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This is an internship research guide created by COD's College and Career Information Center librarian.
One of the most extensive lists of links available under “Sites with Job Listings”. Includes many helpful links on resume writing, targeting employers, networking, interviewing and more.
Explore the FAQs to find helpful career and job search essays as well as links to job-hunting sites for many types of job-seekers.
Search the classified job listings of over 150 local newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, L. A. Times, and Miami Herald plus more than 1400 partners. Provides a menu choice of career field and location, giving information of Web and newspaper postings for jobs that match. The program will search for job listing matches and send them to your e-mail address, if you register. Registration is free.
Free access to millions of jobs from thousands of company websites and job boards.
An alliance between two nonprofit associations, DirectEmployers Association and National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) provides up-to-date job postings nationwide.
Huge job listing, resume posting, and employer information resource.
Site sponsored by Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital listing job openings for people with disabilities.
Job listings from numerous local newspapers, including the Chicago Sun-Times, Sun, Suburban Life, and Pioneer Press.
Register for this job search and resume service for College of DuPage students and alumni.
Many links to local Chicago job listing, career counseling, networking sites and more
Find information on Key Sectors where jobs are available as well as register as an Individual for an account to find a job, locate support services, and connect to a career advisor
County by county list of area job clubs with address, phone, other contact information and meeting times.
Popular guide to jobs in Chicago-area nonprofit organizations
Learn about the services of the WorkNet DuPage Center (2525 Cabot Drive, Suite 302, Lisle, Il) for assistance with job seeking, networking, training and more
Set up a Job Alert
Sign up for a P.J. Scout
Concise advice on writing the cover letter, with additional links to resources on the web.
Links to checklists, formatting advice, and sample letters on the Quintessential Careers Website. Includes advice on and samples of Thank-you letters.
Not a resume distribution service, but a review site that ranks top resume distributors on the web on the basis of user experience, customer service, cost and other factors.
Links to checklists, formatting advice, and sample letters on the Quintessential Careers Website. Includes advice on and samples of Thank-you letters.
How to write a CV for academic and research positions.
How to showcase your skills and achievements in an employment portfolio.
Links to "how-to-do-it" essays and articles and includes tutorials on producing e-resumes in various electronic formats.
Good advice and links under "Resumes & Cover Letters" and to interviewing web resources under "Network, Interview & Negotiate."
Research your company target in databases focusing on business. All of these titles are available from home.
(You must have a C.O.D. Library Card to use these resources off-campus)
Great site for background information on companies prior to an interview. Provides links to companies that have recruiting sites on the web. Fee charged for full company profile, but much free data, including links to newspaper and trade magazine articles on a company. Also includes links to job listings from company entries.
U.S. company information searchable by name, yellow page directory heading, geographically by radius of ZIP code, metro area, or county, and by number of employees or sales volume. For job-seekers, useful for creating a contact list of area companies to investigate for possible job openings. Allows 50 prints or downloads per search. Purchased database, so have COD Library card barcode ready to enter if coming from home. Click for a sample search instruction sheet.
Find wage data for over 700 occupations in a specific Illinois county or metropolitan statistical area organized by Standard Occupational Code
Basic salary reports for hundred of job titles in U.S. metro areas that include renter’s Cost of Living estimates for each locality. For job transfers, basic cost of living report available. Premium Salary Report can be ordered for a fee.
Salary Wizard Basic Report estimates salary for hundreds of job categories under 60 job families in major U.S. Metro areas, while Cost of Living Wizard to help job changers learn living cost differences between specified U.S. locations. Personal Salary Report available for a fee.
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