Job Search and Company Research
Job Search
PCC PantherWorks
Go to MyPCC – Paying for College tab – PantherWorks link is on the right side top – Need a Job
This is a job posting service for students and alumni. Accounts are automatically set up. Access is via your MyPCC – paying for college tab. The upper right screen is PantherWorks. Your PCC email is your username.
- You can search for employment and internships and work-study
- Post your resume for employer?viewing or save it?as a backup electronic copy
- Search the database for employer contacts
- Set up a “job alert/agent” to email you applicable openings – one daily email?regardless of?the number of categories selected?or positions)
Click here to see slide show demo of PantherWorks – Compliments of Rock Creek Career Services.
Job Club PCC/Source?at Willow Creek
- www.pcc.edu/news/2018/01/becky-meier
- www.facebook.com/High-Tech-Networking-Group-formerly-CCCJS-133040206892351/about
Job Search Tips, Articles/Videos, and Information
Start here:?Job Hunting Tips 1 and Job Search Tips 2
- Five R
- ecruiting Trends – Forbes Magazine article 2021
- Fortune Magazine – Best Companies to Work for Lists 2022
- Job Search Productivity Tools
- What College Does Not Teach Us About Job Searching
- Managing Job Search Anxiety
- LinkedIn Job Search Strategy?
- Article from The Balance on the do’s and dont’s?www.thebalance.com/top-job-search-do-s-and-don-ts-2060717
- CG 209 Job Finding Skills PPT. Graciously shared by a retired PCC employee 2017
- Article From Josh Waldman Best Job Hunting Web sites. www.careerenlightenment.com/the-ultimate-list-of-must-use-job-hunting-websites
- Article from Careerealism – Four Job Search Tips
- Article on 6 Productivity Tools for Job Searching?www.makeuseof.com/best-productivity-tools-for-job-seekers
- Entry-Level and Internship Job Search – COVID-19 (good information anytime)?
- 8 Survival Tips – Work it Daily
- Moving Through Job Application/Interview Rejection
- Job Search Getting You Down
- Job Search Mistakes
- Working abroad
- Interning Abroad
- Fairygodboss (networking and jobs for women supporting women)?
- Glassdoor – Best companies for working from home
- Fortune Magazine – Best workplaces for parents
- Portland Tech Jobs – posting site
- Job Search Advice – Ask The Headhunter
- Job Search “To do” list from Work it Daily?
- How To Strategize Your Job Search – Forbes?
- Air Table – free website to organize your job search
Searching the intranet for job search advice can be overwhelming, to say the least. These are some sites that I recommend as they are the authors, bloggers, and speakers commonly quoted in popular publications. Note they all have free advice and also services for fees.
Articles and Websites
- Fortune magazine Best 100 companies 2020
- Forbes Work from Home 2020 Top 100 Companies?
- Article – Companies Going Virtual Forever
- Maximizing Online Applications
- Consumers Advocate – Review of Job Search engines and the top raters in addition to job search advice?
- Ask A Manager
- Jobhuntercoach
- Career Sherpa
- Career Valet
- Chrissy Scivicque
- For Veterans
- Article – How to Decline a Job Offer
- Decoding a Job Posting
- Staying Motivated in the Job Search
- Advice from JibberJobber – Another way to find openings that are not widely advertised is to do a Google search with this phrase: site:taleo.netintitle:careers (then list the keyword or job title you are pursuing)
- Linked In – Career Interests
- Finding a Job Out of State
- Federal website to help seekers www.careeronestop.org
- Riley Guide www.rileyguide.com
- Job Application – Checklist to develop a Master Application
- Doug’s Networking/Job Guide
- How to select and use job posting sites from Peter Weddles at Weddles.com
- Article on job search mistakes
- Article on the best job search strategy
- Decoding Job Applications
- Decoding Buzz Words?
- How to Adult Emily Graslie – Lively Video on Getting Your Dream Job?
- Using LinkedIn For Searching?
- Former Justice Involved?Nat’l Employment Law Project
Job Search Spiders
- Non-Profit Association of Oregon –? Resources, and Job Board?
- Article on Best Job Search Engine Sites
- 10 Best US Job Search Sites – TechRadar
- Indeed – www.indeed.com
- Simply Hired – www.simplyhired.com
- Linkup – www.linkup.com
- For Side hustles?www.makeuseof.com/apps-that-help-find-side-job
Selected Posting Sites
Federal Employment
Giving credit where it is due: Many of these websites came from Joshua Waldman Author of Job Searching with Social Media for Dummies.
More Selected Job Posting Sites
- State of Oregon Employment Department –?www.emp.state.or.us
- State of Washington – www.WorkSourceWa.com
- State of Washington – Search occupations, labor market demand, colleges, and www.CareerBridge.wa.gov
- Glass Door
- Craigslist
- www.beyond.com
- JuJu
- Snagajob?( Pt time and Hourly)
- Zip Recruiter
- www.us.jobs
- www.jobsminer.com
- www.careerbuilder.com
- Monster – www.monster.com
- The Vault – www.vault.com
- Careerarc.com
- Startwire.com
- Jobfox.com?(job alerts)
- HealthJob
- Sites that use your LinkedIn profile or Facebook for matching
Resources for Employer Research and Networking
Information about Oregon firms
- Business Insider Article Hive App – for Finding DEI Employers: www.businessinsider.com/hive-diversity-recruitment-platform-employers-companies-2020-11
- Read employee reviews of their employer: www.glass.door.com
- Jobs and company reviews for women: fairygodboss.com
- Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division: www.filinginoregon.com
- Oregon business/Oregon state OLMIS system (future growth by industry and position): www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/OlmisZine
- 14 Ways To Research Company Culture from Work It Daily – www.workitdaily.com/company-culture-research
- Using Linkedin
- Glassdoor for Students
Databases for Company Research
- www.burning-glass.com
- Dun and Bradstreet Employer Directory formerly Hoovers.com
- www.plunkettresearch.com
- www.collegerecruiter.com
- www.gale.com/c/business-insights-essentials
- MANTA – small business locator
- www.manta.com
- NAICS?www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/2017NAICS/2017_NAICS_Manual.pdf
- www.khanacademy.org/college-careers-more/college-admissions/applying-to-college
For Government
- Federal – primary site for federal applications?www.USAjobs
- Federal – www.avuecentral.com/casting/aiportal/control/avueCentral
- Federal Contract Work – Federal Biz Opps- www.fbo.gov
- People Admin – Contract work – www.peopleadmin.com
For Non-Profit
- www.bridgestar.org/Home.aspx
- CNRG – on Facebook now web site closed as of 12.2018
- Idealist
- Nonprofit Network of SW Washington Resource Group
- Impact Oregon?(jobs that make a difference)
- National Association of Colleges and Employers – Advice and Job Postings?www.jobchoicesonline.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com
- www.guidestar.org
- www.charitynavigator.org
- careers.google.com/jobs
- hire.google.com
- cloud.google.com/solutions/talent-solution
For Part-Time
Salary Information
Salary Information Links
- U.S. Department of Labor:?www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm
- Best Jobs USA (job leads, salary surveys, and more): www.bestjobsusa.com
- Calculator for salary, relocation, and cost of living by area: www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html
- ACCRA – The Council for Community and Economic Research: www.coli.org
- Monster salary tool:?www.promotions.monster.com/salary
- Pay Scale salary report:?www.payscale.com/?src=G33x
- Oregon Employment (OLMIS) Wages and Income: www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/OlmisZine
- My Perfect Resume(Formerly The Riley Guide):?www.myperfectresume.com/how-to/career-resources/salguides
- Salary.com (fee-based):?www.salary.com
- Pay Scale: www.payscale.com
- Salary Expert: www.salaryexpert.com
- Wall Street Journal (salary search): www.careerjournal.com
International Student – Job Search Sites
International Student Links
Social Online Networking Groups and Tools
Note of caution: Internet posts are forever! Photos or information you would not normally disclose in an interview may be posted on your or a friend’s page.
How to Use Linkedin.com
- LinkedIn:?www.linkedin.com/home
- Facebook: www.en-us.facebook.com
- X (Twitter): www.twitter.com
Networking Face-to-Face
You should make sure that you have a business card to hand out at a networking event, and any event can be networking. You can print the career/job title you are looking for on the card or write by hand. If you do not have a title in mind but do have skill sets you want to use, you can list them.
Online Resources for Inexpensive Business Cards for Networking
- www.vistaprint.com
- Information Record?for informational interviews
- Business Network International (BNI): www.bnioregon.com
- CEO Clubs:?www.ceoclubs.org/index.php
- Ryze Business Networking: www.ryze.com/index.php
- Take the Lead:?www.itakethelead.org
- Toastmasters International: www.toastmasters.org
Volunteer and Non-Profit Resources
- Community Non-Profit Resource Group (CNRG): www.cnrg-portland.org
- The Non-Profit Association of Oregon:?www.nonprofitoregon.org
- Social Services Referrals – 503 222-5555 or 211?www.211info.org
Password Manager and Online “Cloud Storage”
Career Support and Job Blogs
There are many listserves or blog forums on job search sites such as Careerealism, Indeed, Glass Door, Simply Hired, CareerBuilder, and Nettemps just to name a few.
- Job Search and Emotional Resiliency – Resiliency Center – www.resiliencycenter.com
- Article on Handling Job Rejection – www.careerealism.com/ways-deal-job-rejection
Compliments of Mac’s List?www.macslist.org. Many of the blogs listed below originate in Oregon?and some of the writers mentioned contribute to Mac’s List.
Blog List
- Ask a Manager. Before striking out as a consultant, Alison Green was chief of staff for a medium-sized organization. Every day?she answers questions about workplace and job search topics.
- Career Choices. Laura Schlafly, a career coach in Oregon,?blogs about helping professionals with midlife job changes, especially second careers after retirement.
- InternMatch. Jenny Xie posts several times a week about?topics of interest to interns and college students, including tips about landing internships and making the most of them. The InternMatch site includes hundreds of internship openings across the country.
- Career Beavers. Written by the staff of the Office of Career Services at Oregon State University (OSU), this blog serves OSU students and grads but offers excellent information for any job seeker.
- Career Enlightenment. An Oregon-based social media expert, Joshua Waldman writes for job seekers looking for?comprehensive information about conducting a job search online.
- Ecogrrl. Aimee Fahey is a recruiter and career coach in Portland, Oregon. She blogs daily and her columns include?interviews with human resources leaders, job search tips, and career advice.
- Jobhuntercoach.com. Arnie Fertig lives in New England where he ran his own recruiting company for 10 years. He now helps people master the skills they need for focused job searches and?shares what he learned as a recruiter via weekly blog posts.
- Job Jenny. Jenny Foss is an author, speaker, and resume writer in Oregon. She describes herself as “Your job search BFF [and] … tough love expert on finding your passion” and her posts are always lively and valuable.
- Kontrary. Rebecca Thorman www.kontrary.com/blog how to navigate your career, money, and life so that “you can find meaningful work, enjoy the heck out of it, and earn more money.”?
- Life After College. Jenny Blake is an author and career and business coach in New York City. A former Google employee, Jenny and her team?write about life, careers, goals, and relationships with a special focus on issues of interest to 20-somethings.
- Launch Yourself. www.launchyourself.co?A “reformed corporate drone,” Melissa Anzman lives in Colorado and is “passionate about helping late 20-40 somethings make their dream job.” Her blog offers?resources to help people choose their own career path.
- Pathfinder. Speaker, author, and resume writer Dawn Rasmussen works from Portland, Oregon. Dawn’s blog offers?ideas and tools people can use to manage their careers and find fulfilling jobs.
- PDXMindshare. Founded by Anvil Media’s Kent Lewis, PDXMindshare is one of Portland’s best online sources for jobs. It also features?an excellent blog that aggregates content from national career sites.
- Penelope Trunk. A founder of Brazen Careerist, a career site for professionals, Penelope writes regularly about?career, management, and job search issues of interest to Generation Y.
See more at: www.macslist.org/celebrate-valentines-day-with-14-job-hunting-blogs-we-love/#sthash.kzDqRbIr.dpuf
Miscellaneous Resources
- Unemployment Insurance – General Information Article
- Self Referral – Basic needs – Find Help www.findhelp.org?or?www.211info.org
- www.makeuseof.com/best-productivity-tools-for-job-seekers
Dreamer Resources
- www.thedream.us/hire-dreamers
- www.thedream.us/resources/general-guides
- www.macalester.edu/career-exploration/identity-specific-resources/undocumented-status
- www.immigrantsrising.org/wp-content/uploads/Immigrants-Rising_Life-After-College.pdf
- Webinar: www.immigrantsrising.org/resource/income-and-career-options-for-undocumented-students-how-colleges-can-help-webinar
- Webinar: www.immigrantsrising.org/resource/income-and-career-alternatives-for-undocumented-students-webinar
- Taxpayer ID:?www.immigrantsrising.org/resource/itin-101-everything-you-want-to-know-about-itins-but-dont-know-what-to-ask-webinar
Annual Credit Report Request Service – www.annualcreditreport.com
P.O. Box 105283
Atlanta, GA 30348-5283
877-322-8228
You will need to provide:
- Full name
- Date of birth
- SSN
- Current address and previous address if you have not lived there for 2 years
Self Preparation
- Know your strengths, values, interests, goals, and career/life desires.
- Organize your search – know your energy limits and planning skills.
- Polish your phone skills and written communication.
- Spruce up your self-image and presentation.
Reasons to schedule an appt. with a PCC Career Specialist
- I know exactly what job I want. I simply need to brush up on my job search tools (resume, cover letter, and interview skills). My immediate tasks are:
- I know what field I want to work in, but I do not know exactly what job. I need to schedule and conduct research interviews. My immediate tasks are:
- I have no idea what kind of job or field I am interested in. I need further assistance. My immediate tasks are: