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Resource Linksindividuals in career transition The web site links listed in this section have been selected because they provide value to individuals in career transition. This page is updated weekly. Categories Covered
Elderhostel – A nonprofit organization providing educational adventures all over the world for adults aged 55 and over. It offers programs for people on the move who believe learning is a lifelong process. Peace Corps – An adult volunteer program for ages 18 and over, the Peace Corps welcomes and values the wealth of experience that older Americans bring to overseas assignments. Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) – Dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of small business, SCORE is a Small Business Administration (SBA) resource. Working and retired executives and business owners donate time and expertise as business counselors. Occupational Outlook Handbook – The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations. Test Your IQ, Personality or Entrepreneurial Skills – Offers links to a number of tools that focus on IQ, personality, and entrepreneurial assessments. It offers brief summaries, and the time to complete each test. The Society of Professional Consultants (SPC) - This non-profit, New England-based resource organization for consultants offers education, referral, networking and professional growth opportunities for its members. Institute of Management Consultants USA (IMC USA) – This organization exists to establish professional and ethical standards for management consultants, to provide continuing education and information relevant to the profession, and to increase public awareness of the management consulting profession. The New England Chapter conducts 6-8 events a year between September and May. Consulting Central – This website offers a career-focused article on the consulting industry. It also offers a self-test as to whether consulting is for you. Sample Consulting Agreements – Below are links to various sample consulting agreements: Entrepreneurship/Venture Capital The 128 Venture Capital Group – This Boston-based group meets monthly for networking between individual investors, emerging company representatives, bankers and professional venture capital investors interested in emerging technologies and markets. Business Advisor (Deloitte & Touche, LLP) – This Big 6 accounting firm provides information on writing a business plan, buying a business, expanding globally, financing business growth, selling the business, taxation, home offices, and franchising to the small business owner. Business Week Enterprise – Features news, article archives and resources for finance, technology, market research, staff and benefits, and travel. CareerSearch (members only) – A powerful subscription database containing information on approximately 2000 venture capitalists. VCs can be targeted by industry and geographic criteria as well as the size of capital managed. Links are generally provided to their websites. CommonAngels – A group of 50 leading private investors in the Boston area. The group additionally has more than two dozen limited partners in their co-investment fund. Their members and limited partners have founded, co-founded or run high-tech companies. They work closely with early stage software, information technology and Internet companies in the Northeast to build successful profitable businesses. EDGAR Online SECrets – A weekly newsletter covering the IPO market. If offers an insider's view of the latest SEC news. Entre World, Kansas City, MO – Established by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Center For Entrepreneurial Leadership Inc., this site advises small businesses on starting and running a business, and provides service directories and links. Entrepreneur Magazine – Offers online access to Entrepreneur Magazine as well as links to a number of entrepreneurial-focused databases. FinanceHub – Includes information on venture capital companies,investing, law advice, banking information, and articles on how to obtain venture capital. Garage.com – Provides entrepreneurs with assistance in obtaining seed-level financing via access to an investor network. The site also provides mentoring, research and reference materials, and topical Forums to help entrepreneurs launch and grow their startups. A listing of job opportunities with start-up companies is available upon free registration. Hoover’s IPO Central – Offers a database of IPOs which is searchable by name, industry and underwriter. Lists of the latest filings and latest pricings are available as well as historical data on IPOs which have occurred since 1996. Mass Home - A comprehensive hyperlinked listing of Massachusetts Venture Capital Companies. The PricewaterhouseCoopers Money Tree Survey – This site offers an excellent database tool for targeting start-up companies as well as venture capital funds. Both the start-up companies and vc funds can be searched on geographic and industry criteria. Links are generally provided to their websites. VCBuzz Newsletter – A free subscription newsletter delivered daily to your email address. It contains insight on the daily funding events occurring the Venture Capital world. It lists which companies have received funding and from whom. Venture Capital News – Offers vc-related articles which can be searched by keyword, allowing you to target start-ups by location or industry. Site also offers a free email newsletter of venture capital activity. Venture Capital Survey – A searchable database of U.S. firms that received venture capital financing during the previous year. The data was compiled from a Mercury News/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP survey of venture capitalists. The data can be searched by quarter, partial company name, city or state. CareerSearch – A members-only, subscription database containing information on over 6,000 Executive Search Firms. These search firms can be targeted by industry and function specialities, as well as by salary levels of assignments handled. Futurestep – A partnership of Korn/International and The Wall Street Journal, this site for mid-to senior-level executives provides personalized career feedback and listing in a database for future consideration for middle to upper management-level positions. How to Work with Search Firms in your Job Search - The recruiter's credibility and income rests on her ability to satisfy the employer. This means that you likely will not be the only candidate presented on a specific opportunity. If you are interested in moving to a desirable location or even if you are interested in exploring possibilities, here are some tips to help you be the most attractive candidate in the competition. HR Network (fee based) – This service, geared to senior HR executives, offers nationwide tracking of unadvertised positions across all HR functions. HRIM Mall – Consolidating worldwide information on Human Resource Information Management and Technology to provide "one-stop service" for practitioners, programmers, business analysts, and others interested in this exciting field. NEHRA (Northeast Human Resources Association) – Based in New England, NEHRA offers career continuation workshops, regional breakfast and dinner meetings, conventions, professional development programs, job hotline, legal advisory services, publications and networking opportunities. SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) – The world’s largest HR management association, SHRM provides education and information services, conferences and seminars, government and media representation, online service, and publications to members. The Interviewing Cheat Sheet: 100 Resources for Interviewers and Candidates: There's no doubt that the interviewing process can be stressful, not only for the person applying for the job but for those doing the hiring as well. There are ways, however, to make job interviews a more rewarding and successful experience for both parties. With a little preparation and research, you can make interviewing a positive experience; read on to find useful articles and resources that will get you on the fast track to interviewing success. In the current job market, you'd better have your act together, or you won't stand a chance against the competition. Check yourself on these 10 basic points before you go on that all-important Job Leads – Transition Solutions’ Top Picks for Individuals The web sites listed in this section tend to have executive level positions, many in the Boston area. It is noted whether each contains a Personal Search Agent or a Resume Posting Service. Setting up a Personal Search Agent to deliver relevant jobs directly to you (as opposed to repeatedly searching the site), saves valuable time. Posting your resume at selected sites, allows exposure to search firms and employers who are accessing the resume database.
* Indicates fee-based The Standard – Intelligence for the Internet Economy - this website is considered one of the top sources of information on the "new Internet Economy." It offers a number of free, subscription based newsletters. Boston.internet.com – this free, daily electronic newsletter provides up-to-the minute news on Boston's Internet economy. Company news briefs, stock information, venture capital funding, and executive changes are reported on a daily basis. Business 2.0 – this website provides information on how to succeed in the Internet Age. It offers a number of free electronic newsletters offering in-depth content on the New Internet Economy. Red Herring – this website targets high-income, high-profile executives and offers content on the cutting edge of technology. It also offers a number of free daily, and weekly electronic newsletters. Business Week Articles on the 21st Century Corporation – a collection of powerful articles depicting the changing nature of corporations. Topics include an overview of the new "creative economy"; the influence of technology and the Internet; changes in the corporate hierarchy and the effects of globalization. Homefair.com – Offers a salary calculator to compare cost of living in the U.S. and internationall, with on real estate, school system, crime rate, and mortgage information. Virtual Relocation – With over 100,000 links to relocation services and related information, search links by state, then city, then category which makes the information easy to retrieve. CareerSearch (members only) – A powerful subscription database containing information on more than 1m private and public companies, accessible by industry and geography; includes comprehensive listings of executive search firms. Corporate Information – Extensive collection of links for researching public and private companies; regional and sector-specific sites. Hoover’s Online – A subscription database of public and private companies, this site also offers free company information such as profiles, financial information, top executives, competitors, and recent news articles. Info Trac® Web Databases (accessible with a local Massachusetts library card) – "Whether you are in a small public library, a school media center, a business information center or an academic research library, your library is a gateway to accessing over 9 million online articles in magazines, reference books and newspapers, as well as complete biographical and bibliographical information and references for approximately 100,000 U.S. and international authors. Abstracts and full-text articles from general interest magazines, business, research and medical journals such as Time, Newsweek, The Economist , Science News, Forbes, and the Harvard Health Letter are now only a hop, skip and a mouse click away when you use the web-accessible Info Trac® Web databases funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the six Massachusetts regional library systems." Yahoo Finance – "A rich series of links for researching Public Companies, past performance, future projections, Company Profiles and SEC reports." Salary Information/Negotiation JobStar’s Salary Surveys – general and profession-specific links to over 300 salary survey. Negotiating Stock Options in Start-up Companies – The San Francisco Chronicle offers an excellent article on negotiating stock options in start-up companies. Tactics for negotiating/benchmarking options are given along with listing of questions to consider when negotiating options. Salary.com – Offers access to numerous articles and salary surveys for specific industries. Their Executive and Management category provides access to over 30 sources of data, which is useful for benchmarking and negotiating compensation packages. Wall Street Journal - Salaries & Profiles – Industry-by-industry look at salaries from the National Business Employment Weekly. Stock Options – Articles and Tools Negotiating Stock Options in Start-up Companies – The San Francisco Chronicle offers an excellent article on negotiating stock options in start-up companies. Tactics for negotiating/benchmarking options are given along with listing of questions to consider when negotiating options. NAFE (National Association for Female Executives) – NAFE is the nation's largest businesswomen's association. It provides resources and services, through education, networking, and public advocacy, to empower its members to achieve career success and financial security. Since its founding in 1972, NAFE has served as a leading authority on issues and trends affecting women in business. National Foundation for Women Business Owners – NFWBO, a non-profit research organization, supports the growth of women business owners and their enterprises by conducting research, sharing information and increasing knowledge. NFWBO provides research to document the economic and social contributions of women-owned firms; consulting and public relations services to maximize the benefits of this knowledge; and leadership development for women who own growing enterprises. South Shore (MA) Women’s Business Network – Supports members doing business in the South Shore along with networking and referral opportunities, a system for developing leadership skills, providing education; shares and disseminates information of interest to women in business. |
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