includes over 1300 members representing all activity areas, budget ranges, and geographic regions of Minnesota. Libraries will generally purchase publications from The Council. Actively mangages job listings for the nonprofit sector.

Business publication for nonprofit management includes classifieds and the ability to post a resume. Includes annual salary survey.

Web site for news, information, and resources for people working for nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. The Career Center has job listings in the non-profit sector that include job details. PNN acts as a clearinghouse for the job descriptions so you can apply online using their web based form but the contacts for a formal application are also available.

Locating Companies & Organizations

A Dun and Bradstreet directory of 1.5 million private and public companies in the United States. Also includes international firms with more than 100 employees (select Advanced--> States/Region) U.S company listings have 20+ employees or sales above one million dollars. Find companies that match different criteria such as location, size, product line, headquarters and many other variables. View the tutorial on Finding Companies In Million Dollar Database

Profiles of companies worldwide with additional reports and articles. To search for companies that outsource products and services in other countries, select Dossier Create a Company List

This Standard and Poors database includes overviews from the Industry Surveys tracking trends and leading companies in 52 industries.

Career Research for Companies and Industries

More library resources for researching companies.

Nonprofits

The online version of Encyclopedia of Associations, a key source for information on associations and professional societies from around the world.

The Foundation Directory Online offers full-text search capability across a comprehensive array of documents and data concerning U.S. grantmaking. Over 80,000 unique funder profiles organize the latest foundation news, RFPs, job openings, publications and key staff affiliations. Program details and guidelines for funding applications are provided, as well as links to foundation websites. Additionally there is a fully-searchable database of 250,000+ 990s. Over 500,000 grants are listed, along with the ability to create charts showing distribution by subject, geographic and demographic focus. Foundation Directory Online is updated weekly.

A comprehensive source of information about American nonprofit organizations. Search the directory to limit by locations, income, keywords and other criteria. Provides access to IRS 990 of tax exempt organizations.

Links to major directory sources for foundations and nonprofits including links to the Foundation Center and GuideStar.

Salary Guides

Salary reports based on your job title, location, education, skills and experience.

Recruitment firm that collects salary data from over 7000 participating organizations. Free summery data for selected fields including information technology, marketing/sales, accounting, engineering, human resources, consulting, manufacturing, nonprofits, and legal professions.

Minnesota Workforce Center data on wages and salaries for different occupations and geographic locations. Includes salary conversion charts for hourly, daily, monthly, and annual earnings.

The most widely used statistics are produced by the U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. This link is to their National Compensation Study. Detailed statistics on earnings, employment and other trends in compensation also found at http://stats.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/.

Job and career advice and data including links to over 300 salary surveys for various professions.

Regional salary information from Career Journal with general salary surveys and surveys by occupation.

Cost of living conversions for earnings from the National Association of Realtors for cities in the United States.