List of Job Seeker Resources (by Category)

The following Job Seeker Resources List is a compilation of helpful job search-related websites that are categorized by topic across multiple areas of concentration.

Seeking employment is a time-consuming and sometimes disheartening experience that most of us experience at least once. So, I created this Job Seeker Resources List to help as many job seekers as possible.

This post is a great place to start if you’re looking for job search help, inspiration, and resources based on industry specialization, experience level, and geographic location. Happy browsing!

Here’s the Job Seeker Resources List:

Career Blogs & Forums

Career Fairs

Career Planning

Career Services Alumni Associations (Universities)

Career Tests & Assessments

Cheap Resume Services

Cover Letters

  • Hloom offers a collection of 283 free cover letter templates and a free workshop-style guide with tips and examples.

Creative Resume Services

  • Loft Resumes is dedicated to crafting gorgeous resumes that help you reach your goals.
  • Resumezing transforms your current resume into a beautiful eye-catching work of art.

Employment Agencies (Staffing & Recruiting Firms)

Employers (Top Companies)

Employer Research

Events & Conferences

  • 10Times is the world’s largest event discovery and promotion platform.

Interviewing

  • Big Interview is an interview training system that easily allows you to do everything you need to prepare for that job interview and stay ahead of your competition.
  • Interview 4 records practice interviews on webcam video so that you can review and improve your interviewing skills.
  • Job-Interview is a resource center with advice and guidance to help prepare for any big interview.
  • My Interview Simulator is a free program designed to simulate a mock interview.
  • Pramp is an online community for software engineers, developers and hackers to practice live coding interviews.

Job Descriptions

  • Career Igniter helps you quickly and easily discover careers that you are interested in.
  • JobHero provides detailed information on hundreds of common job titles.

Job Search Organizer

  • JobStars USA (hey, that’s us!) offers a free job search organizer tool to be a better, smarter job seeker.

Job Sites

Mobile Career Apps

Networking Sites

Podcasts

  • Career Cloud Radio topics include resumes, interviewing, job resources & leveraging social media to job hunt.
  • The Voice of Job Seekers helps unemployed, underemployed, and underappreciated job seekers remain informed, educated, and empowered during their job search.

Professional Associations & Organizations

Professional Branding

Professional Designations (Certifications)

Professional Development

  • Quistic creates online courses designed to help you build a career that supports the life you want.

References

  • JobReferences is a professional reference checking company and employment verification firm that reference checks your previous employers to find out exactly what they are saying about you.

Resume Analysis

  • Jobscan boosts your interview chances by optimizing your resume keywords to any job description.
  • Resunate uses web based software to build a resume and automatically evaluate & improve it for every job.
  • RezScore is the world’s first, best, and only online resume grader.

Resume Builders

Resume Databases

Resume Distribution Services

  • Beyond‘s resume distribution service has been helping professionals connect with employers and recruiters for more than 10 years.
  • Resume Spider builds a targeted list of recruiters and corporate hiring managers who have registered to receive.
  • Resume Rabbit is the internet’s #1 resume distribution tool since 1999.
  • Resume Zapper is a resume distribution service since 1998.

Salary Research

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