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Employment Resources & Career Information
Looking for a new job? Check out the following resources for both local and national positions available. If you have other resources you'd like to suggest, please send me a note.
- AllStarJobs: Government page Directory of employment agencies, job banks, employers & career resources.
- America's Job Bank
- American Hospital Association (AHA) Career Center
- Baltimore Jobs
- Baltimore's Preferred Jobs
- BrassRing
- Career Builder
1900s Gibson Girl secretary taking dictation - CareerOneStop Center The CareerOneStop is sponsored by the U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- CEOExpress
- Changing Careers / Interviewing Tools
- Wall Street Journal Executive Careers site
- Interviewing checklist use to list of questions to prepare for interviews and what not to do.
- Changing Careers / Relocation Tools
- Homefair Relocation Tools and Financial Calculators include the following tools and more:
- City reports—use to get side-by-side comparison of two cities' cost of living, climate, demographics, and more.
- Mortgage Affordability Calculator—use to determine the maximum loan amount for which you qualify, based on standard lender rules.
- Relocation Wizard—use to plan your move with a custom timeline.
- Salary Calculator—use this to compare the cost of living and find the salary you'll need to move to a new city.
- School reports—use to obtain in-depth reports on over 12,000 public schools districts and local child care.
- Paycheck Calculator use to calculate gross or net pay, as well as tax withholdings on bonus pay.
- Salary Calculator & Cost-of-Living Reports for International, Canada, & U.S. cities provided by SalaryExpert.com. Get a free salary report by job title and location for most cities world wide.
- Salary Planning and Surveys The Economic Research Institute (ERI) also provides Career salary and cost of living calculators.
- Social Security Benefit Calculator use to calculate your Social Security retirement benefits using different retirement scenarios. Based on amounts you enter.
- Social Security Benefit Calculator use to calculate your Social Security retirement benefits using different retirement scenarios. Based on amounts you enter.
- W-4 Withholding Allowance Calculator use to help calculate proper W-4 withholdings so your employer can withhold the correct federal income tax from your pay.
- Homefair Relocation Tools and Financial Calculators include the following tools and more:
- Colorado Online Job Connection
- Commerce Business Daily (CBD) U.S. government opportunities
- Computer work
- Craigslist, Washington, DC writing and editing jobs
- Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington Job Bank
- DBM human capital management services that offer HR solutions, including résumé development and interviewing techniques
Surgical nurses, 1900 - DC PUBS (editing discussion list and job postings)
- DC Job Announcements—Society for Technical Communication Washington, DC Chapter
- EEI Communications (staff, client, and temporary positions)
- Employer Locator from America's Career Infonet
- Employment Information for People with Disabilities
- EServer TC Library, an excellent source of information about independent technical communication consulting.
- European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) institutes job opportunities
- Federal Government Jobs official job site of the U.S. Federal Government
- Federal Jobs Information U.S. Office of Personnel Management
- Federal Employment Optional Application Form 612 PDF file fill-in form
- Federal Government Job Search
- Federal Jobs Digest - find out what Federal jobs are available and which ones you qualify for
- Fortune500
- Forty Plus of Greater Washington
- Get your career on track (article from FastCompany.com)
- Government Bids (formerly BidRadar) a bid notification service for local, state & Federal government bids and awarded listings matched to your business profile
- iHire Job Network Jobs in Maryland iHire operates a network of industry-specific Internet job boards.
- JobCentral National Labor Exchangeis a service provided by the DirectEmployers Association, a consortium of Fortune 500 and other leading corporations nationwide, in alliance with the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA).
- Job Circle (award-winning employment and information tool devoted to serving Information Technology and Telecom professionals in the Mid-Atlantic area)
- Job of the Week Listserv (To join, send a blank e-mail to
- Jobs and Opportunity to Improve Neighborhoods (JOIN)
- Jobs at C-SPAN Networks
- Jobs at PBS
- Law Enforcement Jobs
MILSpouse.org is a resource library for military spouse employment, education, and relocation information.- Military Spouse JobSearch
- Monster Board
- MonsterTrak search for internships and entry-level jobs
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) jobs
- National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE)
- Nation Job
- Native Americans
- Nurses
- Nursing Jobs for travel, per diem, and permanent nursing positions; in-patient, out-patient, or hospice
- Access Nurses - Travel Nurse Jobs
- Travel Nursing Job Search New
- Occupational Information Network O*NET Online (replaces the Dept. of Labor's DOT)
- Occupational Outlook Quarterly Article on Internet Job Hunting Resources (how to use the Internet to look for a job)
- Opportunities in Public Affairs (OPA) Washington, DC area Public Relations and Public Affairs Jobs
Bank tellers, 1918 - Professional Outplacement Assistance Center (provides assistance to individuals who are in professional, technical, and managerial occupations)
- Résumé to Referral
- Science Jobs
- STC Technical Communication Job Announcements for Washington, DC area
- STC Technical Communication Salary Survey
- Smithsonian Institution employment information and links
- Shakespeare Theatre Opportunites
- Techwr-L Employment Job Announcements
- Tessada and Associates, Inc., has technical and non-technical opportunities in DC, Maryland, and Virginia
- Unemployment Information
- U.S. Dept. of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook, Writers and Editors At the bottom, it also shows median salaries based on the type of writing.
- W3C Team Job Opportunities (some jobs can be e-work)
- Washington Book Publishers (WBP) Job Openings in the Publishing Industry
- Washington, DC AllStarJobs.com provides links to local employers, employment agencies, job banks, and career resources that serve Washington, DC.
- WashingtonDCDiversity.com provided by SalaryExpert.com. Get a free salary report by job title and location for most cities world wide.
- Washington Independent Writers Job Bank Information
- Yahoo index for job hunting
- Working While Disabled – A Guide To Plans For Achieving Self-Support SSA Publication No. 05-11017, February 2004 (en Español)
- Writing Assistance matches technical writers, copywriters, and Web content specialists with corporate and freelance positions.
Also look on the Web at the home pages for specific companies you are interested in. Most of them have an employment (jobs, careers) page where you can apply directly to the company.
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