NETWORKING MEETINGS

Career Connections is offering weekly morning Networking Meetings for those interested in learning, sharing and receiving prayer and support while seeking employment.

Come join us to get empowered, inspired, and connected on Tuesdays from 8:00-10:00 am in Room 767 on the north side of the building.

View or Print the Map of the building.

Have questions? Contact Karen Zinser, veezin@bellsouth.net.

View a listing of meetings and events scheduled for 2010.

OTHER MINISTRY MEETINGS

Colonial Baptist Church JobSeekers
Tel: 233-9100
Mondays, 8:30-11:00 am,
Colonial Baptist Student Center

Hope Community Church
Tel: 562-0620
Thursdays, 8:30-10:00 am

Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church
Tel: 847-1912
Wednesdays, 7:30-9:00 am,
SAPC Fellowship Hall

COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE

Wake County Health & Human Services Resource Guide:
www.wakegov.com/humanservices

The Wake County Guide points to available area resources for the following:  Budget Counseling, Clothing, Crisis Hotlines, Educational Resources, Employment Resources, Financial Assistance for Rent and Utilities, Food Resources, Housing, Identification, Legal Services, Medical Care, Pregnancy and Child Care, Refugee Programs, Resources for Working with Latino Families, Senior Resources, Toiletry Items/Laundry/Shower, Transportation, Veteran’s Services

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

www.mycomputercareer.com is the only local IT school that specializes in helping people make a career change to the computer industry--regardless of your previous education or work.

COLLEGE FOUNDATION OF NORTH CAROLINA

The following is available via www.cfnc.org.

- Introduction to the CFNC Career Center
- Apply to NC Colleges and Universities
- Find occupations that relate to your interests
- Career Key and Career Portfolio
- CFNC Bridges Planning Tools
- Explore Career Opportunities
- Fastest Growing Careers
- Information for Students and Parents
- How to Pay for College - List of Careers
- North Carolina Education Foundation
- Nursing Careers - Student-Career Matching Assistant
- Teacher Education

JOB LINK

www.joblinkcc.com
Capital Area’s JobLink Career Center System brings together an array of services to help job seekers find employment and to assist businesses in filling their job openings. Offering high quality, customized services in one convenient location, the JobLink Career Center is a valuable resource for both individual job/training seekers and businesses. The JobLink Career Center helps individuals seeking employment opportunities or training resources and businesses needing to maintain or increase their workforce.

TOP JOB SEARCH SITES

AllJobSearch.com
www.alljobsearch.com
Provides a unique job search that enables job seekers to search a large number of job sites allowing job seekers to narrow their search using advanced search criteria. In addition to traditional job sites like Monster.com, AllJobSearch.com also pulls in results from newspaper classifieds and internet newsgroups.

America’s Job Bank
www.jobbankinfo.org
Offers millions of job listings, at all levels, from unemployment agencies, private employers and public corporations. The services offered on this site are free for both job seekers and employers. You’ll find resume posting, job search scouts and other career search tools.

CareerBuilder.com
www.CareerBuilder.com
Post your resume and search by location, job title, keyword, and salary. Good source for local positions.

Career Journal
www.careerjournal.com
Sponsored by the Wall Street Journal it contains a large selection of useful job search articles, a job search engine and job tools.

Craigslist.com
www.Craigslist.com
There’s nothing fancy or significantly searchable about Craig’s List: Just a simple list of “real” jobs. Click on the city that interests you and review the list of job openings.

Dice.com
www.Dice.com
Dice.com is the most recommended job site for positions in the information technology industry. Reviewers like its straightforward interface and industry-specific niche.

DirectEmployer.com
www.DirectEmployer.com
The DirectEmployer.com job search engine allows you to search by keyword, filter by date (date listing was posted), source (employer or staffing firm), location, and industry.

EmploymentWizard.com
www.EmploymentWizard.com
Provides many current (newer than 2 weeks) job listings from hundreds of newspapers nationwide. This site provides access to job listings that can’t be found anywhere else online.

Job Search Engine Sites
Google job search engines. Use job search engines like www.Indeed.com and www.SimplyHired.com to search all the top job sites, company sites and online newspapers with one or two clicks.

Monster.com
www.Monster.com
The web’s most popular national (and international) database of employment opportunities.

Photography Training
www.aionline.edu
Launch Your Creative Career! Career-oriented programs are designed for imaginative people just like you.

TriangleJobs
www.trianglejobs.com

TrueCareers.com
www.truecareers.com
Created by Sallie Mae, TrueCareers is a job site that offers thousands of job openings, career articles and other career resources. TrueCareers also provides users with a sweepstakes where you can win thousands in cash or student loan payments. The website allows job seekers to search jobs by keyword and location, or use the Advanced Search that lets you get more specific. Job posting and resume submission services are also available.

USA Jobs.gov
www.usajobs.gov
This is the official job site of the United States Federal Government.  It’s your one-stop source for Federal jobs and employment information.

USPostalServiceJobs
www.testingauthorityinc.net
Call 1-800-958-5314.

Yahoo! HotJobs
www.jobsearch.about.com
Job search by career field, location, and company. Also available: posting and job search agents.

VIDEO RESOURCES FOR INTERVIEWING
www.video.about.com/careers.htm

- How to Prepare for a Job Interview
- Job Interview Tips
- Phone Interviewing
- Improving Your Appearance and Body Language While Interviewing

NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES

85 Broads
Women who are students or alumnae of 85 Broads undergraduate or graduate partner schools are eligible to join 85 Broads, a powerful network that connects a community of intelligent, motivated, and successful women around the globe.

Alumni Net
Find fellow alumni from company, high school, university, and other organization affiliations.

Alumni Networking
Contact the Career Services or Alumni Affairs office at your college or university to find alumni career networking contacts.

Bright Circles
Bright Circles alumni community lets current and former employees from leading companies and organizations stay in touch.

Classmates.com
Find high school, college, military and workplace (in the Work and Careers Directory) connections. Friends and colleagues are ideal job search networking resources.

Doostang
Doostang is an invite-only community founded by a Stanford MBA and an MIT engineer that connects young professionals to career opportunities through social networking.

Facebook
Should you use Facebook for professional networking, and, if so, what is the best way to use it?

Fast Company - Company of Friends
Company of Friends is a community of self-organizing groups of business leaders and innovators. Members help each other improve their careers, companies, and communities.

Friendster
Friendster is a social networking site where you can meet new friends and connect with old ones, stay in touch and browse to find people with similar interests.

Jobster
Create a profile that includes YouTube-hosted video information about your background, tags, and a personalized url you can use to share your digital resume with employers.

LinkedIn
LinkedIn is an interconnected network of experienced professionals from around the world, representing 170 industries and 200 countries. You can find, be introduced to, and collaborate with qualified professionals that you need to work with to accomplish your goals.

Meet up Network and Careers
The Meet-Up social networking site enables users to find groups of people with interests that match theirs. Check the Work and Careers category or browse a variety of other topics.

Monster Networking
Register with Monster.com for job search networking contacts by keyword, occupation, company, school or location. Keep track of career networking contacts and messages. Additional benefits (for a fee) include Instant Messaging for VIP Members.

MySpace
MySpace is a social networking website offering users the opportunity to connect through personal profiles, blogs, groups and other features. MySpace is one of the most popular social networking sites, and currently has over 100 million accounts.

MyWorkster
Professionally network with students, graduates, and employers. Plus resume posting and job search tools.

Ning
Ning is an online service to create, customize, and share a social network. Users have used Ning to create online social networks about tons of subjects, including jobs and the job search.

Ryze
Network to grow your career and to find a job. Free networking-oriented home page and messaging.

Twitter
Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service utilizing instant messaging, SMS or a web interface. Twitter is open-ended and people and companies use it in a variety of ways, including searching for jobs.

Vault Message Boards
Online discussion forums for a variety of career topics, undergraduate and graduate schools, industries and companies. These are excellent sources for networking to find career and company information.