Links to Useful Resources
Most, but not all, of these sites have been selected for listing because they specifically target women's work issues. They are available to you as resources, but their inclusion on this list should not be construed as an endorsement of products, opinions, or information. Visit the sites, exercise good judgment, and please forward to Nina@womenssuccesscoach.com any feedback, positive or negative, about your experience.
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Career Search Sites
http://www.Wetfeet.com
Very comprehensive: includes research, advice and job listings; industry research, indexed various ways; job search and resume guidance, discussion boards. Thoughtful articles to help assess career moves, based on broad human values.
http://www.quintcareers.com
Useful content on a wide range of career-related issues. Section specifically dedicated to career changers.
http://www.TheLadders.com
Job board and career advice for $100K and up professionals. Generally high quality content.
http://www.Vault.com
Career guides to specific industries and professions, as well as active discussion boards where you can get your questions answered fairly quickly. Useful articles and blog entries.
Researching data on careers and industries
http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco1002.htm
U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Handbook gives summaries of professional occupations, including salaries.
Short articles covering 90 percent of all careers, grouped by industry, covering topics such as the nature of the work, training, other qualifications, and advancement, employment and job outlook, salary information, related occupations, and professional organizations related to the field.
Also has a comprehensive index for researching specific fields.
http://www.TheCareerProject.org
An interactive career research tool that allows you a personal and uncensored look into over 1800 real careers and jobs through the eyes of the people who work them.
http://www.glassdoor.com
Similar to Career Project but relies more on statistics. A free inside look at over 26,000 companies. Company salaries, reviews, and Interviews posted anonymously by employees.
http://www.imgoingtobe.com
Informal, personal interviews with people in careers in 24 different categories.
http://www.rileyguide.com
A directory of employment and career information sources and services on the Internet.
40 Plus
http://www.FortyPlus.org
Career and job-hunting organization (mostly in California, but spreading to a number of other states) for individuals at least 40 years old, with managerial or professional experience.
http://www.retiredbrains.com
This site connects older workers with employers seeking to hire them. Search for a part-time job, a temporary job or project assignment, or full-time job. Or check job postings of senior-friendly companies.
http://www.martynemko.com/articles/gray-hair-career-guide_id1406
"The Gray Hair Career Guide", by Marty Nemko. A short article with a refreshing perspective.
http://www.genplususa.com
A blog dedicated to the issues affecting Boomers and 50+
Career Search support sites
http://www.pledgehammer.com
The premise of the site is that you pledge to do something (or stop doing something) by a certain date and if you don't fulfill your commitment to yourself, you agree to make a donation to a charity of your choice.
http://www.SusanIreland.com
A specialist in resumes. Has over 100 examples posted on site.
http://www.careerwriter.com
Susan Whitcomb, author of Resume Magic, is the matriarch of resume writing.
Career Search and Social responsibility
http://www.pledgehammer.com
The premise of the site is that you pledge to do something (or stop doing something) by a certain date and if you don't fulfill your commitment to yourself, you agree to make a donation to a charity of your choice.
http://www.idealist.org
Good site for job and volunteer listings in nonprofit and public organizations.
http://www.GuideStar.org
"Connecting people with non-profit information.” Salary searches, financial performance data, database searches.
Working Solo
http://www.entrepreneur.com
Entrepreneur magazine's website offers a lot of information on how to start and grow a business. The searchable database is a terrific tool if you need specific info on anything from bringing a product to market or registering your website with search engines.
http://www.WorkingSolo.com
Terri Lonier has a vast amount of very practical information for solo entrepreneurs: naming your business, networking as a solo, and success strategies for solo.
Useful Books
Po Bronson, What Should I Do with My Life?
50 real-life stories of people from a wide variety of backgrounds, work experience,
and education level who have been searching for their "right work".
Told by journalist Po Bronson with insight, compassion, and a deep appreciation
of the challenges of the journey. A "must read" for anyone who feels
alone in not knowing what their life work is.
Marty
Nemko, Cool Careers for Dummies
Over 500 interesting, offbeat, and just plain cool jobs, followed by a smart,
funny, well-organized guide to choosing and nabbing the job. Full of sensible
as well as unusual advice.
David
Whyte, Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity
A poet’s perspective on work as the place “of our greatest opportunity
for discovery and growth”. Beautifully written, a potentially life-changing
book.
Martha
Finney and Deborah Dasch, Find Your Calling, Love Your Life
“Work isn’t just a source of income, it’s an expression
of our rightful place in the world.” Twenty pointers to help you find
your calling.
Peter Weddle, Work Strong
Highly recommended manual for building career security in the 21st C. Chapters cover strategy - what you need to know - and a regimen - actions to be incorporated into everyday activities to build career health. Weddle uses physical fitness metaphor to persuasively argue for diligence and consistency as essentials for "career fitness" and on-going fulfillment at work.
Barbara
Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women
Explores women’s attitudes towards money and earning and alerts reader
to many limiting beliefs.
Keith
Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz, Never Eat Alone : And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship
at a Time
Networking – the “soft skill” stuff, not strategies.
An excellent guide and resource book for service professionals and consultants who want to build their client base. This new edition includes essential information for online marketing and networking.
A highly regarded "nuts and bolts" guide to writing resumes, including specifics for e-resumes, common resume mistakes, and pointers for what it takes to make a resume stand out.
Tom Rath, Strengths Finder 2.0
A highly regarded assessment tool for discovering your work-related strengths, and strategies for applying them. Includes access code to additional resources on companion website.
Kitchen Sink Sites
Topics of general interest, including money, spirit at work, working moms, working at home, work/life balance, work fulfillment.
www.simpleliving.net
A large range of resources, including discussion forums and books, for living
more simply.
www.guidetopsychology.com/pmr.htm
Stress reduction: self-administered progressive muscle relaxation guide.
www.spiritatwork.org
An organization that helps envision and create the enlightened workplace
www.selfgrowth.com
A complete guide to information about self-improvement, personal growth
and self help. It is designed to be an organized directory, with articles
and references to thousands of other web sites.
www.workplacespirituality.info
Resources for expressing spiritual and ethical values in the workplace.
www.tamingyourgremlin.com
Ordering information for the book, Taming Your Gremlin, which offers
compassionate, humorous and effective help for those negative and self-defeating
beliefs that accompany just about any change. Rick Carson is a master of
wisdom and humor.