Job Search/Employer Information on the Internet

Contents:

 (For MinnesotaWorks.net (formerly MN Job Bank), click here)
 General Employment Information
 Researching Companies/Finding Company's Web Sites
 Self Employment/Home Employment/ Franchise/Consulting
 Newspapers & Periodicals Web Sites
                 Local Newspapers/Periodicals
                 National/Out of State Newspapers/Periodicals

                      Newspapers (alphabetically by city in MN)

Sample online application for practice (courtesy of Anoka WorkForce Center)
 Search Engines
 Tutorials
 Miscellaneous

There is much information on the Internet to help you in your job search. Listed below are some of the more useful sites. Be sure to look at the other categories on the side bar for other web sites. (These web sites do not imply endorsement but are merely provided for information.)

General Employment Information

          A Guide to Starting a Business (self employment)

Bakos Group

blogs/company message boards

Career Guide to Industries (Companion Guide to Occupational Outlook Handbook)

 Career Overview (info on companies and industries)

Career Perfect (examples of resumes, cover letters, interviewing information)

Career Resource Net (International databases of Commercial and Professional Associations, all universities in the world, and web sites by company in alphabetical order)

Career Services University of Waterloo (Career Resource Center)

CareerTalk.com (behavioral interviews etc.)

company research

Creative Job Search (Minnesota Dept of Employment and Economic Development)

Directory of Associations

Dictionary of Occupational Titles (U.S. Dept of Labor)

General employment information (America's Career InfoNet)

General Employment Information (ISEEK)

General Employment Information (Minnesota & Twin Cities)

General Employment Information (Riley Guide)

General Employment Information

How to get ID card/driver's license (for Minnesota)

Interviewing  Tips

Interviewing and resumes

Interviews

Job Profiles (Career Exploration: the personal side of work)

Job Search Information

Job Search tutorials
 
Labor Laws

Licensed Occupations in Minnesota

Minnesota Bonding Program

Minnesota Salary Survey

Occupational Outlook Handbook

O'net Center   occupations online

Ordering birth certificates (every state)

Quintessential Career info and resource about colleges, jobs and careers including test and quizzes, tutorials, resume and interviewing tips etc

Reference checking information

SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives)

Self Employment

Social Security information

Starting Your Own Business  (free online course)

Veteran's Affairs (U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs)

Volunteer Opportunities

What Color is your Parachute?

Self Employment/Home Employment/Franchises:
If you would like to pursue self employment, home employment or a franchise business, here are some good guides to help you:

Self Employment/Home Employment Information:

Better Business Bureau (investigate companies)

Business Owner's Toolkit (how to start a small business)

(Hennepin County) Child Care Licensing

Home Family Child Care information/mentorship

Personal Chef careers

Riley Guide to Home Employment and Internet Fraud

ScamBusters

SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives)

Small Business Administration (Federal government) assessment tool

Vezone (Minnesota Entrepreneur Networking)

WomenVenture

Women's Business Center (Small Business Administration)

Consulting Information (also look at the web sites above)

Franchise Information:

Is Franchising Right for You?

Franchise Fairs

Buying a Franchise

American Association of Franchisees and Dealers

Federal Trade Commission - Franchises & Business Opportunities

Franchise Information/listings (franchisedirect.com)

Franchise Registry (with U.S. Small Business Administration)

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Researching Companies/Finding Company's Web Site

          Business Associations (5,000 world wide)     

          Career Overview (info on industries and careers)

           Department of Employment and Economic Development  

           various business directories     If prompted for a User ID and password:

            User ID: deed    Password:  library

Dow Jones

Dun & Bradstreet (for purchase)
 

Edgar online  search by company name, company ticker or SIC code

Hennepin County Library (Business research data bases)

        Tutorial (Business and Company Resource Center) on how to use

Hoovers Online - Company Profiles

Hoovers online free

Hoovers (researching companies and industries by state)

industry information

Iseek.org (find employers by name, employee size, zip code, or type and get a contact name)....a data base of 200,0000 MN businesses updated by INFO USA  and available publicly through ISEEK.org and MN WorkForce Centers.

J. J. Hill Business Reference Library (St. Paul, MN)
Minnesota Precision Manufacturing Association (Membership database)

Minnesota Technology Directory (Profiles of technology-oriented companies in Minnesota)

Minnesota Newspapers for companies "clippings"

Riley Guide Employer Information

www.thomasnet.com of Manufacturers

US Business Advisor The U.S. Business Advisor is a one-stop shop that links information from over 60 federal organizations. There are plenty of online tutorials that cover the Internet, exporting and more!

 

US Securities and Exchange Commission SEC

wetfeet.com (company profiles)

Yahoo Research on companies

Newspapers & Business Periodicals Web Sites

Local Newspapers/Periodicals

Chanhassen Villager

City Business

City Pages

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Minnesota Daily (U of MN)

Minnesota Newspapers Directory

Minnesota Women's Press

Northwestern Metro Newspapers (Champlin-Dayton News, Delano Eagle, Osseo-Maple Grove Press, North Crow River News, South Crow River News, Rockford Area News Leader)

St. Paul Pioneer Press

Sun Suburban Newspapers (Apple Valley, Bloomington, Brooklyn Center; Brooklyn Park, Burnsville, Champlin, Crystal, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Edina, Excelsior, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Long Lake, Medina, Minnetonka, New Hope, Orono, Osseo, Plymouth, Richfield, Robbinsdale, Rogers, St. Louis Park and Wayzata)

National/Out of State Newspapers/Periodicals
(May also contain job listings)

Business Week Magazine

Career Magazine

Contract Employment Weekly (Computer/technical positions)

Equal Opportunity Publications
(Disabled, Minorities & Women)

Job Bank USA (Newspaper ad meta search)
 
Newspaper ad search

NewWork News

US News/World Report Career Page

Workforce Magazine (Human Resources trends and tools)

Search Engines

All the Web, All the Time

Alta Vista

Ask Jeeves


Google

HotBot

Minnesota Internet Index of Web Pages

Switchboard

Yahoo

Miscellaneous

Debt/Financial Counseling (Lutheran Social Services)

Local Telephone Directory

 Directory of Government Offices  (state yellow pages*

Ex Offenders assistance
 

Ex-offenders  Adult Offender Pre-Release Handbook from MN Department of Corrections

Encyclopedia Britannica

Financial Counseling/Credit Consolidation/Debt Management (Auriton)

Free E-Mail sites and comparison of services

Immigration & Naturalization Service

Internet Public Library

Library of Congress

Maps

Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus

Minnesota Legal Services Coalition

Minnesota Newspaper Directory

National Telephone Directory

Reverse Telephone Directory (Look up employer name/location with phone number only)

Tutorials
depending upon the modem speed of your hook-up at home, these tutorials may take time to download: 

LearnTheNet (Various programs)  --left side is free

The Help Web (Tutorial for learning the web)

These following tutorials at the WorkForce Center's computers will download instantly as the available programs are not from the Internet, but from the computer's hard drive:
          Guide to Basic Computer Operations
              (How to Use the Mouse)
         
          Mavis Beacon Typing/Data Entry
              (Learn/practice keyboarding)

Wage and Salary Conversion Chart
(Hourly, daily weekly, monthly and yearly)

Zip Code Directory