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Free and For Pay Job Search and Membership Sites

Salary Calculators & Relocation Guides

These sites help calculate current salary rates for specific job titles and industries; aid in determining how much your current salary is worth in a new city; compares the cost of living between two different cities; or provides information on cities in America based on cost of living and employment rates:

http://about.salary.com/

http://www.cbsalary.com/cost-of-living-calculator.aspx

www.greatplacetowork.com/best/lists-us.php

http://www.homefair.com/homefair/cmr/salcalc.html

http://jobstar.com

http://www.aboutus.org/

http://www.MonsterMoving.com

http://www.payscale.com/

http://www.relo-usa.com/

www.relocationcentral.com

http://www.salary.com/

http://www.salaryexpert.com/

http://www.usajobs.gov/ei30.asp (Senior Executive Service Pay Chart for Federal)

Government and Contract Information Sites

The Department of Labor and Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.dol.gov/index.htm

The Department of Labor supplies a wealth of information to US citizens from wages, health plans and benefits, unemployment insurance, and information for workers, employers, job seekers, and others, to information on the White House

USA.Gov

HireVetsFirst.gov

PandemicFlu.gov

Disability resources, job and training information, layoff resources, retirement and health benefits, statistical information, wages and work hours, and workplace safety and health.

http://www.dol.gov/dol/audience/aud-unemployed.htm

Bureau of Labor Statistics site with detailed information on employment and industry trends. Includes the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

stats.bls.gov/home.htm

www.bls.gov/oco/cg/home.htm (Career Guide to Industries.) Consulting Firms

Contracting Firms

http://www.govexec.com/features/0807-15/0807-15s2s1.htm (Top 200 government contractors)

http://www.govexec.com/features/0807-15/0807-15s4s1.htm (Top 100 civilian agency contractors)

http://www.govexec.com/features/0807-15/0807-15s3s1.htm (Top 100 defense contractors)

http://www.govexec.com/features/0807-15/0807-15s5s1.htm (Top 50 technology contractors)

http://www.govexec.com/features/0807-15/0807-15s6s1.htm (Top small business contractors)

Schools

http://www.technical-schools-guide.com/technical_schools_by_zip.html

http://www.collegegrad.com/careers/

Research Sites

www.annualreportservice.com (Largest free directory of annual reports online.)

www.ask.com

http://www.business.com/

http://biz.yahoo.com/topic/earnings/ (Company finances / I like the finance search option.)

http://caldwell-list.com (Caldwell List Company)

http://www.ceoupdate.com/

http://www.bizjournals.com/ (American Business Journals)

http://forbes.com (Forbes Magazine Lists)

http://hoovers.com (Hoovers)

http://www.inc.com/ (Inc. Magazine Lists)

http://online.wsj.com/public/page/news-career-jobs.html (WallStreet Journal Career News)

A wealth of information...as the “objective source for the web’s best job search resources.

www.job-hunt.org

www.military.com

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/ (Fortune Magazine Lists.)

(Recruiter and company lists with contact info. Mail, e-mail campaigns, and fax campaigns.)

www.profileresearch.com

Links to EDGAR database of SEC filings

www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm

www.sec.gov

http://www.wetfeet.com/

ZapData (Dunn & Bradstreet) Automated Posting Services

http://www.zapdata.com/

www.resumerabbit.com (Resume Rabbit)

http://www.employment911.com/asp/resume-posting_dir.asp (Employment 911)

http://jobdangopartners.employment911.com/resumeblasting.asp (JobDango)

Reference Checking

http://www.jobreference.com/ (Job Reference)

http://www.myrefereences.com (My References – Allison & Taylor)

Job Agents / Alerts

www.CareerBuilder.com

www.CareerJournal.com

www.ExecuNet.com

www.Indeed.com

www.Monster.com

Social Networking Sites

Ecademy

Facebook

Plaxo

Ryze

Twitter

Xing

Recruiter Directories

http://www.headhuntersdirectory.com/ (Headhunters Directory)

http://www.onlinerecruitersdirectory.com/ (Online Recruiters Directory)

http://i-recruit.com/ (Oya’s)

http://www.recruitersdirectory.com/ (Recruiters Directory)

http://www.recruitdirectory.com/ (Recruiters Online Network)

www.recruiterresources.com

Classifieds Online & Print

http://www.abyznewslinks.com/

http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites.html

http://www.newsdirectory.com/

http://online.wsj.com/careers

Directories

http://www.newspapers.com/

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/

http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html

Virtual Career Fairs / Conventions & Trade Shows / Associations (online and resources for)

www.CareerFairs.com

www.CareerSummit.net

http://www.cfg-inc.com/ (Career Fairs Global)

http://www.job-hunt.org/job-search-networking/job-searchnetworking.html

http://www.nationaljobfairs.com// (National Job Fairs)

http://www.nationalcareerfairs.com// (Monster, National Career Fairs)

Military Job Fairs & Career Events

http://www.taonline.com/militaryjobfairs/TAOnline

www.marketingsource.com/associations (2,500 national and international business associations with contact info.)

http://www.seniorexecs.org/ (Association for Senior Executive Service Federal Employees)

10,000 US business associations hosted by Interactive Training

www.trainingforum.com/assoc.html

Professional associations

http://www.weddles.com/associations/index.cfm

Golden Job Sites ... For those Over 50

RetirementJobs.com (http://www.retirementjobs.com) has more than 30,000 listings nationwide from companies specifically seeking candidates older than 50.

RetireeWorkforce.com (http://www.retireeworkforce.com) also focuses on the 50-plus job candidate. Currently gets about 200,000 visitors a month, doubled from a year ago and up sharply during the financial crisis.

RetiredBrains.com (http://www.retiredbrains.com) is a resource for older boomers, seniors, retirees and those about to retire who are looking to find jobs, volunteer opportunities, educational resources and retirement information.

Retirement Jobs Online (http://www.retirement-jobs-online.com) offers advice about online retirement jobs, helping retirees evaluate the various ways to use the Internet to find work.

AARP offers both a job search engine (http://jobs.aarp.org) and a National Employer Team (http://www.aarp.org/employerteam) which lists employers that are actively recruiting mature workers nationwide. Most are corporations; also cites three government agencies: the Internal Revenue Service, the Peace Corps and the Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Relief.

Aging Workforce News(http://www.agingworkforcenews.com/aginglinks.html) is not a job board but provides a useful collection of work-related links.

BoomerCareer.com (http://www.boomercareer.com) is a collection of career articles and resources targeting baby boomers, those born from 1946-64. Job-seekers can search job listings and post their resume.

Encore.org (http://www.encore.org) provides news, resources and connections for individuals and organizations establishing "encore careers" designed to combine social contribution, personal meaning and financial security. Many of the jobs posted are in education, health care and human services.

Experience Works (http://www.experienceworks.org) helps low-income seniors get training to find jobs in their communities.

Quintessential Careers has a comprehensive listing (http://www.quintcareers.com/mature--jobseekers.html) of job and career resources for mature and older job-seekers.

Senior Helpers (http://www.seniorhelpers.com) with offices in 230 U.S. cities, hires many older workers to provide in-home personal and companion care for seniors. Caregivers' services include help with housework, meal preparation, errands, transportation, medication reminders and Alzheimer's care. The pay is $8-$12 per hour; most work an average of about 20 hours per week.

Senior Job Bank (http://www.seniorjobbank.org) is a site where job-seekers age 50 and up can search for jobs by category, industry or location, post resumes and register for a job-search agent.

Seniors4Hire.org (http://www.seniors4hire.org) is another nationwide online career center and job bank with openings posted by businesses actively recruiting the 50-and-over population. Also includes targeted career resources and articles for older workers.

WiserWorker.com (http://www.wiserworker.com) enables baby boomers and older workers to search for job listings by keyword or location and provides career articles and resources plus listings of local job fairs across the country.

YourEncore (http://www.yourencore.com) seeks to match retired engineers and scientists with companies that need to meet a capacity surge or fill a short-term need, with clients that include Fortune 500 firms such as Boeing, Eli Lilly and Procter & Gamble. The retirees sometimes are brought in as temporary mentors for new hires.