ChecklistComplete: Career Development Websites

Career Development Websites

Perhaps you are not sure that you want to pursue a career as a professional pilot. The ubiquitous book "What Color Is My Parachute", first written in the 1970's has been updated numerous times and remains one of the best books ever written about choosing the best career path for you. With the advent of the internet, thousands of career development websites have sprung up to also assist you with your career decisions. Below is a list of some of them:

Wall Street Journal's Career Journal - provides excellent advice on managing and developing your career, with links to hundreds of employers, salary calculators, hiring statistics and more.
Career Builder - huge site that covers just about everything.
OneStop - federally funded, tied in with local OneStop Career Centers.
Hotjobs.com - huge site that covers just about everything.
Monster.com - huge site that covers just about everything.
Craigslist - huge site that covers just about everything.
U.S. Federal Civil Service - over 20,000 job postings that are searchable by agency or job description.
Career Voyages - descriptions and links for numerous career paths. Try their "Career Compass" to match your interests with careers.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics - provides information on many career choices, salaries, safety, demographics, benefits and much more.
My Life Coach - ($24.95) online version of the Strong Interest Inventory (SII), the international standard for career planning. You fill out a survey and they match your interests with appropriate careers.
Personality Desk - ($ various prices) offers an online version of the SII, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and other tools.
CPP, Inc. - ($ various prices) tests and career exploration tools including the SII, MBTI and others.
Salary.com and Salary Expert - both give you statistics on salaries, searchable by Zip Code, occupation and others. Free basic report but you must pay if you want a report customized to your personal situation.
Riley Guide - great information portal for any career seeker.
Internet Public Library - List of professional, humanitarian, non-Profit and other prominent associations and organizations.