Information Resources for Information Professionals

Jobs for Information Professionals

Compiled by:
Joe Ryan

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Table of Contents

  • Guides
  • General Interest
  • Trends
  • Top Companies
  • Researching a Future Corporate Employer -- Competitive Intelligence
  • Job Prep
  • Job Postings: Available & Wanted
  • Salary Information
  • Relocation Information
  • Education Including Study Abroad
  • Writing Job Descriptions

    General Interest

    Advantage Hiring. Cost of a bad hire calculator and Cost of employee turnover calculator.

    Career resource center.

    Cornell University Law School. Legal Information Institute. Employment discrimination.

    Fisher, Annie. Ask Annie. Fortune magazine column.

    High technology careers magazine.

    Kneale, Ruth A. (2002, June). You don't look like a librarian! Librarian's views of public perception in the Internet age. Special Library Association.

    Le Vine, Mark D. [SU Arts & Sciences 1978]. Windows for jobs.

    "...a forum for IT professionals in job or career transition to share advice and job leads with colleagues."

    Princeton Review Online. Career spotlight.

    Includes a variety of career information and spotlights various careers including: Information manager, journalist, librarian and media specialist. Some sections require registration.

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    Top Companies

    Business Week 50.

    CIO. (2000). CIO 100.

    Usually the August issue.

    Forbes. The 200 best small companies in America.

    Fortune Magazine. Best companies to work for and America's fifty best for minorities.

    Inc. Magazine. (Annual). Inc. 500

    List of the 500 fastest growing private companies.

    Information Industry Directory.

    InformationWeek 500.

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    Job Prep

    Bolles, Dick. Job hunters Bible.

    Site of the author of What Color is Your Parachute? JOBTRACK. How to conduct an effective job search.

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    Résumés

    @BRINT (Business Researcher's Interests). Résumés skills.

    JobSmart. Résumés and cover letters.

    Manley, Will. (1997, January). Will¹s World: What library school doesn¹t teach about résumés. American Libraries, 104.

    Newlen, Robert R. (1998). Writing résumés that work: A how-to-do-it manual for librarians. NY: Neal-Schuman Publishers.

    Rebecca Smith's eRésumés and resources.

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    Cover and Recommendation Letters

    Frank, William S. 200 letters for job hunters (online version).

    JobSmart. Resumes and cover letters.

    Marshall, Alan G. Letters of recommendation.

    Thornton, Robert. (1988). Lexicon of intentionally ambiguous recommendations (LIAR). NY: Meadowbrook, Inc., Distributed by Simon & Schuster.

    One of my favorites!

    Wildcow Publishing. Litigation-proof letters of recommendation.

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    Interview Planning

    @BRINT (Business Researcher's Interests). Interview skills.

    Dikel, Margaret F. The Riley guide: Networking, Interviewing, & Negotiating.

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    Relocation Information

    Aguiñaga, José. Searching for a librarian job: Relocation.

    Money. Best places to live in America.

    BestPlaces.net.

    Center For Mobility Resources. Relocation Salary Calculator.

    A cost-of- living index for over 450 cities in the U.S. which allows you to figure out the income you will need to maintain your current living standard when you move to a new city.

    Chambers of commerce directory.

    Domania.com.

    Database of more than 20 million home sale prices from over half the U.S.

    Editor and Publisher. Media links. See also: Ryan, Joe. News sources.

    Federation of Tax Administrators. State tax rates and structure.

    Finley, Mary. Community information by zip code.

    Homebuyer¹s Fair.

    Homes and Land Real Estate.

    Lists of homes for sale and real estate agents for 300 U.S. cities.

    Monstermoving.com.

    Moving guide: A directory of movers and moving services worldwide.

    Multiple Listing Service (MLS) for Canada.

    Online chambers of commerce homepage.

    Relocation Central.

    Relocation tools.

    SchoolReport.com. School information service.

    Includes school locations, comparisons and report cards.

    Travel & Relocation.

    Welcome Wagon home buying.

    Zero Population Growth. Kid-friendly cities report card.

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    Education Including Study Abroad

    American Library Association. Office for Accreditation. Directory of institutions offering accredited master's programs in library and information studies. See also: Guidelines for choosing a master's program in library & information studies.

    @BRINT (Business Researcher's Interests). Restructuring of IS professionals' Jobs and related skill sets.

    GoAbroad.com.

    Society of American Archivists.Directory of archival education programs in the United States and Canada.

    StudyAbroad.com.

    US Department of Commerce. Go for IT! Explore IT work force programs.

    Williamson, Linda Eileen. (1988). Going international: Librarians' Preparation guide for a work experience/job exchange abroad. Chicago, IL: American Library Association, International Relations Committee.

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    Writing Job Descriptions

    Connecticut State Library. Sample library job descriptions.

    Houston Cole Library. Library student assistant job descriptions.

    McNamara, Carter. Employee job descriptions.

    Category 2000 includes Information Management.

    State Library of Ohio. Ohio library job descriptions.

    University of Miami. Human Resources. Capsule job descriptions.

    Includes outline of library assistant job description.

    Wageweb. Job description listing.

    Category 2000 includes Information Management.

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    School Media Centers

    American Association of School Librarians. School library media supervisor.

    Conners-Emerson school [ME] library personnel.

    Includes library media specialist, assistant librarian, and community volunteer job descriptions.

    LION. Staffing issues in school libraries.

    Stevens, Cheryl Whitmore. Librarian's file cabinet -- Library media specialist.

    Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. District level leadership for school library media programs.

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