Career and Job-Search Bibliography - Compiled by Richard Greene
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The
Five
O’Clock
Club
PART FIVE
Career and Job-Search
Bibliography
COMPILED BY RICHARD GREENE
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How to Use this Section (Properly!) page, toward CD-ROMs and online databases.
However, many sources are still available in print.
These resources for creating your list of organiza-
Subscription services are geared for businesses
tions to target were put together in three sections:
and can be costly. Check with your local or main
Section I: General References of company
library to see if it subscribes.
and industry information, directories, and online
Following the print sources is a listing of
compendiums of associations, regional resources,
online resources. Many are or contain job boards,
job boards, and more. This is a good way to start
but they usually list resources as well. These
making up your list of job targets while finding
include news of the profession or industry, books
out more about potential employers and the
and other publications, e-newsletters, career
industries and professions that interest you. A
advice, user discussion rooms, and much more. If
word of caution: Job boards, especially the big-
you are trying to enter a new industry or profes-
gies, are tempting places to hang out. However,
sion, these online sites can provide you with the
only about 6 percent of all jobs get filled via these
latest happenings and allow you to chat with
sites. The Five O’Clock Club approach is not to
better-informed persons, so you can get smarter,
hang out at your local job board, but rather to
faster.
develop lists of persons to contact for targeted
Entries in this section are listed alphabeti-
and direct mailings, as well as for networking.
cally, preceded by a short section on Trade Shows,
Don’t spend more than 6 percent of your time on
Printed Materials, sources of Free Trade Publica-
job boards (6 percent of 35 hours amounts to a
tions, and Job and Industry Information Sites
little more than 2 hours maximum per week).
(Vault.com and Wetfeet.com). Following this is a
Section II: Professions, Industries, Inter-
link to the New York Public Library, which will
ests . . . , which alphabetically lists some of the
direct you to sites that contain selected industry
most common professions and industries, along
and directory information. These sites are kept
with some of the fast-growing segments, such as
up-to-date.
biotechnology and satellite communications. Also
The rest of the section’s listings are informa-
included are listings for minorities, senior citizens,
tion and job listings on:
veterans, and more. For each entry, print sources
are listed first, followed by online resources. Note Academic and Education
that many print sources, particularly directories, Accounting
are offered with CD-ROMs or as online databases
Advertising, including Graphic Art and Design
(usually by subscription). Some directories are no
longer available in print versions, only as online Aging Workers
subscriptions. The trend is away from the printed Apparel, Textiles, Fashion and Beauty
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Art and Design Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
Associations Library Science
Automotive Manufacturing
Aviation and Aerospace Nonprofit
Banking, Finance, Investing, Securities, Nursing
Trading, Credit, and Other Public Relations
Biotechnology Publishing (Books, Magazines, Newspapers,
Business Other)
College/Liberal Arts/Recent Graduates Real Estate
Communications Equipment and Services, Retailing
including Telecommunications Sales and Marketing
Construction and Building Small Business
Consulting Summer Jobs and Internships
Disabled Transportation (Shipping, Marine, Freight,
Diversity and Minorities (except Gay and Express Delivery, Supply Chain)
Lesbian) Travel, Leisure, and Hospitality (including
Electronics Hotels, Food Service, Travel Agents,
Energy, Alternative Energy, and Utilities Restaurants, and Airlines)
Engineering Veterans
Entertainment, including Media (Broadcasting Vocational (no four-year college degree)
and Publishing) Volunteering
Environmental Wholesaling and Distributing/Importing and
Ex-Inmates Exporting
Film,Video, and Photography Section III: International contains print
Food and Beverages and online resources to tap the worldwide mar-
ket. Three important things to remember: (1)
Franchising
many of the print and online materials in Sec-
Freelancing tions I and II contain global listings; (2) many of
Furniture the international listings in this section include
Gay and Lesbian the U.S.; and (3) there is loads of additional
information on international jobs and careers—
Government
too much to include here. So, you can scour the
Health Care and Medicine Internet and come up with a long list for your
Human Resources own interests. However, the resources included
Information Technology/High-Tech here are comprehensive and among the best
(Computers, Technology, and e-Commerce) available.
Insurance
Law
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What If I Don’t Find Resources That will find immediate and specific help from work-
sheets designed to get answers to frequently
Cover My Job Interests? asked questions. Special attention is paid to
If, for example, you want to look for a position as researching small businesses, not-for-profits, and
a Whatever Manager and need more specific government agencies. Includes an updated, com-
resources, follow these steps: prehensive bibliography. Although some of the
resources are dated, the author offers flowcharts
1. Consult the Associations section. Almost every
to help job hunters outline the types of informa-
kind of job, profession, Whatever has it own
tion they need.
association (or associations). Look at the asso-
ciation’s website, consider joining, and even be The Best Places to Live
so brazen as to call its office and ask for help. money.cnn.com
2. Search the Internet. Type in Whatever and pair At this site, you can compare the cost of living
it with Job, or Career, or Directory, or Associa- among cities and create your own “best places”
tion, or just by itself. The last option will gen- list using the screening tool.
erate millions of hits: Look at the first few for Directories in Print
keywords to use with Whatever in another www.gale.com, annual
search. You don’t have to look through pages Lists about 15,500 active rosters, guides, and
and pages of Internet sites. If it isn’t on the first other print, nonprint, and address lists published
or second page, refine your search. in the U.S. and worldwide. Hundreds of addi-
Be careful of directories that are more than a year tional directories (defunct, suspended, and unlo-
or so old, since companies and employees catable directories) are cited with status notes in a
change. Does this research method work? It cer- title/keyword index.
tainly does. That’s how this entire listing was put
together, albeit with an initial list of resources
from the New York Public Library. Associations
Directories
Section I: General Reference Encyclopedia of Associations, Thomson Gale
www.gale.com, annual
Note: For the North American Industry Classifi- This is a comprehensive source of detailed infor-
cation System (NAICS), the official U.S. Census mation on more than 135,000 nonprofit member-
Bureau listing of all NAICS, see ship organizations worldwide. Several versions
www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/. provide addresses and descriptions of
Help! My Job Interview Is Tomorrow!: How to professional societies, trade associations, labor
Use the Library to Research an Employer unions, cultural and religious organizations, fan
Mary Ellen Templeton, Neal-Schuman Publishers, clubs, and other groups of all types. The versions
2nd ed., 1997. are: National Organizations of the U.S., International
Offers the guidance academic and public librari- Organizations, and Regional, State, and Local Orga-
ans themselves would give if they had a few nizations. An online version is available at some
hours to spend with each job seeker. The guide libraries. All versions are indexed by name, key-
draws on commonly found library sources and word, and company, with executives included for
includes electronic sources as well. Readers with the international version.
only a few hours to prepare for their interview
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Associations Yellow Book, Leadership IRS data on nonprofits. Check with your local
Directories library to see if it subscribes.
www.leadershipdirectories.com
Weddle’s Association Directory Online
This volume is said to be the nation’s leading
www.weddles.com
directory of major trade and professional associa-
Professional associations and societies often
tions. Semiannual editions keep you current with
operate websites featuring job boards, résumé
association mergers and executive, staff, and
banks, or other employment-related services
board member changes. More than 42,000 offi-
(these can include job agents, banner advertising,
cers, executives, staff, and board members (with
and discussion forums for networking). This
contact information) at more than 1,000 associa-
Directory is designed to help you find those sites.
tions with budgets of more than $2 million. An
It lists several thousand associations from around
industry index organizes associations by their
the world by their primary professional/occupa-
principal fields. Indexed geographically by bud-
tional focus and/or industry of interest (e.g.,
get, political action committees, foundation
Accounting/Finance, Computer Hardware, and
(acronyms, association names), and individuals’
Transportation) and provides a link to the website
names, acronym, and organization name.
they operate. For the most current listing of asso-
ciation sites and a summary of the employment
Online Resources resources offered at the sites (e.g., job board,
Associations on the Net résumé bank), see Weddle’s Recruiter’s Guide to
www.ipl.org Association Web Sites, which was compiled with
Lists more than 2,000 associations. Simply key in the Association for Internet Recruiting and pro-
a profession. If you put in “accounting,” for files more than 1,500 of the leading associations
instance, you’ll find 22 organizations. Also try and societies in the U.S.
www.business.com; under each business cate-
Yahoo
gory, there’s a link to “associations.”
www.yahoo.com
Associations Unlimited, Gale, Web database, Type in “job” in Yahoo’s search window and 148
Thomson Gale million results pop up. The first few pages of
www.gale.com entries are job banks. If you need to find a specific
This web resource, available by subscription, com- job board, type in “Bond trader job,” for example.
bines data from the entire Encyclopedia of Associa- Yahoo and Google, will lead you to other sites
tions series and includes additional Internal and publications on a wide variety of job, career,
Revenue Service (IRS) information on nonprofit and company information.
organizations for a total of more than 456,000
organizations. The database also contains associ-
ation materials—brochures, logos, and member- National Directories of Companies
ship applications. An indispensable source for
locating national, international, and local associa- Print and Online
tions; monitoring association trends; identifying Bizjournals
related associations; networking and making www.bizjournals.com
professional contacts; and much more. Five Bizjournals is the new media division of American
search methods are available for easy searching: City Business Journals, the nation’s largest pub-
name or acronym, geographic location, and sub- lisher of metropolitan business newspapers. It
ject/SIC/free text; multiple-field searches using operates the websites for each of the company’s
field abbreviations with Boolean operators; and 41 print business journals and recently has
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launched its first web-only local business news Dun & Bradstreet’s
and information site for Los Angeles. The com- www.dnb.com
pany plans to launch web-only operations in D&B is now an online subscription service and
additional markets. The national Bizjournals site describes itself as follows: “The leading provider
features local business news from around the of global business information, tools, and insight
nation updated throughout the day, top business has enabled customers to decide with confidence
stories from American City’s print editions, for over 160 years. D&B’s proprietary DUNSRight
industry-specific news from more than 40 indus- process provides customers with quality informa-
tries, advice columns, and a full menu of tools to tion whenever and wherever they need it.” Check
help business owners and operators manage their with your library to see if it subscribes. D&B no
businesses more successfully. There’s also easy longer publishes the Million Dollar Directory and
navigation to each of the 42 local business sites. the Reference Book of Corporate Management,
The site’s archives contain more than 750,000 America’s Corporate Leaders. D&B used to issue
business news articles published since 1996. annual versions of its directories, but now the
Bizjournals’sites have more than two million information is online. You may find a somewhat
unique monthly visitors. E-mail offerings include recent edition of these and other D&B directories
daily local business updates from any Bizjournals at your library. Be careful, as personnel may
market, as well as weekly updates of industry change.
news from throughout the country. The site also
features online local jobs boards, local online
business directories, downloadable sales leads Major Market Share Companies: Americas
and strategic partnership opportunities. (See International Directories)
Plunkett Research
The Corporate Directory of U.S. Public
Companies, Walker’s Research Plunkett’s Almanac of American Employers,
www.walkersresearch.com, annual Plunkett Research, Houston
Essential financial and business data for more www.plunkettresearch.com, annual.
than 11,000 U.S. public companies, including This volume targets only major corporations. It
foreign companies filing American Depository profiles 500 selected U.S. employers of 2,300+
Receipts (ADRs). Published annually in January; employees. These firms are located nationwide
includes eight indexes. and represent all industry sectors. The Almanac
includes a fully featured CD-ROM. Additional
The Corporate Yellow Book, Leadership details, including a table of contents, are at
Directories www.plunkettresearch.com
www.leadershipdirectories.com
Includes high-growth companies in its listing of Plunkett’s Companion to The Almanac of
more than 1,000 leading U.S. corporations chosen American Employers
from reports and lists published by numerous This covers selected midsize firms from 150 to
nationally recognized business sources. Has 2,300 employees, nationwide, from all industry
names and titles of more than 48,000 executives; sectors. Includes a fully featured CD-ROM.
direct-dial telephone numbers for executives; Details are at www.plunkettresearch.com. The
more than 10,000 E-mail addresses for officers, first section helps you explore various career
management, and administrative services profes- options; write cover letters and résumés; build
sionals. job-hunting networks; and master the interview.
The second section describes more than 250
career possibilities, providing such data as:
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working conditions, employment, job outlook, Notable Corporate Chronologies, 3rd Ed., 2000
earnings, related occupations, training, other This two-volume set presents concise chronolo-
qualifications, and advancement. gies for approximately 1,150 of the most signifi-
cant corporations currently operating in the U.S.
Thomson Gale and abroad. Coverage focuses on both major
Business Organizations, Agencies and established companies and notable newcomers
Publications Directory 18th Ed., 2005, that have had a major impact on the American or
Thomson Gale world economies, standards of living, and
www.gale.com lifestyles.
This Directory is arranged in five broad categories: Small Business Sourcebook, Thomson
U.S. and international organizations, government Gale, 2005
agencies and programs, facilities and services, Has listings of live and print sources of informa-
research and educational facilities, and publica- tion designed to facilitate the start-up, develop-
tions and information services. ment, and growth of specific small businesses, as
Business Rankings Annual, 2005, Thomson well as similar listings for general small-business
Gale topics. Entries are provided on a state-by-state
www.gale.com basis; also included are relevant U.S. federal gov-
Contains lists of companies, products, services, ernment agencies and branch offices.
and activities compiled from a variety of published Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private
sources. Working from a bibliographic file the and Public Companies, Thomson Gale, 2005
editors have built up over the years, they have Ward’s now lists more than 114,500 companies,
culled thousands of items from periodicals, 90 percent of which are private. Locate potential
newspapers, financial services, directories, clients and create targeted mailing lists. In six
statistical annuals, and other printed material. volumes, arranged A–Z, geographically, by sales,
The “top 10” from each of these rankings appears SIC codes.
in this volume, grouped under standard subject
headings for easy browsing. Readers can quickly Harris InfoSource
locate all rankings in which a given company, www.harrisinfo.com
person, or product appears by consulting the This directory is on CD-ROM and also in print.
reference’s comprehensive index. In addition, Lists manufacturing and all-business industry
a complete listing of sources used to compile slices available for every state, region, and the
this Annual is provided in the bibliography. entire U.S. Locate companies by name, geogra-
Each edition includes a separately published phy, product/service category, or SIC. Company
cumulative index. profiles include key decision-maker contact
information, SICs, product/service categories
Encyclopedia of Business Information and descriptions, company size information,
Sources, Thomson Gale sales, employees, contact information,
www.gale.com, 19th ed., 2004 and more.
Identifies live, print, and electronic sources of
information listed under alphabetically arranged Hoover’s
subjects—industries and business concepts and
www.hoovers.com
practices. Listings are arranged by type of
Hoover’s Handbooks
resource (directories, databases, newsletters,
These four volumes provide in-depth information
indexes, research centers, etc.) within each sub-
on 2,550 of the world’s largest, fastest-growing,
ject. Many entries also provide E-mail addresses
and most influential public and private companies.
and URLs covering online resources.
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Hoover’s Handbook of American Hoover’s Online
Business 2004 www.hoovers.com
This comprehensive two-volume set contains in- Now a part of Dun & Bradstreet, this is a sub-
depth profiles of 750 of America’s largest and scription service; however, this site allows free
most influential companies, plus a selection of access to an A–Z company directory and an
more than 50 of the largest privately owned com- extensive listing of industries, and the latter
panies, including Cargill and Mars. Hoover’s opens pages of the “most-viewed” companies in
examines the personalities, events, and strategies each industry sector. Company listings have a
that have made these enterprises leaders in their paragraph description of the business operation,
fields. basic contact information, and a link to the com-
Hoover’s Handbook of Emerging pany’s website. Subscription services are: The
Companies 2004 Business Boneyard—a listing that provides a his-
Covers small, rapidly growing companies in the torical view of thousands of companies that have
U.S. and tells the story of 600 such businesses, merged, been acquired, or have fallen victim to
with in-depth profiles for 200 of these firms. Also market trends or weak management. Hoover’s
includes lists of fast-growing companies from top Online has more than 2,000 company records
business publications. This Handbook covers with contact information. Also available by sub-
selected U.S. public companies with sales of scription is a geographic index and a company
between $10 million and $1 billion, at least three listing by stock index. Check to see if your library
years of reported sales, at least a 20 percent rate subscribes.
of sales growth during that time, and positive net The National JobBank, Adams Media,
income for their most recent fiscal year. There are, Avon, MA
however, a few exceptions to these rules, to cover www.adamsmedia.com, annual
some interesting companies that don’t quite fit Updated annually, this book contains profiles and
the mold. employment information for 20,000 companies;
Hoover’s Handbook of Private cross-referenced and indexed. Among data are a
Companies 2005 list of common positions, phone number for
This volume covers 900 nonpublic U.S. enter- recorded job lines, type of business, locations, and
prises, including large industrial and service more.
corporations, such as Milliken & Co. and
PricewaterhouseCoopers; hospitals and health- Standard & Poor’s
care organizations such as Blue Cross; charitable www.books.mcgraw-hill.com
and membership organizations including the Standard & Poor’s 500 Guide, 2004 Edition
Ford Foundation; mutual and cooperative organi- Job seekers will find concise and up-to-the-
zations such as IGA; joint ventures such as minute overviews of potential employers with
Motiva; government-owned corporations such as critical, often hard-to-find information. Contains
the Postal Service; and major university systems, market intelligence on all 500 of the companies
including The University of Texas System. listed in the S&P 500 Index, including company
Hoover’s Handbook of World Business 2004 addresses, phone numbers, websites, names of
Has in-depth profiles of 300 of the most influen- key corporate directors, earnings and dividends
tial firms in Canada, Europe, and Japan, as well as data with three-year price charts, plus extensive
companies from the fast-growing economies of stock and other financial information. See also
countries like China, India, and Taiwan. Standard and Poor’s Register of Corporations,
Directors and Executives, which is helpful in
locating top personnel.
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Industry Profiles and Information site contains downloadable PDFs of reprints of
this handbook. These cover the nature of the
The Occupational Outlook and Salary Informa- work, working conditions, number of jobs in the
tion appears as live links at the New York Public U.S., job outlook, and median annual earnings.
Library Job Information Center’s website under The employment projections mentioned in the
Job Search Resources on the Internet at reference above are tables of numbers, while the
www.nypl.org. Also see the section Professions/ Handbook has no tables but instead discussions
Industries/Interests Industries—look under indi- on jobs and industries.
vidual entries for industry information.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The U.S. Occupational Outlook
Salary Information
Employment Projections from the Profession-Specific Salary Survey
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) jobsmart.org
www.bls.gov/emp Research the salaries of more than 300 profes-
The Office of Occupational Statistics and sions. This site has links to surveys done by a
Employment Projections develops information variety of organizations.
about the labor market for the nation as a whole
Salary.com
for 10 years into the future. Includes such topics
Research salaries, post questions in a forum, and
as the occupations with the largest job growth,
sign up for a weekly newsletter from this site. A
2002–12, showing the number of jobs for 2002
free graph of salary ranges is given for different
and 2012, with changes in the number of posi-
levels of an occupation (from junior to senior) for
tions and the growth rate. Employment projec-
various cities.
tions through 2012 are available for most
industries, which are broken down by occupa-
tions. For example, “Aerospace Product and Parts
Manufacturing” has projections for 50 occupa- Cutting-Edge Careers and Top
tions, including aerospace engineers, aircraft
mechanics, arbitrators, lawyers, management
Employers Directories
analysts—down to writers and authors. Statistics 50 Cutting-Edge Jobs, Ferguson, Chicago, 2000
are also given for an occupation across all indus- Presents information on 50 newer careers, plus
tries on the same table. how to break into the field, a glimpse at the
future of the field and the specific earnings,
Occupational Outlook Handbook
responsibilities, and locations of the jobs. This is a
bls.gov/emp
potpourri of occupations that have been spawned
Also published by the U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau
by changes in technology, business, and the
of Labor Statistics, this handbook is a nationally
makeup of the population. Some listings are:
recognized source of career information, provid-
adventure travel specialist, biotechnology patent
ing assistance to individuals making decisions
lawyer, computer and video game designer,
about their future work lives. Revised every two
forensic psycho-physiologist, fuel cell technician,
years, the Handbook describes what workers do
Internet quality-assurance specialist, retirement
on the job, working conditions, the training and
counselor, and wireless service technician.
education needed, earnings, and expected job
Indexed.
prospects for a wide range of occupations. The
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Find Job Vacancies in the Business World or tionships.” The 10–12 pages profiles “are
Private Sector, Planning Communications designed to deliver the industry knowledge and
www.planningcommunications.com, new edi- industry analysis that generate an understanding
tion available in late 2005 to early 2006 of the challenges and opportunities facing
Provides details on the best Internet job and prospects and customers.” More than 150 profiles
résumé databases, specialty and trade periodicals, are offered for $99 each, and are updated quar-
job-matching services, job hotline services, direc- terly. Each includes an industry overview, financial
tories of employers, directories of professionals benchmark data, industry opportunities, business
for networking purposes, and salary surveys. trends, credit and risk issues, and an industry
Covers the business world, high tech, health care, forecast.
media, science and engineering, and the rest of
Shibui Markets
the private sector. See the table of contents (at the
www.shibuimarkets.com/
publisher’s website) for its full scope.
SM sells online industry reports and provides
The Big Book of Jobs 2005–2006 VGM free, on-screen information on about 100 indus-
Career Books Staff, manufactured by tries under “Search by Industry.” Each industry
McGraw-Hill has its SIC Code listed. Clicking on one of these
Up-to-date data from the U.S. Department of industries brings up a screen with basic informa-
Labor, plus cutting-edge career strategies from tion on the industry’s products, services, and
VGM. The Big Book lets job seekers save time by activities, as well as its segments. For example,
offering everything they need in a single volume. “Major Group 13: Oil and Gas Extraction” has
links to: SIC Code 131: Crude Petroleum and
Peterson’s Top 2,500 Employers, Thomson Gale
Natural Gas, 132: Natural Gas Liquids, and 138:
Company information provided by Hoover’s
Oil and Gas Field Services. Clicking on one of
Online. Be careful—things have changed since
these SIC Codes leads to a global list of compa-
the year 2000! Includes indexes. Look for latest
nies. Free financial information is given for each
edition.
company, plus users can join online discussions
for free. Company reports are available for pur-
chase.
Business Information Websites Business.com
Adams Internet Job Search, 6th ed. www.business.com
www.adamsmedia.com Industry-specific and global featured listings of
Completely revised and updated, the sixth edition companies and organizations with live links to
plugs job hunters directly into millions of oppor- their websites. A search engine permits browsing
tunities and a comprehensive reference helps to The Business Internet to find jobs, products/ser-
find millions of newly advertised job listings. Get vices, news, etc. Business.com’s home page lists
the most up-to-date lowdown on job sites. Find about 25 industries, each broken down into three
the sites and listings most relevant to your search. or more subcategories; e.g., financial services is
broken down into banking, insurance, and invest-
First Research ment. Banking’s subcategories include associa-
www.firstresearch.com/ tions, banking institutions, banking law,
This company offers industry analysis and market certificates of deposits, employment, online bank-
research to help “sales and marketing profession- ing, small business, and software, among others.
als with the targeted understanding needed to A section called “Popular Searches” has links to
engage key prospects and deepen customer rela-
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banking for small business, the banking industry, published on: Atlanta, Austin/San Antonio, Boston,
foreign banking, and sweep accounts, plus more. the Carolinas, Chicago, Connecticut, Dallas/Fort
For each subcategory, clicking on “Jobs” opens a Worth, Houston, Los Angeles, New York (including
screen showing a limited number of positions. New York City, Long Island, and Rockland and
This site is best for putting together a list of Westchester Counties, and Northern New Jersey),
potential employers in a specific field. Companies New Jersey, Ohio, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Fran-
and associations pay to have their listings cisco Bay Area, Seattle, Virginia, and Washington, DC
included.
Craig’s List
www.craigslist.org
This site is a local bulletin board, with a section
Regional and Local Directories on jobs. It has postings for community, housing,
Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State, personals, and a bit more. The list of cities
and Local Organizations, Thomson Gale keeps growing. If your hometown isn’t listed
www.gale.com, annual here, it may be by the time you read this:
This is a guide to U.S. nonprofit membership Albany, Albuquerque, Anchorage, Atlanta, Austin,
organizations with listings for organizations with Baltimore, Boise, Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte,
interstate, state, intrastate, city, or local scope. Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas,
Associations include trade and professional asso- Denver, Detroit, Eugene, Fresno, Hartford, Hon-
ciations, social welfare and public affairs organi- olulu, Houston, Indianapolis, Inland Empire,
zations, and religious, sports, and hobby groups Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Memphis,
with voluntary members. Detailed entries furnish Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Monterey,
association name and complete contact and Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk,
descriptive text information. This information is Omaha, Orange County, Orlando, Philadelphia,
not duplicated anywhere in Encyclopedia of Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Providence, Raleigh,
Associations, also published by Thomson Gale. Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San
Name and keyword indexes accompany each Diego, Santa Barbara, Seattle, Spokane, St. Louis,
volume. San Francisco Bay, Tampa Bay, Tucson, Tulsa,
Washington, DC. Plus Canada: Montreal, Ottawa,
JobBank Series, Adams Media, Avon, MA Toronto, Vancouver . . . and other countries, too!
www.adamsmedia.com
Currently, there are more than a dozen separate National Job Hotline Directory: The Job
editions that cover the largest metropolitan areas Finder’s Hot List: 1999–2001 (National Job
and some states in the U.S. Each book contains Hotline Directory), Sue A. Cubbage and Marcia
profiles of local companies in all industries, with P. Williams
up-to-date information including company www.jobfindersonline.com
descriptions and contact information, hiring man- Although published a few years ago, this book
agers, common professional positions, projected contains a state-by-state listing of job hotlines, as
number of hires, educational backgrounds well as a list of job-hunting resources and direc-
sought, internship information, and benefits. Also tories of employers by city.
listed are executive search firms and placement
agencies, professional associations, websites for
job hunters, CD-ROM job-search sources, plus
some tips on conducting a search. The guides are
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Regional and Local Associations Recruiters
Kennedy Information
Thomson Gale www.kennedyinformation.com
Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State
and Local Organizations, Thomson Gale The Directory of Executive Recruiters
www.gale.com, annual Corporate Edition, 2004
(See Regional and Local Directories.) With advice on using executive recruiters and
full firm contact information, including phone
Associations Unlimited numbers, fax numbers, and E-mail and web
This online database combines data from the addresses, the Directory is the best source for
entire Encyclopedia of Associations series and entering the “hidden” job market with executive
includes additional Internal Revenue Service recruiters. Five full indexes help the user target
information on nonprofit organizations for a information.
total of more than 456,000 organizations. The
database also contains association materials— The International Directory of Executive
brochures, logos, and membership applications. Recruiters
A key source for locating national, international Lists full contact information for 2,515 firm loca-
and local associations; monitoring association tions in 80 countries; indexed by function, indus-
trends; identifying related associations; network- try, firm, and 5,300 search-firm principals;
ing and making professional contacts; marketing provides tips for job seekers along with recom-
to associations, their members, and markets; and mendations of books and other resources on
more. Various types of search methods are avail- career management and job changing.
able. Check to see if a library in your area sub-
scribes.
Weddle’s Association Directory—online Job Boards and More
www.weddles.com
Professional associations and societies often Career Fairs
operate websites featuring job boards, résumé www.careerfairs.com
banks, or other employment-related services. This A locator of job/career fairs searchable by date,
Directory helps you find these sites. It lists several job category, and state. Includes high-tech, pro-
thousand associations from around the world by fessional, sales, health care, and college fairs.
their primary professional/occupational focus
www.nationalcareerfairs.com
and/or industry of interest and provides a link to
Provides a listing by date and city for free fairs
the websites they operate. For the most current
throughout the U.S.
listing of association sites and a summary of the
employment resources offered at the sites (e.g., www.jobstar.org
job board, résumé bank), see Weddle’s Lists California job fairs and resources for Califor-
Recruiter’s Guide to Association Web Sites, a nia job hunters.
print directory compiled in conjunction with the
Association for Internet Recruiting with profiles How to Participate in a Job Fair
of more than 1,500 of the leading associations www.jobsearch.about.com
and societies in the U.S. Have a successful job fair experience—in 12 easy
steps.
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Live Links to Job Boards
This section is taken from the New York Public Career Resource Center
Library website, Mid-Manhattan Library). This www.careers.org/
provides links to the most popular job boards, Extensive links to career-related websites.
career-information sites, salary information, and
more. The library updates this list often, so that all FlipDog.com
sites are current and active. www.flipdog.com
This site is accessed by opening www.nypl.org, This site provides job information from big and
going to the section on the branches, and scrolling small companies, public and private organizations.
down the page and clicking on “Job Information.”
Then, open the link that says, “Job Search HOTJOBS
Resources on the Internet.” Under “Job Search- www.hotjobs.com
ing—General Resources” is a listing of the most This site enables job seekers to search by keyword,
popular job boards chosen by the library staff that company, U.S. location, and international location.
covers a range of occupations with live links. Here It also offers useful career tools such as interviewing
is the listing: skills, résumé writing, industry news, and a reloca-
America’s Career InfoNet tion center.
www.acinet.org/acinet
Internet Career Connection
This is a part of CareerOneStop, an extensive federal www.iccweb.com
and state-sponsored career site. Find wages and
This site provides job listings, career information, a
employment trends, occupational requirements,
career guidance service, and a résumé database. You
state-by-state labor market conditions, millions of
can take a free interest inventory to discover which
employment contacts nationwide, and the most
occupations best match your interests.
extensive career resource library online.
America’s Job Bank Job Bank USA
www.ajb.dni.us www.jobbankusa.com
U.S. Department of Labor link to 1,800 state Search employment listings, network, submit an E-
employment services. User registration required. résumé, and search the database using specific job
requirements.
BestJobsUSA
www.bestjobsusa.com Job Hunt
Job seekers may search for jobs, post a résumé, and www.job-hunt.org
research the economic prospects of several states, List of online job-search resources and services.
as well as do salary research and get career advice.
Monster
Career Builder www.monster.com
www.careerbuilder.com
Worldwide access for all levels in all fields. Search
Search for a job, post a résumé, read articles on for jobs, post a résumé, open your own career-
working life, and peruse the list of employment management account, and research a featured
agencies. company.
Career Guides @ Your Library
NationJob
jobstar.org
www.nationjob.com
Check out these great books available at your local
This site provides job information for job seekers
library.
and employers, résumé-writing info, a free career
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test, a salary wizard, career articles, success stories, A comprehensive site of employment listings and
community programs, and online degree info. information about job hunting on the Internet.
Net Temps Vault.com
www.net-temps.com www.vault.com
A site targeted to the temporary-employment mar- Job listings include finance, consulting, law, Inter-
ket. Users may search for jobs and post a résumé. net, health, consumer products and retail, media,
marketing, technology, and science. This site offers
NYTimes insider guides, company profiles, message boards,
www.nytimes.com/pages/jobs and firm rankings. An excellent source for industry
Site features an easy-to-navigate design, articles information; however, only a select group of indus-
about careers and the workplace, and job listings in tries are covered.
the tristate area and nationwide. You can also post
résumés on Job Market and sign up for daily E-mail Wetfeet.com
alerts. www.wetfeet.com
Company profiles, industry profiles, career coach-
The Riley Guide ing, self-assessment, job listings, internship listings,
www.dbm.com/jobguide and international jobs.
www.jobstar.org colleague, or other professional. Members fill
Contains career guides, links to salary informa- out a profile, which allows others to contact
tion for a variety of occupations. Link to them, as well as search the network for contacts
www.careerjournal.com, the career website by such things as job title, job function, location,
from The Wall Street Journal. Also, links to the etc. Members can access those who are not in
Journal’s JobStar Executive (for executives); infor- their own network but in the overall database
mation on job hunting and career management via these searches. There are more than 300,000
(from the Journal and other sources) and JobStar job listings from more than 1,000 employers
Job Bank, a searchable database of 30,000+ mid- worldwide. Jobs are posted directly on the
dle- to senior-level positions is updated daily. employers’own sites. This network allows
A direct way of accessing JobStar is at users to get needed introductions to a hiring
www.careerjournal.com, which is the Journal’s manager or recruiter. For example, a member
executive career site. This site allows a nationwide can call a hiring manager and say, “Joan Smith
search for a particular profession (e.g., physics) or of Exco recommended that I call you”—even
type of job (e.g., IT vice president). The entries if he or she only knows Joan via a network
include a job description, information on the search.
company, job requirements, and salary. This site
also contains articles, discussions, and advice on
various aspects of jobs and careers.
Guides to Job and Career Websites
www.linkedin.com
This is a network of professional job seekers. The Adams Internet Job Search Almanac, Adams
idea behind this site is that, since members refer Media Corp., 6th ed.
each other, it is a network of trusted professionals. www.adamsmedia.com
Service is free and persons join by being referred Find millions of newly advertised job listings. Get
online (via E-mail) by a classmate, coworker, the most up-to-date lowdown on job sites. Find
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the sites and listings most relevant to your search. profiled. Entries contain complete contact infor-
Create electronic résumés readable by computers mation and are arranged by type of resource. New
and intriguing to prospective employers. Post profiles on high-growth careers cover such hot
résumés without a hitch. Research the hidden job jobs as software engineer, database administrator,
market to target the right employers. Network and environmental engineer. This sourcebook
with peers in cyberspace. organizes the wide-ranging information available
to today’s job seeker. Each category features vari-
Best Career and Education Web Sites: A Quick
ous sources, including reference works, online
Guide to Online Job Search, Rachel Singer
and database services, software programs, and
Gordon, and Anne Wolfinger, JIST Works, 4th ed.,
more. Also included is an alphabetical list of all
2004
the publications, organizations, electronic
www.jist.com
resources, and other sources of job-hunting infor-
Listings and reviews of the 340 “very best” sites
mation.
on the Internet for information on careers, col-
lege, training, and job searching. This is not a Plunkett’s Employers’ Internet Sites with
catalog of everything out there; rather it is a care- Careers Information, 2004–2005, Plunkett
fully considered nomination of the most helpful, Research, annual
crucial, and information-packed sites available on Plunkett’s editors have viewed thousands of cor-
the web. Previously titled Quick Internet Guide porate websites to pick out those with the most
to Career and Education Information. useful career information. This book profiles hun-
dreds of those best websites and indexes them by
CareerXroads, Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler,
type of business, type of data available, type of
MMC Group, Kendall Park, NJ, 2003
jobs available, and more. Each site addresses the
www.careerxroads.com
following questions: Can you apply for a job
This book has reviews of the top 500 job sites and
online? Is information available for the physically
listings for more than 2,500 in total. The reviews
challenged? Are jobs searchable by geographic
include information on the site’s content, the
region? Is the careers section searchable by type
range of jobs posted on the site (10s, 100s, 1,000s,
of job? Are benefit plan data available? Are inter-
etc.), the range of résumés posted, whether there
national jobs listed? Are specific job openings
are any posting fees, the job disciplines and spe-
posted? Are internships listed? Is there a special
cialties, and a paragraph about the site. An excel-
college recruiting section? In addition, profiles
lent source for finding job boards and much
provide a description of the business, size of the
more. Indexes include corporation staffing pages,
firm by annual sales, and human resources con-
location, and specialty and industry.
tact name, address, and phone number, along
Job Hunter’s Sourcebook: Where to Find with corporate phone and fax numbers.
Employment Leads and Other Job Search Purchasers of the printed book or PDF version
Resources, Thomson Gale, Edition 6, 2004 may receive a free CD-ROM database of the cor-
Also lists sources of help-wanted ads, employer porate profiles, enabling export of corporate data
directories, employment agencies, placement for mail merges and other uses.
services, electronic resources, and other informa-
Weddle’s Directory of Employment-Related
tion sources for specific careers. Profiles 216 high-
Internet Sites 2004
interest professional and vocational occupations,
www.weddles.com
from accountant and aircraft mechanic to sports
This directory lists more than 7,500 websites that
official and stockbroker. A master list of profiled
specialize in online recruiting. All of the sites are
professions lists alternative, popular, synonymous,
organized and listed by occupational field, indus-
and related job titles and links them to the jobs
try, and/or geographic focus. The directory covers
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the global labor market and is said to access sites Print
not easily found by other job hunters. The Direc- Plunkett’s Research, Ltd., Houston, TX
tory lists sites in the U.S. and more than 20 coun- www.plunkettresearch.com
tries around the world. This company offers reports and online subscrip-
Weddle’s Job Seeker’s Guide to Employment tions on industry sector analysis and research,
Web Sites 2004 industry trends, and industry statistics. For job
www.weddles.com seekers, these reports contain industry and com-
This book is billed as a consumer’s guide to pany financial and sales information, vertical
online job boards, résumé banks, and career por- industry marketing data, product strategy data,
tals. Completely updated for 2004, this reference trends analysis, statistics, job-search data, com-
presents the “best of the 40,000+ employment- pany profiles, and executive lists. This enables
related sites currently available on the Internet.” It seekers to develop specific, targeted mailings, as
supplies information about each site’s services, well as be knowledgeable during interviews.
features, and fees, such as how many and what Plunkett’s Industry Almanacs
kinds of jobs are posted, the salary ranges of the Plunkett’s business and industry almanacs con-
posted jobs, and whether the site contains infor- tain the latest trends, competitive intelligence,
mation about employers. Free updates are avail- market research, business analysis, data and sta-
able at www.weddles.com. tistics grouped within specific industry segments.
Your 24/7 Online Job Search Guide, Lamont Included are profiles of hundreds of leading com-
Wood, Adobe Reader eBooks panies. Each almanac comes with a CD-ROM
Required: Adobe Reader 6.0; Platforms: For Win- that contains its complete core databases. Each
dows, Mac, Palm almanac contains, among other information,
Advanced navigation, search, bookmarks, and industry information, business statistics, technol-
multiple viewing options. Topics include the search ogy trends, and up to 27 executive contacts that
process, electronic résumé, leading job sites, other are included in profiles of about 500 leading
sites, using usernet and mailing lists, job-related companies in the industry. Individual almanacs
newsgroups, and corporate information sites. are listed below. Check
www.plunkettresearch.com/almanacs.htm for
more information on each, as well as a list of
Section II: upcoming additions to this group. At press time,
the industries covered were: Advertising & Brand-
Professions/Industries/Interests ing, Airlines, Hotels, Travel & Tourism, Apparel &
Textiles, Automobiles & Trucks, Banking & Mort-
General gages, e-Commerce & Internet, (Computers, Internet,
Trade Shows Software & Hardware), Consulting Industry, Energy
Events Eye Industry (Energy, Alternative Energy & Utilities),
www.eventseye.com Engineering & Research, Entertainment & Media
(Entertainment, Media, Film, TV, Radio & Publish-
Trade Shows, Exhibitions, Conferences and ing), Financial Services (Finance, Investments, Bank-
Professional Events Worldwide ing, Insurance & Mortgages), Food & Beverages,
Features more than 5,200 trade shows, exhibi- Heath Care, Biotech & Genetics, Insurance, Invest-
tions, and conferences put on by nearly 1,000 ment & Securities, Real Estate & Construction Indus-
organizers, with a total of more than 8,900 events try (Real Estate REITs, Mortgages & Construction),
through July 2006. New trade shows and exhibi- Retail, Telecommunications & Wireless, Transporta-
tions are added every month. tion, Supply Chain & Logistics. New titles under
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development at press time were: Banking, Mort- Job and Industry Information Sites
gages & Credit Industry, Insurance Industry, Invest- Industry News and Job Boards
ment & Securities Industry, and Renewable,
www.vault.com
Alternative & Hydrogen Energy Industry.
Vault contains career and industry information,
Plunkett’s Industry Summary Reports message boards, and lists of “top 20” job boards.
(e-books) This is a good source for industry information.
These are downloadable e-books, based on the Postings are searchable by keyword, city, and
Industry Almanacs. Each is in PDF form, runs state, except for Consulting, which is categorized
about 30–40 pages, and covers industry informa- by Management & Strategy, Tech, Operations,
tion and trends. There is no list of company pro- Human Resources, Change Management, Finan-
files; thus, there is no executive contact cial, Health Care, Marketing, and Other. The
information. Cost is $99.99 for each. The list, at industries covered are: Accounting, Advertising and
press time, consisted of: Advertising & Branding Public Relations, Consulting, Entertainment, Fashion,
Industry, Airline, Hotel & Travel Industry, Apparel & Government, Health/Biotech/Pharmaceutical, Invest-
Textiles Industry, Automobile Industry, Banking and ment Banking, Investment Management, Law, Media
Insurance Industry, Biotech Industry, Computer and & Marketing, Nonprofit, Real Estate, Technology,
Software Industry, Consulting Industry, e-Commerce Television, Venture Capital.
Business, Energy Industry, Engineering Industry,
www.wetfeet.com
Entertainment & Media Industry, Financial Services
Wet Feet says that it “provides information on
Industry Trends, Technologies and Online Access,
companies, careers, and industries that job seek-
Food Industry, Health Care Industry, Health Care
ers use throughout their careers to make smarter
Technologies Overview, Leading Global Entertain-
career decisions. Wet Feet also offers job seekers
ment & Media Companies, Mortgage Industry, Nan-
expert advice, newsletters, salary benchmarking
otechnology & MEMS Industry, Real Estate &
tools, and discussion boards on everything from
Construction, Renewable, Alternative & Hydrogen
negotiating a raise to writing better cover letters.”
Energy, Retail Industry, Telecommunications, Trans-
This is a good site to find information about vari-
portation, Supply Chain & Logistics.
ous types of careers, what the latest industry
news says, and who some of the key players are
Free Trade Publications in each area. Wet Feet sells Insider Guides (under
tradepub.com $20 each) on various industries and a limited
This site allows professionals to get a free one- number of financial institutions, such as Accen-
year subscription to a wide variety of publications ture, Deloitte, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley.
in more than 20 broad categories. These are “con- Guides, which can be downloaded, are available
trolled subscriptions,” which means that readers for General Career Help, Accounting, Advertising,
must fill out a form that includes the company Biotech & Pharmaceuticals, Brand Management &
they work for and their title and often what types Marketing, Consulting, Entertainment, Financial
of equipment and services they use or get Services, Health Care, Human Resources, Law, Man-
involved with during their buying decision. ufacturing, Information Technology, Nonprofit &
Government, Oil & Gas, and Real Estate. There are
also guides for various aspects of job-hunting and
career management; e.g., business schools, free-
lancing, promotions, and more.
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New York Public Library Industry- www.academic360.com
Academic360.com is a metacollection of Internet
Specific Guides and Directories resources that have been gathered for the acade-
www.nypl.org (Science, Industry, and Business mic job hunter. It includes links to faculty, staff,
Library) and administrative positions.
Open the page on research and click on the box
Chronicle of Higher Education Career
“Introductory Research Guides.” Guides are pro-
Network
vided for a few selected industries. Clicking on
chronicle.com
“Industry-Specific Directories” will bring up a list
Content and listing of all positions available (for
of about 75 industries. Clicking on each will open
free) from the previous week’s edition of the
up a page with a listing of appropriate directories.
Chronicle of Higher Education. Listings from the
Many of these are included in this listing. There
current week’s edition are available online to
are also materials taken from other sources.
subscribers only.
Education America Network
Academic and Education educationamerica.net
America’s largest online source for education
Print employment opportunities.
101 Career Alternatives for Teachers: Exciting
Job Opportunities for Teachers Outside the Higher Ed Jobs
Profession, Margaret Gisler, Prima Pub., 2002 www.higheredjobs.com
Turnover rates within the teaching industry are Search for academic jobs by position, location, or
skyrocketing, with half of all teachers leaving the keyword.
profession within their first five years. In addition, K-12Jobs
an enormous number are scheduled to retire in www.k12jobs.com
the near future. This book shows the best fields This site includes information on job fairs, state
for teachers to use their skills and experience, and certifications, education resources, résumés,
the most attractive and lucrative alternative jobs salaries, and newsgroups.
for teachers.
University Job Bank
The World of Learning, Europa Publications, UJobBank.com
Taylor & Francis Group, U.K., annual Job listings for faculty/staff positions, as well as
An international directory of educational, cultural, employment opportunities for postdoctoral can-
and scientific institutions with contact information didates and a résumé bank.
on more than 150,000 persons who are the chief
personnel in higher education worldwide. Also
provides information on more than 400 organiza-
tions. An online version is available by subscription.
Accounting
Print
Online Careers in Accounting, Gloria L. Gaylord and
Academic Employment Network Glenda E. Reid,VGM Professional Careers Series,
www.academploy.com 3rd ed., 1997
Primary, secondary, and higher learning positions. Covers careers in public, corporate, government,
and nonprofit accounting, as well as what’s
Academic Position Network
required to be a sole practitioner, educator, or
www.apnjobs.com
Searchable higher education database.
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financial planner. Contains career advice and Accountant, Auditor, Banking, Investment, CFO,
covers recent trends in this field, although some COO, College, Controller, Finance, Insurance,
of this book is obviously dated. President, CEO.
Online Vault.com (see previous listing)
Accountemps Wetfeet Inside Guide, Careers in Accounting,
www.accountemps.com e-book, (see www.wetfeet.com, listed previously)
Accountemps specializes in providing temporary
staffing services by accounting, finance and book-
keeping professionals. Advertising, Including Graphic Art
Accounting.com and Design
Post a résumé, join a discussion group, view list- Print
ings of CPAs and accounting firms, and see other
Adweek
resources. Search for jobs by state, city, company
Three directories are offered, either online or in
name or keywords. This site also has links to other
print with a CD-ROM. The Adweek Directory,
resources for accountants, online discussions, and
Brandweek Directory, and Multicultural Mar-
online professional education courses (this part of
the site was under development at press time). keting in America Directory. Electronically,
these can be targeted by multiple criteria and
AICPA Online: American Institute for viewed in detail. Key contact information for
Certified Public Accountants personnel and companies can be downloaded.
www.aicpa.org The data are updated constantly to provide the
AICPA Online provides information that includes most current information available. The publica-
how to become a CPA, taking the CPA exam, and tion’s site, adweek.com, also provides industry
career opportunities. news that is updated daily.
Careers in Accounting The Advertising RedBooks, LexisNexis
www.careers-in-accounting.com www.redbooks.com
Some of the best info on the Internet on fields The RedBooks bills itself as “the most compre-
such as public accounting, tax, auditing, and hensive, most trusted information source on the
managerial accounting. Also links to quite a few advertising industry. Available in print volumes,
other sites and some useful books. on CD-ROM and online.” The website offers
Execu/Search Group some free searches, but total online access to the
www.execu-search.com more than 30,000 companies listed is by subscrip-
tion. However, this information is available in the
This site is for professional recruitment and tem-
print versions. The website contains an extensive
porary staffing in the New York metro area, spe-
listing of associations related to the ad industry.
cializing in accounting/finance, accounting
Individual RedBooks are published for Agencies,
support, financial services, graphics, health care,
Advertisers (Business), Advertisers (Geographic
human resources, information technology, legal,
Listing), and International Advertisers and Agen-
and office support.
cies. The Agency Database contains detailed pro-
Financial Job Network files of nearly 13,500 U.S. and international
www.fjn.com advertising agencies, including accounts repre-
This network lists global job opportunities for sented by each agency, fields of specialization,
financial professionals in the following categories: breakdown of gross billings by media, contact
information on agency personnel, and much
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more. The Advertiser Database contains informa- external consumer brands, corporate, and world-
tion on more than 15,500 U.S. and international wide links. The Account Assignments database
advertisers that each spend more than $200,000 tracks account management for the world’s lead-
annually on advertising. Each listing includes ing brands and companies, i.e., which advertising
advertising expenditures by media, current agency handles which accounts in which coun-
agency, fiscal year-end and annual sales, contact tries. Fully searchable by brand, brand owner,
information on key personnel, brand name info, company, or advertising agency, the database now
SIC classifications, and other key data. contains more than 10,000 worldwide account
assignments for almost 4,000 leading brands.
Breaking into Advertising: How to Market
Some information is free to anyone; however,
Yourself Like a Professional, Jeannette Smith,
much is by subscription only. A month’s subscrip-
Peterson’s, Princeton, NJ, 1998
tion is $55.
Smith presents an overview of the ad business,
how to break into it, and how to get ahead once Advertising Age
you’re in. www.adage.com
Advertising Age magazine’s job bank powered by
Plunkett’s Advertising & Branding Industry
Monster.com.
Almanac; also Summary Report (see Plunkett’s
above) Adweek
www.adweek.com
U.S. Sourcebook of Advertisers, Schonfeld &
Search for a job, post a résumé, read articles,
Associates
search for job fairs, and read the online version of
www.saibooks.com, annual
Adweek magazine.
A directory of publicly owned corporations that
advertise. Corporate name, address, and phone Art Hire
number are provided, along with the names and www.arthire.com
titles of three senior executives, ad budgets, sales, For visual/music/sound/voice artists. Lists posi-
fiscal year closing, and more. Organized by state tions across the U.S., not just in New York and
and ZIP code. L.A.
Online Media Bistro
mediabistro.com
3 D Site
Dedicated to anyone who creates or works with
www.3dsite.com/#jobs
content, or who is a noncreative professional
A community-based effort focused on the com-
working in a content/creative industry. That
puter graphics industry (3-D artists, modeling,
includes editors, writers, television producers,
and special effects).
graphic designers, book publishers, people in
Adbrands.net production, and circulation departments in indus-
www.adbrands.net tries including magazines, television, radio, news-
This site contains information about the global papers, book publishing, online media,
advertising industry. Some job postings are here, advertising, public relations, and graphic design.
but this site is best for company profiles and Its mission is to provide opportunities (both
account assignments. Adbrands.net analyzes online and off-line) for you to meet each other,
more than 1,000 leading advertisers, brands, and share resources, become informed of job opportu-
agencies and provides histories, up-to-date news, nities and interesting projects, improve your
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