Resource: QuintessentialCareers.com
Type: A portal site organizing free career related web resources, including some exclusive content.
Review: This site claims to be the best, though it is hard to review everything and objectively compare it to The Riley Guide and others in this category. It does have some important categories that were missing from other sites. Namely career assessment tools and exploration resources. If you truly don't know what type of job you might be interested in, these can be very helpful.
Showing posts with label career-guides. Show all posts
Showing posts with label career-guides. Show all posts
12 December, 2011
11 December, 2011
Career Guide to Industries (CGI)
Resource: Career Guide to Industries (CGI)
Type: The online version of a Bureau of Labor Statistics print resource. This resource provides detailed information about the various careers broader industries (Educational Services - teacher, counselor, administrator, etc.)
Review: This governmental resource has been in print for years, and enjoys a resurgence in the digital age. For dozens of different kinds of industries—such as educational services, healthcare, and motor vehicle and parts manufacturing—the Career Guide to Industries tells you about:
Type: The online version of a Bureau of Labor Statistics print resource. This resource provides detailed information about the various careers broader industries (Educational Services - teacher, counselor, administrator, etc.)
Review: This governmental resource has been in print for years, and enjoys a resurgence in the digital age. For dozens of different kinds of industries—such as educational services, healthcare, and motor vehicle and parts manufacturing—the Career Guide to Industries tells you about:
- Occupations in the industry
- Training and advancement
- Earnings
- Expected job prospects
- Working conditions
09 December, 2011
What to be when you grow up: Wetfeet
Resource: Wetfeet.com
Type: This web site is the online face to publisher of career reference books. They have interview advice, resume tips, salary information, as well as company reviews.
Review: This publisher began their lives in the traditional print world. Their web presence has gone back and forth between a subscription site to a free site. Currently the free content seems limited to shorter articles of general advice and user supplied reviews of companies. The Advice section of the web site has good searching and sorting features to limit the content to articles tightly focused to the topic of choice.
Type: This web site is the online face to publisher of career reference books. They have interview advice, resume tips, salary information, as well as company reviews.
Review: This publisher began their lives in the traditional print world. Their web presence has gone back and forth between a subscription site to a free site. Currently the free content seems limited to shorter articles of general advice and user supplied reviews of companies. The Advice section of the web site has good searching and sorting features to limit the content to articles tightly focused to the topic of choice.
08 December, 2011
What to be when you grow up: The Riley Guide
Resource: The Riley Guide
Type: This comprehensive web portal pulls together information from accross the World Wide Web. The site does not post job leads or resumes. Instead they link to sites that do provide these services, as well as sites that help during the job search process.
Review: As a collector of information, the Riley Guide does an excellent job. The borwesability is good and the search features (powered by Google) are better. The main jon searching is powered by Indeed.com, and many of the supplemental materials come from governmental sites.
Type: This comprehensive web portal pulls together information from accross the World Wide Web. The site does not post job leads or resumes. Instead they link to sites that do provide these services, as well as sites that help during the job search process.
Review: As a collector of information, the Riley Guide does an excellent job. The borwesability is good and the search features (powered by Google) are better. The main jon searching is powered by Indeed.com, and many of the supplemental materials come from governmental sites.
What to be when you grow up: OOH
Resource: Occupational Outlook Handbook
Type: This resource is the online version of a traditional print reference source. This governmental resource details occupations (working conditions, required education, job prospects, etc.) Put together by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Review: Every few years the BLS compiles data about working conditions, salary information, educational requirements, and other detailed information organized by job type/title. This resource is typically used by people entering the workforce either for the first time or as a career change. When you are unsure about a career type this can be a good way to help decide if it is the right path to pursue.
Type: This resource is the online version of a traditional print reference source. This governmental resource details occupations (working conditions, required education, job prospects, etc.) Put together by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Review: Every few years the BLS compiles data about working conditions, salary information, educational requirements, and other detailed information organized by job type/title. This resource is typically used by people entering the workforce either for the first time or as a career change. When you are unsure about a career type this can be a good way to help decide if it is the right path to pursue.
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