Staff Development
Internet Links
1) General Career Development:
http://www.rockportinstitute.com/
The Rockport Institute is an organization that publishes information, resources, and assessments in the area of career development.
http://www.careerinnovation.com/
This group is an alliance of employers who are “dedicated to becoming inspiring companies.”
http://learnet.gc.ca/eng/welcome.htm
The Learning Resource Network was created as a
single window on learning for the federal public service of
http://www.careersystemsintl.com/
Articles on employee retention,
etc.
Web site of the Association for Training and Development, with broad range of training resources for managers and HR professionals.
http://www.economist.com/globalExecutive/
The Economist’s Global Executive section has a wide
range of career development material.
http://www.opm.gov/perform/reward.htm
The US Office of Personnel Management’s page re:
articles and information about rewarding staff members
The Institute for Thinking Development (based in
Click on “
http://www.olin.wustl.edu/wcrc/crl
Washington University School of Business has
excellent links to many other career web sites.
Provides organizational development and corporate education programs, public workshops and services as well.
Conferences for HR professionals
The Center for Creative Leadership – Programs, Products and Research from an organization ranked #1 by a recent Business Week Survey.
Workforce has information on HR trends, tools, and also Workforce magazine.
The Wall Street Journal’s career site – with articles, advice, and career management tips. Excellent resource!
Career development assistance from the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Though this site is geared to college students, there is a lot of relevant advice for everyone. Click on resumes and interviews.
http://www.accent-resume-writing.com/
Company specializing in resume writing for over 15
years, based in
Click on Career Resources, and this will link you to
sections on resumes and cover letters.
http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/resumes/index.html
The Wall Street Journal’s career site has information on resumes, mostly articles.
http://www.careerlab.com/letters/default.htm
Cover letter samples and tips.
http://content.monster.com/resume/home.aspx
Monster.com’s resume section has articles, and a message board where you can email questions to two experts.
The Riley Guide has quite a bit of general career information. There are excellent articles on resumes and cover letters here.
Contains a virtual interview with tough questions
and good answers to those, questions to Ask the Interviewer, Tips for
preparation (Three R's -- Research, Rehearse, Relax), Telephone tips, Interview
Planner.
Wet Feet was founded in 1994 by two Stamford MBA graduates. It has quite a bit of career information, including an excellent interviewing section.
Career Consulting Corner – has information on interviewing skills.
http://www.careercity.com/JobSeekerX/Resources/GetHired/Interviewing.asp
From Knock 'em Dead, the
best-selling job interview book: Ten
questions you must be prepared for, Questions you hoped they wouldn't ask, Five
stress questions and how to keep cool, Ten big interviewing mistakes
, The secret to interview success, and more.
Excellent resource from Matt & Nan DeLuca, authors of "Best Answers to the 201 Most
Frequently Asked Interview Questions" – including
an interview library, tips, and a success guide.
http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/interviewing/index.html
The Wall Street Journal’s career website - wide
range of interviewing topics.
US Coast Guard Mentoring Site: click on “Search” and
then type in Mentoring. You will scroll down to the item, Mentoring FAQs.
5) Vacancies in the UN System:
http://www.who.int/per/vacancies/ftindex.htm
http://www.unesco.org/per/vacancies_eng.htm
http://www.unfpa.org – search for ‘vacancies’
http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/vacan_e/vacan_e.htm
http://www.undp.org
– search for ‘vacancies’