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Researching Employers
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Bigbook
consists of a yellow pages phone directory combined with a
search engine that can look for specific businesses and
addresses in most US cities.
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Hoovers
contains a wealth of information on businesses.
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Salary Considerations
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The
JobSmart
site provides an index of salary surveys. A lot of them deal
with California, but you can use Homefair's salary calculator
(listed below) to see what that would translate to in your market.
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Planning on getting a job in a different city or state?
Homefair's Salary Calculator may help you compare the cost of living in hundreds of US and
international cities.
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Leaving for another country and need to convert money ?
The
Universal Currency Converter
allows you to perform interactive foreing exhange rate conversion. Boy is that ever necessary in today's global money markets.
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Directions and Lodging
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Need a map of a specific address or driving directions ?
MapQuest
can give you the directions and show you the major highways and intersections near
your destination.
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Map Blast
also lets you look at a map of your destination and gives
you realistice directions on how to get from one address
to another.
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Leaving town?
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Try
Sabre's Travelocity
to check airline fares, flight schedules, and hotel availablility.
You may need to sign on with a username and a password, but
membership is free.
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Relocation
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Looking for a job outside of the USA ? The
International Real Estate Directory
lists buyers, renters and investors looking for property
around the world!
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The
National Association of Realtors
provides search capabilities for homes in different states.
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The
Texas Real Estate Connection
is a directory for links to information on interest rates,
mortgages, title companies, appraisals, agents, and advice
on obtaining credit.
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Need to buy a house and want to calculate the mortgage
payment ?
The
First Source Bankprovides such a tool.
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Considering taking a job in a different city and need
a place to live ?
The
National Apartment Rental and Relocation Guide
features a database of unfurnished apartments, temporary
furnished suites, international rentals, and self-storage
facilities.
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Still can't find what you're looking for ?
All Apartments
has thousands of apartments listed all over the
US. Some with floorplans & pictures.
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Miscellaneous Information
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Job Fairs are great for getting in contact with a large number
of employers in one place. Look at
JobWeb's Career Fair
site to find one in your area.
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Need another car to get you to work ?
Edmunds has great information on new cars and a
guide on how to price older models.
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All Linked Jumpstation
index site for finding almost anything on the web.
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Switchboard
lets you look up people, businesses, e-mail addresses,
and web sites. You can also get a free e-mail address
which will be useful during your job search.
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Are you in the military?
Militarycity
can help you find people or get access to the Army Times,
Air Force Times, Navy Times, and Marine Times newspapers.
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Need housing information for military posts all over the
United States? Try ArmedForces.Com
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Haven't found a job yet and have free time on your hands ? Join the
North American Stone Skipping Association.
Necessary tools are very cheap.
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Your job hunt not going as planned this week? Your biorhythms
may be at a low point. Find out when you will be at your
highs at the
Facade
site. You can get your fortune told too. Hey, who knows what
will work !
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