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EMPLOYMENT SEARCH SOURCES

List of Average Job Salaries & Salary Comparisons by Career

1.      Use your newspapers.  Sunday Employment Sections of major city newspapers 
(i.e., N.Y. Times, L. A. Times, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe) 
for all occupations.  Also see The Week in Review sections for Academic, Social Service, 
Health & Medical.

2.      Daily Wall Street Journal, especially Tuesday and Wednesday editions.

3.      Sunday or daily Employment Section of local/regional papers.

4.      The National Business Employment Weekly.

5.      Use the Internet.  You name the occupation or profession, there is a website for it!  
Too many to list all here, but a few good ones are: MONSTER.COM, CAREERS.COM, 
and FLIPDOG.COM.  There are an abundant number of job search, career search, executive 
placement firm, and other related websites.  There are even websites into which you can 
e-mail or scan your resume.  Go explore!

6.      Consult your trade/professional journals, newsletters, or newspapers relative to your 
field of expertise and/or interest (for your trade journal name consult 
Ulrich's International Periodical Directory
or Encyclopedia of Business Information Services  
or call the local or national chapter of your union, trade or professional association).

7.      Chronicle of Higher Education for Collegiate/University Faculty, Staff, and Administration.

8.      NCAA Newsletter for Athletic, Training, Sports Information, Coaching, 
Administrative on College/University level.  

9.     Periodicals including Business Week's Guide to Careers, Dun's Review, Forbes, Fortune.

10.    State and Federal Bulletins, Civil Service Monthly Job Bulletins.

11.     Local Employment and Unemployment Service Offices, Chambers of Commerce, 
and
College Placement Services.

12.    State Industrial Directories, Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 
and Yellow Pages for cold canvassing search.

13.    Check the Better Business Bureau, Company Annual Reports, Dun & Bradstreet's Directories 
for public and private companies), F&S Indexes, The Foundation Directory, Moody's Manuals 
(for public companies), National Trade & Professional Association of U.S. and 
Canada Labor Unions, Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors&
Executives, and Thomas' Register of American Manufacturers.

14.     Employment/Personnel Agencies, Executive Search Firms/Recruiters.  It's always a good 
idea to get one or two reliable, professional "head hunters" to assist you in your total job 
search plan.  See latest edition of The Directory of Executive Recruiters, Directory of 
Management Consultants, or Directory of Outplacement Firms (published by 
Kennedy & Kennedy, Inc., 603-585-2200).

15.     And don't forget - personal knowledge or social contacts...NETWORK !

*        All publications can be found in most town, college, or university libraries.

After you have found the position you want to apply for research the company.  Find out what the company does, how financially stable it is, about the work atmosphere, benefits and 
perquisites, etc.  See Dun & Bradstreet's Who Owns Whom, Directory of Corporate Affiliations, 
How to Find Information About Companies, The Working Press of the Nation 
(Vol. 5 - a directory of internal company publications).  Now practice for that important interview.

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