Careers and Employment

50 Useful Firefox Add-Ons for Job Seekers
http://www.jobprofiles.org/library/students/fifty-useful-firefox.htm
Details how to navigate in the browser Firefox for many different job/career sites.

AMERICA'S CAREER INFONET
http://www.acinet.org/acinet
Connected to the Department of Labor. Includes labor market trends, salary information by job and geographic location, required skills, state demographics and career tools. Useful for those beginning to explore career options.

Campus Jobs Opportunities at SUNY Stony Brook
http://www.stonybrook.edu/jobs
Professional, administrative, faculty, and other positions open at Stony Brook.

Career Cruising
Learn more about yourself and careers that suit your interests. Search for careers and find out what they are really like. Find out where to get the education you need to start your career. You will need a library card to log-in.

Careerbuilder
http://www.careerbuilder.com
"Search hundreds of thousands of jobs-across the nation or in your own neighborhood." Provides a network of more than 130 local online newspaper classified sites, including the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.

CAREERJET.COM
http://www.careerjet.com
Careerjet is a job search engine. By combining numerous job sites on the web into one large database, users are saved time by not having to go to each site individually. Users are always redirected to the original job listings.

CareerJournal
http://online.wsj.com/careers
Produced by the Wall Street Journal, this site is aimed more at executives and MBA-types. Includes many useful articles, free resume critiques and more.

CareerOneStop
http://www.careeronestop.org
This government site is the "nation's publicly-funded resource for jobseekers and businesses." Find jobs--from entry level to technical to professional to CEO, compare salary data for different occupations, get resume writing tips and much more.

Career Overview
http://www.careeroverview.com
A non-commercial site providing career professionals and students career and job information, to help them make better and more informed career choices. Covers hundreds of popular careers throughout the United States. Provides a review of each career describing work activities and environment, training and educational requirements, personal qualifications required for success, earning potential, as well as job outlook and employment projections through the end of this decade.

Career Resource Center
http://www.careers.org/
An extensive index of career related websites, including links to state employment offices.

Career Voyages
http://www.careervoyages.gov
Created by the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education, this web site is tailored for teens and young adults. It features detailed information about the fastest growing industries and occupations, the skills and education required to prepare for them, job openings by area, and wages, licensing requirements and growth rates for numerous occupations.

Employment Guide
http://www.employmentguide.com/
Job searching, electronic resume posting.

Fedworld
www.fedworld.gov
Numerous links to top government web sites, GS Pay Rate Schedules, and more. The Fedworld Federal Job Search uses files created by the Office of Personnel Management. It allows the user to search abstracts of open U.S. federal government jobs and is updated every Tuesday through Saturday.

Glassdoor.com gives you an inside look at company salaries, reviews, and interview questions for thousands of companies.

Government Jobs
http://www.pse-net.com
Government jobs from the public service employees network. Includes searching by location and keyword, as well as information on studying for civil service exams.

Hot Jobs
http://www.hotjobs.com
A Yahoo! company, HotJobs has a popular consumer job board. Also, the site provides employers and staffing agencies with recruiting solutions and hiring management software.

Indeed.com
http://www.indeed.com
Search job sites, newspapers, associations and company career pages.

The Internet Job Source
http://www.50statejobs.com/
This site lists classified ads from the 20 largest employers in
the country, with addresses and web sites; the 50 most-visited web sites; civil service exam announcements; web addresses of federal agencies and major employers with job information on their web sites.

Job-Hunt.org
http://www.Job-Hunt.org
This job search site is packed with information and links. Included are links to states’ employment offices as well as relocation help, links to specialized job sites by subject and very good advice on protecting privacy while job hunting online.

Job Hunters Bible
http://www.JobHuntersBible.com
This site is designed as a supplement to the 2006 edition of the classic book What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career Changers. Includes numerous job posting sites, resume sites, articles on researching careers, companies and places to live.

Job Search
http://jobsearch.about.com
Includes sample cover letters, curriculum vitae and resumes including sample resumes used for federal government job applications, job searching advice, articles, interview tips, job listings and much more.

Job Searching Resources
http://ref.suffolk.lib.ny.us/JobSearchingCARE.htm
Job Searching-Resources Selected by Suffolk County Library Association, Reference and Adult Services Division, CARE Committee. Includes web sites on Salary Information, Career Advice, Long Island Jobs and more.

Job Seekers Advice
http://www.jobseekersadvice.com
This "is a free career advice website for jobseekers. Within this site you can find free career advice relating to career development, CV advice, employment issues, interview advice, job hunting, working abroad, training, education and much more." Includes articles and discussion forums. Searchable.

Job Doggy
http://www.JobDoggy.com
Part-time Jobs for Teens & Students
Online part-time job search for teens and students. With many additional resources such as resume tips, interview help and labor law information. Job source requires registration.

JOB PROFILES
http://www.jobprofiles.org
Aimed at high school and college students. Posts short surveys completed by successful workers who are happy in their occupation.

Jobline
http://www.communitylibrary.org/Adult/Careercenter.aspx
Mastic Moriches Shirley Library's Job/Career Page. A comprehensive, well organized site to search for jobs, career information, college preparation, and local job and career information.

JOBSTAR
http://www.jobstar.org
An interactive career guide and job bank. Advice on building a resume and researching companies. Includes salary surveys.

Jobvolume.com
http://www.jobvolume.com
This job search engine indexes job boards, classifieds, and companies job postings. New sites are added to it daily. Includes national and Canadian jobs.

JobWeb
http://www.jobweb.com/
A great site to begin a job search; includes job opportunities and job search advice for new college graduates.

Law Enforcement jobs
http://lawenforcementjobs.com/
Employment information on over 4,000 municipal police, state police and patrol, sheriff, federal, international, corrections, university and college departments

Library careers NY
http://www.librarycareersny.org
This website will inform people of all ages and diverse backgrounds about careers in librarianship and information science with a particular focus on New York State.

Licensed Occupations Database
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/licensedoccupations/lois_state.asp?by=occ&nodeid=16
Search for occupational licensing requirements by state, occupation or agency. This tool includes information on licenses that may be required by law in order for you to practice a particular occupation.

Long Island Job Resources
http://www.communitylibrary.org/Adult/careercenter.aspx
An excellent and comprehensive online job and career resource, compiled by
librarian Linda Knel at the Mastic Moriches Shirley Community Library.

Long Island Jobs
www.lijobs.com
Devoted to Long Island exclusively, this site provides job searchers with the ability to search for jobs on Long Island.. Also, employers have access to candidates from entry level to senior level.

Manta Career Resource
www.manta.com/career-resources
This website offers searching of millions of job listings across job sites, newspapers, associations and companies. Searches may be done by job type or geographically. The site also includes resume, cover letter and interview tips.

Monster.com
http://monster.com
Excellent for all types of jobs; jobs may be searched from current day back to the last 60 days.

Nassau County Department of Civil Service
www.nassaucivilservice.com

New York City Department of Labor
http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c000402d63e84407a62fa24601c789a0/
The official New York City website including NYC job opportunities.

New York State Department of Civil Service
www.cs.state.ny.us/
Civil Service job and career information in state and local government, applications for exams, employee benefit information and more.

New York State Department of Labor
www.labor.state.ny.us/
Offers extensive links to job information in New York State including finding a job, workers’ rights, unemployment insurance, labor laws, apprenticeship training and labor market information.

New York State Library's Job and Career Information
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/outreach/careers.htm
Basics in job search resources, links to outstanding public library system and public library employment and education web pages, and state and national job and career links.


Newsday Job Classified
www.newsday.com/classified/jobs/
Searches Newsday’s jobs classified online by job type, industry, company name or field of interest. Resumes may be posted online. Powered by Career builder.

OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION NETWORK
http://online.onetcenter.org
Developed for the U.S. Department of Labor by the National O*NET Consortium, this comprehensive site lists careers, detailed wages and trends, qualifications necessary for jobs, labor market information, state employment profiles, employer locater information, information on licensed occupations and much more.

OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK HANDBOOK
http://www.bls.gov/oco
Sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupations are analyzed in terms of work environment, nature of the job, training, employment statistics and job outlook.

Prospecting for Business Information
http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/pbi2/home.html
Developed by The New York Public Library, Science, Industry and Business Library and Thirteen/WNET New York, this is a new online course. Whether searching for a new job or looking for company information, this course offers 5 different modules which help locate very helpful resources.

Quintessential Careers
http://www.quintcareers.com/indres.html
Job searching by industries, and links to many job and career sites.

THE RILEY GUIDE
http://www.rileyguide.com
A good guide to employment opportunities and job resources on the Internet, including salary guides and job listings.

SALARY EXPERT
http://www.salaryexpert.com
A database for salary and benefit statistics for over 30,000 job titles across the U.S

Senior Job Bank
www.seniorjobbank.org/
A comprehensive alphabetical list of links to job, career and resume sites for everyone, including retirees and seniors. The list includes government and non-profit as well as commercial sites.

Suffolk County Government
www.co.suffolk.ny.us/Sections/LivingandWorking/Employment.aspx
Suffolk County Goverment career opportunities: As one of the largest employers on Long Island, Suffolk County Government employs approximately 10,000 people in 800 job titles in 22 departments.

Suffolk County Department of Civil Service
www.co.suffolk.ny.us/civilservice/

Suffolk County Department of Labor
www.co.suffolk.ny.us/labor
Includes Long Island Labor Market information, career services, Youth Career Center information and much more.

SUNY Stony Brook Career Center
www.career.sunysb.edu
Offers help in resume and cover letter writing, links to resume sites with sample resumes and cover letters, job searching and links to upcoming job-related events and career fairs.

SummerJobSection
http://www.SummerJobSection.com
Find great summer jobs all over plus find tips on how to make the most of your summer employment. Offered are summer jobs, internships, summer jobs abroad and help for teens looking for summer jobs.

Stony Brook University Job Openings
www.stonybrook.edu/jobs/
Links to Human Resource Services information on campus job opportunities, job fair schedules, employment applications and links to other SUNY employment opportunities and information.

StudentJobs.gov
http://www.studentjobs.gov/
One stop for information you need to find the job you want in the Federal government. Whether you’re in high school, college, or graduate school, you could be eligible for a variety of special opportunities for students in the Federal government.

Teen Worker Safety
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/teenworkers/
This site provides teen worker safety and health information, as well as facts about teenager rights and responsibilities while working. From the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Tri-State and Federal Government Jobs
http://igovjobs.blogspot.com/

TrueCareers
http://www.careercity.com/
Search jobs by field of interest.

UND Career Services
http://www.career.und.edu/
This University of North Dakota site includes help in resume writing, cover letters and interviewing as well as job searching and internship.

USAJOBS - United States Office of Personnel Management
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/
The U.S. Government's official site for jobs and employment information, provided by the U.S. Office of Personnnel Management.

VAULT
http://vault.com
This site features overviews of various industries, companies and occupations, as well as offering career services such as resume, cover letter and interview preparation.

WETFEET.COM
http://www.wetfeet.com/
An online recruitment center for employers as well as a good starting point for those considering new or first careers. Resume and interview help.

World Educational Services
http://www.wes.org/
WES, a private organization, evaluates educational credentials from any country in the world and converts them into their U.S. equivalents. For a fee, WES describes each certificate, diploma or degree earned and states its academic equivalency in the United States. This is extremely useful for continuing your education, seeking professional licensing or employment in the United States.

Yahoo Career Center
http://careers.yahoo.com/
Contains an enormous number of links to jobs and career resources.

Young Professionals Chamber of Commerce
http://www.ypchamber.com/
engages high school and college students and young entrepreneurs in the Long Island community and enhances their leadership skills in a professional environment. Local workshops and business related events, as well as a newsletter are all included on the website.