S P O N S O R S

SEPTEMBER 06, 1996 --- If you've been looking for a job, you've probably been assaulted with some nutritional advice. You won't exactly get that here. But, if you're up late, scavenging the web for work, you might take a moment to find the closest Domino's and order a pizza.

SEPTEMBER 05, 1996 --- Take a look at CareerBuilder, a Washington DC joblisting site that offers a personal search agent. We particularly enjoyed their career Q&A section which included the following tidbits:
• Getting job experience without any.
• Distributing multiple resumes within a company.
• How long to wait before re-applying.
• Salary expectations for "downsized" employees.
• Transitions late in your career.
• How to get past the Salary Question.
• Time required to find a new job.
• Finding part-time and telecommuting jobs.
• Changing jobs without being seen as a "job-hopper"

SEPTEMBER 04, 1996 --- 62 Employment agencies and Recruiters joined the fray during the month of August. We've provided a list of them. Check it out early. When websites are first opened, solid reationships with the Principles are easier to establish.

SEPTEMBER 03, 1996 --- What's the last place imaginable to find useful information about job hunting? Certainly, TVGuide comes close. While i-guide is the Web offspring of TVGuide, your mother might not recognize it.

i-guide is the only place we know of where you can build a cartoon car, find out what Captain Kirk watches on TV, manage your portfolio and find out about work.

Besides solid reviews of the major employment websites, iguide offers Resume Maker, another HTML resume generator, as a central feature of their service.

AUGUST 30, 1996 --- We're taking a bit of a break over this long weekend. Look for a report from the Burning Man Festival or the Nevada Desert. We'll be back Monday, Tuesday at the latest.

AUGUST 29, 1996 --- Still in its infancy, WOMWEB is a collaboration between MS, Working Woman and Working Mother Magazines. Although the career management features are just taking shape, there are a number of resources for women who want to include (or exclude) certain kinds of political bias in their careers. Some of the more interesting features include
• A database of Women owned companies

• A small listing of professional organizations for women

• A listing of women most likely to be the first woman to be named CEO of a major American corporation

• State by state child care evaluations

• A database of the best companies for Working Mothers

There is more than the standard level of politics embedded in the site. We're optimistic that the sheer horsepower behind this project will build it into a major resource for Job Hunters. It's a very nice beginning and has a great deal of potential.

AUGUST 28, 1996 --- It's a leap into disco-nostalgia. We're old enough to remember business deals cut in bars amidst heaping ashtrays, custom tailored suits and sparkling glasses of expensive whiskies. The bar was an extension of the office and last call was the end of the last meeting. We were sure that those days were gone.

In a combination blast-from-the-past and hip career management, Chivas Regal (the "Prince" of Whiskies) introduces Career Toolbox, a well designed collection of tips for managing your career, negotiating raises and finding a job. Although the booze-career connection seems a touch outdated, the tools available from this site are sage, useful and extremely well presented.

Features include career management, preparation for launching your own business, money management and a nearly free CDRom of career and financial growth management tips. You won't find job listings here, just well prepared strategic advice.

AUGUST 27, 1996 --- Tucked in the bacwaters of the media pages is a suprisingly influential network run by the people at Bloomberg. It should be no surprise that their bias towards finaincial news is reflected in their online job listing offering: Bloomberg Personal Career Opportunities The site includes a directory of executive search firms and jobs in sales, finance, marketing and management. If your career revolves around the Wall Street Journal or Investor's Business Daily, check here.

AUGUST 26, 1996 --- The Black Collegian Online is the electronic version of the 26 year old, national career opportunities magazine. In addition to the abundance of career planning/job search information, there is commentary by leading African-American writers, lifestyle/entertainment features, general information on college life, and news of what's happening on college campuses today.

Though the magazine is targeted at a specialty niche, the information contained on the site is very useful to any entry-level job hunter. Features include alphabetical job contact listings (with a contact name at each company), a Directory of Nursing Opportunities and a Directory of Teaching Opportunities. The directories are particularly thorough.

The site's career advice section includes industry reports and solid interview coaching. We think that The Black Collegian Online is one of the more rounded career tools on the net.

AUGUST 25, 1996 --- The job hunt can be dreary to consider and worse to execute. Billed as "The Business Magazine for People Who Work For a Living", Disgruntled opens with the following disclaimer:

WARNING: DISGRUNTLED may seem impolite to some readers. These pages contain language that may be deemed inappropriate for young children and employers. Remember what Grunty says: "Work is a four letter word."

The magazine itself is an outrageous collection of horror stories and images of work, as bad as it can get. The satire is focused on bosses and the indignities of work. If you want to see how bad it can get, take a look at Disgruntled

They do provide links to the following Lightening Up Tools

• Center for the Easily Amused
• Dilbert
• Gap-Toothed: Weekly Gap In The Web -- Guide To Silly Sites
• A Mindless Way to Waste Time at Work
• This Modern World -- Cartoons by political cartoonist Tom Tomorrow..
• Things To Do When You Are Bored

• Companies with Job Ads (Over 500 Links to Companies and their Job Postings)
• Tools (Everything You need for a Job Hunt)
• The daily newsletters are archived in weekly volumes in the Archives. Past issues include:

Many of the items are also included in the Tools Area. The Web's largest collection of Employment related resources is also included in the Tools Area. -----------------