Welcome to "Job Search and Employment Opportunities: Best Bets from the Net," a resource guide designed to cut through the confusing and sometimes overwhelming amount of information about job opportunities and employment found on the Internet. "Best Bets from the Net" will lead you to job postings; places to submit your resume electronically; and career information resources that are available to help you plan and execute a successful job search. If you're new to the Net, this guide will also help get you started with information about the common Internet tools, as well as give you some tips on navigating through the maze of information out there.
What we've done with "Best Bets" is to make selections from the many employment related resources and guides that exist in other forms and formats and to focus on those sources we think are the very best of their kind-- either because of their comprehensiveness; their ability to serve the needs of a particular discipline; their ease of navigation; their timeliness; or, the overall quality of the resource. Our intent is to save you the trouble and frustration of following up on leads that are narrowly focused; are not updated regularly; or are not organized in a way that allows one to use the material easily. Because we've opted to concentrate on a select group of resources, we'll be sure to keep contact information accurate and our reviews of the resources up to date. As authors of "Job Search and Employment Opportunities: Best Bets from the Internet," we make no claims that ours is an exhaustive list. On the contrary. We hope, in fact, that our work will have shortened the job search process for you considerably.
Who can use "Best Bets"? Just about anyone. We've shaped our selections to address the career needs of a variety of individuals. After all, the Internet has something for just about anyone: from the new grad to the seasoned professional; from the liberal arts major to the business executive. We've made a conscious effort to feature those resources available to groups whose employment needs tend to be underrepresented on the Net: as the Net grows, we hope that our coverage of these areas will, too.
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This version, HTML 2.2, adds two sources -- Catapult and the Scholarly Societies Project. Dartmouth's popular gopher site for federal job listings is no longer on the net, so we've had to remove it from the guide. Business and government-oriented resources have been consolidated into a single section. All URLs and connection information have been checked and updated as needed. Many of the descriptions are becoming dated, and we hope to address this with another update in the near future.
We're still hoping to find the time to add a section on international opportunities, and some resources on experiential opportunities such as internships. Other potential features include a one-sentence or less summary of each resource. We're eager to hear your reactions to the guide: future editions are already in the planning stages and we'd love to incorporate your recommendations for enhancement.
To complement this version of the guide, we have also created an ASCII plain text version which you can find in the Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides at the University of Michigan.
Special thanks are extended to a number of individuals whose interest and active support have made "Best Bets on the Net" possible. Lou Rosenfeld and Prof. Joseph Janes of the University of Michigan School of Information and Library Studies provided generous counsel, technical expertise, and established the framework in which our research took place. The University of Michigan Office of Career Planning & Placement, a unit of Student Affairs, provided work stations, open access to resources, and invaluable content knowledge. Jeanne Miller, Librarian, and Simone Himbeault Taylor, Director, made themselves available to us on numerous occasions and provided valuable insight into the job search process and the world of career development theory.
Finally, we salute those individuals whose pioneering work on Internet employment resources has made our guide possible, in particular Margaret Riley of the Gordon Library at Worcester Polytechnic Institute whose "Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet" has helped countless individuals discover new futures for themselves. We consider it a privilege to have worked on this project with such talented individuals as these.
Philip Ray has completed his course work toward a MILS (Master's in Information and Library Studies) at the University of Michigan School of Information and Library Studies. Philip's studies have concentrated on information technology, and organization of networked information; his primary research interests are digital libraries and other large information systems, as well as in electronic publishing. He will officially graduate in April 1995. In the meantime, Philip is working as a research assistant in a medical imaging laboratory. Philip's undergraduate work was in English literature, oddly enough with a computer science minor. For additional information, visit his personal Web page.
Bradley Taylor is a fifteen year veteran of the scholarly publishing field. He is currently completing studies at the University of Michigan School of Information and Library Studies, where he expects to receive his MILS in the Summer of 1995. At SILS, Brad's research interests include the impact of technology on traditional publishing paradigms and the issue of enhanced access to image databases. While on campus, Brad continues to serve as consultant to the Office of Career Planning & Placement and takes special pleasure in his capacity providing reference support at the Kresge Business Administration Library.
Since 1991 Brad has owned and operated Oriel Publications, a writing, research, and publishing business whose clients include university presses; authors; professional speakers; and members of the business community. At Oriel his work has included developing technology based business presentations; writing commencement addresses; and preparing both scholarly manuscripts and magazine articles for publication.