Federal & State Government Resources

• USAJOBS - Official job site of the US Federal Government
• Quarterly Workforce Indicators (U.S. Census)
• US Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook
    This annual publication describes, for a wide range of occupations, the nature of the work, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects
  • Occupational Outlook Quarterly - a quarterly report of the Handbook
  • Wages by Area and Occupation
• State of South Dakota
  • Bureau of Personnel (Jobs available from SD Gov't)
  • Dakota Roots (Career Opportunities in SD)

Regional Resources

• Newspapers classified employment ads
  • Sioux Falls Argus Leader/Sioux Falls Jobs
  • Black Hills Pioneer Press
  • Madison Daily Leader
  • Capitol Journal (Pierre)
  • Rapid City Journal
  • Press & Dakotan (Yankton)
  • Minneapolis Star Tribune
• Online regional classified job ads
  • craigslist/South Dakota Jobs
     

Graduate Schools

• College Search
  • College Blue Book (NSU only) - Descriptive, 6 volumes of colleges and their degrees
  • College Navigator (US Dept of Ed) - search by location and degree
  • College Source (NSU only) - criteria search and college catalogs
  • Graduate and Research Program Rankings (University of Illinois)
  • Gradschools.com
  • Peterson's Graduate school guide
• Scholarships and more
  • Students.gov - list of scholarships and more
  • Scholarships, Fellowships, and Loans book (NSU only)

 

Job Banks (US)
CareerBuilder.com
Careers.org
EmploymentGuide.com
Federal Jobs Database
Job Hunt
Job Service of South Dakota/America's Job Bank
JobWeb
Monster.com
MonsterTRAK

USAJOBS - Official job site of the US Federal Government

Researching Employers

• Company Profiles - News stories are included (NSU only)
  • Business Source Complete - select Company Profiles and search
  • Factiva - select Companies >> Company >> search
  • Lexis-Nexis Academic - select Business and search
• National News and News Aggregators
  • NY Times.com
  • Wall Street Journal
  • Washington Post
  • LA Times
  • Google News
  • Yahoo News
  • Topix
• Corporate web sites
  • Corporate sites are propaganda/public relations that put the company in the best light.  Not independent information
• Other sites
  • BigBook
  • JOBTRAK Search Tips
  • Yahoo-Business and Economy-Companies

 

Cost of Living Calculators

Sperling's - Best Places
CNN Money - Cost of Living Calculator
NYTimes.com - Cost of Living Wizard

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