Career Links / 2010

Career Links Repository

Section 1 – Networking

1.  Linked In

http://www.linkedin.com/

2.  Link Me – Upload Your Resume, Jobs come to you

http://www.linkme.com.au/

3.  XING - Enables its people to discover professional people, opportunities and privileges through its discovery capability and contact management tools.

http://www.xing.com/

Section 2 – Career Advice

1.  Headhunter

http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/

2.  Careers Online - Career Planning , employment and Job Search http://www.careersonline.com.au/menu.html

3.  CRS - Vocational Rehabilitation Services to people with disabilities http://www.crsaustralia.gov.au/index.htm

4.  Myfuture - General career guide including market, job and education information http://www.myfuture.edu.au/

5.  The Riley Guide - Employment Opportunities and Job Resources http://www.rileyguide.com/

6.  The Good Guides - Find courses and institutions using search criteria such as location, qualification, mode of study and field of study. http://www.gooduniguide.com.au/

7.  What colour is your parachute http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/

Section 3 – Career Management (Job Banks)

1.  Careerone www.careerone.com.au

2.  Mycareer www.Mycareer.com.au

3.  Seek www.seek.com.au

4.  APS Jobs – (Public Service Jobs) www.apsjobs.gov.au

5.  Recruitment and Consulting Services Association http://www.rcsa.com.au/

6.  Apply Direct – A listing of direct employer job http://www.applydirect.com.au/

7.  Job Search (Australian Government Roles) http://jobsearch.gov.au/default.aspx

8.  Selection Criteria - (One Stop Shop for working for the Public Services) http://www.selectioncriteria.com.au/index.html

9.  Jobs Australia - (a non – profit organisation that assists unemployed people to get a job) http://www.ja.com.au/home/

10.  The Australian Local Government Job Directory http://www.job-directory.com.au/

11.  Australian Job Metasearch http://searchenginez.com.au/oz_jobs.html

12.  Byron Employment Australia - Searches numerous employment agencies Job Advertisements http://employment.byron.com.au/

13.  CareersMultiList - A jobs database from a franchise of 120 specialist recruiters in Australia and New Zealand http://www.careersmultilist.com.au/

14.  MySpider - Searches and consolidates advertisements from other Job Boards http://www.dlook.com.au/business/1734979/Jobs---Employment-Search-Engine-My-Spider

15.  Part Time Online - A website for part time, flexible and casual employment http://www.parttimeonline.com.au/

16.  Recruit.Net - Searches Australian Jobs from thousands of Job Sites, Newspapers and Company Sites http://australia.recruit.net/

17.  Web Wombat - Over 100 employment agencies http://www.webwombat.com.au/employment/index.htm

18.  Council Jobs - An internal local Government Job Board http://www.counciljobs.com/

19.  LGNet - Serves the Local Government Industry, providing Jobs and Tender Information http://lgnet.com.au/

20.  NSW Local Government Association - Career opportunities with local government in NSW http://www.lgsa-plus.net.au/www/html/914-local-government-careers.asp

21.  The Australian Local Government Job Directory http://www.job-directory.com.au/

Section 4 – Career Management (Industry Specific Job Banks)

1.  Byron Employment Australia - Agency Directory to search an extensive list of recruitment companies by location and industry http://byron.com.au/

2.  Jobnet - (IT related job site) http://www.jobserve.com.au/

3.  Michael Page (IT) http://www.michaelpage.com.au/

4.  Go Volunteer - Volunteer Opportunities http://www.govolunteer.com.au/

5.  Over 40 Recruitment http://www.over40recruitment.com.au/

6.  Plus 40 http://www.plus40.com.au/

7.  IT Skills Hub - IT & T Industry Career Information http://www.itskillshub.com.au/

8.  IT2 - IT recruitment industry’s career portal http://it2.com.au/

Section 5 – Salary Surveys

1.  Michael Page http://www.michaelpage.com.au/ContentArticle/page/7231/title/Salary-Survey.html

2.  Peoplebank http://www.peoplebank.com.au/salary-index/

Section 6 – Personality Tests

1.  BBC Personality Tests http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/index_surveys.shtml

2.  University of Kent – Aptitude Tests http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/psychotests.htm

3.  Queendom - Variety of intelligence, personality and health related tests and trivia quizzes http://www.queendom.com/

4.  Similar Minds - Various personality tests http://similarminds.com/

5.  The Big 5 - Majors what many psychologists consider to be the five fundamental dimensions of personality http://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/

Section 7 – Company Information

1.  Ethical Employers (Corporate Register) http://www.corporateregister.com/

2.  Employer Of Choice for Women http://www.eowa.gov.au/

3.  Employers network on disability http://www.employersnetworkondisability.com.au/

4.  Hewitt Best Employers - Annual survey of best employers in Australia and NZ http://was2.hewitt.com/bestemployers/anz/pages/index.htm

5.  Top 25 Employers http://www.hewittassociates.com/Intl/AP/en-AP/Default.aspx

6.  Top 2000 Companies in Australia http://www.ibisworld.com.au/spreadsheetsandlists/retail.aspx?slid=13&rcid=61

Section 8 – Industry Information

1.  InLearning - Commercial Provider of Information Technology Industry Certification Programs http://www.inlearning.com.au/?CFID=2460630&CFTOKEN=69087237

2.  IT Skills Hub - General IT Career Information including skills required and training courses http://www.itskillshub.com.au/

3.  Australian Computer Society http://www.acs.org.au/

4.  Australian IT & T Industry http://www.aiia.com.au/

5.  Computer Industry http://www.blackstump.com.au/business.htm

Section 9 – Life Options

1.  About Seniors http://www.aboutseniors.com.au/

2.  Adage - Recruiter specialising in Mature Age Professionals http://adage.com.au/

3.  Aged Care Australia http://www.agedcareaustralia.gov.au/

4.  Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association http://www.ascca.org.au/

5.  Connecting Over 50’s Throughout Australia http://www.cota.org.au/

6.  Go Volunteer http://www.govolunteer.com.au/

7.  National Information Centre on Retirement Investment http://www.nicri.org.au/

8.  National Seniors - A national organisation that provides economical and social benefits for people 50 years and over

9.  http://www.nationalseniors.com.au/

10.  Seniors.gov.au - Australian Government’s premium source of information for Australian’s over 50 http://www.seniors.gov.au/

11.  University of the Third Age - On Line Courses http://www3.griffith.edu.au/03/u3a/

Section 10 – Directories

1.  Google http://www.google.com.au/

2.  Whitepages http://www.whitepages.com.au/wp/busSearch.jhtml

3.  Whereis Maps http://www.whereis.com/whereis/home.jsp

4.  Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com/

Section 11 – Recruitment Agencies

1.  NSW Recruitment Agencies http://www.webwombat.com

Section 12 – Job Search Engines

1.  http://www.careerone.com.au

2.  http://www.counciljobs.com

3.  http://www.jobserve.com.au

4.  http://www.mycareer.com.au

5.  http://www.seek.com.au

6.  http://www.jobsearch.gov.au

7.  http://www.jobnet.com.au

8.  http://www.defencejobs.gov.au

9.  http://www.careermag.com

10.  http://www.joeant.com/DIR/info/get/16133/82310

11.  http://hotjobs.yahoo.com

12.  Blue Collar Positions http://www.bluecollar.com.au

Section 13 – Job Network Sites

1.  Industry Career Profiles http://www.graduatecareers.com.au

Section 14 – Apprenticeships

1.  http://www.yourcareerguide.com.au/nsw/study.htm

Section 15 – Disability Services

1.  http://www.dsa.org.au

Section 16 – Volunteer Work

1.  http://www.volunteer.com.au/

Section 17 – Interview Preparation

1.  Behavioural Interviews (Strategies, Tips, Sample Answers and Feedback) http://www.quintcareers.com/behavioral_interviewing.html

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