Resources
to Get You Started
Occupational Outlook Handbook
www.bls.gov/oco
The definitive
source of occupational information in the United States.
Other Career Resources
CareerKiosk.org
Career
Kiosk is your one-stop shop for expert career guidance.
CareerOverview.com
Career information as well as a comprehensive job search guide
ISEEK
A comprehensive site for exploring careers and educational choices in Minnesota
JobWeb
Links to career planning and research sites
Job Hunters Bible
A "Net Guide" to doing part of your job-hunt on the Internet. Also a library of articles written by Dick Bolles author of What Color Is Your Parachute and other authors.
Minnesota
Careers Online
Explore careers and educational
options in Minnesota
ONET
Comprehensive information on attributes and characteristics of most occupations.
Salaries
- Minnesota Salary Survey
- U.S. Dept. of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Economic
Research Institute
- Estimated salaries over the next 14 years in more than 4,000 different jobs
- College student's cost of living in over 7200 US and International locations
- Survey of starting salaries for over 4000 positions
- Glassdoor.com
Requires users to share their (confidential) salary before they can access salaries of other users from 18,000 companies.
- How to Find America's Best-Paying Cities
- Job Star Central
Salary survey and salary negotiation information - Labor Market Information
Training Institute
Labor market information and career resources for all states - Monster Salary Center
Numerous salary and benefits links - Payscale.com
Similar to salary.com. Good site for people who want to check a second or third resource to verify salaries.
- Salary & Hiring
Info from the Wall Street Journal
Salary information by industry - Salary.com
Contains salary information on thousands of job titles, including information on entry-level salary and geographic differences. - The
Salary Calculator
This calculator allows you to enter a salary for one location, and will calculate the equivalent salary for another location. - Salarylist.com
Provides real job salary information based on companies, job titles, and locations. All salary information is true and is associated with a real job position.
Relocation -- Multiple Cities -- By State
Multiple Cities
- Apartment Rental Information
- Best
Places to Live and Work
Employment Review's annual pick of the top 30 cities for work and living, plus the top ten small cities - Best Places to Live
Money Magazine's annual selection of top American cities. Selection criteria includes weather, crime rate, housing costs, educational opportunities, cost of living, job market, health care, arts and culture, recreation and transportation. - BestPlaces
Helping you find your own best place. Includes 1000 city profiles in 30 categories - CampusRent - Find apartments (and even roommates) on and around college campuses.
- CityTownInfo.com -- Search for cities by strongest opportunities for a selected profession, by pay scale, city's demographics, economics, schools, housing, etc.
- CompareMinnesota.com
- CraigsList.com -- Community and job information by state and city.
- LocalCensus.com - Providing a plethora of statistical information on a wide variety of topics about the U.S. and all of its cities, zip codes, and counties.
- USA CityLink
The Internet's most comprehensive listing of US states and cities offering information on relocation, travel and tourism - MonsterMoving.com
Find a place, mortgage & finance, moving & planning, living & shopping - Moving.com
Relocation information- everything from insurance to apartments - Power
Tools for Relocation
Includes the salary calculator, moving calculator, free city reports, free school reports, mortgage qualifier, relocation crime lab and insurance professor -
Sublet.com - Apartments and rooms available to sublet directly from the owners.
By State
Atlanta
Summer Intern Housing Program - Affordable apartment rentals on the campus of Emory University.
Boston
Boston College - Summer sublet listings at Boston College.
BostonForRent.com - Apartments, roommate listings, and list of all colleges in the area.
Luxury Apartment Communities-Boston - Apartment rental source.
Suffolk University - Summer housing for interns and others in the heart of Boston at Suffolk University.
Summer Housing at MIT - Summer housing available in MIT's well-kept fraternity houses.
California
University of California, Irvine - Summer housing at Hotel UCI for non-UCI students.
Westside Rentals - Apartment rentals in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.
Chicago
Chicago Summer Intern Housing - Housing for any student interning in Chicago at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Just Passing Through - Month-to-month apartment rentals in Chicago.
Summer Intern Housing - UIC - Furnished apartments for summer interns at University of Illinois-Chicago.
University Center - Summer housing in the heart of Chicago's Educational Corridor (call 312-924-8088 for summer housing rates).
Florida
Orlando Area Student Intern Society - fully furnished, all inclusive housing for interns from around the country/world.
Kentucky
Bluegrass for Rent - Search for rental property throughout Lexington, including on/near UK and UofL campuses.
Kentucky Kernel - Click on the Roommate Wanted and/or For Rent sections in the Classifieds section.
New York
Educational Housing Services - Student housing throughout New York. (Rated #1 for student housing in New York.)
International House NY - Summer Housing for interns and graduate students. (Application deadline for summer is April 15.)
Columbia University Summer Intern Housing - Summer internship housing for non-Columbia University students.
New York City Student Housing - Furnished apartments in a student intern apartment complex in Brooklyn.
NYU Summer Housing - Summer student housing at New York University.
Polytechnic University Summer Housing - Housing available to all students at Polytechnic University (in Brooklyn).
Washington DC
DC Housing Guide - List of neighborhoods, apartments, and sublets throughout DC that are popular areas for college students, recent graduates and young professionals.
Washington Intern Student Housing - Internship housing for students doing summer internships on Capitol Hill.
The Washington Center - Summer housing primarily for Washington Center interns but, depending on availability, housing may be available for non-TWC interns.
The International Student House - Temporary housing for international students in DC (rates include daily breakfasts and dinners).
Catholic University of America - Summer housing on-campus for students participating in internships, research, or studies
in DC.
George Mason University - Internship housing at the Fairfax, VA campus.
George Washington University - Fully-furnished, affordable housing for interns in downtown DC.
Georgetown University Summer Housing - On-campus internship housing (click on "non-GU student interns").
