Introduction
Book Resources
Resumes/Cover Letters
Specific Careers
Company Backgrounds - Click to locate information on a specific company or industry
Networking/Interviewing
Salary/Wages
Selected Web Job Listings
     North Carolina      United States      Specific
Major Web Job Search Sites
Safety Tips
Writing Your Paper
Use the Web Page Evaluation Check List (pdf) to qualify your Internet & free Web choices.

Introduction

Not too long ago, when searching for a job, students had to troll through the pages of various newspapers at the location they were interested in working. The interest in job searching on the Internet has grown such that it is now the best place to search. Below you will find some tools to help you create a career path.

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Book Resources

Begin by searching our Online Catalog of published materials.
Library holdings can be found by entering keywords. eBooks can be found in the databases below. All these resources provide education information.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (Thomson Gale)
off campus
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If you are a North Carolina resident, please contact your local public library for off-site access.

netLibrary (OCLC)
off campus
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Off campus access limited to SCC faculty, staff, and students
Parts also available through NCLive --
If you are a North Carolina resident, please contact your local public library for off-site access.

Some specific topics include: cover letters, employment interviewing, interview(s)(ing), job search(ing) skills, resumes (employment)

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Resumes/Cover Letters

Find the titles listed below in the library. To find more titles, check additional sections listed below.

• 2500 keywords to get you hired / HF 5383 .B5355 2003
• Career change resume, the / HF 5383 .I78 2003
• Designing the perfect resume / HF 5383 .C74 2006
• EResumes : everything you need to know about using electronic resumes to tap into today's job market / HF 5383 .W453 2002
• Expert resumes for career changers / HF 5383 .E47875 2005
• Guide to basic cover letter writing, the / HF 5383 .P735 2004
• Guide to basic resume writing, the / HF 5383 .G727 2004
• Resume makeover : 50 common resume and cover letter problems--and how to fix them, the / HF 5383 .M264 2003
• Resume.com guide to writing unbeatable resumes, the / HF 5383 .C87 2004

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Specific Careers

• 101 best tech resumes / HF 5383 .B5346 2003
• Job search : marketing your military experience / HF 5382.75 .U6 H46 2004
• Real-resumes for human-resources & personnel jobs : including real resumes used to change careers and transfer skills to other industries / HF 5383 .R39586 2002b
• Real-resumes for legal & paralegal jobs : --including real resumes used to change careers and gain federal employment / HF 5383 .R395867 2004
• Real-resumes for medical jobs / R 690 .R39 2001
• Resumes for nursing careers / RT 86.7 .R45 2007

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World Wide Web
You can also go to the SCC Career Services Center for additional links for "Assistance with Job Seeking Skills.

• Click, You're Hired. Or Tracked...Pam Dixon of The Privacy Foundation writes about "job seekers who post their resumes online face considerable threats to their privacy."
• College Grad Job Hunter© - Resume Development and Posting (from a syndicated college newspaper columnist and former corporate recruiter)
• Cover Letter Tutorial (from Quintessential Careers developed by Dr. Randall Hansen, an associate professor of marketing at Stetson University)
• Help With Your Resume (from the Riley Guide, a comprehensive job search resource organized by Margaret Dikel, a librarian and Internet consultant)
• Resumania - what NOT to include on resumes (from Robert Half, founder of the specialized staffing firm Robert Half International Inc.) features mistakes made on resumes and cover letters
• Resumes and Cover Letters (from CareerJournal.com-Wall Street Journal)
• Resumes Online: Getting Your Resume Ready (from About.com, an online subject guide)
• Two Hundred of the World's Best Cover Letters (from CareerLab, a career management consulting firm)
• Your Resume (from Purdue University Online Writing Lab)

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Networking/Interviewing

• 24 hours to the perfect interview : quick steps for planning, organizing & preparing for the interview that gets the job / HF 5549.5 .I6 D448 2004
• Boost your interview IQ / H 61.28 .M365 2004
• Complete Q & A job interview book, the / HF 5549.5 .I6 A43 2000
• Fearless interviewing : how to win the job by communicating with confidence / HF 5549.5 .I6 S728 2003
• Great answers! great questions! : for your job interview / HF 5549.5 .I6 B474 2004
• Perfect phrases for the perfect interview / HF 5549.5 .I6 M37 2005
• Virtual job interview. practice & preparation for getting the job you deserve, the [DVD] / HF 5549.5 .I6 V57 2005

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World Wide Web

• Employment Background Checks: A Jobseeker's Guide (from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, "a nonprofit consumer advocacy program, originally established in 1992 at the University of San Diego Center for Public Interest Law")
• Enforcement Guidance: Preemployment Disability- Related Questions and Medical Examinations (from The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) provides questions employers may ask about disabilities before and after a job offer is made.
• Get Networked (from JobStar, a service of the Bay Area Library and Information System in Oakland, California)
• Hidden Job Market - What Is It? (from JobStar, a service of the Bay Area Library and Information System in Oakland, California)
• How To Handle Difficult Interview Questions (from the Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Illegal Interview Questions (from Human Resources atthe at the University of Chicago)
• Job Interviewing Tutorial (from Quintessential Careers developed by Dr. Randall Hansen, an associate professor of marketing at Stetson University) - see also Behavioral Interviewing Strategies
• Networking: Getting Started (from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks Career Services)
• Interview Center including the Virtual Interview where you can test your interview skills (from TMP Worldwide, a recruitment advertising agency network)

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Salary/Wages

Get paid what you're worth : the expert negotiator's guide to salary and compensation / HD 4909 .P54 2000

Web Links

• Evaluating a Job Offer from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
• National Compensation Survey (select a specific state (e.g., North Carolina, then select a metropolitan area - from the Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Salary & Perks (searches for job wages by category and zip codeormetropolitanarea - from WetFeet.com, a "career resource company")

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Selected Web Job Listings

North Carolina

See also links to other North Carolina newspaper classifieds via Bona Fide Classified links sponsored by the Newspaper Association of America.

• Charlotte Observer Online Jobs
• The Messenger (Mount Airy)
• Mount Airy News Classifieds
• News-Record TriadCareers.com (Greensboro)
• Statesville Record & Landmark Career Seeker
• Winston-Salem Journal Employment
• Yadkin Valley Marketplace (Elkin, Jonesville, Mt. Airy, Yadkin Valley)

See also links to major newspaper classifieds via onlinenewspapers.com. Choose "Listed by State" or "Listed Alphabetically."

United States

• Headhunter.net Quick Job Search (from Headhunter.net, a "national online recruiting and job awareness network")
• CareerBuilder Mega Job Search (search ads from the major metropolitan newspapers such as Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, St. Louis, etc.)
• FedWorld Federal Jobs Search (from the U.S. Department of Commerce's NationalTechnical Information Service)
• HotJobs.com-Search Jobs by Keyword (from HotJobs, "a leading recruiting solutions company")
• Job Resources (from the Career Center @ Duke University)
• Monster.com Job Search Options (from TMP Worldwide, a recruitment advertising agency network)
• USAJOBS  Job Site of the United States Federal Government (from the United States Office Of Personnel Management)

Specific Occupations & Companies

• Career and Job Resources - by Industry (from Dr. Randall Hansen, Associate Professor of Marketing, School of Business Administration, Stetson University)
• Job Listings: The Riley Guide (by a librarian/former Internet job columnist)
• The Quintessential Directory of Company Career Centers (from Dr. Randall Hansen, Associate Professor of Marketing, School of Business Administration, Stetson University)

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Major Web Job Search Sites

• Jobweb(from JobWeb and the National Association of Colleges and Employers)
• 1st Steps in the Hunt (by the IBN: Internet Business Network, an Internet development and marketing firm)
• JobHunt: A Meta-list of On-Line Job-Search Resources and Services (by theAssistant Director of Residential Computing at Stanford University)
• JOBTRAK Job Search Tips (from the JOBTRAK Corporation, partners with college & university career centers) *includes a relocation salary calculator providing cost-of-living information
• Quintessential Career and Job-Hunting Resources Guide (from Dr. Randall Hansen, Associate Professor of Marketing, School of Business Administration, Stetson University)
• The Riley Guide - Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet (by a librarian/former Internet job columnist)

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Safety Tips

A Safe Job Search (Monster.com) - Avoid online fraud and scams

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Writing Your Paper

Use the Researching, Evaluating, Citing(APA) OR Citing(MLA), Writing, and Check Form links located under the Subject Guides link on the left.  There you will find:

• Notes and tips on researching

• Guides to evaluating Internet websites as well as articles

• Tips for content, structure and grammar

• A number of citing links in various formats with plenty of examples. (Note: If you do not cite the research/articles you used to write your paper, you will be plagiarizing.)

• A checklist link for questions to ask yourself concerning the structure and content of your paper after you have finished writing it. Remember to also make use of the Writing Center located in the R building, in the Academic Support Center.

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