Just to get you started, a few mega-centers from the Careerpilot's favorite charts, first my Professional Association (IACMP)'s LINKS PAGE:
The Wall Street Journal's Career Page.
The Monster Board
These mega-centers contain, at times, overwhelming amounts of terrific career oriented information and services. There are many sites like these, so you will want to find a few that "fit" YOUR career transition personality. Let YOUR search efforts take you where they may...enjoy... and learn from the exploration.
I encourage you to explore as you continue to "chart your course": The Careerpilot
While it's true that...
FIT HAPPENS
...You'll need a clear vision of who you are: your key strengths, interests, motivation, etc. Without this knowledge, you'll be "sailing without a destination", unable to write an effective resume, position yourself or even target appropriate employers. Clear up those mental "log jams" with more information:
Career SELF ASSESSMENT tools--Un. Of Waterloo.
Or, for a broad brush stroke journey into career decision making...
Part of this self-assessment process may be to determine where you "fit" salary-wise. Salary survey information is available from many different sources...here's an online START:
Profession-Specific Salary Surveys from JobSmart !
You might start creating your Web presence with researching and developing your resume. As a part of it's development, you'll want to do some upfront market analysis...so, let's get down to some more specific research on your target companies. Here's a site that features a searchable database of thousands of high-tech organizations:
Click HERE.
...and for a more generic set of industries, try HOOVER's Research.
...this may also be the time for you to utilize your search site of choice. One example:
ALTA VISTA Search
The sampler of hyperlinks above can serve you well during your preparation phase of career transition. Practiced on a consistent basis, it can serve as your M.A.P. (Maher Associates Process) to effective career management, having a Personal Market Plan.
You can utilize high tech tools in creating your own set of Professional Resources Online (P.R.O.)... your own personal E-Community. Your Community could include your own Personal Resume Online (the most personal of your P.R.O. resources).
I am not a strong fan of lists and lists of "bookmarks"... but if you are ready for ACTIVE JOB SEARCH, you may want to also consider the more traditional gateways listed below. They will lead you to classified ad sources, recruitment firms and a wide assortment of Internet "job banks". As always, become selective.
Only bookmark those sites that best serve YOU: The Careerpilot
As an example of a site that looks at the classified ads from several newspapers around the country, check out:
You may also choose to utilize The YAHOO Directory's category for classified advertising.
Here's one of the largest SEARCH firms with a lot of appropriate "insider info" to share with you:
Click HERE.
...or the KENNEDY PUBLICATIONS listing of the 40 largest retained search firms...and more!
Here's a site that serves as a "clearinghouse" of recruitment resources. Appropriately, its called
On many of the Internet's career-oriented sites, there are few clear distinctions regarding the source of job leads. The big job banks electronically combine the databases of classified ads, headhunter opportunities, corporate job postings and the myriad of assorted job listings ... thus creating HUGE job banks of relatively current "openings".
While some sites proudly cling to their niche' sourcing, here's two of the "mega-job banks":
Career Resources @ JobBank USA
...and TOP JOBS.
...and specific to the Dallas area, we have:
Consider using this links page as your starting point whenever you want to engage in career transition. It can facilitate your efforts in developing your own steerage through the murky waters of career decision-making and CHOICE of your penultimate destinations.
Last, but not least, I leave you with a resource on INTERVIEWING.
- The Careerpilot
Contributions, PLEASE !
September
2, 2001
