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July 2, 2009

New This Week

  • Veterans: Education & Training Support -- added a link to the CompTIA Educational Foundation's Creating Futures program, providing people with the funding and the training to enter the information technology industry. We fund training and scholarships for students, veterans, individuals with disabilities and others in need."
  • Computing & Technology: General Resources and Education Assistance -- I've also added the CompTIA Educational Foundation Creating Futures program here.
  • US Local Jobs: Washington DC -- added a link to Jobmatchbox, a source for opportunities in local technology and new media start-ups.
  • Next, Try These Job Search Guides -- added a link to Get A Job! from the American Library Association. Yes, geared to assist librarians and other information professionals find work, but there are some excellent articles in here with great advice for anyone.
  • Networking Tips and Pointers -- added a link to a great article titled "Making the Most of Conferences" by Dr. Camila Alire, President-Elect of the American Library Association. If you remove all the specific references to ALA and its conferences, this article turns into a marvelous list of ten tips for creating job search opportunities at conferences.
  • Civil Engineering -- added links to Civil Engineer Job Source and Structural Engineer Job Source, both offering direct links to the many employers who hire individuals in these fields.
  • Job Lead Banks: N O -- added a link to NeoHire.com.

Updates / Edits / Corrections

Vacation Alert!

I will be away from my desk on vacation from July 9 through July 15. During this time I will not access my email (making it a real vacation). I hope to have an update of some kind to post on July 16, but no guarantee.

June 25, 2009

Yes, I did take time off. Not that I was not working, but I just worked a little less than usual.

Scam Alerts: Site Now Using "Riley Guide" In Their Names

I just received the following email from Kathy in Redondo Beach...
To: margaret@rileyguide.com
Subject: your website is a SCAM!
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009

It clearly states that you do not have to accept any of the "offers" that you are inundated with when trying to locate jobs. However, at the very last one, you have no "SKIP" button and I REFUSE TO RECEIVE JUNK MAIL!

Your site is a SCAM and should be removed from the worldwide web.

Kathy
Redondo Beach
I have received alerts from Google that there are some websites using "Riley Guide" in their site names as well as their registered URLs. I'm sure this is an attempt to make you think that they are this site.
If you do NOT see http://rileyguide.com/ or http://www.rileyguide.com/ in the link bar at the top of your web brower, you are NOT on my site.

therileyguide.com is NOT my site. It is a link farm that I have been trying to get shut down for several years, but it is hosted in Canada and protected under Canadian law. Several of these other sites are also hosted outside of the United States.

I do not host jobs on this site. I do not collect email addresses. I link to sites I believe to be reputable, and I feature Indeed.com as a source for job listings. If you have a problem with one of these sites, please tell me which one. Don't just scream at me in ALL CAPS that I am a scammer. I will remove sites that are unethical and post a warning for other users, but I cannot do that if you do not tell me the name or location (i.e., the URL) of the site with whom you are having a problem. I have in fact located the site Kathy complained about, examined it and discovered what she was complaining about, and blocked it from displaying any future advertising on my site.

I do not have a trademark on my name, and I do not have the time/money/inclination to apply for a trademark, so all I can do is wish that

  1. folks wouldn't toss crap on my site's name, and
  2. that you would hopefully recognize the difference between those sites and this one.

Please give me the benefit of some doubt. Unlike those sites, you have my contact information. Let me know if there's a problem and I will try to fix it, but please don't call this site a scam. I work very hard to provide good, reliable data for free to all who wish to use it.

New This Week

Updates / Edits / Corrections

June 19, 2009

I might take some time off next week. I haven't quite decided yet, but I'm thinking about it. As for the backlog, I'm now into March 2009.

New This Week

  • Career Guides: Other Great Sources -- added a link to the Vocational Information Center created by Kathleen Hake, "an education directory that provides links to online resources for career exploration, technical education, work opportunities, trade and technical schools and related vocational learning resources." It is enormous.
  • Networking & Support Groups: New England & Mid-Atlantic -- Added RINODtoJobs, aka Rhode Islanders Networking to Open Doors to Jobs. This networking and support group is facilitated by Irene Sinteff, an experienced career management professional, and meets twice a month in Warwick, RI.
  • International Jobs: UK -- added a link to the agencySeeker / careersSeeker partner sites. One side is the listing of recruiters, the other is job seekers and job listings. Really marvelous.
  • Executive Search Firms: D E F -- added DHR International, "a leading, privately held provider of executive search solutions with more than 50 wholly-owned offices spanning the globe."
  • Business & Administration: Recruiting -- added Denton Search, a London-based recruiter for the Search industry. "We are the company of choice for top executive search firms seeking to recruit the highest calibre partners, consultants, associates and researchers." They specialize in the UK and Middle East markets.
  • Counseling, Coaching, & Mentoring: Mentoring -- I've added a link to John E. Kobara's Adopting the Mentoring and Networking Lifestyle blog here. He has a tremendous amount of information here on how to share your best with others as a mentor or just a network connection, and how you can gain from your relationships with others.
  • Lawyers and Other Legal Professionals: General Career Resources -- added a link to the Law Schools Directory, a nice introduction to a career in law plus links to US Law Schools and other international information.
  • Healthcare & Medicine: Multiple Fields -- added a link to Easter Medical Staffing, with listings for permanent, temporary, travel, and locums tenens staffing for physicians, nurses (RN, CRNA, PA/Nurse Practitioners), and physical therapists.
  • Healthcare & Medicine: Executive Search Firms -- added a link to Day & Associates, a retained executive recruitment firm specializing in senior-level executive and board member placements in the healthcare industry, with a special focus on pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device/diagnostic organizations.
  • The Executive Job Search: Executive Job Search and Support Services -- added a listing for HAPPEN, the Halton And Peel Professional and Executive Network based in the greater Toronto region plus Vancouver.
  • Canada -- I've also listed HAPPEN here, just to be sure you execs in Toronto and Vancouver don't miss them.
  • Considering Self-Employment: Information & Discussion Areas for Entrepreneurs -- added a link to Entrepreneurship.org, focused on leveraging best practices in entrepreneurial leadership to advance economic growth around the world.

Updates / Edits / Corrections

June 12, 2009

I am slowly but surely working on the backlog.

New This Week

  • Resources for Diverse Audiences: Faith-Based Groups -- I've added links to JewishJobs.com and the Orthodox Union's Career Center along with a link to the Job Postings from the Islamic Society of North America.
  • Job Lead Banks: S -- added StartUpHire, a database of jobs (lots of jobs) with venture-capital-backed companies. It takes some special people to work in these usually fast-paced (and somewhat high-stressed) positions, but some of you like it.
  • Job Listing Sources for Nonprofits -- Added ProAssociationCareers.org, a source for job listings in professional associations and societies.
  • Executive Search Firms: M N O -- added the Marymont Group, with offices in Europe as well as the US. They work in the industrial, automotive, aerospace, defense, retail, venture capital, and high tech markets.
  • Jobs in the Social Sciences: Ministry & Religion -- I've added links to the Chaplain Corps pages for the US Army, the US Air Force, and the US Navy. All need men and women of all faiths to minister to our service personnel.
  • North America: Canada -- added a link to Student Suds, "a high quality student based cleaning company offering pressure washing, window washing, and eaves trough cleaning services to residential homeowners and small businesses in Edmonton, Alberta". They need college-age students for the summer and pay well.

Updates / Edits / Corrections

June 4, 2009

So many sites, but only 2 eyes. However, I am digging into that backlog of submissions.

I will be out of the office on June 5, returning Monday June 8 in the afternoon.

New This Week

  • Jobs in the Americas: Canada -- added a link to Second Career, a program from the Ontario Ministry of Training providing assistance (even financial assistance) to provincial residents who are currently unemployed or are looking for a career change.
  • Job Search Guides: Try These Job Search Guides -- added a link to the Pounding Pavement II blog written by Scott Stein. Check out his posting regarding those who do not have a current resume ready to send...
  • Local US Jobs; Maryland -- added a link to JobLink Employment in Baltimore, a non-profit working to assist people in the Baltimore-Washington corridor to find meaningful employment.
  • Job Listing Sources for Nonprofits -- added a link to Commongood Careers, providing recruiting services to the nonprofit sector.
  • Interviewing: Addressing Problems -- Added a posting from AskTheHeadhunter in which a jobseeker admits he was a whistleblower in his last job and asks How do you address this in an interview (he doesn't want employers contacting his former boss). Interesting reading!
  • Behavior-Based Interviews -- added a link to another article on this topic.
  • Improper Interview Questions -- added another article on improper questions. This one offers suggestions for deflecting a question and providing a "legal" answer, if you so choose.
  • Writing / Broadcasting / Journalism: Broadcasting -- added a link to the Employment section of MediaCollege.com. No jobs, but great info on what kind of jobs are out there. Even includes info on how to make a demo tape.
  • International Jobs: UK -- added a link to MyJobGroup.co.uk, a network of over 100 regional job boards covering England, Scotland, and Wales.
  • Coping with a Job Loss: Advice on Surviving a Job Loss -- added GovBenefits.gov, a portal designed to provide improved, personalized access to government assistance programs. You do not need to enter any personal information but you can search for various federal, state, and local programs that you might approach for assistance.
  • File Unemployment Claims -- added a note about GovBenefits.gov
  • Finance: Risk Management -- added a link to the Risk Manager Talent Pool.
  • Jobs in the Social Sciences: Linguistics & Language Skills -- added a link to the Foreign Teachers’ Guide to Living and Teaching in China, an unbelievable guide for ESL/EFL teachers considering a job in China. I would also suggest people considering a move to almost any country other than their own review it for things to think about (like your potential social life).
  • Working Abroad -- added a link to the Foreign Teacher's guide noted above in this location also. Yes, it is that good.
  • Executive Job Lead Sources -- added exec2exec.com, an executive level recruitment portal for senior level candidates, recruiters and employers.
  • Executive Search Firms: G H I -- added a link to Gregory Laka & Company, a retained executive search firm in Chicago
  • Local US Jobs; Illinois -- also added a link to Gregory Laka & Company here since they aid their corporate clients by offering a contingency recruiting service. These current listings are posted on the website.
  • Certification Resources: General Info Sources -- added a link to the Certification Finder at CareerOneStop. Makes a wonderful complementary resource to their Licensed Occupation tool.

Updates / Edits / Corrections

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