The Internet is overflowing with career information and job listings. While career planning is an intensely personal process that defies one-size-fits-all answers, you might find just the information you need at one of the sites below.
UC Davis Internship and Career Center--http://icc.ucdavis.edu/
E-Span--http://www.espan.com/
Job Web--http://www.careeronestop.org
The Business Job Finder--http://www.cob.ohio-state.edu/dept/fin/osujobs.htm
The Internet's Online Career Center--http://www.occ.com
National Business Employment Weekly, part of the Online Career Center. Many articles targeted to those who are established in the work force--http://www.occ.com/occ/NBEW/NBEW01.html
College Grad Job Hunter, tips on resumes, cover letters networking and interviewing--http://www.collegegrad.com/
Career Magazine--http://www.careermag.com/careermag/
Career Services, an excellent directory of job databases from Cal Poly State University. A good place to begin--http://www.calpoly.edu/~cservice/ElecJob.html
Career Network--http://www.hgllc.com/
Career Path, classified ads from 25 metropolitan newspapers--http://www.careerpath.com/
Get a Job--http://www.getajob.com/
JobHunt--http://www.job-hunt.org
What Color is Your Parachute, Richard Bolles--the original and still the best! This is a must-read for career changers and job hunters. Bolles also refers the reader to hundreds of other information sources.
The Complete Job Search Handbook (Presenting the Skills You Need to Get a Job You Want and Have a Good Time Doing It), Howard Figler
Where Do I Go From Here With My Life?, Richard Bolles and John Crystal
How to Land A Better Job, Catherine Lott and Oscar Lott
How to Turn an Interview into a Job, Jeffrey Allen
Resumes That Knock 'Em Dead, Martin John Yate
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Request a copy of the "Abbreviated Suggested Reading List" from the alumni office for more titles.
The fourth annual Alumni Career Conference and Job Fair will be Sept. 20 at the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. The conference begins at 8:30 a.m. with a keynote address and is followed by three sessions of career-related topics, a networking luncheon and a job fair with more than 100 employers. Jack Canfield, author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books will be the keynote speaker.
The deadline for early-bird registration is Sept. 8. This one-day event is open to alumni of the University of California campuses and their guests. Last year's conference was attended by more than 1,000 alumni from the UC campuses.
For more information or to receive a flier, please contact:
Cal Aggie Alumni Association
at (800) 242-GRAD (California only)
or (916) 752-0286
