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If you're up to big things, like reinventing your career, then
you'll benefit tremendously by opening up your lens to get a wide-angle
view of the current career scene. One way to see the big picture
and understand what's going on the career-economic-business-marketplace
is to read newspaper articles that cover these topics in the
daily marketplace.
Scan the career, business, and markeplace sections of the Wall
Street Journal, New York Times, and Washington Post (and your local newspaper) to catch up on the
career front-lines.
Careerjournal.com - The Wall
Street Journal web site has a free career corner that offers great
articles and columns. Wonderful resource to get a snapshot of
the current career world.
Job Market - Explore the
New York Times' "Job Market" section. It offers regular
articles on a wide range of career topics.
Washingtonpost.com
- See career columns by Amy Joyce in the Washington Post's Career
Track section.
Visit your local public library or take a trip around the world,
library catalogs at your finger tips.
Berkeley -
A comprehensive index of the world's on-line libraries. A gold
mine for doing research.
Yahoo's! Library
Directory - Need I say more?
Looking for ways to learn the ropes of a new profession,
network, build relationships? Take a look at Yahoo's Get Local
and U.S. Cities links at the bottom
of their main homepage, an easy way to access your local Chamber
of Commerce calendar of networking events. Also see Yahoo's!
Professional Association Directory.
Business Journal - Check
out the Business Journal for the local edition published in a
big city near you. They list a calendar of business events for
networking in your local community.
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