Josephine Hanan - Your Transition Specialist

Below are my favorite links to no cost resources. Please note that this list will be continually updated as I find new resources.  Also, free to contact me with any of your favorite career resources, and I would be happy to add them to the list to help other career seekers.

Below is the list of career resources:

• Career Exploration (ALL FREE Surveys)
• Resumes
• Cover Letters
• Researching Careers
• Job Search
• Job Boards
• Networking
• Social Networking
• Informational Interviews
• Salary Calculators
• Salary Negotiations

Career Exploration (ALL FREE Surveys)

• O*Net’s skill search
  • http://online.onetcenter.org/skills/
• Alternative Futures
  • http://www.alternativefutures.com/s_testing.shtml
• Psychological Testing and Assessment
  • http://www.psychologicaltesting.com/voctest.htm
• Quest (free career test)
  • http://www.questcareer.com/career_assessment_resources.html
• Colorwize
  • http://www.colorwize.com/
• Queendom
  • http://www.queendom.com/
• Stewart, Cooper &Coon
  • http://www.stewartcoopercoon.com/jobsearch/career-values/
• Test Yourself
  • http://testyourself.psychtests.com/
• Virtual Diagnostics Inc.
  • http://www.virtualdiagnostics.ca/cgi-bin/candidate.cgi?ac=reg
• Online Career Assessments: Helpful Tools of Self-Discovery:
  • http://www.quintcareers.com/online_career_assessments.html

Resumes

• Resume-help.org
  • http://www.resume-help.org/free_resume_examples.htm
• About.com
  • http://jobsearch.about.com/od/sampleresumes/a/sampleresume2.htm
• 1^st-writer.com
  • http://www.1st-writer.com/free_resume_examples.htm
• Resume Resource
  • http://www.resume-resource.com/examples-beforeafter.html
• Quest Career Services
  • http://www.questcareer.com/resume_examples.htm
• Resume Examples
  • http://www.exampleresumes.org/

Cover Letters

• Sample cover letters across jobs
  • http://www.bestcoverletters.com/
• About.com
  • http://jobsearch.about.com/od/coverletters/Cover_Letters.htm
• Cover letters for friends, job postings, and recruiters
  • http://www.cover-letters.com/Cover-Letters.aspx
• Job Star
  • http://jobstar.org/tools/resume/cletters.php
• Ezine
  • http://ezinearticles.com/?Effective-Cover-Letter-Examples&id=1926503

Researching Careers

• O*Net
  • http://online.onetcenter.org/

Job Search

• Factoidz
  • http://factoidz.com/9-keys-to-job-search-career-success/
• Glassdoor.com blog
  • http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/email-comment-signature-sell/#disqus_thread
• JobGo Round.com
  • http://www.jobgoround.com/blog/
• Careerealism
  • http://www.careerealism.com/
• Careerjournal.com
  • www.careerjournal.com

Job Boards

• Hotjobs
  • www.hotjobs.com
• Jobcentral
  • www.jobcentral.com
• Collegerecruiter
  • www.Collegerecruiter.com
• Careerbuilder
  • www.Careerbuilder.com
• Monster
  • www.Monster.com
• Jobfox
  • www.Jobfox.com
• Indeed
  • www.Indeed.com
• Simplyhired
  • www.Simplyhired.com
• Jobing
  • www.Jobing.com
• Net-temps
  • www.Net-temps.com
• Bilingualcareer
  • www.bilingualcareer.com
• Dice
  • www.dice.com
• Aftercollege
  • www.aftercollege.com

Networking

• Networking Entrepreneur
  • http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2010/06/21/my-philosophy-about-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-4957
• Successful Job Search Networking
  • http://jobsearch.about.com/cs/networking/a/networking.htm
• Jobmonkey.com
  • http://www.jobmonkey.com/main/html/networking.html
• Riley Guide
  • http://www.rileyguide.com/network.html
• The Art of Career and Job-Search Networking
  • http://www.quintcareers.com/networking.html

Social Networking

• 15 Top Social Networking sites:
  • http://www.selfgrowth.com/socialnetworkingwebsites.html
• Business and Professional Networking Sites
  • http://www.deitel.com/ResourceCenters/Web20/SocialNetworking/BusinessandProfessionalNetworkingSites/tabid/1296/Default.aspx
• 20 Social Networking Sites for Business Professionals
  • http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/07/28/social-networking-sites-for-business/
• 50 Social Sites That Every Business Needs a Presence on
  • http://www.insidecrm.com/features/50-social-sites-012808/
• Social Networking Websites from A to Z
  • http://www.cio.com/article/175250/Social_Networking_Websites_from_A_to_Z

Informational Interviews

• About.com
  • http://jobsearch.about.com/cs/infointerviews/a/infointerview.htm
• Informational Interviewing Tutorial
  • http://www.quintcareers.com/informational_interviewing.html

Interviewing

• Best-Job-Interview.com:
  • http://www.best-job-interview.com/index.html

Salary Calculators

• Salary.com
  • www.salary.com
  • Payscale
    • http://www.payscale.com/salary-calculator
  • Cbsalary
    • http://www.cbsalary.com/

Salary Negotiations

• Collegegrad
  • http://www.collegegrad.com/offer/index.shtml
• US Department of State
  • http://www.state.gov/m/dghr/flo/c21638.htm
• Career Services at Virginia Tech
  • http://www.career.vt.edu/JOBSEARC/Salaries/Negotiating.htm