These sites offer links to, and guidance about, doing career and employment research online. Use these sites as starting points for your research. 

The Riley Guide - One of the best--and best known--career guides online. Created by a librarian, this is a comprehensive guide to doing career and employment research on the Internet. Contains links to job posting sites, resume databases, career and employer information, plus a list of print and other pertinent resources. Includes a "Using the Internet in Your Job Search" tutorial.

What Color is Your Parachute: Job Hunting Online - Created by the author of the most famous job search book, this site includes links to job postings and career counseling sites, plus resume advice and tips for job searchers. 

Internet Career Connection - Although this commercial site contains ads, it organizes hundreds of career-related WWW sites. Site categories include: career/job fairs, career counseling, adult education programs, classified ad sites, company profiles, consulting firms, professional associations, resume posting services, and salary guides. Next to the Riley Guide, one of the most valuable career research guides available. 

Employment Links from MEL - Provides links to career guides, salary and relocation information, and job postings arranged geographically and by profession. Also includes links to Michigan employment resources. 

Vocational Careers Sourcebook (2000 ed.)
Ref. HF 5382.5 .U5 V6 2000

Professional Careers Sourcebook (2000 ed.)
Ref. HF 5382.5 .U5 P76 2000

Hoover's Online - Contains over "13,500 company capsules (brief company descriptions and financials) for free." For more extensive company profiles, you must subscribe to the Hoover service for a fee. Includes data on public and private firms, plus articles, and links to stock market, company, and other financial information. The complete Hoover's Company Reports* are included in the Lexis Nexis Academic Universe database.

EDGAR Database - Publicly traded companies must file financial reports and other documentation--including annual and 10-K reports--with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). Search these reports using the SEC's EDGAR database, which dates back to 1994 for some companies, and 1996 for the rest. 

Career Guide: Dun's Employment Opportunities Directory
Ref. HF 5382.5 .U5 D8 2004

Dun's Directory of Service Companies
Ref. HF 5035 .D88 2004

In addition, consult KL's resources on researching Companies.

These resources offer information about a variety of occupations; some include career interest assessment tools, too.

Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance (2000 ed.) - Ref. HF 5381 .E52

O*NET - Developed by the Department of Labor, O*NET is an excellent career research tool, providing information on over 950 job classifications. Offers occupation descriptions, plus skill and education requirements, related interests, job actvities, worker characteristics, and much more. For employment and wages trends, O*NET links the user to "America's Career InfoNet" (see Salary Data ). 

Occupational Outlook Handbook - Search the database or browse the index of the latest version of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' handbook of career and occupation information. For hundreds of occupations, the Handbook provides information on working conditions, employment statistics, job outlook, average salaries, and training. A print copy is available on reserve at KL (Ref. HD 8051 .A62) and in the Government Documents section (Docs. Ref. L2 .3/4).

In addition to these resources, be sure to check out the Michigan Occupational Reports from the State of Michigan through its Michigan Career Portal (read the description of this site below, under Employment Sites/Job Banks), as well as the following tools:

Specialty Occupational Outlook:
Professions (1995) - Ref. HD 8038 .A1 S66 1995
Trade & Technical (1996) - Ref. HF 5382.5 .U5 S594 1996

Career Exploration Links from UCBerkeley - Contains over 700 links to career information on the WWW, including graduate and educational options. Links to government information as well as resources provided by professional associations and periodicals. 

The Career Key - A career interest site developed by a professor emeritus from North Carolina State University. There is a fee for taking the Career Key test, but there is lots of other information about skills and interests on the site.

Michigan Job Hunter - Search through the want ads of Detroit newspapers simultaneously. Also includes a link to CareerPath.Com (see below) for searching the classifieds of newspapers around the country. You can also post your resume online. 

CareerBuilder.com - Covers the classified ads of over 90 newspapers nationwide. Allows users to post their resumes online for employers to view.

AdQuest - Covers the classified ads of approximately 948 newspapers across the country. Get tips on creating a resume, then post it online. Also includes a salary calculator and other relocation information.

Directory of Executive Recruiters -
Ref. HF 5549.5 .R44 D58 2004

The Help Book - Ref. HV 87 .D4 U54

Google Groups - Search the text of UseNet newsgroups and other forums to find information about job openings.

CataList, The Official Catalog of LISTSERV Lists -
Contains information on over 49,000 LISTSERV mailing lists.

Encyclopedia of Associations - Ref. Desk: HS 17 .E53

JobStar - Descriptions of, and links to, salary surveys--general and occupation-specific--from magazines, journals, newspapers, professional associations, and recruiters. Though this site is named "JobStar California," much of the information provided is useful to job seekers anywhere. 

Career Journal from the Wall Street Journal - Choose "Salary & Hiring Info" from the top menu. Includes a salary calculator for comparing cost of living in U.S. and international cities. Also contains salary tables for various professions from the National Business Employment Weekly. 

CareerOneStop - No job postings, but good place for career exploration and information on wages and trends, plus links to other job banks.

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Contains official federal statistics on wages, salaries, and other employment statistics. Check out the "Wages, Earnings & Benefits" section, in particular the National Compensation Survey. 

Salary.com - Find salary information by job title and geographic location for hundreds of careers. Also includes advice on getting the salary that you deserve, plus lots of other career advice.

Oakland students, faculty and staff should also try searching one or more of KL's business databases like ABI/Inform* (search for "wages and salaries" and combine your search with a particular industry, e.g., "automotive industry") or the Business section of LexisNexis Academic Universe*.