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FT MBA Students
Career Toolbox
The OCM Career Toolbox provides both
students/alumni with an easy to use 7-step
guide to aide you in effectively managing
your career search. From "Step1: Self-Assessment"
through to "Step7: Negotiating," each step
is critical to the overall process and provides
useful links to web resources that will
enhance your career search experience.
No matter where you are in your personal
search, just click on the relevant step
to help you find your way through that stage
and lead you on to the next phase in this
exciting process.
STEP
1 - SELF ASSESSMENT
Quintessential Careers
www.quintcareers.com/online_assessment_review.html
Career Leader
www.careerleader.com
What Color is Your Parachute?
www.jobhuntersbible.com/
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STEP
2 -
RESUMES & COVER LETTERS
The Smith Resume:
Guidelines & Templates
The Smith Cover Letter:
Guidelines & Templates
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STEP
3 - SELECTING FUNCTION & INDUSTRY
Need Password:
(Login to
HireSmith, click on the "jobs" tab
and select
"password-protected on-line research
guides" to access username and
password information.)
Vault -
www.vault.com/cb/careerlib/careerlib_main.jsp?parrefer=428
WetFeet -
www.wetfeet.com/cb/schools/toc.asp?dpid=119
H1Base -
www.h1base.com/store.asp
No Password Needed:
America's Career InfoNet
www.acinet.org
Careers-In-Business
www.careers-in-business.com
CollegeJournal.com
www.collegejournal.com
Forbes.com
www.forbes.com/careers
Kennedy Information
www.kennedyinfo.com
Knowledge source for marketing careers
www.knowthis.com
MBA360.com
www.mba360.com
MBA Association
www.mbaassociation.org
MBA Jungle
www.mbajungle.com
MBAMap.com
www.mbamap.com
Monster.com
www.monster.com
National Retail Federation
www.nrf.com
Occupational Outlook Handbook
www.bls.gov/oco/
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STEP
4 - TARGETING COMPANIES
General
Quintessential Careers - Guide to
Researching Companies
www.quintcareers.com/researching_companies.html
MBA Jobs
www.mbajobs.net
SEC's EDGAR Database
www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm
UMD's Virtual Business Information
Center (to access databases, need library
ID)
http://vbic.umd.edu
WSJ Career Journal
www.careerjournal.com
Monster.com
www.monster.com
CareerBuilder.com
www.careerbuilder.com
MBA Jungle
www.mbajungle.com
Washington Post -- Local/Regional
Companies
www.washingtonpost.com/post200
Job Web -- Career website for National
Association of Colleges and Employers
www.jobweb.com
jobsinthemoney -- dedicated to finance,
accounting and banking jobs
www.jobsinthemoney.com
Consulting Central -- General Consulting
news analysis and features
www.consultingcentral.com
Federal Technology Almanac -- complete
reference guide for federal government
IT
www.italmanac.com
Internship Resources
Monster.com - Campus
http://campus.monster.com
WetFeet Press - Internship Programs
www.internshipprograms.com
WSJ College Journal
www.collegejournal.com
Sampling of Fortune 500 Companies
with Internships
Internationally Focused
Quintessential Careers - Global Job
Resources
www.quintcareers.com/Global_job_resources.html
Foreign MBA
www.foreignmba.com
Monster.com International
international.monster.com
Overseas Jobs
www.overseasjobs.com
Asia
Asia-Net
www.asia-net.com
Europe
Eurojobs
www.eurojobs.com
Latin America
Latpro
www.latpro.com
MBA Latin America
www.MBALatinAmerica.com
Saludos
www.saludos.com
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STEP
5 - DEVELOPING CONTACTS
General:
Effective Networking
www.effectivenetworking.com
Monster.com - Career Resources: Networking
http://content.monster.com/career/networking/
Quintessential Careers - Career Resources:
Networking
www.quintcareers.com/networking.html
WSJ Career Journal - Job Hunting
Advice: Networking
www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/networking/index.html
Informational Interviewing:
Informational Interviewing Tips
PDF File
Etiquette:
Business Netiquette International
http://www.bspage.com/1netiq/Netiq.html
International Business Culture,
Customs & Etiquette
http://www.executiveplanet.com
Specific Networking Sites & Organizations:
Advancing Women
www.advancingwomen.com
American Banker
www.americanbanker.com
American Bankers Association
www.aba.com
American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants
www.aicpa.org
American Society of Women Accountants
www.aswa.org
American Woman's Society of Certified
Public Accountants
www.awscpa.org
Asia Silicon Valley Connection
www.asvc.org
BioWorld Today
www.bioworld.com
College and University Professional
Association for Human Resources
www.cupahr.org
Computing Technology Industry Association
www.comptia.org
Euronet-DC
http://www.euronetdc.com
Federation of International Trade
Association
www.fita.org
High Technology Council of Maryland
www.mdhitech.org
Hispanic Business Magazine Online
www.hispanicbusiness.com
Hotel & Catering International Management
Association
hcima.org.uk
Maryland-China Business Council
www.mcbc.net/
Netpreneur.org (Morino Institute)
www.netpreneur.org
Northern Virginia Technology Council
www.nvtc.org
Institute of Management Accountants
www.imanet.org
National Society of Hispanic MBAs
www.nshmba.org
Nonprofit Career Network
www.nonprofitcareer.com/
Northern California Human Resources
Association
www.NCHRA.org
Project Management Institute
www.pmi.org
Society of Human Resources Management
www.SHRM.org
The Indus Entrepreneurs
www.tie.org/
Women For Hire
www.womenforhire.com
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Posting Sites:
America’s Job Bank
www.ajb.org
Asia-Net
www.asia-net.com
Career Web
www.careerweb.com
Career Journal
www.careerjournal.com
Career Builder
www.careerbuilder.com
Career Women
www.careerwomen.com
Diversity Search
www.diversitysearch.com
FlipDog
www.flipdog.com
ForeignMBA
www.foreignmba.com
Idealist Web Page
www.idealist.org
Jobs in the U.K.
www.jobs.co.uk
JobOpenings.net
www.jobopenings.net
LatPro.com
www.latpro.com
MBA Jungle
www.mbajungle.com
Nicheboards
www.nicheboards.com
Overseas Jobs
www.overseasjobs.com
Recruiter Connection
www.recruiterconnection.com
Resume Zapper
www.resumezapper.com
TrueCareers
www.truecareers.com
Vault
www.vault.com/companies/goldsnap_companies.jsp
Worktree
www.worktree.com
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STEP 6 -
INTERVIEWING
Interview Mastery
www.interviewmastery.com
Interview Tips from BootCamp
PDF File
Job-Interview.net
www.job-interview.net/sample/Demosamp.htm
McKinsey & Co. Interactive Cases
careers.mckinsey.com
Monster.com - Interview Center
interview.monster.com
Mercer Management Consulting: Interactive
Cases
www.mercermc.com/defaultFlash.asp
Quintessential Careers - Career Resources:
Interviewing
www.quintcareers.com/intvres.html
Vault Reports - Interview Questions
www.vaultreports.com/nr/ht_list.jsp?ht_type=10
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STEP 7 -
NEGOTIATING
Monster.com - Calculators & Tools
http://content.salary.monster.com/articles/tools
Monster.com - Negotiation Features
http://content.salary.monster.com/archives/negotiations/
Monster.com - Salary Features
http://content.salary.monster.com/archives/salary/
Salary.com - What's your worth?
www.salary.com
WSJ Career Journal - Negotiation
Tips
www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/negotiate/index.html
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