Job-Guy’s Best Research and Networking Tools
This page is intended to provide resources to support a well-rounded career campaign that includes both reactive (posted job market) and proactive (hidden job market) strategies.
Note: Using only the first two groups of links, you are firmly in reactive mode and are likely missing ~75% of the opportunities.
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If you did poorly on the survey, or haven’t yet found the best job at the best pay the best way, contact the Job-Guy today for a complimentary assessment of your existing career campaign strategy.
In the meantime, view Job-Guy's top tips here and help yourself to my favorite links:
Search for jobs on the web:
- “Best of the best” job board #1
- “Best of the best” job board #2
- Direct links to major company jobs pages
- Projects and freelance work jobs
- Seasonal work jobs
- Entry-level college grad site jobs
- Government job information
- Technical jobs
- Bioscience jobs
- Non-Profit & volunteer jobs
- Healthcare jobs
- Hospitality jobs
- Law jobs
- Education jobs
- Flexible jobs for life balance
- Finance jobs
- Marketing jobs
- Sports jobs
- Diversity jobs
- Jobs for veterans
- 'Over 50' jobs
- Startup jobs
Recruiters:
- Really hard to find recruiter directory
- Pharmaceuticals Recruiter: Job-Guy friend, Center Street Search
- Finance Recruiter: Job-Guy friend, Daley and Associates
- Retail Recruiter: Job-Guy friend, Recruiting Specialists
- Administration Recruiter: Job-Guy friend, NEED Personnel Placement
- Marketing Recruiter: Job-Guy friend, HR Associates
- Sales Recruiter: Job-Guy friend, Target Consulting
- Heathcare Recruiter: Job-Guy friend, Compass Consulting Group
Locate job tools by state:
- State-by-state job search tools and sites
- Networking groups by state
- List of professional associations by state
- National job fair directory
Find information on international careers and business:
- International relocation directories and tools
- International currency converter
- Import / export & international
- Economic data by country
Assess salary requirements and benefits:
- Salary surveys and converter
- International currency converter
- Health benefits trends survey
- Equity & stock options
Determine long-term employability:
Clarify career options:
- Myers Briggs Type Indicator
- Myers Briggs career options
- Interactive career assessment tool #1
- Interactive career assessment tool #2
Research companies & people:
- Phone directory / reverse directory
- Best companies to work for
- Real-life employer reviews
- Fastest-growing companies
- Public company SEC filings
- Industrial search engine
- Company capsules
- Company information
- Import / export & international
- Find obsolete websites and other digital media
- Free industry newsletters
- Sortable employer list
Build a professional network:
- E-networking
- Social networking and company info site
- List of professional associations by state
- Networking groups by state
- Big city professional networking events 1
- Big City professional networking events 2
Develop a Personal Brand:
- The godfather of personal branding Tom Peters
- Job-Guys's favorite personal branding author Peter Montoya
- Excellent resource for personal branding for careers (with tools) William Arruda and Kristen Dixson
- Gen Y personal branding expert Dan Schawbel
Start and build a business:
- Business plans and start-up advice
- On-line legal tools
- Venture capital research site
- Executive coach: Job-Guy friend Collaborative Networks
Marketing Materials
- Free business cards
- Photo/logo postage stamps
- Professional résumé or bio
- Create a blog
- Submit articles for publication
- Investigate/register a domain name
- Promotional products: Job-Guy friend ESP Solutions
- Web site construction: Job-Guy friend Vaxa Creative
- Build a LinkedIn profile
