A wealth of websites is available covering all areas of job and career development, from career guidance to salary guides to local and national job ads. Below is just a sampling of links. For a far more comprehensive list, please visit the Jobs & Careers section of Sites by Subject. Searches of various web tools by the names of specific industries, businesses, professional organizations, government agencies, or trade journals will turn up many more leads.
- America’s Career InfoNet
- Includes wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state-by-state labor market conditions, employer contact information, and cost of living data.
- Business and Company Resource Center
- Brings together in a single database company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
- Career Builder
- Offers job postings from newspapers across the country as well as postings from employers’ websites.
- Census Bureau Economic Programs
- A wealth of data on the American economy, including the latest e-commerce data, from the U. S. Census Bureau. The County Business Patterns search, for example, allows a search of the number of businesses in a specific industry in a specific Zip Code area.
- Cincinnati.com CareerFinder
- The local want ads, online—career and job information provided by Go Cincinnati.Net and The Cincinnati Enquirer.
- City of Cincinnati Human Resources
- Locate information about jobs with the City of Cincinnati.
- E-Laws Advisor
- One-stop labor law website from the U.S. Department of Labor, with guidance on frequently asked questions on overtime, time off, and hiring practices.
- Hamilton County Human Resources
- Find jobs in Hamilton County.
- Internal Revenue Service; Small Business/Self-Employed
- Free tax help for small businesses and the self-employed. Learn how to pay estimated taxes or collect payroll taxes at this helpful IRS site.
- Internships.com
- Search for internships by geographic location.
- The Monster Board
- Allows you to search for up to 50 job categories in up to 50 metro areas at a time. Search for international or summer jobs and post your resume.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- The U.S. Department of Labor’s Handbook describing what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
- Ohio Career Information System (available at library locations only)
- Developed and maintained by the Ohio Department of Education, this database contains a wealth of educational and occupational data and is designed to serve the needs of teens and adults through all phases of the career development process. Includes salary guides.
- Ohio Dept. of Job and Family Services
- Links to the various services of the department, which has replaced the Ohio Dept. of Employment Services and the Ohio Dept. of Human Services.
- Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
- Current job openings
- ReferenceUSA
- Detailed information on nearly 12 million U.S. companies, organizations, and agencies, and 120 million U.S. households. Search the business database by company name, sales volume, SIC codes, number of employees, product lines, and more. Search the residential database by name, geographical area, or phone number.
- Rising Star Internships
- Search for internships by academic field.
- Southwest Ohio Career Resource Network
- One-stop employment and training services project sponsored by Hamilton County and the city of Cincinnati. Provides a wide range of free job matching and training services for local residents and businesses.
- USA Jobs
- The U.S. Government’s official site for jobs and employment information. From the Office of Personnel Management.
You may also find these books about job searching on the internet helpful.
America’s Top Internet Job Sites
Ronald L. Krannich
025.063317 K89 2002
Job Searching Online for Dummies
Pam Dixon
025.066501 D621 2000
Your 24/7 Online Job Search Guide
Lamont Wood
025.066501 W876 2002
Internet Job Search Almanac
650.140285 A211 2001/02
