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Online Career Center - Links

 

Civil Service




Creating Resumes and Cover Letters

  • Advanced Resume Concepts - cover letter tips.
  • JobCentral Resources - This section of JobCentral offers advice on resumes, occupations, salaries and relocation information.
  • New York Job Zone - a free, online job search and career planning system that helps adults make informed career decisions. Includes resume, cover letter and reference list builders.

 

Education/Educators/GED

 

Employment Megasites

  • CB Campus - CareerBuilder's site for college students and recent graduates.
  • CareerJournal - The Wall Street Journal's job site.
  • Career Leak - provides career profiles, information on specific companies, employment articles, resume samples and more.
  • Job Central - a national labor exchange provided by leading U.S. employers in alliance with the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA).
  • Monster Board - a broad-ranging site for both job-seekers and employers.
  • Riley Guide - an extensive listing of links to job-hunting sites.
  • Salary Wizard - provides comparative national salary information for various career titles.
  • Workforce New York - jobseeker links.

 

For Students

  • CareerSmarts - for students in career planning classes, their parents, and young adults independently interested in occupational self-assessment.
  • Career Zone - created by the New York State Department of Labor mainly for students in grades 6-12, this site enables young people to start planning for a career by examining in-depth job descriptions, utilizing interest/skills assessment tools, exploring educational options and even building a resume.
  • GrooveJob - part-time jobs.
  • Internships.com - designed to help students locate experience-based training to advance their careers.
  • Job Web - online complement to the Job Choices publications that offers career and job-search advice for recent college graduates. Includes resume samples.
  • O*NET Online - a comprehensive database of worker attributes and job characteristics. As the replacement for the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT), O*NET is the nation's primary source of occupational information.
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook - provides hundreds of career descriptions.
  • Studentjobs.gov - job opportunities with the Federal Government for high school, college and graduate students.

 

Government Sites

  • Career Voyages - this web site is the result of collaboration between the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to provide information on in-demand occupations along with the skills and education needed to attain those jobs.
  • Nassau County Resources - links to resources in Nassau County and local governments to assist individuals looking for work in Nassau County.
  • New York Job Zone - a free, online job search and career planning system that helps adults make informed career decisions. Includes resume, cover letter and reference list builders.
  • New York State Department of Labor
  • Small Business Administration - Federal agency that offers guidance on planning, starting and growing a small business.
  • United States Department of Labor


Job Boards

Long Island Specific Sites

  • CareerJumpStart - resume writing guidance and local job openings.
  • HempsteadWorks - a network of organizations that assist employers in hiring qualified workers. This site offers career resources including job training, news updates including job fairs, links to partner organizations where there will be job listings. Also visit the HempsteadWorks Helpful Web Sites for Job Seekers. Listed here are job banks for specialized fields.
  • LIWorks - dedicated to training and assisting Long Island's future workforce
  • Long Island Jobs - job search website, exclusively devoted to Long Island, with the purpose of connecting Long Islanders with Long Island jobs.
  • SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) - volunteer agency offering free information and counseling for prospective business owners.

 

Non-Profits

  • Idealist - nonprofit sector career center.
  • Nonprofit Oyster
  • Opportunity Knocks - focused solely on professionals interested in searching jobs and utilizing career enhancement resources within the nonprofit community.

     

One-Stop Centers

  • Career OneStop - site sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor that offers useful career tools (including resume and cover letter examples/templates) and labor market information. A new section - "Worker ReEmployment" -- is at the top of the page.
  • HempsteadWorks - Nassau County's One-Stop Career Center that assists employers in hiring qualified workers and job seekers in developing their skills and securing employment.

 

Re-entering the work force (for workers ages 50+)

  • AARP Job Resources and More - timely resources and advice on where the jobs are, how to get a job, tips on resumé writing and interviewing as well as practical articles.
  • AARP National Employer Team - provides job links to selected companies (formerly known as Featured Employers) that recognize the value of hiring older workers.
  • RetirementJobs.com - connects mature job seekers with companies that are ideal for older workers.


Unemployment Information


Veterans

  • Department of Veterans Affairs - Veterans Adminstration jobs.
  • Helmets to Hardhats - construction jobs for veterans.
  • Hire Vets First - a comprehensive career website for hiring veterans of America's military. This site is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
  • Nassau County Warriors to Work Program - Warriors to Work is the first public-private program in the nation aimed at providing employment opportunities for our nation's returning war veterans. Any veteran who is a Nassau County resident will be eligible for the program. Program hotline is (516) 572-8451.
  • New York State Veterans - The new York State Department of Labor offers this site for veterans to assist them in returning to the workforce in New York State. Linked at this site is a local Veterans' Employment Representative.



Please note: Inclusion of a site on this list does not indicate endorsement of any fee-based services that may be offered. It is the responsibility of the user to exercise due caution when accessing these sites. While these links have been carefully researched in line with normal collection development procedures, the Baldwin Public Library has no control over remote sites or sources. No responsibility for their content or availability is accepted or implied.

 

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Last updated: 7/23/09
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