I encourage you to utilize this collection of links and resources to make your search more effective. And check back as we add more resources every week.
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Career Transition Sites
LinkedIn The Premier Professional Network. Connect with Chad Coe (chad@mastermindconnections.com). His 4,500 connections will expand your network tremendously.
Best Jobs in the USA Today: A large site with lots of career exploration information as well as job listings. However, also advertises many for-profit services.
InDeed.com Consolidated Job Postings
Careerealism Career Advice For Inquiring Minds
Career One Stop: A publicly funded meta-site for all kinds of career information from wages and employment trends, state labor market conditions, career exploration, and job listings.
CarouselExpo.com: A listing of career fairs and company open houses in the Illinois area. This list is not comprehensive but it gives you more options.
ChicagoJobs.Com: Covering the employment scene across 11 counties in and around Chicago.
CareerJet Employment Search Engine
Find My Perfect Job: The Find My Perfect Job Formula is a step-by-step process to finding not just any job, but your perfect job.
Illinois WorkNet Center Tools to help you develop job skills, resources to help you connect to job listings, and we’ll help you through your job search and onward to reach your employment end goals.
Jibber Jobber – Career Management 2.0
The Muse offers exciting job opportunities, expert advice, and a peek behind the scenes into fantastic companies and career paths.
Recruiting Blogs See what is going on inside the industry.
Glass Door Provides current salaries, common interview questions, and research on companies nationwide.
Crain’s Chicago Business Tremendous Chicago business resources with up-to-date activity.
Dice Career Hub for Tech Talent
Directory of Chicagoland’s Best Specialized Recruiters
Executives Only – Listing of quality jobs.
ExecUNet – $150k plus networking.
Job Hunters Bible resources from the Author of What Color is Your Parachute?
Jobster Job Search Portal
Hunter Search Site – Good job search site
The Ladders – Job Matching for $100 K + Positions
Lumity Non Profit Opportunities – Job Postings for Not-For-Profits
Recruiter.com – Connecting Recruiters and Job Seekers
SparkHire: SparkHire provides a new way for job seekers and consultants to present themselves more completely to companies. Coupling innovative video technologies with traditional online job board features, Spark Hire revolutionizes the application, screening and interviewing process for job seekers, consultants and companies.
Chicago AMA: The Chicago Chapter of the American Marketing Association provides job listings as well as networking and volunteering opportunities.
For Financial Executives
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Services and Products
Career Direction Coaching – Proven, systematic approach to ask and answer the question: “What is the best and highest use of this talent?” from Chicago Executive Coaching
Coe Financial Group – 401K Rollovers, IRAs, Health Insurance
The Careers College – Self-Paced, Online Job Search Training and Career Resource Center
CPaths – Doug Seville – Executive Search. Has a great newsletter.
Hoovers – Subscription based service for corporate contacts and more. Access available for MasterMind Connectors Members.
Inspired Choice Executive Search – Transition Coaching by Gail Sussman-Miller
Improve-ization – Executive & Career Coaching by Rosemary Monahan
Legal
Labor Attorney – Jonathan Vegosen is an attorney specializing in labor matters
Owlish Communications – Linkedin Profiles by national keynote authority JD Gershbein
Vista Print Great business card resource- utilize both front and back sides.
Your Life Counselor – Robin Mitzen is great for reality check and motivation.
Realize Your Light – Betsy Rooth, Reiki practitioner
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Groups and Organizations
BNC Chicago – Business Network Chicago
Career Transitions Center – Chicago
Career Place – Previously Barrington Career Center – Barrington, IL
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Events
Community Career Center of Naperville provides a supportive and professional setting where job seekers can conduct an effective and successful job search.
E.L.I.T LinkedIn Group for senior level Financial and HR people in search of their next career path. ELIT membership is comprised of Candidates, Sponsors and Alumni.
Jewish Vocational Center JVS Chicago – Working to transform lives, providing career coaching guidance, job training and crucial support to more than 10,000 people annually.
Society for Human Resource Management: Includes information on a wide range of human resources areas. Job postings are listed by location, job title and posting date.
Technology Executives Club Dedicated to the success of IT professionals
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Recommended Reads (&/or Listens)
- Job Changer’s Checklist – Comprehensive 7-Page eBook
- The Success Principles – Jack Canfield
- Who Moved My Cheese – Spencer Johnson
- Dig Your Well Before You’re Thirsty – Harvey MacKay
- The Power of Peopletizing – Chad Coe
- The Peak Interview: New Insights into Winning the Interview and Getting the Job – Bill Burnett
- What Color is Your Parachute? by Richard N. Bolles
- 5 Secrets Hiring Managers Want You To Know About Applying for Their Jobs Free Guide requires sign-up
- Five O’Clock Club – Career development books and CDs from the NYC based career coaching organization.
- Breakthrough Networking: Building Relationships That Last by Lillian D. Bjorseth
- OUT OF UNIFORM: Your Guide to a Successful Military-to-Civilian Career
Articles
70+ Best Interviewing Tips is a 25 page, PDF E-Book
Ann Bachrach articles for all specific communication and life issues.
Resume Samples – from the For Dummies series, a bank of resume formats
MasterMind Connections Blog – Last but not least
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