Job Searching on the Internet

Library Resources:

AALL Job Placement Listing

This site is updated weekly and lists only law library positions.
Author: American Association of Law Libraries

American Libraries Hot Jobs Online

Hot Jobs Online consists of new library job ads posted daily plus new library job openings scheduled to appear in forthcoming issues of American Libraries magazine.
Author: American Library Association

ARL Career Resources

Career Resources provides listings of current job openings in ARL member libraries. The job listings are sorted by job-type, library-type, and geographical area. On this same page (at the bottom) there is a link to the 'Annual Salary Survey' published by ARL.
Author: Association of Research Libraries

Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)

The ARLIS/NA JobNet lists vacancy announcements for art librarians, visual resources professionals, and related positions.
Author: Art Libraries Society of North America

ARMA International's Career Placement Services

At the job seekers section of the Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA) web site, search for positions or post a resume.
Author: Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA)

LIBJOBS

Provided by IFLANET (International Federation of Library Associations), subscribers to this listserv receive a wide range of postings for library openings. Go to:
http://infoserv.inist.fr/wwsympa.fcgi/subrequest/libjobs
and follow the instructions to subscribe

LITA Job Site

LITA, the Library and Information Technology Association, an ALA division, posts jobs in library and information technology. New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 11:00 a.m. Central Time. They appear under New This Week and under the appropriate regional listings. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks.
Author: LITA, Library and Information Technology Association

MLANET: Employment Opportunities

This site lists medical librarian employment opportunities within the United States and globally, when available.
Author: Medical Library Association

Music Library Association

The MLA placement service job list is a monthly listing of music librarian jobs around the country.
Author: Music Library Association

REFORMA Employment

REFORMA is the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking. The employment pages are listings of jobs taken from various listservs and direct mailings.
Author: REFORMA

SAA Employment Bulletin

The Society of American Archivists Employment Bulletin provides a comprehensive listing of professional positions for archivists, records managers and related occupations. The list is updated weekly on Thursday afternoons.
Author: Society of American Archivists

SLA Career News Library, Job and Internship Openings

This web site is particularly useful for librarians interested in pursuing a career in news librarianship. Highlights of this site include Current Job and Internship Postings, News Library News (NLN) quarterly bulletin, archived full text back to winter 1994, and News Library Survey and Lists. The most recent Staffing Survey is from 1997 and the Salary Survey dates to 1994. Also of note is the link to Regional news library associations.
Author: Special Libraries Association News Division

Other Job Resources:

America's Job Bank

Established in 1979, America's Job Bank (AJB) is a free nationwide database of jobs listed by all state employment services. AJB links to 1,800 state Employment Service offices nationwide and contains information on 250,000 jobs, mostly full time and in the private sector. The job openings come from all over the country and represent all "..types of work, from professional and technical to blue collar, from management to clerical and sales." America's Job Bank is funded through Unemployment Insurance taxes paid by employers. Some attractive features of this site includes the ability to search either by menu, keyword, or code. The code for librarians is found under education and is 31502. The 'JobSeekers' toolbar has a link that connects you to the public Employment Service in individual states. Under the 'Job Market Information' toolbar accessed from the home page there is useful information for job seekers grouped under Occupations Search, Geographic Profile, Resources, and Trends.
Author: Public Employment Service

Net-Temps: A World of Jobs Neatly Packaged

The free Job Seekers Desktop contains searching tools, resume posting & editing tools, online resources, and online forums for job seekers. All resumes are protected and can only be accessed by our customers. We automatically disable any customer who tries to spider our resume banks. Information technology is our largest field, with over 85% of jobs and resumes IT related.
Author: Net-Temps

Chronicle of Higher Education: Academe This Week

Academe This Week provides a wealth of academic (and some non-academic) employment listings which are updated on a weekly basis. Each job listing includes information about the position, location, institution, and a general description of the job. The job listings are organized into the following categories: faculty and research positions - humanities, social sciences, science and technology, and professional fields, administrative positions, executive positions, and positions outside academe. There is a category for library science jobs which is located within the professional fields section. Chronicle of Higher Education subscribers have access to the following week's ads, before they even appear in the printed newspaper, through Academe Today via password access only.
Author: The Chronicle of Higher Education

College Library Career Collection

Pathfinder to the career resources at College Library, both online and print
Author: College Library staff, University of Wisconsin-Madison College Library

FedWorld Federal Jobs Search

In 1992, FedWorld was established by The National Technical Information Service( NTIS), to serve as the online locator service for a comprehensive inventory of information disseminated by the FederalGovernment. A nice feature of this site is the background information available for how to conduct successful job searches on FebWorld. The 'About Data' link discusses how the job postings are compiled and the various ways to access the data. Under 'Search Tips' useful hints such as, the need to follow WAIS database query strategies are discussed.
Author: National Technical Information Service

Homebuyer's Fair

The Homebuyer's Fair is a terrific resource for anyone moving across the country or to a neighboring city. Some of the highlights of the site include a salary calculator which compares the cost of living in over 800 U.S. and over 200 international cities, moving calculator which estimates interstate shipping costs, relocation crime lab which compares crime rates in over 500 U.S. cities, and city snapshots which compares climate, demographics, and economic data.
Author: National Association of Realtors

JobWeb

According to NACE human resources and college career services professionals use JobWeb as one of their principle sources of information on career planning and employment for the college-educated work force. NACE provides research and information through annual employer/college surveys, quarterly surveys of starting salary offers to new college graduates, a quarterly journal, and a biweekly newsletter. This is large web site that is at times confusing because of its wide scope. To do a job search click on 'Jobs' from the home page. You can choose a simple or advanced search and it is worth the time taken to read the 'help' for searching links. Under the 'Areas of Interest' (in the fixed frame toolbar) there is a 'Site Map' which links you to a resource page with links for 'Career Planning'. JobWeb also allows the user to do searches on employers. To do this from the JobWeb home page click on Employer Profiles.
Author: The National Association of Colleges and Employers

USA CityLink

USA CityLink provides users with a "starting point when accessing information about US states and cities." This site has a uniform organization and interface for each state. Users are presented with the following sections: Relocation Services, Travel Reservations, Weather Information, State Information, and City Information. Under Relocation Services there is a form you can fill out to receive free information for relocating. The most important feature of USA CityLink is the quick and easy access to State homepages. This is where job seekers will find a wealth of information to be found on local businesses, schools, culture, activities, and other subjects.
Author: Blake & Associates: Internet Marketing Consultants

What Color is Your Parachute: Job Hunting Online

What Color is Your Parachute: Job Hunting Online has employment information on a number of different topics for individuals looking for a job or changing careers, such as: job listings, resumes, counseling, contacts, and research. Each of these sections also has a list of annotated links which are divided into various categories, for instance: famous job sites, where to post your resume, career counseling manuals or booklists, and resources for minorities, women, gays and lesbians, elderly and people with disabilities.
Author: Richard Nelson Bolles