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  Bonners Ferry: (208) 267-5581
  Coeur d'Alene: (208) 769-1558
  Sandpoint: (208) 263-7544
  St. Maries: (208) 245-2518
  Kellogg: (208) 783-1202

Lists all interstate job orders from all Job Service agencies plus employers can place an order directly. Also, links to America's Talent Bank resume banks and labor market information.

How to Use the Internet for Job Search

  This Idaho Department of Labor site, created by Minnesota Department of Economic Security, has put together the equivalent of a job-search manual. Topics include internet job search; general internet tips; cyber resumes; electronic networking; employment research; advertised jobs; skill identification; employment applications; the job search; resumes; cover letters & thank you notes; employment interviews; and dress and grooming for job search success.

  Created by Dick Bolles, author of "What Color is My Parachute?", this site provides information about job search in general and job search on the Internet.

  The most highly recommended job search site on the Internet. Where are the Work Opportunities? How can I research Careers, Employers, and Other Ideas online? Where can I learn how to write resumes and behave in interviews? Links to hundreds of sites.

  The following are job and career sites on the Internet that you may find useful in your employment search. Links to career fairs, career resources, job listings, resume posting sites, area-specific employment Web sites, and Usenet Job Newsgroups.

  Connecticut Department of Labor shows you how to assess your skills, so you can have more ideas about what jobs you're suited for and how to write your resume or tell employers about your skills in an interview.

  This Idaho Department of Labor site, created by Minnesota Department of Economic Security, has put together the equivalent of a job-search manual. Topics include internet job search; general internet tips; cyber resumes; electronic networking; employment research; advertised jobs; skill identification; employment applications; the job search; resumes; cover letters & thank you notes; employment interviews; and dress and grooming for job search success.

  During the course of a given day, you have many opportunities to learn from people about their careers or jobs. You will find most people more than willing to talk about the subject at hand-themselves. The process of talking to people who have jobs that interest you is called informational interviewing. It's a great way of doing labor market research, making choices among jobs, practicing interviewing, and networking.

Researching Companies & Industries

  Offering FREE direct access to hundreds of corporate homepages by linking you directly to their sites. In addition, you can search for a job in 10 major industry categories and over 60 sub-categories. There is also career news, business books, job-search advice, and other resources.

  Search for positions imported directly from the Web sites of the nation's leading employers.

  Joint project of Lycos and Dun & Bradstreet helps you research businesses.

  Information on more than 12,000 companies. Hoover's Company Capsules provide address, phone, fax, web site, and names of major officers -- including Human Resources Director, when available. At the bottom of each capsule is a set of intelligent links to guide you to more information about the company. Get their latest financials, search for news stories, even generate a map to their headquarters.

  The Idaho Secretary of State's office and Access Idaho join forces to bring you a convenient new tool. Find Idaho businesses, their current status, and related documentation with a click of your mouse.

  The premier guide to links to industry Web sites

Newspapers

  Search the help wanted ads of some of the nation's leading newspapers

  Job-hunting advice, job listings, employer profiles, career issues, and succeeding at work.

  The Coeur d’Alene Press and its classifieds (which are the ads also for Shoshone News-Press, Bonner Bee, and other Hagadone papers).

Hidden Job Market

  The best jobs are never advertised. Find out why and what to do about it. Try a quiz Is the Hidden Job Market Going to Work for Me?

  The Idaho Department of Labor's Creative Job Search site describes how networking can help you find jobs.

International Jobs

  CareerMosaic offers a number of international sites to help you find opportunities or recruit in markets around the world.

  International jobs banks, international employment newspaper, and other resources for finding jobs overseas.

Resumes

  Your resume is a road-map of your professional life. It charts where you have been and helps get you where you want to go. This site offers the latest on writing and formatting guidelines. And because human resource departments are now using new technology to view and store your resume, we've provided information to help you format an electronic resume so you're up to date with these advancements and can present your credentials via the Internet! ASCII Text Resume Information, Electronic Resume Information, Resume Tips & Links, Sample Resumes, Cover Letters, Thank You Letters, and the Resume Proofreading Checklist.

  Highly recommended site as the best resume site on the Web. How to write them and where to send them, including electronic resume banks. Also, provides information on cover letters and links to resume sites on the Internet.

  With scannable resume checklist.

Cover & Thank You Letters

  Yahoo! Internet Life reviewed this popular online book 200 Letters for Job Hunters under "incredibly USEFUL sites." Tells you to write a good cover letter and shows you samples of more than 200 of the "world's best" cover letters.

  Advice from Idaho State University on writing and designing cover letters

  What Makes a Good Cover Letter? Where are Cover Letter Resources on the Web ?

  Mississippi State University offers advice on writing letters after an interview.

  From the University of Maine Career Center, advice on writing letters.

Interviewing

  Monster.com coaches you on interviewing. It includes sample interview questions, a buzzword directory, and a virtual interview (answer actual interview questions on line and learn how to say the right thing in an interview).

  The Connecticut Department of Labor tells you about types of interviews, interviewing strategies, illegal questions, and negotiating your compensation package.

  Mississippi State University shares information on how to dress, prepare for, and behave in an interview, including good questions for job applicants to ask and questions commonly asked by potential employers.

  A thorough look at every aspect of job interviewing, from the Office of Career Services at Harvard University.

Salary Information & Negotiations

  Information on wages and salaries in all 50 states

  The Idaho Department of Labor shows the BLS wage survey in greater detail for the state of Idaho.

Allows you to compare the cost of living in various U.S. cities.

Relocation

  America's Career InfoNet provides access to labor market information for each state. Its Career Resource Library contains resources that will help make relocation a smooth one, including links to information about various areas--including the cost of living, education, health care, and demographics; guides to moving; realtor guides; and newspapers.

  Provides links to many resources for relocation, including the HomeFair Salary Calculator which allows you to compare the cost of living in various U.S. cities.

  Advice on how to make a move to a new community. It discusses career-interrupted partners, how to buy or sell a home and other housing options and issues, planning a move, moving concerns for people with disabilities, financial guidelines, and how to make sure the relocation experience is a positive one for family members. It includes special information about relocating abroad

Federal Jobs

  Office of Personnel Management (OPM) lists most federal job openings on its Web site.

State Government Jobs

  All permanent jobs with the State of Idaho, including the state highway department which is the Idaho Transportation Department, are listed with the Idaho Division of Human Resources, which releases announcements of job openings anywhere in Idaho with state government. All the announcements and applications forms are on the Web site. You also can access this information through an Idaho Job Service office.

  Washington State lists its permanent jobs on this Web site.

Labor Laws

  The U.S. Department of Justice provides ADA information, regulation, enforcement, technical assistance materials, certifications, and settlement information.

  The ADA Information Line : (800) 514-0301 (voice) (800) 514-0383 (TDD)

  The Idaho Human Rights Commission is responsible for enforcement of Idaho's laws against employment and other discrimination.

  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces the federal laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of an individual's race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability. This site contains press releases, full text of the laws enforced by the EEOC, Fact Sheets and other information related to the laws, an EEO Poster, and access to other EEOC publications. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) prohibits race, color, religion, sex, and national origin discrimination. Title VII applies to employers with fifteen (15) or more employees. Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) prohibits age discrimination against individuals who are forty (40) years of age or older. The ADEA applies to: employers with twenty (20) or more employees. Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) prohibits wage discrimination between men and women in substantially equal jobs within the same establishment. The EPA applies to most employers

  To contact the nearest EEOC field office: (800) 669-4000

  Discussion of Idaho laws as they pertain to: age discrimination; disability discrimination; employment discrimination; pre-employment inquiries; pregnancy; race, color, and national origin discrimination; sexual harassment on the job; and employee rights under IRCA.Idaho Human Rights Commission