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- America's Career InfoNet
Answers such questions as what are the fastest growing occupations and what occupations have the most job openings. You can even compare average wages in a particular state as opposed to the entire United States. - College and Career Guide for Deaf Students
A useful guide from Gallaudet University to help you with planning a postsecondary education. "It contains a comprehensive listing of 149 programs available to interested, qualified deaf and hard of hearing students." - Students.gov
Check this valuable resource from the federal government when you are beginning your search. It can help you focus your interests, learn about federally funded programs, and provide career guidance. - Job Hunting On the Internet
First of all, don't Don't forget that your local public library probably has a lot of resources relating to careers and job hunting, including listings of local job openings, or information on local agencies that help with the job search, as well as books about using the Internet for job hunting. Also, some local libraries are beginning to compile Web sites with local and Internet job and career-related information. An example is the Ann Arbor District Library's page on Job-Searching and Career Information. - job-hunt.org
This directory of over 8,000 job-hunting and career resources allows you to sort resources by state and industry. Browse articles on job news and articles on professional development. - Guides for Specific Careers
"These sites are packed with information about planning your career. What kind of training or education is required? What can you earn? What kind of environment will you work in? What's hot? What's not?" A well organized and annotated guide to Internet sites. - House Committee on Education and the Workforce
The committee that monitors legislation on education, child labor, school food programs, workers' compensation, vocational rehabilitation, labor wages and hours, and work incentive programs. - LaborNet
"Through computer communications, news, information and resources, LaborNet supports the guarantees of human rights and economic justice for workers." Explore a number of articles and other data related to the job force. Links to other Web sites are also provided. - Office of Compliance, U.S. Congress
"The Office of Compliance advances safety, health, and workplace rights in the U.S. Congress and the Legislative Branch. Established as an independent agency by the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, the Office educates employees and employing offices about their rights and responsibilities under the Act, provides an impartial dispute resolution process, and investigates and remedies violations of the Act." - Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
This committee reviews legislative measures relating to education, labor, health, and public welfare, aging, agricultural colleges, arts and humanities, biomedical research and development, child labor, convict labor, domestic activities of the American National Red Cross, equal employment opportunity, Gallaudet College, Howard University, and Saint Elizabeths Hospital, handicapped individuals, labor standards and labor statistics, mediation and arbitration of labor disputes, occupational safety and health, including the welfare of miners, private pension plans, public health, railway labor and retirement, regulation of foreign laborers, student loans, and wages and hours of labor.
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