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Career Voyages - This site lists numerous skills and occupations, their potential growth by state, the educational level desired, and potential salary.

Occupational Outlook Handbook - Very useful, basic information (such as "education required," "salaries," and "future outlook") for different careers. In the "Search by Occupation" box type in the career you have in mind. Go through the list you get. Even if you don't see your search word in the title of the documents it is a good thing to look at all of them. Your term will occur within the documents and may give you cross references to career types you may want to consider.

Quintessential Careers-This free site provides more than 4,000 pages of valuable career resources for college and graduate-level students, job seekers at all levels and in various industries, career changers, and career counselors. The many resources comprise career articles, a variety of informative tutorials, college planning advice for both traditional and nontraditional students, a job database, and links to a wide range of career and job sites. The career articles are highly useful and written by experienced professionals in the field. In addition, users may subscribe to QuintZine, a free, biweekly career newsletter that provides useful information for all types of job seekers. The job search database is another useful feature. Its advance search capabilities allow job seekers to search by keyword, industry, and US state or international postings. Job seekers can receive job alerts by e-mail and post their resumé to this site. In addition to the career advice articles, users may view streaming informational career videos provided by CareerTV. Videos are organized into several categories, e.g., by industry, company, and nationally by location.

Connecticut Job Search - This toolkit was developed to support CT Job Search workshops presented in public libraries across Connecticut in Sping and Summer 2009. Partners in the project include the Connecticut State Library and the Connecticut Department of Labor. The Connecticut Job Search Toolkit is an evolving document so check back often.

What Color is Your Parachute? - Richard N. Bolles' career/job seekers' web site.

Librarians' Index to the Internet - Search "Careers" to find reputable Internet sites evaluated by librarians.

Aboutjobs.comDescribed as a resource that offers "jobs for students, recent graduates, expatriates, and adventure seekers," this useful online network provides both job and internship listings for part-time, full-time, and international opportunities.

Connecticut Department of Labor - A useful web site with all kinds of information for job hunters as well as employers.
Its Labor Market Information is great for locating Connecticut career/job information, Data, Statistics, Resume Writing, CPIs, etc.
Connecticut's JobBank - Find the job that's right for you.
NCC Career Center's online job placement data base

Roadtripnation - Roadtrip Nation was started when some recent college grads, who had no idea what they wanted to do with their lives, decided to take a roadtrip to figure it out. They bought an old run-down 31-foot RV, painted it neon green, and hit the road for 3 months and 17,000 miles to explore how other individuals found their roads in life. Along the way, they interviewed over 80 people, including: a Lobsterman in Maine, the scientist who decoded the Human Genome, the Director of Saturday Night Live, the stylist for Madonna, and Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz. All of the leaders shared where they were in their twenties, and how they resisted pressures of conformity to find their roads in life.