Sponsored by the US Department of Labor, this excellent resource provides comprehensive, up-to-date, and reliable information on careers and job opportunities. The site is organized into six major areas: Explore Careers, Salary + Benefits, Education + Training, Job Search, Resumes + Interviews, and People + Places to Help. The home page also contains a link to a section titled ReEmployment Tools, which will be beneficial for those who have recently lost a job; this section also offers specific information on military transition and unemployment assistance following a major disaster.
CareerOneStop is useful not only for students and job seekers but for employers as well. Employers can post positions using a very sophisticated Job Description Writer. Two particular features of this site stand out: the comprehensive Explore Careers section, which encourages viewers to take a step back and really think about their career options; and the links to the One-Stop Career Centers, located in all 50 states, which provide job training referrals, career counseling, job listings, and similar employment-related services. One can download or print just about anything on the site, and navigation is quick and easy.
Other major job sites offer some sort of credible career guidance, but they tend to focus more on immediately pairing an inquirer with a job listing or college/university and do not provide crucial information and advice about the front end of the process as found on this site, e.g., spending time thinking about your career, your interests, and perhaps most important, whether your career interests are a real match with your skills. See related, Quintessential Careers http://www.quintcareers.com/ (CH, May'09, 46-4761). CareerOneStop would be very useful for undergraduate students as well as those who work with and advise them.
The link to this site is also available on the library's Web Resources: Employment and Career Sources page.
