Job Resources

** Job Search Skills Series

Wherever you are on your job search path, we welcome you to join our Job Search Skills Series.  Each month we’ll focus on a different topic and allow ample time for questions and group participation.  Series programs take place on the  first Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.  in the Meeting Room

Books at Reading Public Library

Find Jobs || Changing Careers ||  Resumes || Cover Letters || Job Interviews

Online Databases

• Business Source Premier This source contains full text from the world’s top management and marketing journals as well as as country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group and CountryWatch and detailed company profiles for the world’s 10,000 largest companies.
• General BusinessFile ASAP Use this database to research all business and management topics. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies as well as investment analysts’ reports on major companies and industries. Go directly to “Advanced search” to locate investment reports by ticker symbol. Remote Access
• Business Index ASAP Perform in-depth research on management issues, economic indicators and business theories and practices, as well as on the activities of companies and industries worldwide. Instant access to academic and business journals with full text and images.
• Boston Public Library Business Databases Get a BPL eCard.

Web Sites

Career Guidance

• Job Hunters Bible: What Color is Your Parachute? – Richard Nelson Bolles, author of the best-selling job-hunting book, is the guide for this site that features many helpful job hunting links.

• Career Guide to Industries and Occupational Outlook Handbook – Bureau of Labor Statistics sites that provide information on training and advancement, earnings, expected job prospects and working conditions for specific industries and jobs.
• Career One Stop and Standard Occupational Classification – Department of Labor career exploration and assessment tools.
• Massachusetts Career Information Center Provides an overview of specific jobs and links to organizations.
• Career Magazine – This online magazine includes job listings, company profiles and directories of executive recruiters in different fields, as well as articles on career development.
• MSN Careers – Job listings, articles, salary calculators and other resources.
• Vault – Job and industry profiles.
• Wall Street Journal Career Guide – Articles on career trends.

Online Job Search Safety

• Staying CyberSafe – A collection of tips on safe sites and resume posting.
• Job Seekers Guide to Online Job Sites – This list gives information about the privacy practices at each site.

Find Jobs

• Choosing a Job Site – Job-hunt.org’s tips on evaluating job search sites.
• The Riley Guide – A great guide to employment opportunities and job resources on the Internet.
• Keeping Track of Your Search
• Major Job Search sites: Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com, Indeed.com
• NonprofitOyster – This user-friendly site bills itself as “the premiere online career center serving the nonprofit sector.”
• Idealist.org – This project of Action Without Borders lists 22,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 150 countries as well as hundreds of job and internship listings.
• Check industry specific sites, audience specific sites and company websites.
• Many professional organizations provide industry specific job search sites. Check Yahoo Organizations List and Weddles Organizations List for organization links.

Massachusetts Resources

• Massachusetts JobQuest – A service of the Massachusetts Division of Employment and Training, in cooperation with the United States Department of Labor, this site carries searchable listings for a wide variety of jobs, with links to the other America’s Job Bank sites in other states.
• Boston Job Bank – A resume and job listings service for Greater Boston.
• Boston.com Monster – The Boston Globe jobs section offers a way to search for jobs, find job hunting advice and read up on employment and industry news.
• JobFind – The Boston Herald’s JobFind service includes job postings, corporate profiles and a resume listing service.
• Operation A.B.L.E. The Mission of Operation A.B.L.E. of Greater Boston, Inc., 501(c)3 organization, is to provide employment and training opportunities to mature workers 45 and older from economically, racially and occupationally diverse backgrounds.

Writing Resumes & Cover Letters

• Advanced Resume Concepts (reslady) This site provides links to resume writing tips and print and electronic formatting.
• Monster Career Advice This Monster.com site offers a variety of resume samples.
• JobStar More sample resumes including templates for chronological and functional formats.
• Your Cyber Safe Resume -Job-hunt.org’s resume safety tips.
• Riley Guide to Online Resumes – How to prepare your resume for email and online posting.
• 200 Letters for Job Hunters – Taken from the book of the same name, here is a collection of cover letters and other resources for job hunters.

Interview Preparation

• Guide to Job Interviewing Resources – Links to sample questions, tutorials and more.
• About.com guide – Articles, questions and answers.
• Check industry associations for job specific interview questions. See below for interview preparation company research.

Company Research

• Fortune Magazine Company Rankings
• Boston Globe Top 100 Companies
• Chambers of Commerce
• Hoovers – Includes company data, press releases, ability to make targeted lists.
• Edgar – SEC 10K reports to SEC.
• D & B and Mergent Databases via Boston Public Library
• Also, check Business Databases (above, Newspapers and company websites.

Compensation and Benefits

• Job Star Central – Over 300 salary surveys.
• America’s Career Info – Salary ranges for hundreds of occupations by state.
• Salary.com – The Salary Wizard is fast and easy to use, shows salaries and benefits.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics – Wages, earnings, and benefits categorized by following ways: Geographic area, Occupation and Industry.
• Guidestar – Nonprofit salary information.

Networking and Job Fairs

• LinkedIn
• E-Networking – Article from Riley Guide
• Tapping the Hidden Job Market
• Massachusetts Networking Groups
• Woburn Career Place Job Fairs
• Massachusetts Job Quest Events Search

Periodicals at the library