After MCGC

The benefits of our programs don't end with graduation. As alumni, the Graduate Center extends to you:

Entrepreneurial support: Graduates may enjoy a low cost support from the "alumni launch pad" for their entrepreneurial goal, including office space (if available), computer support, and consultation as they develop their business plan.

Preferred use-of-facility: Schedule your client or group meeting at the Graduate Center and receive reduced or complimentary pricing on rental fees.  See the Tech Center section of the site for reservation information.

Open invitations: You may attend all workshops, guest lectures, and user group meetings offered at the center.

GSee- Grad Center newsletter: Emailed to you once a month, the newsletter maintains your connection to the Graduate Center and features job listings, a calendar of events, alumni news and profiles.

Unparalleled professional network: Stay in touch with your faculty and classmates, as well as your fellow alumni from all programs, previous and subsequent to your year of graduation. Share collaborative projects, employment opportunities, and contact lists.

How to land the job you really want

Do you know what you want? You have new skills, new tools to advance your career. Are you thinking of making a change? Often, you'll find that you have more questions than answers. The good news is that the need in the job market for people with your skills and abilities is greater than ever and with preparation you can get a job that you want.

Welcome to the "Virtual Career Services Office" of the Graduate Center. We have developed this resource for you to use if you are considering a change or advancement in your career, are looking to create or revise your resume, or are looking for new opportunities for employment

We will continue to improve these resources as new materials are discovered or created. If you have found a useful resource not listed in these pages, please email us so we can review it for inclusion.

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General Career Resources

Most portal sites, such as Excite or Lycos, have career assistance sections. Be sure to check out their offerings.

Monster
One of the best, this site offers up-to-date market reports, resources, a technology job message board, networking chats and more.

America Online Workplace
Many resources, including career advice and a job search.

Excite Career Planning
Excite has put together a well-organized array of career planning resources.

YourCareerLinks.com
Not a lot of flash here but substance is what you want to look for. YourCareerLinks.com gives a listing of links to job sites specific to technology and links to general high tech jobs.

Businessweek Career
Articles, tool and a newsletter to give you some perspective on careers.

What Color is Your Parachute?
The online version of the famous job search book.

Career Testing

Live Career
Provides a 25 minute test to get an idea of what activities you would most like in your career.  Although you need to wade through advertisements and they try to sell you a “premium” report at the end, it still provides some interesting self-reflective information.

Career Key
A career test (that they charge $7.95 for) but the site also offers a variety of other resources and ways to approach career development.

Typefocus
Provides a free personality assessment based on Myers-Briggs

Entrepreneur Resources

Inc.com
Online version of Inc. - "The magazine for growing companies" Many resources available.

BusinessTown.com
Entrepreneurial assistance via a superb list of categorized resources.

Your goals are clear. Your resume is up to date and polished. Now what? Finding a job in today's market requires a lot more than the Sunday classifieds. Below you will find resources for job opportunities, both online and off.

Help Wanted Sites

These are the sections of companies' web sites that post current employment opportunities. If you have one or more companies in mind that most appeal to you, try this route for the most current listings and the most direct way to contact potential employers. Utilize the search engines to find company web sites that you are interested in, and browse the listings they present. If no listing is appropriate for your skill set, then find the contact information and send your resume and cover letter to the contact person listed, explaining your interest in the company and why you think that you are a "good fit" for their organization. If no contact person is listed, address your cover letter to the Director of Human Resources and it will be routed appropriately.

Classified Sites

These are most often the online version of a newspaper's classified section. You can search for your local newspaper's web site to see if their classifieds are online, or seek out the papers' web sites from areas you are considering relocating to. We have listed links for the classifieds for some of the larger Northeast urban areas, as well as the largest national filter of newspaper classifieds.

The Boston Globe • The New York Times • Wall Street Journal

CareerPath.com
Find a job, post a resume, manage your career. They say it's "powered by the nation's leading newspapers."

Resume Sites

Resume sites allow the job seeker to post their resume online for potential employers to access. Many of these sites are free, though some charge a small fee to add a resume to their database. Employers can search the database by keyword, employment category or experience in a given industry. There are two features that are important in deciding to use a resume site. The first is instant notification, where an email is automatically sent out when an employer expresses interest in your resume. The second is confidentiality, which is particularly important for people who are currently employed and do not want their present employer aware of their job search. Links follow.

CAREERS2000
This site focuses on recently laid off employees looking to find new suitable positions through new innovative technology. In their own words, CAREERS2000 actively markets and promotes this site through aggressive advertising to "ensure that the Human Resource and the Business Community can easily locate qualified individuals in their area through our service."

CareerShop
"CareerShop.com is the Internet career site for the Computer Generation. CareerShop.com offers a full array of automated services and tools to assist the skilled individual that uses the Internet, computers or technology in their profession to manage their careers and career options."

ComputerWork.com
A premiere site for matching computer job seekers and their skills to that of the nation's best recruiting firms. Definitely geared more towards programmers.

Industry Sites

Industry sites list jobs within a given industry. There are many available for Internet-related jobs. These sites are typically free to prospective employees, and employers pay a fee for listings.

Dice.com
Thousands of listings for high-tech permanent, contract and consulting jobs nationwide.

HighTechCareers.com
"High Technology Careers Magazine delivers a rich on-line career resource with thousands of career opportunities and the latest in high technology growth and development content specifically geared toward technical professionals."

Jobs for Programmers
Built for programmers - born from the programming community . . . "standing behind programmers and web developers in their pursuit of challenging and progressive employment opportunities."

Positionwatch
A slick Internet recruitment site with a quick search engine.

TechJobBank
"New Users may add their resume to our database free of charge. We offer open, confidential, and private resume listings. Once your resume is in our database you may come back at any time and use your access code and password to login, search jobs and automatically submit your resume to potential employers."

TechJobs SuperSite
"The Professional Job Bank For High-Technology Companies."

WebDesignerJobs.com
VERY industry specific! In fact, they've registered just about every domain name for specialized internet job titles. You can browse from categories like: www.webadvertisingjobs.com www.webdesignerjobs.com www.graphicdesignerjobs.com www.internetsalesjobs.com. There are tons.

Career Sites

These are the most plentiful and popular of all of the job sites on the web. The largest ones list hundreds of thousands of job listings each day. Typically, these sites are free to prospective employees and employers pay a fee to have jobs listed.

About.com

CareerBuilder.com
Another huge career search site. Many additional resources for the job seeker, including community forums.

CareerEngine, Inc.
The "Leading Provider" of e-Recruiting and Human Resource Solutions

CareerWeb
Search locally or nationwide, search broad or specific categories. A huge site with many features for the job seeker.

Cool Jobs
You can search their database and subscribe to a mailing list of the latest jobs that don't get posted in their database.

HotJobs
One nice privacy feature: "Only HotJobs.com publishes a list of member companies that can see your resume. You can control which of these companies can view your resume."

Monster.com The number one job search site.

Monster.trak
"The #1 college-targeted site on the internet." (1998 Student Monitor survey). Find A Job, Register/Post Your Resume, Visit the Online Career Fair, Career Forums, Career Contact Network and Job Search Tips.

NationJob Network
A search engine and subscriber-based notification system.

Net-Temps
Currently over 100,000 listings, about half of which are contract jobs.

Quintcareers.com
A Career and Job-Hunting Resources Guide.

Spherion Spherion® connects skilled, motivated employees with high-performance organizations to make the workplace work better.
Spherion is a leader in providing value-added staffing, recruiting and workforce solutions. Having placed millions of job candidates in flexible and full-time jobs, Spherion offers a wide range of career opportunities.

Headhunters

Recruiters Online Network
Posting your resume here gives access to over 8,000 employment agencies, executive search companies and recruiters. Your resume is confidential, as access is limited to recruitment professionals who are members of the site. Keep in mind, however, that your current employer may be a member!

Top 100 Electronic Recruiters
The goal of the Top 100 Electronic Recruiters Website is to make a single interface for the best of the Electronic Recruiters.

Freelance Work

American Home-Based Work Administration
Since 1995, the American Home-Based Work Administration has helped thousands of people make a transition to the home-based work place.

Contract Job Hunter
Contract job listings for engineering, IT/IS and Technical Personnel.

Freelance Online
A directory and resource center for freelancers in the field of communication.

NetSource Telecommuting Jobs
"We Are Dedicated To Helping YOU Find Legitimate Work That You Can Do From The Comfort Of Your Own Home."

Small and Home-based Business Links
Small & Home Based Business Links.

Selected State Sites

Connecticut Dept. of Labor

Maine Dept. of Labor

New Hampshire Employment Service

New Jersey's Employment Resources Page

New York State Dept. of Labor

Vermont Job Bank

Career Fairs

Good, old-fashioned career fairs are a great way to hone your presentation skills as well as to meet potential employers face to face. CareerFairs.com is a resource that lists job fairs around the country.