ISSS Career Services

Career Workshops

Individual Appointments

Employment Resources

Career and Employment Web Sites

Career Planning and Placement Offices

Etiquette Dinner

Curricular/Optional Practical Training workshops

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Employment

H-1B & Permanent Resident Workshops

ISSS Career Services

Career and Employment Web Sites

Career and Employment Web Sites

1. U of M Career and Employment Resources

• College Career Service Offices are dedicated to helping their students, recent graduates, and alumni find employment.
  
• Career Resource Guide for Graduate and Professional Schools:
  ISSS, in collaboration with the Graduate School and other career offices on campus, has developed a resource guide for graduate and professional students who are looking for employment. The guide contains useful information about the job market in academic and non-academic settings.
  You will be directed to resources available on-campus, on the web and even bibliographies of resources useful to you as you write a CV or a resume, consider your career options, or develop a personalized job search strategy.
  
• Resume Tutor! is an interactive workbook designed to teach you how to write a resume, provided by the U of M Office of Human Resources. http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/ecep/resume/
  
• The Career and Community Learning Center helps students write their resumes; search on-line for jobs, internships and volunteer positions; and find community involvement and service-learning opportunities.
  
• The Career Development Center (CDC) in Room 302 of Eddy Hall offers a wide variety of career and educational planning services.
  
• Disability Services has web pages with information regarding
  • services for supervisors and departments as well as services for faculty and staff with disabilities.
    
• University of Minnesoßta, Duluth Career Services has information about resume writing from the UMN Career Services Career Handbook.
  

2. Resume and Cover Letter Writing
(Many of the links under 6 and 7 have resume and cover letter writing tips.)

• ProvenResumes provides help for effective resume and cover letter writing.


• Breeze workshop (on resume writing) , offers brief introduction to resume writing.

3. Interviewing for Jobs
(Many of the links under 6 and 7 have resume and cover letter writing tips.)

4. Job Listings

• America’s Job Bank has a searchable database of government jobs in the U.S.
  

5. Career Planning

• Career-Planning provides online career planning and career counseling as well as career testing and assessment.
  
• Mapping-Your-Future has step-by-step advice for planning your career.

6. Job Search

• Job search strategies, gives tips on how to prepare for job fair.


• Best Bets for Student Exchange offers information about short-term work exchange programs for students or recent graduates.
  See a country-specific web sites.
  
• BrassRing is a site for job searching and resume posting.
  
• Career Journal Asia is a free site for job searches in the Asian region. Content includes daily updates of critical news, features, and trends that are relevant for searching for a new position.
  
• Career Journal Europe is a free site for job search in the European region. Content includes daily updates of critical news, features and trends that are relevant for searching for a new position.
  
  
• Diversilink Employment is a site for Hispanic engineers.
  
• EuroJobs is a site for individuals particularly interested in working in Europe. Job seekers may post resumes.
  
• Global Careers is a site for conducting job searches and obtaining advice regarding writing resumes, interviewing, etc.
  
• IMDiversity provides minority professionals with comprehensive job seeking and career management tools.
  
• International Career Employment Center has a site for its members offering the following information and services: International Career Employment Weekly newspaper, access to critical job openings, profiles of major employers of international program professionals and posting members’ credentials.
  
• Monster contains free resume postings and listing of jobs both in the US and international.
  
• OverseasJobs.com is an on-line recruitment network that provides career resources and employment opportunities to international job seekers.
  
• Recruiter Online Network has thousands of current, open job listings posted by the top headhunters, recruiters, and search professionals in the world. Resumes may be posted for free.
  
• Saludos Hispanos is a site for Hispanic job seekers to post their resumes and search for jobs.
  
• TrueCareers is a site for searching jobs and posting resumes.
  

7. A Variety of Career and Employment Resources

• Careerbuilder offers resume posting, employer information, job fair information, international opportunities (Asia, Australia, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Quebec, UK, USA), and career resources.
  
• CollegeGrad has a variety of information regarding writing resumes, searching for prospective employers, job postings, and interviewing.
  
• CollegeJournal from the Wall Street Journal has a variety of resources such as a job database, salary information, and resume posting.
  
• CollegeRecruiter has information for students and graduates, such as job posting ads and a resume bank.
  
• EmploymentGuide has a job search engine, resume services, information about interviewing, and additional employment resources.
  
• Internet System for Education and Employment Knowledge (ISEEK) has information about Minnesota employment and business development, including job postings, career planning, and education and training.
  
• JobsAbroad has resources about internships and employment abroad and resume writing.
  
• JobStar Central has information and services regarding resume writing, career guides, salaries, etc.
  
• O*NET OnLine is an application that was created for the general public-to provide broad access to the O*NET database of occupational information. It includes information on skills, abilities, knowledge, work activities, and interests associated with occupations.
  
• Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide assistance to individuals about their careers.
  
• Recruitex offers resume editing and posting, a job search engine, and additional web resources.
  
• Science’s Next Wave is a site for scientists’ career development.
  
• The Riley Guide offers advice on how to prepare a resume, shows an extensive listing of places to post resumes, and has numerous links to other helpful sites.
  
• University of North Carolina at Wilmington offers resources for international students as well as job opportunities abroad.
  
• WetFeet is a site for conducting job research, getting advice on resume writing and interviews, and job searching.

8. Immigration Law

• Siskind, Susser, Haas & Devine (SSHD) is an immigration law firm in North America. Their site has information about H-1B (work visa) law and regulations.

9. Governmental Organizations

• Minnesota WorkForce Center website has been developed by the Minnesota Department of Economic Security. Employment seekers can find job listings and post their resumes.
  
• America’s Career Kit is an online career development resource to assist in the job search. It is developed and managed by a federal/state partnership led by the U.S. Department of Labor. It has links to America’s JobBank, America’s CareerInfoNet, and
• America’s Service Locator, which connects you to local offices providing the employment and training services.

10. International Student Specific

• "U.S. Employment: Challenges for International Students" is an article about the complexities of working in the United States after completing a degree.