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BRIGHT IDEA
Wise
individuals look into the future and
obtain information about where job openings will be
AFTER they are trained.
Those same individuals keep learning so that they are ready to adapt to
change and
take advantage of new opportunities.
J. Rock |
| Cool Professional Association
Websites |
| Recruitment page links for hundreds of law enforcement
organizations from the NYPD to small-town sheriff departments to
university security |
www.lawenforcementjob.com
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| Covers jobs from brand-name employers plus contacts like
offline events |
www.mediabistro.com |
| Serious "work" opportunities like Six Flags Great
Adventure, . . . |
www.coolworks.com
|
| Job listings come from firms, government, and companies
looking for in-house counsel and support staff. Also locates expert
witness or court reporter and makes it easy to access legal news |
www.lawjobs.com |
| Job
Opportunities |
|
Covers
job search, resumes, interviewing tips, feature articles |
www.careers.msn.com |
BEST OVERALL
JOB-HUNTING SITE:
Lists 450,000 jobs, especially strong on big companies. Search by
state, city, keyword, or company. Has experts who critique your
resume; shows sample cover letters; conducts virtual interviews |
www.monster.com |
| Organizes
160,000 jobs into multiple channels. Allows search
by occupation, keyword, location, company. Includes many
high-profile companies |
www.hotjobs.com
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| Summarizes over 580,000 jobs from company Web
sites |
www.flipdog.com
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| BEST EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SITE: Site's
multicultural "villages" target women as well as Africans, Asians,
Hispanics, and Native Americans. Members include Boeing,
General Motors, Pfizer, Starbucks, and the National Security Agency |
www.imdiversity.com
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| BEST JOB-HUNT TUTORIAL: Teaches electronic
resume for easy e-mailing, how to use mailing lists to network, getting
the best references, and one dog-friendly employer site. |
www.rileyguide.com |
BEST SALARY INFORMATION:
Compiles salary data on more than 1,200 jobs by occupation and location |
www.salary.com |
BEST OVERSEAS JOBS:
Links job seeker to over 450,000 jobs around the world plus information on
visa requirements and top multinational companies. |
http://globalgateway.monster.com |
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Nontraditional
Career Information
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Focus:
Career Awareness Services for Women |
Advocates
for Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
Outlines math and science programs geared toward girls and young women
ages 12 to 18. |
http://www.awsem.com |
Equity
Resources Center
A national center dedicated to reducing educational disparity for women
and girls. |
http://www.edc.org/CEEC/WEEA |
Girls
Games
An interactive site for girls that includes an on-lone newsletter,
puzzles, games, and quizzes to help keep girls on their mental toes. |
http://www.girlgamesinc.com |
Women
into Science and Technology
The WIST Project aims to attract and retain women in mathematics and
science courses and careers through a multilevel activity and mentoring
program. |
http://www.kean.edu/~wistproj/Welcome.
html |
Construction
Industry Service Corporation (CISCO)
Provides apprenticeship information, wage and benefit rates for the
construction industry, and scholarship information for high school
seniors. |
http://www.cisco.org |
| Source: Moraine Area Education-to-Careers
Partnership |
From the Chicago Tribune
JOBS
Which fields are growing --and slowing?
Carol Kleiman
March 3, 2002
Here are some insights into the world of work:
Where the jobs are: According to the Occupational Outlook Quarterly, a
publication of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, these occupations are
projected to grow between 2000 to 2010: food preparation workers; customer
service representatives; retail salespersons; computer support
specialists; cashiers; office clerks; security guards; computer software
engineers; and waiters and waitresses.
Also, general and operations managers; truck drivers; nursing aides,
orderlies and attendants; janitors and cleaners; post-secondary teachers;
teacher assistants; home-health aides; laborers and freight, stock and
material movers; computer software engineers; and landscaping and
groundskeeping workers.
Now you can't say I didn't alert you to the best opportunities.
Where the jobs are not: The occupations projected to lose the most jobs
between 2000 and 2010 are farmers and ranchers; order clerks; tellers;
insurance claims and policy processing clerks; word processors and
typists; sewing machine operations; dishwashers; switchboard operators,
including answering services; loan interviewers and clerks; and computer
operators.
Also, dining room and cafeteria attendants; electrical and electronic
equipment assemblers; machine feeders; telephone operators; secretaries
(except legal, medical and executive); pre-press technicians and workers;
office machine operators; cutting, punching and press machine setters,
operators and tenders, metal and plastic; postal service mail sorters,
processors and processing machine operators; and railroad brake, signal
and switch operators.
Now you can't say I didn't warn you.
Hooray for training and development: "Training is more important than
ever in an economic turndown," wrote Eva Kaplan-Leiserson in Training
and Development magazine, citing an American Management Association report
that says there is "a direct link between a downsized company's
improved performance and an increase in training expenditures after
layoffs."
Since I believe lifelong learning is so important, I'm happy to learn that
the importance of professional training may not be overlooked in the
aftershocks of Sept. 11.
Unhealthy health care: Is the health-care plan your employer offers making
you sick? If it's any comfort, you're not alone: Only 43 percent of 10,000
employees surveyed by Watson Wyatt, a global human capital consulting
firm, said they're satisfied with the overall performance of their health
plan. In the same study, only 48 percent of the workers say they trust
their employers to design a health plan that will provide the coverage
they actually need.
My advice: Stay well.
The impact of the new technology: "Instant [access to the Internet]
has swept upon us like a tidal wave . . . just one of a flurry of trends
that is spawning a fundamental paradigm shift in how we work . . . and
even exist," observes Liz Nickles in "The Change Agents:
Decoding the New Workforce and the New Workplace" (St. Martin's
Press, $23.95). "[Sen.] Hillary Clinton has called the wiring of the
country and its impact `as significant as electrification of the country
in the 1930s.'"
And as electrifying.
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Carol Kleiman's column also appears in Tuesday's Business and Wednesday's
Working sections. Send e-mail to ckleiman@tribune.com.
Copyright © 2002, Chicago
Tribune |
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