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August 26, 2010

I have looked at over 20 requests which were sent to me back in late March/early April 2010. Of those, only 10 are being included in the guide. Of the other 10 or so, most did not have any contact or background information on their site and one is no longer available. Yes, after 5 months, the site is gone. I know its frustrating for those of you who request links, but this is actually one reason why I make you wait -- I want to be sure you have built your business before I list you.

I have also created a new page with information on writing proposals, either for a promotion or a new job. This topic was suggested by Woody Catoe at North Carolina State University who was working with a client who's boss said "I'd be happy to give you a promotion if you write up a proposal for your new job." I've had to write my own job description in the past, and it wasn't easy, so I hope you find this information helpful.

• Write a Proposal -- Would you like (or do you deserve) a raise or a promotion? Perhaps you see the need for a new position in your current company that doesn't yet exist, with you in that job of course. Write a proposal. This page is devoted to ways to do the research and document your experience, responsibilities, and expertise to help you get what you want and deserve.
• Help with Your Resume: Tips & Pointers -- "How to Get a Job When You Need to Relocate". Yes, Susan Ireland (with the help of an experienced HR director) has some tips on how to make yourself look like a local. I also linked to an excellent guide to Creating Resumes created by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Workforce and Labor Development.
• NonProfits: Executive Search Firms -- added a link to Dewey & Kaye, a division of McCrory & McDowell LLC offering strategy development, planning, financial sustainability, facilitation, training and executive search services to the nonprofit industry. They also list non-retained searches on their JobsWatch service, which we have listed under our Job Listing Sources for Nonprofits.
• Internships / Fellowships -- added USAIntern, offering a nice database of listings from across the US. Free registration required for a basic membership, but for a one-time moderate fee you get more services. Look it over.
• Job Search Guidance: Next, Try These Guides -- added a link to a multi-lingual collection of printable job search guides created by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Workforce and Labor Development.
• General Salary Surveys and Collections -- added a link to the NACE Salary Calculator, operated in partnership with JobSearchIntelligence.com and offering students a way to evaluate possible earnings based on occupation, location, level of education, and level of experience for free. Employers, you can also use this tool for a moderate fee.
• Executive Search Firms: A B C -- added Converge Search, a full-service executive search firm specializing in retained search for executives and upper management in a wide range of industries.
• Executive Search Firms: D E F -- added FlexAssistance International, a global executive search firm headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Finance: Executive Search Firms -- added Harris, Stone & Associates, recruiting for the financial services industry. Past clients have ranged from small elite financial services firms to first tier global organizations.
• International Resources: Middle East / Arabian and Persian Gulf Regions -- added a link to Gulf Jobs Market, a site specializing in the IT, Telecoms, Banking, Finance, Oil and Gas sectors in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and other GCC and Pan-Arab countries.
• Engineering: Recruiters and Search Firms -- added Dakota DesignStaff, , a search and placement firm providing staff for Architecture, Engineering and Construction firms as well as corporate and institutional facilities departments in the metropolitan Boston and New England area.
• Healthcare & Medicine: Recruiters -- added Medical HR LLC, a healthcare search consulting company providing qualified professionals to major multi-hospital systems, medical groups and solo practitioners.

In addition to the new items, I edited, corrected, and updated about 15 pages. I'll detail that stuff for you next week.

August 19, 2010

Do you like the new logo? It was done for me by Brand Advance LLC.

I returned from vacation nicely rested to find over 500 email and several voice messages awaiting me. (So much for an easy re-entry.) It is not a big update this week, but out of 14 sites reviewed, these 6 made the cut.

New This Week

• Veterans / Military Personnel: Education & Training Benefits -- added GIBill.com which offers information on your GIBill benefits and can help you find a college or training program that accepts these funds.
• Diversity Resources: General Resources -- added a link to DiversityJobs.com, a project of LatPro Inc. designed to connect persons of diverse backgrounds with friendly employers.
• International Jobs: British Isles: Scotland -- added scottishjobsonthe.net, a nice site with a lot of current job postings for this country.
• International Jobs: British Isles: Regional Resources -- added JobHits, a career search engine for the UK.
• Job Banks and Career Search Engines: Career Search Engines -- 2 new listings in this category -- JustJobs.com and JobHits.

If you are keeping track because you sent me a request for a listing, I'm in late March 2010, but I expect to move pretty quickly now. Thank you for your patience.

I also re-listed one site which was not responding a couple of weeks ago.

• Legal Issues in Employment & Hiring: Your Rights -- MEL (MyEmploymentLawyer.com) is once again available.

August 10, 2010

I'm posting early before I take a short vacation. This is what remains of the new things I discovered while working on the book during July. I will be out of the office without access to email August 11 until August 17. I will post an update on August 19.

New This Week

• Resources for the Disabled -- added a link to the What Can You Do? The Campaign for Disability Employment. Terrific info for the disabled and for employers!
• Local US Jobs: North Carolina -- added a link to the Job Help Center's Job Lines, part of the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
• Local US Jobs: Puerto Rico -- added links to the Departamento del Trajabo y Recursos Humanos and PuertoRicoTrabaja.com, both part of their government services.
• Transportation & Logistics: Trade & Compliance -- added this new category with 2 associations hosting job boards for professionals in this field.
• Transportation & Logistics: Maritime -- added links to the American Waterways Operators and the Maritime Administration (MARAD), U.S. Department of Transportation.
• Negotiating Salary -- added a terrific article on salary negotiation from the Washington Post.
• Natural Sciences: Biology / Microbiology -- added the American Institute of Biological Sciences
• Natural Sciences: Ornithology -- 2 new resources with jobs and voluteer opportunities for birding professionals and enthusiasts
• Earth / Environmental / Water Sciencies: GIS / Geography -- we now link to the Association of American Geographers.
• Earth / Environmental / Water Sciencies: Geology -- added this new category and a link to the American Institute of Professional Geologists
• Earth / Environmental / Water Sciencies: Water Quality & Conservation -- made a few changes on this page, renaming this category to feature efforts in Water Quality and Water Conservation. I relocated OceanCareers to Fisheries / Limnology / Oceanography and moved NOAA and ReefDoctor to this category. I also added the Work for Water, "the place where students and job seekers can explore green careers, and utilities will find a clearinghouse of resources for recruiting in the wonderful world of water."
• Utilities & Telecomms: Power / Energy -- added Nuclear Street, a terrific industry and job resource.
• Utilities & Telecomms: Oil & Natural Gas -- added a link to the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, the folks who operate the pipelines. Among the trade and industry info is a report on expected critical skills shortages coming in the near future (so you know the jobs they will be working to fill).
• Help with Your Resume: Tips & Pointers -- linked to a blog posting titled "Notes on Reading Resumes". The author has been reviewing several resumes submitted in response to a job announcement, and these are his observations on what he is seeing. It is interesting reading and he has some very good points.
• Networking Tips: Social Media and Online Networking -- added a great article titled "20 Common LinkedIn Mistakes Online Job Seekers Make".

Updates / Edits / Corrections

• Legal Issues in Work and Employment - deleted 1 site which is not responding
• Evaluating & Negotiating Job Offers - deleted 1 article which is not responding.
• Earth / Environmental: GIS/Geography - deleted 1 listing which is significantly out of date
• Protective Services - updated 1 link
• Executive Pay & Compensation - updated 1 link
• Resources for Veterans - updated 1 link
• Interviewing tips - updated 2 links
• Diversity Resources - updated 1 link

August 5, 2010

• Steps in Starting Your Own Business: Find Funding -- added a link to the National Venture Capital Association
• Self-Assessment: One-Stop Sites -- added a link to a portion of the Career Development eManual which takes you through this.
• Self-Assessment: Skill Surveys -- added iSeek's terrific Skills Assessment
• Self-Assessment: Other Tools & Resources -- added the Ansell-Casey Life Skills Assessments, a terrific set of free and simple-to-use tools designed to evaluate the life skills of youths and young adults with the goal of helping young people prepare for adulthood.
• General Salary Guides: Government Wage Surveys -- I actually deleted several resources from the entire page because while the claimed to be free, they made you jump through so many hoops it was ridiculous! Then I added 2 new listings with useful and usable data collected by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Certification Resources: Learn about Certification and Licensing Possibilities -- added a link to CLEAR, the Council on Licensure, Enforcement, and Regulation. This international organization serves those entities or individuals involved in the licensure, non-voluntary certification or registration of the hundreds of regulated occupations and professions. And they link to everyone!
• Internships -- added a couple new cities to the Urban Employ Network
• Internships: Apprenticeships -- added an entire section on how to find Registered Apprenticeships in the US.
• Job Search Guidance: The Great Gurus -- added a link to the blogs of the membership of the Career Management Alliance, a professional association of career practitioners who provide services of all kinds to individuals.
• Veterans and Transitioning Military: Job Search Advice -- two new articles on preparing your resume and planning your transition. And yes, one year is really necessary!
• The Executive Job Search: Job Search & Career Management Advice -- linked to an excellent group of articles by Wendy Enelow.
• Consider More Training or Education: Test Preparation & Study Guides -- added March 2 Success, a web-based program designed to assist high school students in the 9th grade and above improve their performance on tests of math, science, and English, ACT and SAT preparation, state standardized tests, and their overall test-taking skills. This is also extremely useful for anyone returning to school after a long absence who will be taking any type of standardized test. There is no set number of tests each user can access, and tests can be retaken until the user is comfortable with the results. This is a service of the U.S. Army, but it is entirely confidential. You will not be contacted by a recruiter unless you request that contact. Teachers, counselors, and parents can also register to review the site and set up accounts for their children, clients, and students so you can monitor how they are doing and review results.
• Agriculture: General Resources -- added the National Future Farmers of America Organization.
• Agriculture: Agronomy -- added the American Society of Agronomy and the Crop Science Society of America
• Earth / Environmental: Soil & Erosion Control -- added the Soil Science Society of America
• Manufacturing: Food & Beverage -- added WineJobsOnline, a source for industry info and jobs in the New Zealand wine industry. I also listed this under International Jobs: New Zealand.
• Arts & Humanities: Graphics / Animation / Electronic Games / Creative Media -- added a link to ACM SIGGRAPH.
• Arts & Humanities: Visual Arts -- split off several resources to this category.
• Building & Construction -- updated the listing for the Associated Builders and Contractors to add their job board!
• Mining & Drilling -- added a link to SME, the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration.
• Engineering: Multiple Disciplines: Societies and Associations -- added the Institution of Engineering and Technology
• Engineering: Biotechnology / Bioengineering / Biomedical Engineering -- added links to the Society for Biological Engineering and the Biomedical Engineering Society.
• Engineering: Explosives Engineering -- added a link to the World of Explosives career and safety information site.
• Engineering: Fire Protection Engineering -- a new category with new resources. Now everyone at WPI will like me again.
• Manufacturing / Mechanical / Repair: Engine & Auto Repair -- added the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation
• Law Enforcement & Protective Services: Law Enforcement / Loss Prevention / Security -- added DiscoverPolicing.org from the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Career info and job listings.
• Law Enforcement & Protective Services: Fire Protection and Prevention -- added a link to the International Association of Arson Investigators.
• Healthcare & Medicine: Career Guides -- added AspiringDocs.org
• Healthcare & Medicine: Dietitian / Nutritionist -- added links to the American Dietitic Association and the American Society for Nutrition
• Healthcare & Medicine: Geriatrics / Gerontology / Aging -- added The Gerontological Society of America
• Healthcare & Medicine: Pharmacology & Pharmaceutics -- added American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
• Healthcare & Medicine: Public Health -- added both the American Public Health Association and the Association of Schools of Public Health
• Hospitality / Recreation: Sports: Other Multi-Sport Sites -- added The Women's Sports Foundation, founded by Billie Jean King and supporting athletic activity and careers for women.

Next week I will post the update on Tuesday as I will be out of town Wednesday August 11 through Monday August 16.

August 3, 2010

• Agriculture - deleted 1 listing
• Americas: Canada - deleted 1 listing
• Arts & Humanities - deleted 1 listing, updated 3 links
• Self-Assessment - updated 1 link
• Career Exploration - deleted 1 listing, updated 2 links
• Certification Resources - updated 1 link
• File Unemployment Claims -- updated the link for Puerto Rico
• Diversity Resources - deleted 1 listing
• Education & Instruction - deleted 1 listing, updated 2 links
• Research Employers - updated 1 link
• Engineering -- updated 2 links
• Finance - deleted 2 listings, including jobsinthemoney (now folded into efinancialcareers). I also updated 1 link
• Executive Search Firms - updated 1 link
• FreeAgent and Franchising - deleted 1 listing and moved all info on Funding to Steps in Starting Your Own Business
• Government Jobs in the US - updated 3 links
• Healthcare & Medicine - deleted 1 listing, updated 1 link
• Hospitality - deleted 1 listing
• Information Delivery, Design, and Management -- updated the link to the library job board at the University of Toronto
• International Jobs: Western Europe - updated 1 link
• International Jobs: Pacific Rim - updated 1 link
• International Jobs: British Isles - updated 1 link
• Lawyers and Other Legal Professions - updated 1 link
• Local US Jobs: New Jersey - updated 1 link
• Local US Jobs: Oregon - updated 1 link
• Local US Jobs: Midwest & Great Lakes Region - updated 1 link
• Local US Jobs: South & Southeast, USVI & Puerto Rico - updated 1 link
• Networking Tips - updated 1 link
• Handling Job Offers - updated 1 link
• Public Service & Administration - updated 1 link
• Help With Your Resume and CV - deleted 1 listing
• Disclosing Salary Requirements - updated 1 link
• Scams & Schemes - updated 1 link
• Networking & Support Groups - updated 1 link
• Consider More Training - deleted 2 listings
• Writing / Broadcasting - deleted 1 listing, updated 1 link

I may have a few more edits at the end of the week, but this is pretty much it. I will now get to work on all the new things I found.

July 1, 2010

I am running links and making a few edits, but then I will be working on another project for most of July so I don't expect to be back here until the end of the month. Of course, if I get that finished sooner, I'll be back here sooner.

I've restored previously removed links on the following pages.

• Local Jobs: Florida
• Consider More Training
• Jobs in Public Service/Administration
• Local US Jobs: New England and Mid-Atlantic

The following pages have had some edits and corrections.

• Employer Research - deleted 1 listing
• Newspapers and Headline News - deleted 1 listing
• Sales & Marketing Jobs - deleted 1 listing
• International Jobs: British Iles - deleted 1 listing
• Stock Market Reports - updated 1 link
• Jobs in Government in the US - updated 1 link
• Jobs in North, South, and Central America - deleted 1 listing
• Writing / Broadcasting / Journalism - updated 1 link
• International Jobs: Pacific Rim - updated 1 link
• Explore Careers - updated 2 links

And with that I am off to work on a book. If something really important comes up, I will post a notice here, on my Facebook page, and through Twitter.

I have the earlier "What's New" announcements archived on my hard drive. If you really want to see them, contact me

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