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Policies and practices of obtaining work or workers.
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Subcategories of Employment are:
- Job Searching & Employee Recruiting
- Resources for individuals searching for employment and recruiters searching for employees.
Resources in this category are:
- careers.wsj.com
- http://careers.wsj.com/
- Career news, resources and job postings from the Wall Street Journal.
- Author: The Wall Street Journal (inquiries@interactive.wsj.com)
- Subjects:
- Business & Economics--Employment
- Employment - U.S. Government Consumer Information Center
- http://www.gsa.gov/staff/pa/cic/employ.htm
- The Employment section of the U.S. Government Consumer Information Center has online pamphlets covering various aspects of employment such as COBRA and Fair Labor Standards provisions, employee rights under pension plans, OSHA.
- Author: U.S. Government General Services Administration (catalog.pueblo@gsa.gov)
- Subjects:
- Business & Economics--Employment
- Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Executive--Agencies
- Keywords: COBRA; Fair Labor Standards; Pensions; Benefits; OSHA
- Guides for Specific Careers
- http://jobstar.org/tools/career/spec-car.htm
- "These sites are packed with information about planning your career. What kind of training or education is required? What can you earn? What kind of environment will you work in? What's hot? What's not?" A well organized and annotated guide to Internet sites.
- Author: Bay Area Library & Information System
- Subjects:
- Business & Economics--Employment
- Keywords: Careers; Resources
- JobStar: California Job Search Guide
- http://jobstar.org/
- "A public library based job search information site." Although the focus of this site is on California, there is much here that will be useful to all job hunters. Includes sections on writing resumes, career guides, and salary information.
- Author: Bay Area Library & Information System
- Subjects:
- Business & Economics--Employment
- Business & Economics--Employment--Job Searching & Employee Recruiting
- Keywords: Job Search; Job Hunting; Resumes; Careers; Salary; Surveys
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- http://www.bls.gov/oco/
- "The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations."
- Author: United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (Pilot_M@bls.gov)
- Subjects:
- Business & Economics--Employment
- Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Executive--Agencies
- Salary.com
- http://www.salary.com/
- This web site contains all kinds of information relating to compensation. Their "Salary Wizard" lists salary statistics for hundreds of positions.
- Author: Salary.com (feedback@salary.com)
- Subjects:
- Business & Economics--Employment
- Business & Economics--Statistics
- Keywords: Salary Statistics; Salary Advice
- SalaryExpert.com
- http://SalaryExpert.com/
- SalaryExpert.com provides free salary and benefits information for over 30,000 jobs. Choose a job title and a location from a list of cities in the United States and Canada, and find salary and benefits statistics as well buying power comparisons. Also compares local data with national norms. "SalaryExpert.com is the only free-data Internet provider that comes from a veteran compensation consulting firm (BTA). It shows its sources, displays defensible pay levels, is licensed to provide benefit advice, and protects linking sites from liability." Pay access is available for data from 207 countries around the world. The site is available in several languages.
- Author: Baker, Thomsen Associates
- Subjects:
- Business & Economics--Business Administration & Management--Human Resources
- Business & Economics--Employment
- Keywords: Compensation; Cost of living; Benefits
- WorkIndex
- http://workindex.com/
- Annotated guide to Internet resources in "human resources, labor relations, benefits, training, technology, staffing, recruiting, leadership, motivation, insurance, relocation, legal issues and more." Search the collection or browse by subject.
- Author: School of Industrial Labor Relations, Cornell University
- Subjects:
- Business & Economics--Business Administration & Management
- Business & Economics--Employment
- Business & Economics--Labor & Workplace
- Keywords: Resources
- Yahoo! Employment
- http://employment.yahoo.com/
- Search through online resumes, or post your own. Also information on Industry Research, Company Research, Salaries and Benefits, Work Success, Advice, College, High Technology, Entrepreneuring, and Relocation Resources.
- Author: Yahoo! Inc.
- Subjects:
- Business & Economics--Employment
- Business & Economics--Employment--Job Searching & Employee Recruiting
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