Career Advice Websites
for San Diego and throughout the United States
offered by Judy Kaplan Baron, Ph.D., Master Career Counselor 
 
If you're looking for career advice via the internet, there's a surplus of information out there. This page is an attempt to help you refine your search while saving you time, energy and aggravation! 
 
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First, here's a link to an interview with Richard Nelson Bolles, Career Guru and author of the best selling career development book, What Color Is Your Parachute?

http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2010/09/28/what-color-is-your-parachute-interview-with-career-guru-richard/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-w%7Cdl4%7Csec1_lnk3%7C174820

Second, here's a web address to a list of books that professional career counselors consider the best and/or most useful for themselves and their clients.
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Below is a list of websites many people have found helpful.
 
 
www.jobinterviewquestions.org/questions/interview-tips.asp
Good advice on job interview questions and answers, skills and advice for successful interviewing.

 
 

 

www.6figurejobs.com

Good for CEOs, consultants, attorneys, physicians, financial analysts, etc.

www.careerexchange.com

Business Week magazine’s online website includes an excellent career center . An executive recruitment search tool, Leaders Online, matches you to companies seeking middle and executive managers in the $75,000-$180,000 range.

Www.careerbuilder.com

Consider doing a megasearch, a consolidated search of 70 other job sites.

Www.careercast.com

It’s a great hub to network with other sites. It can hook you up to 150 career sites, 122 newspaper career sites and active job listings from over 3800 employers nationally.

Www.careerjournal.com

The Wall Street Journal’s job site for executives, professionals, and managers. You can also find salary and hiring information here.

Www.careermosaic.com

This site is a subsidiary of Headhunter.net. You can do a communities, industry or company search.

Www.careers.org

A good place to get started. It contains over 7500 links to jobs, employers, business and professional career services on the web.

Www.employersonline.com

Specializes in job and resume postings for sales/marketing, computer/IT, Engineering/Technical, Executive/Professional, Medical/Health Care and more. It offers a simple format, but it’s difficult to narrow your search to specific geographic areas.

Www.employment911.com

Lets you search more than 350 major sites and 3 million jobs in one click.

Www.headhunter.net

You can post your resume and search 250,000+ job postings by keyword, geography, salary range and other criteria. Be sure to check the line marked, "Do not allow employers to search this resume" if you’re concerned about who might see your resume.

Www.hotjobs.com

One of the top job sites with thousands of job openings and good job search options.


Www.drkit.org/success-at-work/work-videos

Designed to help people to make decisions about career fields and a number of other things.  You’ll find videotaped interviews with people in different careers and professors in different degree programs providing advice to potential students. 


Www.iccweb.com

America’s first and oldest online career center. It includes a database of 650 best career and employment web sites.

Www.job-hunt.org

It’s a mega list of online career development / job search resources maintained by Stanford University.

Www.monster.com

One of the biggest and best known general job sites. You can search job openings by location, category and keyword.

www.bluesteps.com

For senior executives seeking $100,000+. You pay a $100 one-time fee to post your resume + $20/month to use the search and match engines.

50 TOP “Job BOARDS” for Professionals & Executives

For a quick listing of the 50 highest-paying job sites for professionals and executives, click here: http://www.mastersinmanagement.org/50-best-high-paying-job-listing-sites-for-executives-and-professionals.html

GLOBAL DIRECTORY OF WOMEN EXPERTS

If you’re looking for a forum to share your voice and intellectual capital, build visibility, capture new clients and more, be sure to visit Women Centric: http://www.womencentric.net. The benefits are significant and there’s no charge to join.

25 CAREER PATHS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

If you are interested in professional opportunities in public administration, public service, government affairs, urban planning, educational services administration, housing or social services, be sure to visit: http://mastersinpublicadministration.com/25-exciting-career-paths-in-public-administration 

 

More sites:

www.execsearches.com/exec

www.executiveselect.com

www.executiveagent.com

www.executivesonly.com

Www.bestjobsusa.com