Job Overview Sites

• The Riley Guide
  Comprehensive job and employment resource. Provides helpful links and tools for all aspects of job searching.
• QuintCareers
  Helpful tools, essays, and links on job searching.

Career Information

• CareerOneStop
  This Department of Labor site centralizes federal, state, and local job resources for occupation exploration, career tools, and industry information.
• Career Click
  Find wages, job descriptions, employment outlook, and education/training requirements for over 500 careers by entering all or part of a job title, or choose one of the 16 career areas to view occupations within their broad field.
  
• My Skills, My Future
  Build a bridge to a new career with skills you've acquired in previous positions.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
  Standard career reference source published by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Job Boards and Search Engines

• America's Job Exchange
  Leading source for non-executive, middle income diversity jobs.
• Career Builder
  Search classified job listings of over 150 newspapers. Menu choice includes searches by location, job title, keyword, and salary.
• Indeed.com
  Job search engine with thousands of listings from job boards and company websites.
• Monster
  Huge job listing, resume posting, and employer information resource.
• Simply Hired
  Millions of job listings with information on local jobs, salary comparisons, and employment trends.

Local Job Listings

• AbilityLinks
  Links to Chicago area job listings, job leads by field, networking, and help for special groups.
• Chicago Job Talk
  Covers job listings, leads, special groups, and upcoming area events.
• Chicago Sun Times & Monster
  Search area jobs by keyword, occupation, and commute.
• Craigslist
  Chicago area job opportunities.
• Metro Chicago Jobs
  Offers free webinars, community partners, excellent online resources and a localized job search.
• Npo.net
  The largest Illinois nonprofit job board.

Salaries and Relocation

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
  BLS wage data by area and occupation.
• Glassdoor
  Inside look on salaries, interviews, and corporate culture.
• Homefair
  Real estate site covering salary information, moving expenses, cost of living, city and school reports.
• LMI Source
  Labor market information from the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
  Includes current earnings by occupations, as well as 5-yr. and 10-yr. projections.
• Salary.com
  Provides estimates for hundreds of job categories in major U.S. metro areas.
• Salary Expert
  Basic salary reports for hundreds of job titles in U.S. metro areas. Like Salary.com, premium reports can be ordered for a fee.

Unemployment Support

• Career OneStop Worker ReEmployment
  Unemployment benefits, training opportunities, and financial help after a layoff.
• Community Career Center
  Provides a supportive environment, career counseling, and workshops where job seekers can conduct an effective and productive job search.
• Illinois WorkNet DuPage
  Connect with local services, training, tools, and resources.