Job Search Resources

Career Services Office
Lower Level of Wilcox Library

Job Search Handbook

Job Choices job search publication

Plan Your Future handout

Graduate Student Survival Guide

America's Top Rated Smaller Cities Reference Books

America's Top Rated Cities Statistical Handbooks

Law School Buzz Book

Career Services Reference Library

Career Interest Surveys

Assistance writing resumes, cover letters, job and grad school applications, and searching for jobs and grad schools

Online

Tools

NACElink - available to William Penn University students; access link on Career Services homepage. NACElink has student resources and more. Find sample resumes and cover letters, employers with job openings, tips for interviews and job searches.
OptimalResume - available to William Penn University students and alumni: current students use their wmpenn.edu email addresses to set up accounts; alumni use their email account and passcode available by contacting Career Services at stevensde@wmpenn.edu. OptimalResume is an online tool that guides development of professional resumes, cover letters, and portfolios; provides online practice interviews; allows you to develop weblinks to portfolios and resumes; and helps with job-related videos.
www.jobweb.com - the online complement to the Job Choices job search publications. Resources for students, parents, employers, faculty and more.

Iowa Job Sites

www.smartcareermove.com

Iowa jobs paying $30,000 or more annually.

www.iowajobnetwork.com

www.centraliowahelpwanted.com

www.southerniowahelpwanted.com

www.iowajobs.org

Iowa Workforce Development

http://generationiowa.com

GenerationIowa provides social and professional networking opportunities, job search databases, young professional groups, career advice.

www.consideriowa.org

Announces job fairs, provides career planning tools, information on transitioning from school to workplace.

www.jobdig.com

Iowa jobs as well as positions listed for central states and a couple of southwestern states online. Pick up a free weekly JobDig newspaper at the Wilcox Library with jobs listed in the Greater Iowa area.

National Job Banks

www.careerbuilder.com

www.monster.com

www.nationjob.com

www.agcareers.com

Graduate School Information

www.princetonreview.com

www.gradschooltips.com

Other

Have you tried:

Searching Help Wanted sections of newspapers in the areas in which you would relocate?
Asking family, friends, faculty & staff, co-workers, etc. about potential openings?
Searching online by researching companies in which you are interested and looking at their ‘employment,’ ‘careers,’ ‘positions available,’ and ‘jobs’ links?