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University of Virginia

University of Virginia Career Services: Helpful Handouts

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Virginia Career Services Center offers numerous helpful handouts and career guides for the student preparing for a career. Handouts range from how to analyze your work preferences to how to write a resume. All handouts...
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Employment Spot

Employment Spot: Evaluating Job Offers

For Students 9th - 10th
The search is finally over. You've received a job offer and it sounds too good to be true. Before you scream "I accept," step back and think. There are many factors to weigh before deciding whether to accept and on what conditions.The...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Strategic Searching: Grades 6 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn that to conduct effective and efficient online searches, they must use a variety of searching strategies rather than relying on a single source. Students learn a five-step method for planning and carrying out an online...
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Other

Job Hunt: Create an Internet Resume

For Students 9th - 10th
Your traditional printed resume must be supplemented now with a 21st century version that is compatible with e-mail and with Internet and database search technologies.
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Employment Spot

Employment Spot: Perfect Your Resume

For Students 9th - 10th
The resume is an essential part of the job search process. Once you find the perfect employer, you must send them a resume that makes you look like the perfect employee. Online resources can help, whether you have 20 years of experience...
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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook

For Students 9th - 10th
See hundreds of featured career profiles. Find out for each occupation a description of the job, typical work environment, how to prepare for that career, salary range, and more. Each profile also includes Bureau of Labor Statistics...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Online Writing Lab

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A great resource for middle-school, high-school, and college writers, with worksheets, articles, model papers, and presentations that will help you with research, grammar, style, job-search and professional writing, and more. Includes...
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Other

Nation Job: Advertising and Media Jobs

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you interested in a career in advertising or media? Explore job openings and job resources in the advertising and media job site.
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Other

Nation Job: Education & Teaching Jobs

For Students 9th - 10th
Browse education jobs at the featured employer, or go directly to the list of employment opportunites. Listings include application instructions.
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Other

The Write Jobs: Journalism, Media, Publishing Jobs

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a peek into categories for technical writing and for telecommuting jobs, or see the latest postings in this job resource for writers.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Job Interviewing 101

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson students will explore the process of successfully searching for a job. This will include the development of forms/documents which can assist the successful job-seeker. The submission of a portfolio and "mock" job interview...
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Other

Us College Search: College Database

For Students 9th - 10th
The US College Search datatbase is a good resource for high school students, parents, and anyone looking to go back to college. We maintain a database of 9,734 4-year Universities, 2-year Colleges, Junior Colleges, Vocational Schools,...
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Other

The Sideroad: Workplace Etiquette: Avoiding Conflict in the Workplace

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides eleven guidelines accompanied by brief explanations on business etiquette. A valuable reference for students searching for a job or for anyone looking for positive ideas to use in their workplace.
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Other

Nevada Department of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation (Detr)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the Nevada Department of Employment resources to find job openings, training opportunities, and labor market information.
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Other

Department of Transportation: Maritime Career

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource describes jobs in the maritime industry, ways to get training for various career paths in the industry, and employment opportunities. Links to Maritime Museum websites are included.
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Other

Teach georgia.org: Georgia Teaching Jobs

For Students 9th - 10th
This job board provides teaching job information for the state of Georgia.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Common Interview Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you have an upcoming interview? Learn how to give professional and well-prepared answers. Explore some of the most common interview questions here, along with suggestions for presenting your responses.
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Employment Spot

Employment Spot: Internships

For Students 9th - 10th
It might seem like school just started up again, but believe it or not it's already time to start thinking about next summer. Summer internships have become increasingly competitive since more and more students have abandoned mowing...
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Letter Writing Guide

How to Write a Letter of Interest

For Students 9th - 10th
This student and teacher-friendly site discusses the importance of writing a letter of interest during a job search. In addition, the article discusses the how to make a letter of interest "stand out" from other candidates who are...
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Other

Career Builder

For Students 9th - 10th
Search hundreds of thousands of jobs ? across the nation or in your own neighborhood. Explore the Career Builder Database to search jobs by keyword, job category, company, or industry.
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Princeton Review

Princeton Review Career Profile: Nutritionist

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a pretty complete career profile for people considering becoming a nutritionist. Discusses the different steps (college, internships, work partners, possible employment oppurtunities). Plenty of resources. This page didn't need...
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Amby Duncan-Carr

Amby: Goal Setting

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you in the process setting goals for your future? Explore the Amby goal setting resources to assist in setting goals for finding a job.
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Other

Arkansas Employment Security Department

For Students 9th - 10th
Arkansas Employment Security Department has created a diverse resource to assist individuals interested in learning about the Arkansas job market. Explore current job opportunities in Arkansas.
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Other

Academic360: Academic Jobs

For Students 9th - 10th
Academic360.com is a meta-collection of Internet resources that have been gathered for the academic job hunter. It includes links to faculty, staff, and administrative announcements and is not restricted to teaching positions.