Rio Hondo College Library - Job Hunting Subject Guide

Job Hunting
The following guide provides Web site links, a list of selected books, and access to online periodical articles about this subject. The Web site links have been researched, evaluated, and annotated by Rio Hondo College Librarians. The Librarians have specifically selected these Web sites to meet the research needs of Rio Hondo College students

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CollegeBoard.com
http://www.collegeboard.com/csearch/majors_careers/
Before searching for colleges by the majors they offer, take the time to learn about some of the over 700 majors and careers profiled here.

Los Angeles/Orange County Regional Consortium
http://www.riohondo.edu/ecd/laocrc/
Locate career and vocational programs at the 28 community colleges in LA and Orange counties. Go to the bottom of the page and click on Occupational Matrix.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/oco/
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a Bureau of Labor Statistics publication that describes what "workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects" in the field.

USAJOBS
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/
This is the official job site of the United States federal government. "Your career in the U.S. Government starts here! ¿Habla Español? Para saber más de las oportunidades de empleo, iniciativas, y novedades."

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America's Career Infonet
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/default.asp
This is a comprehensive site that includes career information, career tools, and career videos of more than 360 jobs. Also has a job bank.

Los Angeles Public Library Internet Guide--Jobs and Career
http://www.lapl.org/resources/inet/jobs.html
Los Angeles Public Library has a great site for searching the Internet for jobs and careers information. The site has particularly good information about California and Los Angeles area job search sites.

JobStar Central
http://www.jobstar.org/
Considered one of the best places to begin a job search. A library-sponsored guide to job search resources on the Web. Contains a salary information section with connections to over 150 salary surveys. Also has a resume section and includes extensive listings of employer telephone hotlines, local career centers, libraries and job search events.

JobHuntersBible.com
http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/
This site is a supplement to a very popular job-hunters book What Color is Your Parachute? Information about job tests, making contacts, doing job research, where to find jobs, and writing resumes.

Monster Jobs
http://www.monster.com/
Monster.com is one of the largest job search sites on the Internet. Your resume can be posted on this site.

The Riley Guide
http://www.rileyguide.com/
This site was developed by Margaret Dikel, formerly Margaret Riley, a librarian and co-author of The Guide to Internet Job Searching. It includes job search; resumes and cover letters; job listings; salary guides, networking, etc.

SearchBeat
http://jobs.searchbeat.com/howtojob.htm
Use this collection of Web sites to look for jobs. It has an introduction on how to use the Internet to search for a job. It includes job databases, job search tips, job resources, and international jobs.

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CalJobs
http://www.caljobs.ca.gov/
This site is maintained by the California Employment Development Department. Resumes can be posted online after registering.

CareerBuilder.com Jobs
http://www.careerbuilder.com/
Very simple to search for a job--select the job location and type in or select the type of job needed.

JobStar Los Angeles
http://www.jobstar.org/socal/adjobs/newspap.cfm
JobStar has gathered sites containing Southern California newspaper job classified listings including such newspapers as the Los Angeles Times and Orange County Register.

Saludos.com -- Career Pavilion
http://www.saludos.com/sql/job-search.htm
This is a site for bilingual, English/Spanish, college graduates to find jobs.

Working World.com
http://www.workingworld.com/jobsearch/search.asp
Very simple to look for a job--pick a location and job category or type in job title.

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College Grad.com
http://www.collegegrad.com/resume/freeresumetemplate.shtml
This site offers templates for different college majors. Click on Choose Your Template ; on next page, click on I AGREE ; on the next page click on your major and then download template.

Southworth-Free Resume Templates
http://www.southworth.com/page.php?id+137
This site offers 3 different templates -- Modern Style, Executive Style, and Sophisticated Style.

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The following books can be located in the Rio Hondo College Library.

Reference Books (2nd floor)
Non-circulating:

Best jobs for the 21st century (JIST's best jobs series)
Call number: Ref HF5381.15.F37 2006

Career transitions : the best resources to help you advance (Higher education & career series)
Call number: Ref HV5384.C37 1999x

The Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance
Call number: Ref HF5381.E52

Jobs rated almanac : the best and worst jobs--250 in all--ranked by more than a dozen vital factors including salary, stress, benefits, and more
Call number: Ref HF5382.5.U5K72 2002

Occupational outlook handbook (Bulletin / U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Call number: Ref HD8051.A62

Suggested Subject Headings (General)
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the following Library of Congress subject headings:

Suggested Subject Headings (Career-specific)
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the following Library of Congress subject headings:

College graduates -- Vocational guidance

Early childhood education -- Vocational guidance

Education -- Vocational guidance

United States -- Armed forces -- Vocational guidance

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Use the box below to search for additional resources in Rio Hondo College Library.

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The Rio Hondo College Library provides online access to full-text articles through our online databases. Please note: you must be a Rio Hondo College student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.

The sample searches and articles below are from the ProQuest database. If you are viewing this subject guide from an on-campus computer, simply click on the links below. To gain access if you are at home or off-campus, first click here: https://rioweb.rh.cc.ca.us/library/. Input your student ID number and password [your birthdate]. You will see a list of all the online databases to which you have access. Click on ProQuest and enter the database. You may conduct your own searches at this point or come back to this subject guide and click on any of the links below:

SUB(job hunting) AND (advice)
SUB(Internet) AND SUB(Business networking) AND SUB( Job hunting )
SUB(Business networking) AND SUB( Job hunting ) and SUB(Guidelines)

Researched and evaluated by:
D. Petticoffer, Librarian 5/1998
last update: D. Banton, Librarian 10/2007

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