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Resume Writing | Careers | Part-time Careers | The Only Two Job Sites You Really Need!

Civil Service Jobs

"Getting That Job in Government" - A five-week, free workshop at Beauchamp Branch Library.

• Onondaga County Personnel Department
  Includes listings of both written and training and experience Civil Service exams. Updated twice monthly with a permanent list of continuous recruitment exams.
• New York State's Department of Civil Service
  Browse through the list of upcoming examinations; look at jobs in demand, and those job titles that are continuously recruited. Applications for all exams may be downloaded directly from the site.
• Test Guides from New York State Department of Civil Service
  These guides provide candidates with a general description of the subjects and sample questions on a small selection of examinations. Guides are in PDF format.
• USAJOBS
  The official job site of the United States Federal Government. Search for jobs, create a resume, and learn about the variety of Federal employment opportunities available.

Local Resources for Job Seekers

• Job Opportunities with Central New York's Largest Employers
  Many of CNY’s largest employers are listed, with links to their current job opportunities and career information.
• Central New York Employment Statistics
  Job listings, local wage rates, labor market information, business news, and more for the Central New York area.
• CNY Works
  Central New York's one stop for job seekers, whose mission is to provide a single point of entry for Workforce Information—bringing businesses, job seekers, and training providers together to provide skilled workers for every business and employment for every job seeker. If you need training, job searching help, resume writing assistance, check out CNY Works.
• DaVinci Jobs
  Provides technical professionals and other job seekers with a listing of outstanding career opportunities in Upstate New York.
• Essential NY Jobs
  A meta-search engine that retrieves job listings from hundreds of other websites. It covers 12 counties in Central New York (Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, St. Lawrence, Seneca, and Tompkins).
• hightechNY.com
  Search listings of high-technology jobs available in New York State.
• HireBio
  Biotech jobs,learning rescources and career tools. Can limit your search to NY State.
• Internship Opportunities Now - Project ION
  Site for searching for or posting Internships in Central and Northern NY.
• Job Corps
  Job Corps is a no-cost, federally funded job training and education program for income-eligible young adults ages 16-24. Participants are given a monthly allowance while they earn their high school degree, receive vocational training and get help finding a job.
• Syracuse.com
  Searchable online listing of all the job advertisements from the Syracuse Post-Standard.
• Syracuse Educational Opportunity Center
  EOC provides CNY job seekers with a job search clinic, assisting with resume preparations, cover letter designs and interview techniques. EOC offers access to Internet job banks, career development counseling, job opening information, insider workshops and job search tips.
• Syracuse University Online Employment Site
  Search open positions and apply online.

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General Job Listing Sites

• America's Job Bank
  This government run site has job listings from State Employment Service Offices—search for jobs in your local state and area or search the employment office in other states. All listings with the New York State Job Service are available here.
• Bona Fide Classified
  Find job classified listings from newspapers across the country. Search by state, city, zip code and area code.
• CareerBuilder.com
  Search job listings appearing in newspapers and other databases by keyword, job location, job type, and job category. You can save your search preferences to save time when you visit the site. You can also post your resume for employers to view.
• Federal Job Search at USAJOBS
  Search job listings, post your resume or download an application. Instructions on how to find a federal job.
• HotJobs
  Search the job listings, then apply online—you can immediately submit cover letter and resume, either with your resume stored at their site or you can cut and paste one into their form. If you decide to post your resume you can use Resume Statistics and see how many times it's been viewed, how often it came up in a job request, and how many times you've answered a job listing with it.
• Idealist.org
  A resource for non-profit businesses and people interested in finding jobs in the non-profit sector.
• Indeed.com
  Searches job postings from hundreds of employment sites with a simple, Google-like search screen.
• Job-Hunt.org
  This site features hundreds of useful links to job resources and services listed by category or location.
• Job Search USA A country-wide job site where you search for job openings, post your resume and ask employers to contact you through email. Click here for local listings in Syraucse.
• Monster
  Job listings, company profiles, resume posting, career advice and many other job search tools. A must see for the online job hunter.
• Simplyhired.com
  Searches job postings from all thousands of job boards, classifieds and company sites.

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Resume Writing

• Damn Good Resumes
  Yana Parker is a resume expert; at her site you'll find all sorts of resume writing help.
• JobStar
  From the state of California, this job search site gives some great resume writing help.
• Microsoft Office Career Templates
  A wide selection of Microsoft Word templates for resumes, cover letters, and other job-related letters. You can preview the template online, then open it for editing in Microsoft Word.
• Rebecca Smith's eRésumés and Resources
  ASCII resumes, HTML resumes as attachments—detailed steps on how to write just about any type of resume you might need. Nice coverage of scanner resumes—how to make resumes scanner friendly.

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Careers

• America's Career InfoNet
  Developed with the US Department of Labor, you can find information about particular occupations (training, outlook, earnings); geographic areas (demographic information), trends, and resources. You can search by "Menu," "Keywords,"or "SIC" code.
• CareerJournal.com
  From the Wall Street Journal, this career/job site has everything including an extensive listing of industry salaries. Don't stop there—look around at some of the other great job information.
• Career One Stop
  By the U.S. Department of Labor is an "integrated suite of national web sites that help businesses, job seekers, students, and workforce professionals find employment and career resources.
• JobStar Career Guides
  This site includes articles on career information, links to resources, and lists of books to check for in your local public library.
• JobStar Salary Surveys
  Another part of the JobStar Web Site, this may be the largest list of salary surveys on the web. Most sites link to this one. You'll find over 200 salary surveys here. This is useful information to have before you go looking for a job.
• MonsterTRAK Major to Career Converter
  The Converter will not only tell you what kinds of jobs you can get with different majors, but then allows you to search the job listings for openings in those specific fields.
• New York State CareerZone
  CareerZone is a free, career exploration and planning system designed especially for New York State students. It has information on over 900 careers.
• New York State Dept. of Labor Career Services
  Information from the New York State Department of Labor to assist in job searching and career planning.
• The Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition
  This is the bible on occupations; put out by the US Government, it is the Bureau of Labor Statistics' official handbook. Research a profession, career, or job by finding the projected hirings, training or education required, what the job work would entail, and you can search it all by title or job duties.
• O*NET OnLine—Occupational Information Network
  A comprehensive database of worker attributes and job characteristics. It replaces the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT).
• Salary.com
  A group of experienced compensation specialists support this site, which features fast and easy-to-use salary, benefits, and cost-of-living wizards, a salary timer, college tuition calculator, job assessor and other useful tools.
• Today's Military
  A U.S. Department of Defense web site that explores the opportunities and benefits available to young people in the military today.
• Vocational Information Center
  Explore careers, including many that do not require a college degree.
• What Can I Do With A Major In...?
  From the University of North Carolina and designed as a career advisement site. Select a major, find career titles, major skills required for those careers and then go to an Internet link related to the job field.

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Part-Time Careers

• MyPartTimePro
  Pairs professional applicants with part-time employment opportunities.
• Work,Mom, Work
  Job board featuring postings for flexible, part-time positions, both inside and outside the home for moms and dads.
• Job Share Connections
  Connects two or more professionals who want to share a full-time job.
• FlexExperiance Staffing
  Connects experienced professionals with part-time, flex-time and project-based work

The Only Two Job Sites You Really Need!

If you want to keep it simple, if you're overwhelmed by the number of job sites available online, stick with these two sites. You can start here and quickly find your way directly to the information you need. Richard Bolles and Margaret Dikel are two of the world's best-known experts in careers and job-hunting; their sites are ideal starting points for the online job searcher.

• Job Hunters Bible
  This site is brought to you by Richard Bolles, author of the well-known book What Color Is Your Parachute? With over 30 years experience in the job hunting field, Mr. Bolles has some interesting advice for the online job searcher, and by starting at his site you will know just where to focus your search.
• The Riley Guide
  From Margaret Dikel, author of the Riley Guide, this site has links, advice and all you should need to steer you in the right direction with your online job search. Margaret Riley is a librarian who has spent years working in the job-hunting field.

Last updated April 29, 2008