Human Resources

America’s Job Bank: This site has the largest number of jobs posted in one place. The procedure for finding jobs requires using job codes and is somewhat cumbersome. The Department of Labor maintains it so it lacks pleasing commercial design and user friendly features. It's free. http://www.ajb.dni.us

American Society for Training and Development: A site sponsored by a nonprofit professional association servicing managers and educators in human resource development. This site includes membership information and news, hot topics, articles and other resources. http://www.astd.org/astd

The Benefits Link: This site provides bulletin boards and an archive of information for benefits specialists and HR generalists. http://benefitslink.com/index.html

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS): The BLS includes a keyword search function that makes it easy to find information, especially data for setting salaries or tracking benefit trends. http://stats.bls.gov/

Business Job Finder: This is one of the best sites for business career opportunities. It is maintained by Ohio State University. The site has many services for the business job seeker. http://www.careers-in-business.com/

Careerbuilder Network: A job registration service. http://www.careerbuilder.com/

CareerJournal.com: This is the Wall Street Journal-affiliated site which offers listings geared to senior management, marketing and finance in companies ranging from Amazon to Freddie Mac to Xerox. Career-related news and trends, like the jobless rate, are frequently updated. http://www.careerjournal.com

CIO Online (Corporate Information Officer): This is the site for the professional association of corporate information officers (formerly IS Department) and the publications CIO Online, CIO WebBusiness, and CIO Enterprise. The site provides considerable resources on the topic of information management useful to all financial service companies. http://64.28.79.79/resources/

Cornell University's School of Industrial Labor Relations: The site provides access to the school's Catherwood Library which is a valuable source of information on legal and legislative issues affecting employment. http://www.ilr.cornell.edu

Department of Labor (DOL): The DOL's site includes statistics, laws, news releases and general information on the top labor-related issues of the day. http://www.dol.gov/
This site provides a complete explanation of the Fair Labor Standards Act at http://www.dol.gov/dol/compliance/comp-flsa.htm, The Immigration Reform and Control Act are covered at http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/ofccp/ca_irca.htm, The Employee Polygraph Protection Act is covered at http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/guide/eppa.htm

Employee Cost Data: Site of the Bureau of Labor Statistics: This excellent resource provides data on employee wage, salary and benefit costs and trends. http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: A government site providing legal and other information about discrimination in the workplace. http://www.eeoc.gov/

Exec-U-Net: Provides a fee-based service for executive positions earning over $100,000 per year. http://www.execunet.com/exec-meta/index.cfm?&CFID=804246&CFTOKEN=81198138

Fidelity Investment's Workplace Savings: The site of this major mutual fund management firm is designed for employees planning their retirement. Interactive worksheets, investment primers and easy-to-understand publications are included. http://www.fidelityatwork.com/

FinAid: This extensive site provides a wealth of information by an expert in college financial aid. It includes many links to scholarship databases and loans. http://www.finaid.org

Flipdog: The site provides resume templates, interview tips and hot job leads. Flipdog uses its proprietary search engine to scour the Web for job listings on company websites. The Resource Center available on this job site offers voluminous links for company research, job training and career advice. http://flipdog.monster.com/

HotJobs: Provides separate services for job seekers and employers. Employers can post jobs for a fee. This site also provides a mini job board which can be plugged directly into your companies Web site and allows candidates to search through your company's jobs and apply on-line. http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/

HR Live: This site provides a wide variety of interesting statistics and reports covering many subjects in interest to HR professionals. http://www.hrlive.com/

HR Tools.com: A site providing an array of free and for-sale services dealing with hiring, performance, compliance, compensation, and management of human resources. http://www.hrtools.com/frames.asp

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans: The site of an organization providing information and research on employee benefit plans. The site includes news, hot topics, major articles, and membership information. http://www.ifebp.org/

International Association for Human Resource Management: This is a valuable site to find resources on every aspect of human resources. Check out the "Resources" feature. http://www.ihrim.org

Job Accommodation Network: This site provides information about job accommodations and the employability of people with disabilities. http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu

Job Star Salary Surveys: This site sponsored by the Bay Area Library in Oakland has uncovered hundreds of salary studies and published them online and provided links to them. http://jobstar.org/

Mindtools.com: This site provides some useful suggestions for identifying leadership behaviors in the paper "True Leaders, In Following, Lead From The Side" by Lisa L Osen. http://www.mindtools.com/leadfsid.html

Monster Board: This site contains an excellent job search engine and a system to store resumes. The site originated in the Northeast and while it has expanded, it still favors that region. http://www.monster.com/

Office of Personnel Management: The U.S. Government's Office of Personnel Management provides considerable resources to assess job competencies of different types of workers. http://www.opm.gov/workforceplanning/index.htm

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): The site includes key regulations. http://www.osha.gov

The Riley Guide: This valuable site provides valuable information about the many useful job search sites on the Net. This site provides an excellent starting place when posting or looking for a job. http://www.rileyguide.com/

Salary.com: This site has a nice feature that will tell you the approximate salary range for the particular position by geographic area. Also has a job search engine available. http://www.salary.com/salary/layoutscripts/sall_display.asp

SHRM Online: The site of the Society for Human Resource Management provides HR Magazine articles, daily news updates and information on upcoming events. The home page includes pointers to major sources of HR information on the Internet. http://www.shrm.org

Social Security Administration (SSA): The site provides an easy way to get answers to employees' retirement questions. http://www.ssa.gov/

Workforce Online: This site has some excellent tips on HR management with new entries weekly. The site also has articles from Workforce Magazine. http://www.workforceonline.com/

Workstream Inc.: A site sponsored by a company that provides products and resources in the area of human resource needs planning, succession, and software to assist. http://www.workstreaminc.com/