Job Search Resources
| Topic | Description | Web Site |
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| Association – Architects | Boston Society of Architects. 617.951.1433x221 | |
| Association - Arts | American Council for the Arts. Visual artist’s funding and on-line resources | www.artsusa.org |
| Association – Boston Idea group | Boston Idea Group (formerly the Advertising Club of Greater Boston. Contact 617.262.1100x13 | |
| Association – Computer Consultants | Independent Computer Consultants association. 617.859.4516 | |
| Association – CPA | For CPAs contact 508.893.0872 | |
| Association – Disabilities | For information on the Americans with Disabilities Act | www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/ |
| Association – Ecommerce | Mass Ecommerce Association. 617.314.1010 | www.massecomm.org |
| Association – Electrical & Electronics Engineers | Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Inc. Contact Larry Grumer at 617.325.9852 |
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| Association – Employment Management | Employment Management Association// New England Region (for recruiters) contact Jenna Manni at 508.359.4153 |
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| Association – Film & Video | Unofficial guide to Massachusetts film & video Production. | www.tiac/netusers/mchummer/ |
| Association - Finance | The Finance Executive Networking Group | www.thefeng.org |
| Association – Fund Raising | National Society of Fund Raising Executives | www.guidestar.org/ |
| Association – The Foundation Center | Information, resources, library and courses on foundations and grant writing | |
| Association – The Grantsmanship Center | Training and low-cost publications on grant writing to non-profits and government agencies | www.tgci.com |
| Association – Human & Social Services | On-line resource directory connecting Boston’s human and social service agencies | www.bostonresourcenet.org |
| Association – Human Resources | New England Human Resources Association. Invites those people with flexible work schedule to subscribe to their new Creative Work Options network (CWON) listserve. This email network will connect you with others who share your interest in flexible work arrangements. | www.nehra.com |
| Association – Human Resources | Northeast Human Resources Association. Contact 781.235.2900 | www.nehra.com |
| Association – Industrial properties | National Association of Industrial & Office Properties. Contact Debbie Osheroff at 781.453.6900x3 | |
| Association – Manufacturing | Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership. This organization hosts a manufacturing roundtable. Contact Steve Dodman at 617.287.7737 |
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| Association – Marketing | Marketing associations | http://www.marketingpower.com/ and www.amaboston.org |
| Association – Direct Marketing | The New England Direct Marketing Association holds monthly meetings & networking sessions | www.nedma.com/ |
| Association – Mass Bar | Massachusetts Bar Association. 781.270.5004 | www.massbar.org |
| Association – Media | Mass Interactive Media Council. 617.227.2822 | www.mimc.org |
| Association – Medical Device | Massachusetts Medical Devise Industry Council. Contact 617.414.1340 | |
| Association – National Black MBA | This group has a nice employment network hosted by I-search to handle job listings and resumes | www.isearch.com |
| Association – Professional | Professional Associations | http://www.ipl.org/div/aon |
| Association – Publicity Club | Publicity Club of New England. Call 617.742.2524 or 781.224.1925 |
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| Association – Rotary | Rotary Club of Boston. The international service organization can be contacted at 617.426.7133 | |
| Association – Sales – Technology | Boston Sales Alliance 617.663.4978 Greater Boston High Tech Association 781.658.1828 | |
| Association – Software and Internet | Mass Software and Internet Council. 617.437.0600 | www.msicouncil.org |
| Association – Telecommunications | Mass Telecommunications Council website | www.masstel.org/ |
| Association – Turn-around Management | Ms. Dee Calabrese – Administrator, 978.838.2886, PO Box 273, Berlin, MA 01503-0273 | |
| Association – Women | Digital Eve is a professional association for women in new media and digital Technology | www.digitaleve.org |
| Association – Women | Women in Technology International is a professional association | www.witi.com |
| Association – Women CPAs | American Women’s Society of Certified Public Accountants: Contact Sarah Culhane 617.859.6617 | |
| Boston SPIN | Software Process Improvement Network a source of educational and scientific information for its members, and the general software community. | www.boston-spin.org |
| Career Help | Career Exploration information – this site interviewed business people with careers spanning a broad range of positions. Each participant completed a 15 page questionnaire making their careers easy to compare. | www.jobprofiles.com |
| Career Help | Doing some career exploration? US department of labor’s occupational outlook handbook | www.stats.bis.gov/ocohome/htm |
| Career Help | Just getting started on the internet? Find out how to use the web | www.learnthenet.com |
| Career Help | Looking to get ahead in your career? Here's the place to discuss landing the perfect job, switching careers, going back to school, and other workplace-related topics. | forums.businessweek.com/bw-careers/ |
| Career Help | Sections on career counseling, coaching, wind and trainings. | www.careersuccessassociates.com |
| Career Help | The Platinum rule website offers two self-assessment tests. | www.platinumrule.com |
| Career Help | Ultimate career library through which you can purchase career books and check online resources for information about internships, resume prep, salary negotiations and reference checking | www.careerweb.com |
| Careers – Biotech and Pharmaceutical | Company, industry and career research - Special information on biotech and Pharmaceutical | www.wetfeet.com |
| Careers – Engineering, sales, marketing and heath care | Specialized career channels including Engineering, sales, marketing and heath care. | www.net-temps.com |
| Chamber of Commerce | Cambridge | 617.876.4100 |
| Chamber of Commerce | Massachusetts | www.uschamber.com/chambers/ chamber_directory.asp?st=ma |
| Chamber of Commerce | Rhode Island | www.uschamber.com/chambers/ chamber_directory.asp?st=ri |
| Company Research | Before you take that job at Big Happy Family Corp. or NoPayJustOptions.com, get a little more information. What do the employees really think of the place? Does it keep its promises? Get the story on more than 4,000 companies here. | bwnt.businessweek.com:/company/search.asp |
| Company Research | Companies that are expanding in Massachusetts – MA office of Business Development | www.state.ma.us/mobd |
| Company Research | Company, industry and career research - Special information on biotech and Pharmaceutical | www.wetfeet.com |
| Company Research | Resources | www.companiesonline.com or www.businesswire.com or www.corporateinformation.com |
| Company Research | This site commits the largest business directory with links to homepages.com | www.comfind@.com |
| Consulting - Association | Society of Professional Consultants. Their President and contact person is Bruce Katcher: 978.692.6950 | www.spconsultants.org |
| Consulting - Computer | Site compiles survey results on contract rates earned by computer consultants and adds a wealth of information on becoming and staying employed | www.realrates.com |
| Consulting - Directory | The largest web directory of consultants and consulting firms. Includes helpful information about being a consultant and sample consulting resumes. | www.consultlink.com |
| Contract work | Contract work | www.freeagent.com and www.guru.com |
| Forum – Venture Capital | Brown University Venture Capital Group. Contact Joann Tillman at Brown U. Research Foundation, 401.863.2780 | www.brownventureforum.org |
| Franchise Consulting | Expertise to guide you in your search for the franchise opportunity to meet your needs & interests. | MFortunato.FranChoice.com |
| Industry Trends – Technology | Technology trends from Don Burrus’ website | www.technotrends.com or www.technostrategies.com |
| Interview strategies | A guide to preparing for management consulting case interviews | www.casequestions.com |
| Job Fair Web Listings | CareerFairs.com Carousel Expo CyberFair IT-CareerNet.com JobFind NAACP Diversity & High Tech Job Fairs NH Telegraph Career Expo Professional Exchange | |
| Job Site | The site has excellent job postings and a very good job agent that emails you matching jobs to your skill profile | http://flipdog.monster.com/ |
| Job Site – African Americans | This is a popular website for African American executives, managers and professionals. New positions come in daily. | www.blackenterprise.com |
| Job Site – Attorney | Attorney Job network. This site is owned by a Washington D.C firm which recruits for premier law firms and corporate departments throughout the US. Several attorney opportunities for Massachusetts are usually found | www.jurisjobs.com |
| Job Site – Australia | Australia jobs | www.aus.ads.jobs |
| Job Site – Computer Professionals | Full and part time jobs | www.computerwork.com |
| Job Site – Contract and Temporary jobs | Please note that all jobs postings are maintained by agency recruiters for net-temps.com | www.net-temps.com |
| Job Site – Equal Opportunity | This site is a job search/job listing service for truly equal opportunity employers. | www.gaywork.com |
| Job Site – Financial Industry | Career opportunities in the financial industry. | www.bloomberg.com |
| Job Site – Healthcare | Lists jobs posting for healthcare professionals | www.healthjobsite.com |
| Job Site – High tech | Jobs and help for computer professionals with online career management services, high tech job listings, salary surveys and career development tips. | www.dice.com |
| Job Site – Higher Education | Specializes in positions at colleges and universities | www.higheredjobs.com or www.chronicle.merit.edu/.ads/.links.html |
| Job Sites - Diversity | Resources for Women, Minorities, and Other Affinity Groups and Audiences | www.rileyguide.com/diverse.html |
| Job Site - Hispanic | Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers is the "leading social-technical organization whose primary function is to enhance and achieve the potential of Hispanics in engineering, math and science. [...] SHPE promotes the development of Hispanics in engineering, science and other technical professions to achieve educational excellence, economic opportunity and social equity. | www.shpe.org/ |
| Job Site - Hispanic | ispanicBusiness.com news and information for Hispanic persons. The career center connects to HireDiversity, run by the same organization. |
www.hispanicbusiness.com/ |
| Job Site - Hispanic | Hispanic Online ...a leading Web and America Online forum for Latinos living in the United States. The site offers job listings (in partnership with Monster.com), chat rooms, message boards, and news, events, and issues of interest to the Latino community based on Hispanic magazine, a monthly for and about Latinos, with a national circulation of 250,000 and a readership of more than one million. |
www.hispaniconline.com/ |
| Job Site - Hispanic | iHispano.com ..."the source for Latino careers online." Not strictly a US source, iHispano.com is operated by David Gomez & Associates, the largest Latino-owned search firm and a member of the Inc 500. Nice job database, good advice on things like interviews and resume preparation. Enter your resume into their database for free. You will need to fill in their form with some extra data before pasting your resume into the box provided, but they provide an International form for non-US job seekers. You can review a list of employers currently using their services, and you can block any employer on the list from reviewing your resume. |
www.ihispano.com |
| Job Site - Hispanic | LatPro ... dedicated to Hispanic and bilingual (Spanish/English and Portuguese/English) professionals since 1997, LatPro.com offers a searchable resume database and job postings including email alerts. Content includes original articles, and resume translation & editing among other career resources. Several Fortune 100 companies use this site along with thousands of others. |
www.latpro.com |
| Job Site - Hispanic | Saludos Web Site A web site dedicated exclusively to promoting Hispanic careers and education, supported by Saludos Hispanos magazine. Information here includes a Career Center with job listings and other good career information, an Education Center with announcements of internships, mentoring programs, and scholarship opportunities, the Resume Pool where Hispanic job seekers can post their resumes, the Article Archive with recent articles from Saludos Hispanos Magazine, and the Hispanic Resource Index with links to additional resources of interest to the Hispanic Community. Most ads are general pointers back to employer websites, but many are specific and dated at the bottom of the page. Very very nice resource! |
www.saludos.com |
| Job Site – Internet Industry | Jobs in the Internet Industry | www.internet.com |
| Job Site – IT/IS jobs | IT/IS jobs database. | www.itclassifieds.com or www.jobs4it.com |
| Job Site – New England | New England Jobs | www.businesstoday.com/ or www.ne.jobs.contract.com |
| Job Site – Non-profit Boston area | Eclectic mix of Boston area jobs in non-profits and also various consulting jobs as well as personals and information services | www.boston.craigslist.org |
| Job Site – Rhode Island | Ocean State opportunities | www.oso.com |
| Job Site – Rhode Island | Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training job bank | www.det.state.ri.us/ |
| Job Site – Rhode Island | Rhode Island’s Job Bank | www.ajb.org/ri |
| Job Site – Technical Specialties | Technical Specialties jobs | www.justtechjobs.com |
| Job Site – Temp Sales teams | An Andover based marketing and sales force outsourcing company, it provides client companies with temporary sales teams. Preview available positions and submit resumes on-line | www.salesstaffers.com |
| Job Site – Volunteer positions | Volunteer positions | www.volunteersolutions.org See also www.VolunteerMatch.org - type in your zip code to see what opportunities are available in your neighborhood |
| Job Site– Human Resources Network | The Human Resources Network publishes the HR network report twice a month (except August). This report lists 1,500 senior level human resources jobs not found in traditional resources. You must have an $80,000 salary or up to be considered | www.hrreport.com |
| Management Consulting | Institute of Management Consultants A professional association of Management Consultants: Contact: Donna Powell, Phone: 800-696-7399 |
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| Networking – Internet | Internet Networking Events – Fat Thursday. Contact Brent Schmitt at 617.783.3680. Meets Thursday evenings | www.fatthursday.com or www.assistu.com |
| Networking – Wind North | WIND North, Church, Wilmington, MA. Meetings Wednesday Mornings from 9:00 AM until 12:30 PM. | www.windnetworking.net/north.html |
| Networking – Wind South | WIND South, Foxborough, MA. Meetings Thursday | www.windnetworking.net/south.html |
| Networking – Wind West | WIND West, St. Luke's Catholic Church, Parish Center 1 Ruggles Street Westborough, MA Meetings Tuesdays, 9:00 A.M. to Noon |
http://www.windnetworking.net/west.html |
| Networking – Wind East | WIND East, University Lutheran Church Corner of Dunster and Winthrop Streets Cambridge, MA (Two blocks from the Harvard Square "T" station) Meetings Tuesdays, 9:00 A.M. to Noon | http://www.windnetworking.net/west.html |
| Networking – Wind Seacoast | WIND Seacoast, Franklin Pierce College 73 Corporate Drive Pease International Tradeport Portsmouth, NH Meetings Mondays, 9:00 A.M. to Noon |
http://www.windnetworking.net/west.html |
| Networking - Women | The Women’s executive network. Offers mentoring and networking services for women around the country via the internet. It claims to have about 2000 women who have volunteered to mentor | www.thewen.com |
| Networking – Women in Tech/Software | A networking organization for women in technology / software | www.digitaleve-boston.org |
| Organizational Development | The OD Learning Group: a professional association for Organizational Development professionals | |
| Recruiter - Headhunters | A comprehensive listing of recruiting firms with jobs posted on-line | www.CareerBuilder.com |
| Recruiter - Headhunters | Directory of recruiter employment links | www.getajob.com |
| Recruiter - Headhunters | Directory of recruiters arranged by specialty or location | www.i-recruit.com/oya/drecruiters.htm |
| Relocation | Relocation resources including city comparisons, city guides, COLA, community profiles, real estate information and rental searches | www.monstermoving.monster.com www.homefair.com |
| Resume Help | For help preparing a resume and cover letter try this site by Knock ‘Em Dead author Martin Yates | www.knockemdead.com |
| Resume Help | Contact Larry Elle at Success Associates Career Services, Offices in Brookline & Foxboro, MA | www.careersuccessassociates.com |
| Salary Comparison | Comprehensive salary data and advice on salary negotiation strategies | www.salary.com or www.salarywizard.com |
| Salary Comparison | Does your pay match the market rate? How much should you ask your new employer for? Find out with this tool. | http://swz-businessweek.salary.com/ |
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