Below are links to a variety of websites that are career resources. These are broken down into different categories.

These resources are provided to you courtesy of the NCDA (National Career Development Association) who has taken the time to compile and review a list of free career resources from across the web.

These sources are great starting tools for your research on Career Development. Use them, but also seek advice from your Career Development Advisor on how to use or interpret them properly.

Speaking with your Career Development Advisor will always be the best source of information. But these tools can be helpful when you have urgent questions outside of normal office hours.

A few words of caution before you click on any links.

While the NCDA is a highly credible organization and has done much work to verify the credibility of these sites, not everything you read online is accurate or correct.

The advice on these sites may not line up perfectly with what you have been told by your Career Development Advisor, professors, recruiters, or employers. Some of the advice on these sites may flat out contradict what you’ve been told.

Additionally, while some of these sites are Engineering specific, many are also “generic” meaning they are for industries not related to your own. For Engineering specific advice, come to the Career Development Office.

There are many opinions on these topics and no single “correct” method. If you have questions, schedule an appointment to see your Career Development Advisor to discuss it.

* Many Career Providers and HR staff put huge stock in “self-assessments”. BUT be aware these assessments are not an exact science and can be wildly inaccurate. Please bring any results from such assessments to your Career Development Advisor for further interpretation if you feel compelled to take one.

16 Personalities

This site provides a “personality” (or preference) assessment that returns a 4-letter code similar to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Users will answer questions and be provided with detailed free information about their type with the option to explore all 16 types. There is a strong “Our Theory” page that describes how the assessment was created and where to go for additional information.

Assessment.com (MAPP)

The MAPP is an interest survey designed by the International Assessment Network in Minneapolis, MN. A free sample MAPP Career Analysis is provided to help individuals identify their preferences for working with people or things, and other job characteristics; it also suggests some occupations that match these preferences. The resulting report is sent to the user via e-mail, outlining his or her “natural motivations and talent for work” and matching these to five occupational descriptions from O*NET.

ASVAB Career Exploration Program

The Department of Defense provides high schools with the Career Exploration Program as a career planning and exploration program. This is free to the schools and students and can provide career path information that students may not be considering. It includes an aptitude and interest assessment with links to occupations.

CareerOneStop Self-Assessments Pages

This site has free online self-assessments for interests, skills, and work values. Users who take the assessments can print and/or save their results and compare with occupational information.

CDDQ.org

In addition to the Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ), this site includes seven more free assessments designed to assist individuals in the process of making a career decision by helping them clarify difficulties and providing a framework for career decision-making organized into a three-stage process. Information about and access to Making Better Career Decisions (MBCD), an Internet based career planning system, is provided. There is a special section of the website with information specifically for career development practitioners.

GPS LifePlan

Career, education, finance, leadership, and personal plans for success for students. Start with the assessments and learn how to create smart goals and action plans.

O*NET Career Exploration Tools

These instruments will help individuals identify their work-related interests, what they consider important on the job, and their abilities in order to explore those occupations that relate most closely to those attributes.

O*Net Interest Profiler

The O*Net Interest Profiler is an assessment of client interests based on Holland’s theory (RIASEC). This page has direct links to the four forms of the interest profiler including a 60-question web-based version, a 30-question mobile-friendly version, a paper and pencil hand-scored version, and downloadable software. A Spanish Language version of the online assessment can be found at http://www.miproximopaso.org/explore/ip.

Personal Globe Inventory

This interest assessment was created by Arizona State University to help students and clients match interest scores to occupations and college majors.

Student Interest Survey for Career Clusters

A career guidance tool that allows students to respond to questions and identify the top three Career Clusters of interest based on their responses. This pencil/paper survey takes about fifteen minutes to complete and can be used in the classroom or for presentations with audiences who have an interest in career exploration. The survey is available in English and Spanish and can be viewed and printed.

Work Importance Profiler

What’s important to you in a job? Discover how much you value achievement, independence, recognition, relationships, support, and working conditions in a job. Get a list of jobs that reflect your values.

CareerOneStop

From exploration and self-assessment to educational options and information, to occupational information, to salary and economic trend data, CareerOneStop is a comprehensive website with resources and tools for any stage of the career development process. The site contains quality and up-to-date information as well as a searchable directory of American One Stop Centers for clients to find local career development assistance.

Careers.ORG

Careers.Org is a source for employment, job search, and career education information across the world. It includes detailed information about over 1000 occupations, including wages, skills, and links to corresponding college programs and career, job and educational resources for states, cities, and counties in the United States, as well as Canadian Provinces and international countries.

O*NET Online

This site contains both summary and detailed information on occupations in the US economy as well as the ability to search for information by various criteria such as job family, industry, skills, knowledge, interests, green jobs, bright outlook occupations, and several others. It is produced by the federal government, is updated frequently, and contains state and national wage information, occupational projections, related occupations and opportunities for more information from professional and trade associations. It is considered to be the basic occupational information for various other websites and career guidance systems.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

This is the “go to site” for comprehensive information on occupations and their requirements. Occupational information can be searched by several criteria such as wages, education level, training, and job growth. It is updated and produced every two years by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the official agency responsible for collecting and analyzing occupational information.

Construction

  • “Careers in Construction” provides information about opportunities in construction by state and type of craft (carpenter, electrician, insulation, HVAC, ironworkers, welder, pipefitter, plumber, sheet metal worker, and sprinkler fitter).

  • This site provides overviews of occupations related to home construction including job descriptions, salary estimates, economic growth projections and links to resources/job openings.

Industrial Design

  • Industrial Designers Society of America

    In addition to member news and events, this site contains interviews with professionals, and information about industrial design schools and scholarships. The “What is ID?” page includes a YouTube video and information about industrial design and also provides color photos depicting the design process.

Information Technology (IT)

  • An online career center for students and those interested in health information management fields. Occupation and salary information, as well as career preparation tools and mentoring program information, are provided.

  • A comprehensive site that provides information about IT career pathways and resources for education, training, certification, and more.

  • This site is tailored toward college students, but provides videos and information about pursuing careers and graduate school education in computer research.

  • This site provides IT career path descriptions, training and certification information, a job board, video tutorials, and other helpful resources for those interested in entering the field of IT.

Manufacturing

  • Learn about the high demand career of welding including welding professionals and company profiles, salary information, videos, and fun facts. Courtesy of the American Welding Society and National Center for Welding Education & Training.

  • Information and links to descriptions of jobs and opportunity listings, employer information, and Bureau of Labor Statistics information is located on this site.

  • A collection of links to official O*net descriptions of manufacturing occupations including description, salary/job growth projections, and links to opportunities/training.

  • The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc. (SME) is a professional society representing all professionals serving the minerals industry in more than 100 countries. To learn about careers in the mineral industry and mining and minerals schools, visit the Student page.

General Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)

  • The Career Cornerstone Center is a non-profit resource for those exploring career paths in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computing, and medicine. Learn about preparation, specialty areas, a day in the life, salary, employment, career path forecasts, and links to professional organizations for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

  • Aims to educate students and professionals about the growing opportunities for a career in data science. We do this by delivering accurate, high quality information presented in a simple, clean format. We believe we have assembled the most thorough listing of data science careers available.

  • Created by Dr. Rich Feller at Colorado State University, this site was developed to encourage students to consider STEM careers, this site contains a comprehensive collection of STEM resources for students, counselors, educators, and parents.

Engineering

  • This site has many videos and articles related to aspects of the chemical engineering field. Users can learn about important topics, search for education resources, and find job opportunities in chemical engineering via this resource.

  • The EngineerGirl website was designed for young girls to bring national attention to the exciting opportunities that engineering represents for women. The site features interviews with female engineers, A Day in the Life, Ask an Engineer, career descriptions, fun facts, competitions, and links to engineering achievements.

  • This site contains information related to training, education, and working in a variety of operations engineering occupations.

  • Information on education and licensure for engineering and surveying fields may be located here. The “educator’s resources” section contains professional perspective videos.

  • Try Engineering is a portal about engineering and engineering technology careers sponsored by IEEE, IBM, and TryScience. There are descriptions about the lifestyles and experiences of engineers, engineering majors, and education programs. Students can also play engineering games and browse questions answered by students at universities and to practicing engineers.

Environmental Science

  • The purpose of EnvironmentalScience.org is to provide reliable information about environmental science education and careers. The site contains information about degrees and careers in all environmental science related careers, as well as information about internships and scholarships.

Mathematics/Statistics

  • The American Mathematical Society is a non-profit organization whose mission is to further the interests of mathematical research, scholarship, and education. It also contains career, educational, and employment information for high school, college, and graduate students.

  • Founded in 1839, the American Statistical Association is the professional association for statistics professionals. The Education page provides an overview of the statistics field and information on how to become a statistician.

  • The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is a non-profit organization that bridges mathematics to the worlds of science and technology. The Careers and Jobs page provides career and job search information and resources including an online guide to careers in applied math.

  • This non-profit website highlights over 40 careers and occupations that use math. There are also blogs, career information, fun facts, and tips for succeeding in math.

Nanotechnology

  • In addition to news, jobs, and databases, this site features an Introduction to Nanotechnology that provides information about what nanotechnology and nanoscience are, materials, and applications. The Resources page contains videos and other topics of interest.

Physics

  • The American Physical Society is a non-profit organization representing physicists in academic, laboratories, and industry. To learn about careers in physics, jobs, and career advice, visit the Careers in Physics page.

Government

  • Although primarily a job search engine, Careers in Government contains a Career Resources section that includes articles about the public sector, career advice, and industry trends.

  • This site provides information and tips for exploring and applying to positions within the US federal government. Sponsored by the Partnership for Public Service.

  • The Public Service Careers web site helps individuals find jobs, offers career advice, and provides information about degrees and careers in public service and public affairs.

  • Users will find information about specific jobs, career pathways, and how to work for the US department of defense in a variety of fields.

  • Information and videos about career pathways within the US department of State can be found at this site.

  • The primary job portal for US federal government positions, there is also information to help users explore hiring paths by population and a help center with more information about working for the government.

US Military

  • This site gives information on careers, training, pay, and resources for individuals interested in joining any branch of the US military.

US Military Branch Recruitment Websites

NOTE: The following sites provide detailed information for each US military branch related to career pathways/specialties, how to join, lifestyle, and information for important others.

Logistics

  • Institute for Supply Chain Management

    This site contains news and current events articles/information related to supply chain management as well as a career center with employability resources and free job/internship boards.

  • Logistics Degree is an online guide to the field of logistics and supply chain management. It contains information about careers, job prospects, education, and a blog from a veteran supply chain professional.

  • The professional association for materials handling professionals. This site offers a learning center with job listings, explanations of supply chain management fundamentals, links to education programs, and provides current events news for the industry.

Alison

The site offers more than 750 courses in such areas as personal development and soft skills, business and enterprise, digital literacy and financial and economic literacy. There is even a course to assist in selecting a career path.

America’s Job Centers

A center in your location may be able to provide career related training. Search by zip code and distance to find the center nearest you.

EdX

EdX is an online learning destination and MOOC provider, offering high-quality courses from the world’s best universities and institutions to learners globally. Nearly 1000 courses are available so include many specifically related to career development.

GCF Learn Free

From the makers of Microsoft tutorials, you can access almost 200 online, self-paced tutorials in math, career, reading, everyday life. You don’t need to register to access the courses, but if you do register, the site will keep a record of your learning for you. Tutorials on job search, career planning, and workplace skills may be most useful.

Kahn Academy

This site contains hundreds of self-paced courses primarily in math, but also in economics, science and engineering, coding, college admissions, and test preparation.

MIT Open Courseware

This site makes available virtually all MIT course content. It is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.

Senior Core of Retired Executives

You can find business related courses and webinars to help start and maintain a business.

Udemy

On this site your will find many short courses in the areas of business, careers, technology, academics, marketing, lifestyle, health, etc. Type in a course topic in the search window and sort by price (free) to find what is available. Overall, the site claims to have 42,000 courses.

US Small Business Administration

Click on the Learning Center tab to see several courses on starting a business, government contracting, finance a business, marketing, and managing a business.

Employment Projections

This site summarizes the latest official government national 2014-2024 projections for labor force by age and ethic group, industry, and occupation. Links are provided for additional labor force demographics, major industry and occupation sector, and the industries and occupations with largest or fastest growth.

Employment Situation Summary

This site summarizes the latest monthly national workforce data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Narrative and tables include unemployment rates by age, sex and race; length of unemployment; part time and discouraged workers; employment by industry; length of workweek and average hourly earnings. Links to accompanying data tables provide detailed information on these and related workforce categories.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

This site provides the official government national information on hundreds of occupations including number of jobs and job outlook, duties, education and experience requirements, pay, and sources of additional occupation.

Short and Long Term Occupational Projections

This site provides two and ten year occupational projections for each state and occupation.

State Labor Market Information Contact List

All states have similar (but not as detailed) workforce trends and related data as the Bureau of Labor Statistics but their information is provided in different formats and reports. This site provides the link to the state agency research bureaus that compile that information which can then be accessed for the various reports for their state, metropolitan areas, and counties.

Career Directors International

The blog on this site contains resources for career professionals and job seekers. Some free professional development and resume writing tips are offered.

Emerald Career Publishing

Contains helpful article and resume writing tips for the career development professional. Examples topics are a resume checklist and resume verbs. There are some extra newsletters from the Career Planning Network that could be useful.

Raw Resume

Site contains a step-by-step guide to crafting a resume.

Resume Writing Academy

This site contains resources on professional resume writing for job seekers and career industry professionals to include such tips as resume phrases, client questionnaire, verbs to use on the resume, etc.

50 Most Common Interview Questions

This site contains questions plus tips and resources to ace the job interview.

Monster Interviews

Monster provides resources for a successful interview including such items as 100 interview questions to prepare for.

My Interview Simulator

A program that delivers several interview questions and asks you to answer them as you would in an interview.

Quintessential

This sites offers dozens of articles and resources on the job interview.

Questions to Ask Interviewer

The guide covers in-depth the topic of asking questions in a job interview by the interviewee. It discusses why job candidates should ask questions, what questions to ask and which questions to avoid.

The Balance

The sites contains tips for practicing the interview.

The Big Interview

On this site you will find tips and some resources for video interviews.

Business Finder

Use the Business Finder to locate businesses that may be hiring in your field by entering a business name, industry, or occupation, and location.

Glassdoor

Employees and former employees anonymously review companies, give pros and cons, share information about the interview and job search process and report which companies employees rate the highest. The Company Reviews tab will bring you to a section where you can search for employers and see what employees think about working there and find typical salaries.

LinkedIn

Though LinkedIn has many functions, to find companies enter the company name in the search window, find a university to see where their graduates work. Another great way to find companies is to look at the “People also viewed” feature while on a company page. You can also see the people who have or do work there and network with them.

Meetup

Meetup is a site for people with all kinds of interests to find each other. Many groups are focused around particular industries and are attended by employees or hosted by employers. Joining the right Meetups can provide the opportunity to meet people in the same field and contact prospective employers.

The Muse

You can explore the inside of top companies, and meet the people that work there. This can give you an idea of the workplace setting and the company culture.

The Public Register

You can order printed or online versions of annual reports (for free). For selected companies, you can obtain corporate and financial information.

Vault

Search by company name, industry, location and size to learn the basic information about a company such as basic statistics, locations, competitors, name of the CEO, etc. The site provides an opportunity to read and/or submit a review.

CareerOneStop Job Search Page

CareerOneStop is career development hub sponsored by the US Department of Labor. The Job Search page links out to advice, tips, and resources related to executing a successful job search.

FSU Career Center Guides

This page is full of viewable/downloadable free PDF instructional documents that are particularly informative. See the “Section VI: Opportunities” section for guides specific to job search in a variety of contexts (full time, part-time, temporary, academic, etc.).

Job-Hunt.org

This website is dedicated to helping individuals perform a “smarter” job search. Users will find articles and posts related to a variety of job search-related topics tailored toward specific audiences (e.g. career changers, those who have lost a job).

LinkedIN Official Blog – Careers Articles Page

Since its inception, LinkedIn quickly became one of the primary social media outlets used by employers, professionals, and job seekers to connect and network with one another. One special feature of LinkedIn is the Careers Articles page which contains information related to career building and job searching.

Monster Career Advice

This section of the Monster.com website is dedicated to job search tips and advice. Articles, videos, guides, and links to the Jobsessed podcast can be found here.

Quintessential Careers

This site describes itself as a “one-stop source for the latest career tools, job search tips, and expert advice” for individuals at any stage in their career.

This site is surprisingly good considering it is managed by 1 person, it seems. There are plenty of videos, blogs, and slides that career services folks can use. The resources seem to be free and there is only a single e-book for sale with one more in the making. The e-books are not pushed hard; the resources are.

ThriveYard

This is a career advice website that provides in-depth/comprehensive career articles to help job seekers find jobs and jobholders grow and succeed in their careers. Blogs, videos and other resources are available.

*A word of caution with these sites. Please discuss with your Career Development Advisor before posting your resume on any of these sites. While they can be great tools, they can also result in a never ending stream of spam calls and emails if not done properly.*

Career Jet

CareerJet is an employment search engine that provides a selection of job offerings by referencing listings from job boards and recruitment agencies and sites. CareerJet posts worldwide opportunities including listings from North America, Europe, Central America, South America, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, and the Middle East.

CareerBuilder

CareerBuilder is a job search community that allows a job seeker to store a resume online without posting it in the database. It offers the option to sign up for job alerts and provides online job search tips. Registered users can create up to five personal search profiles to track new jobs added to the database, and an e-mail message can be generated to a user when a match is discovered.

CareerOneStop

CareerOneStop is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and a partner of the American Job Center network. This site offers a variety of resources for career exploration, training, and jobs. Specifically, the site links job seekers to state job banks, employment agencies, military options, and job fairs.

Coolworks: Jobs in Great Places

Many employers listed on CoolWorks are hospitality and guest service industry oriented – and what is considered to be “Jobs in Great Places.” There are also heaps of great outdoor adventure outfits, educational jobs, as well as conservation and environmental jobs and some internships.

Dice

Dice is the leading job site specifically for tech careers. The site allows users to search extremely specialized tech positions, opening the door to finding more niche tech jobs. Dice offers a unique feature to search for positions that are remote or require telecommuting, along with part-time, full-time, contract, and third-party postings.

Federal Internships, The Washington DC Job Source

This website page provides links to internship opportunities available in each agency or department of the Federal Government with links to all members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate who offer internships in their DC or home offices. A link to state, county and city jobs is also available.

Glassdoor

Glassdoor acclaims itself as one of the fastest growing job listing and recruiting websites on the Internet. The site allows users to search millions of job postings, research salaries, research interview questions, and connect to company reviews all in one place.

Idealist

Idealist is a website committed to connecting individuals who “want to do good” with opportunities that allow them to collaborate and take action. Users will find jobs, volunteer, internship, and other service opportunities/events to attend by using the search function on this site.

Indeed

Indeed is a well-known job search engine that aggregates listings from online job boards, newspapers, associations, and company career pages for job and internship listings. Users can search job listings by state, industry field, salary, experience level, job type, and location. Indeed accepts paid job listings directly from employers in addition to collecting online postings in one location. Create a free account for daily and weekly alerts with notifications going to your inbox.

Intern Jobs

After registering on the site, you can search for various internships for college and high school students. The site includes some tips for a successful internship and for turning the internship into a job.

Intern Queen

The site provides an internship search engine and regular blog focused on students and recent graduates.

Intern Station

This site provides internships by category and most are international opportunities.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn is an online social networking site and also offers access to job postings by location, company, industry, experience level, and more. LinkedIn allows users to discover potential job opportunities based on profile preferences for free. If users want to stand out or access direct messaging to recruiters, they may pay an additional fee. LinkedIn’s job postings are high quality and the social platform allows users to connect and network with contacts from organizations they find desirable.

LinkUp

LinkUp is a job search engine that searches jobs on company sites. The job postings are from small, mid-sized, and large company career sections. LinkUp claims to be the only job search engine that indexes jobs exclusively from company websites. Updated daily, the 3+ million jobs in the search engine are always current with no duplicates or job pollution.

Monster

Monster.com is one of the most recognized names in the online job search community. It offers a variety of job and career resources for everyone from college students to contractors to chief executives. It also offers several industry/job field communities, including healthcare, human resources, and finance and plenty of job search extras: networking boards, job search alerts, and online resume posting.

OneDayOneJob

This website features thousands of companies and tens of thousands of entry level and intern positions. The user can browse by location or field of endeavor.

Public Service Careers

This site includes resources for public service careers including salary trends and information on graduate degrees. Also includes a job board and a database featuring profiles of public service leaders with details about their career paths

SimplyHired

This is a job search engine that searches major job boards, company pages, online classifieds, and other data sources for job and internship listings. Job seekers can search by keyword, job title, geographic region, distance, and date the listing is added. The site suggests companies users might like based on previous searches and lists the most popular industries, companies, and job types by city.

TalentZoo

TalentZoo’s slogan is “awesome jobs, great companies, and hot talent” and posts a range of advertising, marketing, design/creative, digital, and geek/web jobs. TalentZoo connects directly to Zlance, a freelancer’s forum for shorts and long-term contract assignments.

U.S.Jobs

US.jobs is operated by the Direct Employers Association in alliance with the National Association of State Workforce Agencies. Users will find numerous postings placed here by employers, with links leading back to employer websites for application purposes. Sections of this site are targeted to diverse audiences.

USAJOBS

USAJobs is the federal government’s official job site with opportunities posted in mathematics, engineering, human resources, business, finance, social science, technology, science, and public health. An interesting feature of USAJobs is the ability to search worldwide within any country that is advertising a current vacancy.

WayUp

This is an internship and job site that uses your school and major to identify internships. Some resources for resume writing, cover letters, and interviewing are available.

Work for Good

The mission of Work for Good is to help purpose-driven organizations and talented professionals connect. Users can search for jobs and internships by focus areas such as social responsibility or youth development, experience level, job function, and more.

ZipRecruiter

ZipRecruiter’s job search engine of over 8 million jobs allows users to apply with one-click and receive updated alerts during the entire application process. ZipRecruiter is partnered with nearly a thousand specific job boards resulting in a catalog of job listings for any job seeker.

BusinessCulture.org

This website offers short guides on business culture and etiquette in 31 countries in Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Europe.

Career Builder International

This online aggregator offers the latest employment opportunities in Canada, France, Germany, Greece, India, Sweden, UK and Vietnam.

Expatnetwork

This free membership-based site provides current information, products, services, jobs, and CV-hosting for individuals seeking overseas employment – regardless of home country. Members may access the quarterly Expat Living Magazine and 17 destination guides (updated daily by expat experts) free of charge, though additional destination guides are available at a fee.

Go Abroad

This directory offers short term job postings and teaching opportunities worldwide searchable by geographic or industry preference. Some programs listed are fee-based.

Indeed Worldwide

This online aggregator offers the latest employment opportunities in 65 countries.

International Organizations Careers

Developed by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Organization Affairs, this site shares information about and openings within the United Nations System and other international organizations. Opportunities are open to US citizens only and are mostly at the experienced level. However, the “Students and Young Professionals” tab contains a comprehensive listing of internship and junior/associate level programs.

Job Rank

This international employment directory and search engine selects, ranks, and reviews worldwide top job search sites (general and targeted), recruiting agencies, and temporary staffing agencies in 200 countries. Each listing describes the site’s features and services, and whether these come free or at a fee.

Study Abroad Alumni Jobs

This free membership-based job board lists only internationally-focused full-time, part-time, and internship opportunities (both in the U.S. and abroad) that specifically require prior study abroad experience.

Transitions Abroad

This website offers a vast collection of information, programs, and resources for living, working, studying, and traveling abroad. The “Work Abroad” section provides articles, guides, and links relevant to short-term, internship, summer, volunteer, and teaching abroad opportunities.

*A word of caution before using any site giving you salary information. Be aware that the “theoretical” salary averages and what you can expect in the real world can be vastly different. Please discuss with your Career Development Advisor for more details.*

Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Statistics on Pay and Benefits

BLS publishes information on wages, earnings, and benefits of workers in the United States. Information on National Compensation data, Wages by Area and Occupation, Earnings by Industry, and Earnings by Demographics are among the topics covered.

Educate To Career: Salary Calculator Center

This webpage contains salary data for HR professionals, career counselors, and job seekers. You can access free salary results based on college, location, and other factors.

Glassdoor

Glassdoor contains company reviews, salary reports, benefit reviews, and more. The information published on this webpage is from employees. Here, you can view the minimum, maximum, and median salaries for a variety of jobs and positions.

H1B Salary Database

This website contains indexed Labor Condition Application disclosure data from the United States Department of Labor. Information on H1-B Visa base salary, location, employment start dates, as well as case statuses can be found here.

PayScale’s Salary Negotiation Guide

This website contains information on salary research, negotiation strategy, and the negotiation process. Scripts, templates, benefits to consider and facts about salary negotiation are included to assist in the negotiation process.

Salary.com

Utilize the “What’s my worth?” calculator to determine average pay for your position, as well as the cost of living in specific locations. There are also informational blogs on the webpage about asking for a raise, turning down job offers, and other career-related topics.

Successful Job Offer Negotiation from CollegeGrad

Several articles concerning negotiation, evaluating offer and benefit packages, giving notice, and other topics can be accessed via this webpage. CollegeGrad also has sections on resumes, jobs, interviewing, and job searching.

My Visa Jobs

This site provides some specific information on Work Visas, H-1B Visas, H-2A Visas, H-2B Visas, L1 Visas, Green Cards and Student Visas for individuals looking for jobs in the US.

Corporation for Nation and Community Service

This site describes and offers the opportunity to apply to any number of formal volunteer programs such as Americorps VISTA, Americorps State and national, Americorps National Civilian Community Corps, Senior Corps, and others.

Idealist

Search for volunteer opportunities by interest area and location. The site has many resources on volunteering including: What is volunteering? Why is volunteering important? What are the benefits of volunteering? How can I volunteer? Why assess your interests before you volunteer? Find (or create) your ideal volunteer opportunity. A volunteer’s bill of rights and responsibilities. Resources for volunteers with disabilities. Volunteering = Career Development.

Peace Corps

This site describes the work and challenges of serving in the Peace Corps as well as lists openings.

Points of Light

This organization is the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service. This site allows a person to search by location and several subject areas including animals, arts and culture, children and youth, civic and community, health, hurricane relief, public safety, technology, seniors, veterans and military families, and several others.

United Way

Volunteer Opportunities are searched by location and skills such as Call Center/Substance Abuse/Therapy, Disaster/Emergency/Health Services, Education and Children Support, Construction, Shelter/Food Bank/Special Event Support, Volunteering Management Call Center/Substance Abuse/Therapy, Disaster/Emergency/health Services, and Volunteer Management. You can also sort by activity type and category.

Volunteer Match

Use a location and search for volunteer opportunities relating to advocacy and human rights, animals, arts and culture, children and youth, community, computers and technology, crisis support, disaster relief, education and literacy, emergency and safety, employment, environment, faith-based, health and medicine, housing and homeless, hunger, immigrants and refugees, international, justice and legal, LGBT, media and broadcasting, people with disabilities, media and broadcasting, board development, politics, and others.

Volunteer.gov

This site focuses on America’s natural and cultural resources volunteer opportunities.

The NCDA also offers career resources for specific groups including women, military/former military, those with disabilities, anyone transitioning from one field to another, immigrants, LGBTQ+, and more. The link to this page is below. Click and look under the “Special Populations” section for links.

https://www.ncda.org/aws/NCDA/pt/sp/resources

Credit for the compilation of these links and descriptions goes to the NCDA (National Career Development Association). Permission has been granted by the NCDA to the College of Engineering Career Development Office to put up this list. For more information on the NCDA visit their website (www.ncda.org). Words of caution and warning are provided by Curtis Fields, Career Development Advisor.