Career Transition
The following Web sites will be particularly helpful to those who have been in the work force and are experiencing a career transition. Here you will find sites which focus on the experienced job seeker as well as sites that guide you in starting a business or searching for volunteer opportunities in your community.
Career Transition
- Career Journal
- Content comes from the powerful editorial resources of The Wall Street Journal and The Journal's Interactive Edition as well as from the careers.wsj.com editorial team. Content includes daily updates of critical news, features, and trends that are relevant. Experienced and executive level job search and career information.
http://www.careerjournal.com/ - CEOExpress
- Not your typical career site, but a business portal to Internet sites (e.g., daily news, business magazines, international news, health, online television news, financial markets, quotes and market news, company research, law, sports, leisure, etc.).
http://www.ceoexpress.com/ - HBS Working Knowledge
- While not specifically a career site, the articles from the Harvard Business School are geared toward business leaders on a variety of topics.
http://www.workingknowledge.hbs.edu/ - Spencer Stuart
- While this is an Executive recruiter site, there are a number of good articles here written for the executive audience. Of special note is the section on self-assessment, under the "professional resources" tab. Different from the standard assessments, this site offers you the opportunity to check for corporate culture match and determine your "need for speed" on the job.
http://www.spencerstuart.com/ - SusanIreland.com
- This Web site has an online, step-by-step resume workshop that includes ways to address age discrimination, work gaps and career change on your resume. There are also workshops for e-resumes and cover letter writing.
http://susanireland.com/ - TrueCareers
- The site lists many current openings in many different fields.
http://www.truecareers.com/
Volunteer Opportunities
- SERVEnet
- Users can enter their zip code, city, state, interests, skills and availability to be matched with an organization needing help. ServeNet is also a place to search for calendar events, job openings, service news, recommended books and best practices.
http://www.servenet.org/ - VolunteerMatch
- VolunteerMatch is the nonprofit, online service that helps interested volunteers get involved with community service organizations throughout the United States. Volunteers enter their ZIP code on the VolunteerMatch Web site to quickly find local volunteer opportunities matching individual interests and schedules.
http://www.volunteermatch.org/
Starting A Business
- The Small Business Administration
- Resources for business start-up - from concept to implementation. The information on this site is invaluable to those considering self-employment.
http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/ - StartupJournal
- Content comes from the powerful editorial resources of The Wall Street Journal, the world's leading business publication, as well as WSJ.com, industry experts and StartupJournal's editorial team.
http://www.startupjournal.com/