Public Resources

Occupational Information:
- Career Key: A great site for exploration and assessment.
- CNN Money: Information on companies, including best places to work.
- Colorado Department of Labor and Employment: Labor market information, unemployment benefits, employment and training, and workers compensation.
- Colorado Workforce Center: Workforce Centers provide a variety of free services to assist employers and job seekers including: job listings, computer and internet access, career counseling, and training for job seekers.
- e-Colorado: Connects job seekers, employers, students and professionals with a powerful electronic toolbox and up-to-date information to succeed in the workplace.
- ExecuNet, The Ladders, 6 Figure Jobs: Resources for executives.
- LinkedIn: The social networking site for job seekers and business professionals; build your profile and invite your contacts. Great for finding contacts in specific companies or industries.
- National Career Development Association: Career planning resources that include self-assessment, industry-specific information, occupational information, employment trends, associations, etc.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook: A searchable guide created by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics that provides data for over 200 occupations. Information on each occupation includes salary ranges, education and training requirements, and employment outlook.
- O*NET OnLine: A primary source of occupational information, providing comprehensive information on key attributes and characteristics of workers and occupations.
- Overview.com: A searchable database of 900+ career fields, 6000+ vocational schools, colleges, and universities with their addresses and phone numbers, links to scholarships, sources of loans, financial aid and advice.
- Weddles: Has a good list of professional associations.
- Wetfeet.com and Vault.com - Find company research and career-related information as well as the latest job and internship opportunities for college-educated talent.

Job Search Sites:
- Americas Job Exchange: The successor to the popular Americas Job Bank.
- CareerOneStop: Locates occupation or location-specific employers
- College Grad Job Hunter: Excellent site for new graduates and those seeking entry-level positions.
- Colorado Nonprofit Association: The place to look for nonprofit employers in our state.
- Bigbook.com: Generates lists of employers by keyword and location.
- Dice.com: One of the best resources for technical jobs.
- Google: Do not forget to search directly for your job title. For example, financial analyst+jobs+Denver.
- Idealist.org: See this site for nonprofit jobs and volunteer opportunities.
- Indeed.com: Awarded Best Online Job Search Site for 2008 at Lifehacker.
- Jobing.com: A site that is Colorado-specific.
- Job Central: An employer-owned job search engine.
- Job-Hunt.org: See this comprehensive site for Colorado-specific resources.
- Simply Hired: Super mega-site; you can "train" the job search engine by rating jobs you are interested in, add jobs to a job map, view detailed profiles of various companies, pull jobs from Craigslist, set up search agents and research salaries.
- State of Colorado: Site for state jobs.
- USAJobs: Site for US government jobs.
- Vocation Vacation: A unique listing of opportunities to "test drive" an occupation while on vacation.

Going Back to School:
- College in Colorado : Comprehensive site to plan, apply and pay for college in the state of Colorado. 
- Colorado Community College System: Information on local community colleges in CO.
- Overview.com : A searchable database of 900+ career fields, 6000+ vocational schools, colleges, and universities with their addresses and phone numbers, links to scholarships, sources of loans, financial aid and advice.
- Petersons.com : Information on all types of colleges throughout the nation.
- Princeton Review :  Articles on applying to school, testing, financial aid, etc.

Job Searching Skills:
- CareerTV: General job-seeker info in video format
- CVTips.com: numerous tips on resumes, cover letters and CVs
-  e-Colorado: Connects job seekers, employers, students and professionals with a powerful electronic toolbox and up-to-date information to succeed in the workplace.
- Marty Nemko: Articles that give ideas on improving your work life and education.
- Monster.com: Provides numerous articles on career planning and job search.
- Quintessentialcareers.com: numerous articles on career planning and job search.
- Interview Game: Learn about interviewing techniques with an interactive game from the Washington Post
- The Riley Guide: Excellent megasite designed by a librarian with how-to information on just about everything related to careers; good section on specific industry resources.
- Susan Irelands Resumes: Author of The Complete Idiots Guide to the Perfect Resume provides additional resume assistance, including her advice via video.
- Wetfeet.com and Vault.com: Find company research and career-related information as well as the latest job and internship opportunities for college-educated talent.

Volunteer Opportunities:
- Colorado Nonprofit Association: The place to look for nonprofits to volunteer.
- MetroVolunteers.Org: A listing of volunteer opportunities in Colorado.
- Volunteers Connection: A listing of Boulder County volunteer opportunities.
- USA Freedom Corps: A listing of volunteer opportunities in the nation.