Careers
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OCC Links
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OCC Career
Counseling - General information, locations, and phone
numbers for OCC's Career and Transfer Centers on each campus, plus
career-related Web links.
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OCC Placement
Services - Provides job info and services for on- and off-campus
positions, recruitment, employer info, cooperative education/internship, and
more.
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Cooperative Education
Job Listings
- America's Job Bank - Log-in and
passwords (created by searchers themselves) are not necessary for first-time
users.
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CareerBuilder - Uncluttered and
straightforward, this is an easy site to search for jobs nationwide.
- Cool Works.com - Cool jobs for
college kids. "Live and work where others only visit. 75,000 jobs in great
places."
- job-hunt.org > Jobs in Academia and
Education - Hard to find listings in academia: check out this indexed list
of college and university Web sites which link to available positions in
schools, colleges and universities.
- Michigan Talent Bank - This site has links
for people looking for jobs and for employers seeking employees.
- Monstertrak - At the first screen, arrow down to select the college
(Oakland Community College), then type the password (pass99) in the blank box
and click the search key. The next screen will provide five helpful and
interesting links (especially "Job Search Tips").
- Monster.com - Over 460,000
jobs are provided and, with Monster's instructions, searchers may post and
manage their own resumes. Numerous links to other sites and information.
- The Riley Guide - This site
offers job listings, resumes & cover letters, salary guides & guidance, and
links to more employment topics.
- SnagAJob.com - Lists part-time and
hourly jobs nationwide.
- TrueCareers - General information
for job searchers, including listings and space for posting online resumes.
- WDIV Job
Connection - Job seekers may file an instant online resume (space provided
at the bottom of each job description).
Specific Job Categories
- Careers in Business -
Job listings in the fields of Finance, Accounting, and Marketing are
presented. Additionally, overviews of these industries with facts and trends
are provided.
- Medical Degree Hunter -
While targeting students and alumni, this career service concentrates on
employment which relates to medical positions.
- Net-Temps - This site focuses
exclusively on Staffing Services that are trying to fill temporary, contract
and permanent placements for their clients.
- U.S.A.Jobs - Lists current job
openings in various categories of the Federal government.
Career Information/Development
Résumés and Interview Guide
- CareerSite - Post your resume
or find jobs. Free membership is available (their Plus Membership & Premium
Membership are offered for a fee) which submits want ads to many different job
boards. Their target market is small-sized and medium-sized companies.
- Net-Temps - Information on
interviewing skills will be found at this site in addition to more resume
tips. A bonus feature is a weekly newsletter providing suggestions to improve
job search performance.
- ResumeTutor - Another
excellent guide for writing resumes. This site comes from University of
Minnesota and features six steps to an attention-getting resume.
Occupational Descriptions and Salary Information
- MOIS - Available only in OCC campus libraries.
This software program provides four categories to aid in career
development. To reach MOIS students may click on the MOIS icon from the
library computer desktop or ask the librarian for guidance. For a similar
service that can be accessed from off-campus, see the Michigan Jobs and Career
portal, above.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook - This
is the classic handbook on careers available online - contains outlook, job
requirements, and salaries for most occupations in the U.S.
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O*NET Online
- Information is offered in three major areas of career research:
- “Occupations” (identifies
required skills and abilities)
- “Skills” (lists 6
categories of skills/abilities to be filled out by searcher which will
suggest occupations for exploration)
- “Crosswalk” (presents
occupations related to searcher’s choice of work)
- salary.com - The "Salary Wizard"
creates salary reports, which provide median base salaries in various
occupations and professions, in addition to what a worker is expected to earn
thereafter.
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REALTOR.com > The Salary
Calculator - Cost of living information (comparing each state with another
of the 50 states) and salary surveys are available here.
This page is maintained by
James
Moffet and was last updated on
03/10/2008. |
