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Career Guidance

AllTheTests.com

Online test engine to career, intellectual, and aptitude tests on the internet.  Includes IQ and tests for children.

Career Guide to Industries

CareerVoyages.gov

This web site is sponsored jointly by the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education. It features detailed information about the fastest growing industries and occupations, the skills and education required to prepare for them, job openings by area, wages, licensing requirements and growth rates for numerous occupations. 

GED

The official site of the General Educational Development test. Includes FAQs, sample test questions, contact details for testing centers, and specialized information about Spanish-language test takers.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

O*NET OnLine 

Interactive database to explore occupations, identify your current job skills, discover related occupations, and get a snapshot of the skills and knowledge required for your selected occupation.

Online Career Center

Newly designed to allow searching for openings by city and state, this site provides recruiting and resume information along with job listings. An original.

Regulatory Boards and Colleges in North America

Riley Guide

Links to hundreds of resources on the web abound here for the job-hunter looking for sources of employment information.

Teacher Certification

Links to the certification requirements in each of the 50 states.

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Jobs

America's Career InfoNet - Licensed Occupations Database 

Search for occupational license requirements by state, occupation or agency.

Career Resource Center

Ideal site for those seeking international work.

CareerBuilder.com

More than 30 large newspapers have combined to provide this site, consisting of free, searchable classifieds from the 2 most recent Sunday editions.

CareerOneStop 

This government site is the nation's publicly-funded resource for jobseekers and businesses.

Careers.wsj.com

Formerly National Business Employment Weekly.

ChicagoJobs.com

This site combines job postings from nearly every major newspaper in the Chicago area including the Chicago Sun-Times and the Daily Herald.

ChicagoJobs.org

The definitive Chicago area job and career guide. This site is maintained by Skokie Public Library.

Chronicle of Higher Education

Look here for university and college teaching and administrative positions.

Cook County Suburban Regional Office of Education 

Teacher & Administrators' vacancies are listed.

Federal Jobs

Browse this list of 1500 openings updated Tuesday through Saturday.

Illinois Department of Employment Security

Illinois Department of Human Rights

Illinois Department of Labor

Illinois Education Job Bank

Illinois Skills Match

Illinois Workforce Info Center

A self-service tool to deliver career information and related services to employers and job seekers.

Illinois workNet

This is a comprehensive site that combines several resources for both job seekers and employers, including listings, skills assessment, education and training, resume help, and more. 

Internet Job Source at statejobs.com

A major source for jobs at all major U.S. companies, state and federal government agencies too.

JobHunt

JobHuntersBible.com 

This site supplements Dick Bolles' What Color is Your Parachute?

JOBNET

JobWeb

Monster Board

The #1 career hub on the web with access to over 50,000 jobs.

NationJob Network:

 Search by geographical area, salary, industry, and job type.

Occupational Employment Statistics: Wage Data

IDES, Illinois Department of Employment Security.

Private, Business and Vocational Schools Directory of Approved Programs to Operate in Illinois

From the Illinois State Board of Education.

Salary.com

State of Illinois Employment Opportunities

Search and apply for job with the state online.

StudentJobs.gov

Provides information on federal government job opportunities for students.

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Research Databases

Palatine Public Library subscribes to a number of Web-based services (databases) which are available to users of the Library. Some are available from home and some are for use in the Library only. Resources available from home will require Palatine Public Library cardholders to type in their Library bar code number.

Available from home for Palatine Library Cardholders.

Available to use inside the library.

Learn- A-Test

This online database features more than 300 practice tests including ACT, SAT, GED, ASVAB, Firefighter, Police Officer, Paramedic, EMT Basic, U.S.Citizenship, Postal Worker, Cosmetology, and Real Estate Sales Agent & Broker exams.

 

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Please Note: These pages contain links to non-library sponsored remote services and information. The Palatine Public Library District is not responsible for the content, reliability or availability of these services.

This page was last updated November 21, 2008.