Career Resources

I thought it might be helpful to point out some career resources for those who may be interested, or actively involved in job hunting.  I realize we all  need to update our resume from time to time, and some of you may not have a LinkedIn profile.

Here are some learning resources, and some useful links for career research.  Some of you know me as someone who is always promoting self-learning.

Learning Resources

Paid Learning Sites are often made available by your employer, so check to see if you have a subscription, or if you can expense it (get reimbursed for the expense).  It doesn't hurt to ask.

http://www.safaribooksonline.com -- Huge selection of technical books, videos, seminars, etc.

http://www.pluralsight.com -- High Quality, from overview to advanced topics for programmers

http://www.lynda.com -- High Quality, some topics are not very advanced, but courses are very well done

https://skillport.com -- Books, courses, videos

You can find career related courses by searching for “job search”, or “resume”,  "interview", or “career.”  For example, here are some courses I recommend in 2018:

• Learning LinkedIn  https://www.lynda.com/LinkedIn-tutorials/Learning-LinkedIn/595944-2.html
• "Discover how to get the most out of using LinkedIn. Learn how to construct a stellar profile, find and add connections, share content, and more."

• My LinkedIn profile may give you some ideas for how to format yours:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmcclelland1

• Job Search Strategies by @VS_Career 
• https://www.lynda.com/Business-Skills-tutorials/Using-exercise-files/97580/111198-4.html?srchtrk=index%3a1%0alinktypeid%3a2%0aq%3ajob+search%0apage%3a1%0as%3arelevance%0asa%3atrue%0aproducttypeid%3a2

• Resume Makeover by @@jobjenny 
• https://www.lynda.com/Business-Skills-tutorials/Why-resume-writing-so-hard/706909/716831-4.html?srchtrk=index%3a1%0alinktypeid%3a2%0aq%3aresume%0apage%3a1%0as%3arelevance%0asa%3atrue%0aproducttypeid%3a

You may find it useful to look at job postings when updating your resume to see what kind of requirements are currently out there.  Then do some research:

Also see this article for additional learning resources:  
http://systemnotesorg.blogspot.com/2015/11/online-learning-resources.html

Career Resources

Connect and Organize

http://linkedin.com – connect, research, apply

http://www.jibberjobber.com - Organize and Manage your Career, job search, interviews, etc. - Free site at the time I started using it.

Job Search

http://linkup.com – job postings directly from companies, without 3^rd party recruiters

http://indeed.com -- Popular job search site

https://www.usajobs.gov – US federal government jobs

https://www.zoominfo.com -- for startups

Company and Pay Info, also good for company research

http://payscale.com

http://salary.com

http://glassdoor.com – Jobs, Company Reviews, Salaries

Paid Service

https://www.righteverywhere.com – Excellent career management resources, including company research

Some of these notes are also available in the public forum for job seekers.  This is something I quickly threw together in 2015 to help my coworkers who were impacted by a massive layoff:

http://www.lifeisnojoke.com/upward