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The Riley Guide: About the Guide
Introduction to the Guide
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About the Riley Guide
Top of Page || Return to About the GuideWhat It Isn't
The Riley Guide isn't a place to post job announcements nor resumes. We have hundreds of links to places that will do this for you.We do not participate in partnerships nor reciprocal link arrangements with other sites.
Margaret Riley Dikel is not a recruiter nor an employment counselor nor will she assist you with your resume or your search for a new job. What she offers is this free website with its links to information and resources.
What It Is
The Riley Guide is here to serve you in two ways:
- It is a directory of employment and career information sources and services on the Internet
- It provides instruction for jobseekers and recruiters on how to use the Internet to their best advantage.
For some online services you will need an email account as well as access to the web.
Why it Looks Like it Does
The layout for The Riley Guide is purposely simple with minimal graphics. While it may not be flashy and incredibly visually attractive to some, it is usable by everyone.
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Where to Find the Riley Guide
The Riley Guide is hosted on servers owned by InternetPlanners.com. The URL is http://www.rileyguide.com.Top of Page || Return to About the Guide
Prior to this, it was hosted by Drake Beam Morin from July 7, 1997 until August 24, 2001. From March 1, 1996 until July 1997, we were hosted by JobTrak (now MonsterTrak) after leaving our original home at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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Credit where Credit is Due
Automated Link-Checking of The Riley Guide is handled by LinkAlarm.Top of Page || Return to About the GuideMany thanks to the folks who are always sending me new listings and resources.
Special thanks to Susan Joyce (job-hunt.org), Susan Ireland (susanireland.com), Mary-Ellen Mort (jobstar.org), Richard Nelson Bolles (jobhuntersbible.com), Joyce Lain Kennedy, Nicholas W. Rench (Drake Beam Morin), the career counselors at WPI who gave me great comments as I was starting out (Yvonne and Marybeth), all the other career counselors I have spoken to over the years (Frank, Leo, and Marcia) and the career services librarians (Liz, my co-author Frances, and the late Steve Oserman), the career management professionals (Larry, Marcy, Steve, Jerry) and the students, staff, alumni, and faculty at WPI who were the reason this all started.
The defunct Job and Career Information Services Committee of the Public Library Association had a real influence on the guide and were a wonderful support group over the years. They still work as a team despite the loss of their formal association.
I am deeply indebted to Steve Hoffman and Bob Stirling (both former employees of DBM) for their support and to David Bacharach at CareerSearch for introducing us. Other current and former DBM colleagues to whom I will always be indebted include Tom Silveri, Tom Schlinkert, Rancy Breece, and T. Craig Morton.
Special thanks go out to Ken Ramberg, Connie Ramberg, and Dave Franey at JobTrak (now MonsterTrak) for responding to a plea for help when everything was in an uproar as I was leaving WPI. They made room for the guide on their webservers and made it very easy to get everything rolling safely. Moving The Riley Guide from their site was like leaving the nest for the first time.
And I must single out Lou Rosenfeld for his past support. Librarian, online information architect extraordinaire, and the founder of the Argus Clearinghouse, Lou helped the Riley Guide go public way back in January 1994.
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How to Contact Us
Please note: Margaret Riley Dikel is not a recruiter nor an employment counselor. She cannot assist you with your resume or your search for a new job. What she offers to you is this free website with its links to information and resources, including job sites and resume assistance.The Riley Guide does not host a job database nor a resume database. We link to hundreds of sites that offer those services.
Before you call, check the time in Washington DC (closest major city to Rockville, MD). I work from a home office, so when you call the phone rings in my house, no matter what the time.
Margaret F. Dikel
The Riley Guide
11218 Ashley Dr.
Rockville, MD 20852
301-881-0122
margaret@rileyguide.com
Please call for our fax number and transmission instructions as we have a junk fax prohibitor programmed on the machine.
Thank you for your attention, and for visiting.
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Copyright 1998 - 2008, Margaret F. Dikel. Permission to reproduce and/or distribute print copies of these pages is hereby granted for non-profit purposes only, except where noted. No changes may be made to these copies without the express permission of the author. All other requests for copying and distribution including electronic distribution must be directed to the author. Permission is granted for you to link to this page or The Riley Guide at any time, but the location address (URL) may not be hidden through the use of frames. Please read our disclaimers. The Riley Guide is located at www.rileyguide.com. How to Contact Us.
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