Career Options

Job Search Resources from Resume Butler can provide you with critical information to make your job search a success. This section is a collection of links to the best sites on the internet for understanding what are your best career options.

Know Your Career Options

Knowing your skills and what types of jobs are best suited for you is the important first step in finding a fulfilling Job. The links below will help you highlight your skills as well as help you discover the jobs you are best suited for. Also there are links to sites with industry employment outlooks.

Job Hunters Bible
This is the website of Richard Bolles author of What Color Is Your Parachute. Here you can find articles and links to sites where you can get help identifying your skills and interests and the kinds of jobs you will probably do best.

America's Career Infonet
This site is from the U.S. Government, offers an good collection of information, including a "General Outlook" for employment in various industries and locations. The site also contains a personal "employability checkup".

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Another site from the U.S. Government. This site provides useful information on the job market with Career Guides to Industries and Occupations.

The Career Key
Interactive career self-exploration.

Ansir's 3 Sides of You Self Perception Profiling System
A three-part self-perception test that provides you with insight into your particular styles of thinking, working, and emoting. By completing the test, you become a member of the Ansir Community, allowing you to search their database (150,000 records) to learn what others just like you do for a living. Basic report is free.

ImproveNow.com
which offers several interesting assessments for job-seekers, including ImproveNowPSI, which examines your personal style in helping better understand yourself; and the ImproveNow JSI, which is designed to help you identify and articulate behavior styles appropriate for your job. Free.

Keirsey Temperament Sorter
Fill in a questionnaire of about 70 questions, which is automatically scored on the Web. Your results will be in the form of Myers-Briggs Types, and suggestions of appropriate careers are made. Free.

MAPP (Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential) Assessment
Fill in a questionnaire that has 71 triads of three statements. Assessment is designed to guide, motivate, and empower people to achieve your greatest educational and career potential. Very detailed results are sent via e-mail; more details and guidance available for a fee. Free.

For more information about Resume Butler Job Search Resources contact

Anne Zahn
Director of Resources
Resume Miners
azahn@resumeminers.com

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