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Online Resources for Your Career! Below is a list of helpful online career resources that are just a click away!

Career Research

U.S. Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the principal fact-finding agency for the federal government in the broad field of labor, economics, and statistics. It provides data on employment, wages, inflation, productivity, and many other topics. URL: http://www.bls.gov/home.htm

CareerOneStop is sponsored by the U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. This outstanding website contains tools to help job seekers, students, businesses, and career professionals. URL: http://www.careeronestop.org/

O*Net OnLine has detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers,

workforce development and HR professionals, students, researchers, and more!

URL: http://www.onetonline.org/

NACE Salary Calculator will enable you to perform a salary data search for the occupation and region in which you are seeking employment. URL: http://www.jobsearchintelligence.com/NACE/salary-calculator-intro/

Job Search

Indeed: The Google of all job search engines. You can type in a title, keyword, or location and hundreds of jobs pulled from multiple sources appear! URL: http://www.indeed.com/

CareerShift: Get inside contact information immediately, including email addresses, for millions of companies. You can access CareerShift from the Career Services homepage! URL: http://www.champlain.edu/career-services.html

JobSpot: The Career Services Staff maintains a database of jobs exclusively for Champlain College students and alumni. The JobSpot is updated daily and accessible 24/7. You can access JobSpot from the Career Services homepage! URL: http://www.champlain.edu/career-services.html

Company websites are among the best sources of job listings, especially if you know what companies you are interested in working for. You can go directly to the source and search for and apply for jobs online on many company websites.

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Social Media Sites

LinkedIn: Create and maintain your professional profile, market your skills and experience, search for people, connect with your Career Advisor, get online recommendations, reach out to people you want to meet and make new connections, join groups, contribute to online discussions and get noticed.

Facebook: Keep it clean, find out where people are working, “like” business pages, “like” Career Services and Champlain College, and stay informed about what’s happening (workshops, events, etc.).

Follow the Career Services Office, career experts and important people in your field. For a list of career experts to follow on Twitter visit: http://www.careerrocketeer.com/2009/05/150-experts-on-twitter-all-job-seekers.html

Career Blogs and Articles Ask Anne. Anne Fisher answers career-related questions and offers helpful advice for

business professionals (Fortune Magazine, CNNMoney). URL: http://money.cnn.com/news/economy/annie/

DiplomaToJob.com is a place to find proven shortcuts to a career after college without unnecessary clutter and “information overload.” URL: http://www.diplomatojob.com/

CareerRealism is a career management blog provides daily career advice served up in an original, refreshingly real manner. This site is focused on providing cutting-edge career advice that gives job seekers no-nonsense information, tools and resources to help them find a new job as quickly as possible. URL: http://www.careerealism.com/

Quintessential Careers is a website dedicated to providing the content, tools, and motivation to empower people to achieve their educational goals, find their true career passion, obtain their ideal job, and be successful at their work. URL: http://www.quintcareers.com/job-seeker.html

Monster is the premier global online employment solution for people seeking jobs and the employers who need great people — and MonsterWorking is one of Monster’s blogs. URL: http://www.monsterworking.com/

Career Videos

Videos that cover several career management topics such as preparing for an interview! To access CareerSpots videos Click HERE! URL:

Major Specific Resources The Career Services Website contains links to resources for each major!

Professional Association Websites are loaded with relevant information for each profession. Use Weddle’s Association Directory to find professional associations related to your career field.