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Internet Resources

• America's Job Bank - The America's Job Bank computerized network links state Employment Service offices to provide job seekers with the largest pool of active job opportunities available anywhere. For employers it provides rapid, national exposure for job openings.
• Employment Resources - Louisiana State University Libraries Webliography with internet links to Job Listings and Guides to Finding Jobs.
• Career Resources (University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business)
• Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Chronicle of Higher Education: Job Openings in Academe - Available free to Chronicle subscribers through Academe Today, which also offers the full text of The Chronicle, a searchable archive, daily news updates, and more. If you are not a subscriber, but wish to purchase a subscription, you can subscribe on line.
• Job Research and Employment Opportunities: Best Bets From the Net (University of Michigan) -- "This guide pulls together the Net's best sources of job openings and career development information, along with a description and evaluation of each resource. With this information, you'll be able to quickly determine the best bets for your particular needs."
• Nature--International Weekly Journal of Science
  • Nature - international science job listings. Jobs listings indexed by Subject, Organisation, Country, and Position, including a search for the entire site.
• Peterson's Education Center: Careers & Jobs - Includes articles from Graduating Engineer, Minority MBA, and Computer and Engineering Horizons.
• The Riley Guide - Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet. Compiled by Margaret F. Riley.
• The JobTrak Inc. - A web site that provides job listings in partnerships with over 600 college career centers in the United States.
• Science On-line, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • "Science Professional Network" - offering a variety of career-related services and information, including a searchable database of the Science Classified Advertisements.
• The Scientist - The Newspaper for the Life Sciences Professional.
  • Career Opportunities, Meeting Announcements, ...
• Yahoo: Business and Economy: Employment

• "What Color is Your Parachute?: The Net Guide" - Job Hunting Online. Presented by Richard Bolles, author of What Color is Your Parachute? and hosted by the WashingtonPost.com site.
  
• Occupational Outlook Handbook -- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Howard N Fullerton, Jr.
  Descriptions of job duties, education requirements, salary forecasting, and future occupation demand projections.

Journals with Chemistry Position Announcements

• Chemical Engineering. (Albany, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Pub. Co.)
  TN 1 M45   Chemistry Resources
• Chemical and Engineer News. (Washington : American Chemical Society)
  TP 1 C35   Chemistry Resources

• Academic Position Network - a site that includes listings for faculty, administrative, and professional staff positions, graduate assistantships and fellowships, and post-doctoral opportunities available at institutions of higher education around the world. Also accessible from a gopher site

Print Publications

Engineering Salaries. (Special industry report)
(New York, N.Y. : Engineering Manpower Commission of the American Association of Engineering Societies), 1985.

Federal Career Directory: The U.S. Government, Find Out Why It's Becoming the First Choice.
(Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of Personnel Management), 1990.
Note: Includes a special section for new college graduates and a list of college majors with corresponding U.S. federal agencies who hire in those subject areas.

Job Hunter's Sourcebook: Where to Find Employment Leads and Other Job Search Resources.
Michelle Le Compte, ed. (Detroit: Gale Research), 1991- .

Peterson's Job Opportunities in Engineering and Technology.
(Princeton, N.J.: Peterson's Guides), 1997.
Note: Only latest edition retained.

Professional Engineer Income and Salary Survey.
(Washington, D.C.: National Society of Professional Engineers), 1987.

Professional Income of Engineers.
(Washington, D.C. : American Association of Engineering Societies, Engineering Workforce Commission), 1989.

Online Catalog

Job Employment Sources

Use the Online Catalog to locate books and journals held by LSU Libraries on this topic. To search by subject, use established Library of Congress Subject Headings from the red volumes near the terminals. Search in the Online Catalog using either the Subject field, or the Browse button + Subject tab.

Relevant general headings include:

Chemistry - Vocational guidance. Chemical engineering - Vocational guidance. Engineering -- Vocational guidance. Engineers -- Employment . Environmental engineering - Vocational guidance.

Job hunting. Resumes - Employment. Scientists -- Employment . Technologists - Vocational guidance.