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Researching Employers
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Bigbook
consists of a yellow pages phone directory combined with a
search engine that can look for specific businesses and
addresses in most US cities.
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Hoovers
contains a wealth of information on businesses.
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Salary Considerations
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ERI's Career Salary Calculator.
Use these Calculators for a free estimate of annual mean salary potential and cost of living for over 4,750 positions and 7,200 locations
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The
JobSmart
site provides an index of salary surveys. A lot of them deal
with California, but you can use Homefair's salary calculator
(listed below) to see what that would translate to in your market.
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Planning on getting a job in a different city or state?
Homefair's Salary Calculator may help you compare the cost of living in hundreds of US and
international cities.
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Leaving for another country and need to convert money ?
The
Universal Currency Converter
allows you to perform interactive foreing exhange rate conversion. Boy is that ever necessary in today's global money markets.
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Directions and Lodging
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Need a map of a specific address or driving directions ?
MapQuest
can give you the directions and show you the major highways and intersections near
your destination.
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Map Blast
also lets you look at a map of your destination and gives
you realistice directions on how to get from one address
to another.
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Leaving town?
The
Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport
page which provides links to most major airlines and their
schedules. They also include maps and other information on
how to get around the airport.
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The
Texas Comptrollers Office
provides a great mileage guide between Texas cities. If you are
traveling on business, they even calculate your travel
reimbursement at 28 cents/mile.
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Try
Sabre's Travelocity
to check airline fares, flight schedules, and hotel availablility.
You may need to sign on with a username and a password, but
membership is free.
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Relocation
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ERI’s Cost of Living Calculator.
Plan your career goals and get a free estimate of the cost of living for a particular area in any of over 7,200 U.S., Canadian, and international living locations.
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Looking for a job in the Dallas area? Try Texas Real Estate
There's an old description of traveling through Texas that goes like this: "The sun has risen, the sun has set, and here I am in Texas yet." In other words, Texas is known for its abundance of real estate.
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Looking for a job outside of the USA ? The
International Real Estate Directory
lists buyers, renters and investors looking for property
around the world!
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The
National Association of Realtors
provides search capabilities for homes in different states.
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The
Texas Real Estate Connection
is a directory for links to information on interest rates,
mortgages, title companies, appraisals, agents, and advice
on obtaining credit.
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Need to buy a house and want to calculate the mortgage
payment ?
The
First Source Bankprovides such a tool.
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Considering taking a job in a different city and need
a place to live ?
The
National Apartment Rental and Relocation Guide
features a database of unfurnished apartments, temporary
furnished suites, international rentals, and self-storage
facilities.
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Still can't find what you're looking for ?
All Apartments
has thousands of apartments listed all over the
US. Some with floorplans & pictures.
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Wonder what the schools are like in the city or community in
Texas where you are contemplating moving to for that new job ?
The
Texas Education Network
rating of Texas schools. Note - when searching by district name,
use name of city followed by ISD (ie. Killeen ISD).
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Miscellaneous Information
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Look at the
PAQ Services, Inc.
allows you to download the latest free, revised Dictionary Of Occupational Titles which includes
information to over 12,000 job descriptions and work measures.
You will have to register and they will ship it to you, but there is no cost.
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Look at the
Texas Regional Directory
site to find resources in the state.
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Job Fairs are great for getting in contact with a large number
of employers in one place. Look at
JobWeb's Career Fair
site to find one in your area.
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Need another car to get you to work ?
Edmunds has great information on new cars and a
guide on how to price older models.
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All Linked Jumpstation
index site for finding almost anything on the web.
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Switchboard
lets you look up people, businesses, e-mail addresses,
and web sites. You can also get a free e-mail address
which will be useful during your job search.
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Are you in the military?
Militarycity
can help you find people or get access to the Army Times,
Air Force Times, Navy Times, and Marine Times newspapers.
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Need housing information for military posts all over the
United States? Try ArmedForces.Com
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Haven't found a job yet and have free time on your hands ? Join the
North American Stone Skipping Association.
Necessary tools are very cheap.
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Your job hunt not going as planned this week? Your biorhythms
may be at a low point. Find out when you will be at your
highs at the
Facade
site. You can get your fortune told too. Hey, who knows what
will work !
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