General Job Search Information

Careers.Org: "Offers a free and comprehensive career research and job-hunting site, organized by topic, that includes regional resources, expert job advice, career articles, and the best career sites on the Web."

Idealist.Org: Provides information for finding work in the non-profit sector, including jobs lists, a job-opening email registry, search tips, fellowship information, and much more.

Job-Hunt.Org: Contains general information, as well as links to other job-search sites (including a subject-organized list of specialized job sites).

JobWeb: Created by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, this site offers resume-writing information, along with an online career fair.

Quintessential Careers: Full-service job-information site with articles, links, etc. Includes a list of the top ten job sites.

Ten Steps to Getting a Writing Job: From Writer's Block, a technical writing publication.

Writers and Editors: Information on writing careers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Job Outlook Information

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Official government site, the place where most other job-information services get their information.

Job Outlook: Published by Jobweb, provides information on job prospects.

Occupational Outlook Handbook: Published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this site contains information on a wide range of occupations. Search by occupation or browse through the listings.

Job Listings

Authorlink Job Classifieds: Includes jobs wanted and jobs available, plus general job-search information.

Job Bank: Classfieds from the National Conference of Editorial Writers.

National Writers Union Job Hotline: Classified listings, membership required.

Poets & Writers Magazine: Classified listings

Publishing Jobs: Classified listings from the LIbrary Journal.

Riley Guide: Links to classified listings in writing, broadcasting and journalism.

Sunoasis Jobs: Classified listings for writers, editors and copywriters.

Techwriters.com offers job ads in technical writing.

Write Jobs: Classified listings from writerswrite.com.

WRC Employment Center: Classified listings from the Writer's Resource Center.

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Professional Organizations

American Library Association provides information and networking opportunities for people interested in careers in libraries.

American Society of Journalists and Authors.

American Society of Magazine Editors: The professional organization for editors of print and online magazines. Includes information about a summer internship program.

Radio and Television News Directors Foundation.

National Association of Broadcasters.

Newspaper Association of America.

The Societ of Professional Journalists.

Society for Technical Communication: "Individual membership organization dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of technical communication."

Freelance Writing Information

Authorlink: "Rights marketplace where editors and agents buy and sell unpublished and published manuscripts and screenplays. Plus industry news, information, and marketing services for publishers, literary agents, writers and readers."

Career Plan for Fiction Writers: Contains tips on writing, submitting manuscripts, dealing with editors, etc.

Creative Freelancers: Connects freelancers with publishers and editors through an online database.

Graduate School Information

Graduate Record Examination (GRE): The official site for the examination required by most graduate programs in the United States. Contains information on the general, subject and writing tests, as well as practical tips on taking the tests successfully.

Listing of American Colleges and Universities: The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida provides an alphabetical set of links to the homepages of colleges and universities in the United States.

U.S. News and World Report, Graduate Schools: A fairly thorough site featuring sections on a wide variety of issues related to graduate school. Includes the most recent graduate-school rankings, a nifty search program for certain types of programs, guides on various topics, and much more.