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PERSONAL AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES
There is a huge amount of information available on the internet that can be very helpful in considering your career values and skills, finding out about the labor market, and creating a career plan. You can Google lots of things - but be careful of sites that want to sell you stuff; mostly what you need is completely free. Below are some sites that you might find helpful. Please let us know if you discover broken links.
http://www.careersonline.com.au/disc/index.html
Australia's Job Seeker's Workshop: self-assessment and career issues
http://www.collegeview.com
Click 'Careers'
http://www.keirsey.com
This site offers the Keirsey Temperament Sorter from which to derive Jung's Four-Letter code.
http://www.bls.gov
Department of Labor: Statistic on jobs and labor market
http://www.jobweb.org
National Association of Colleges and Employers: Career Library Resources
http://www.doleta.gov/programs/onet/
O*NET, Employment and Training Administration: Career Resources
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/default.asp
America's Career Infonet
RESUMES, COVER LETTERS AND INTERVIEWS
http://www.collegegrad.com
Information about interviewing in all its forms. This is especially useful for college graduates
http://www.monster.com
Interviewing techniques, interactive database with current job openings
RESEARCHING EMPLOYERS AND JOBS
http://cms.skidmore.edu/career/
Skidmore University: Click on 'Current Students,' then 'Career Services,' then scroll to 'Research'
http://www.luc.edu/career/informational.shtml Loyola University/Chicago: help on informational interviewing
http://www.fedworld.gov/
Fedworld Information Network: Browse 20 different databases
http://www.careermag.com/
Career magazine: Job listings, resume bank and current articles on career issues
http://www.rileyguide.com
The Riley Guide: Job and career guidance