ENG 455 Portfolio Development for Writers: Career Resources for Writers

Occupational Outlook Handbook - Occupational Outlook Handbook describes the training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do, on the job working conditions, job search tips, and links to information about the job market in each state.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Comprehensive industry and employment data website.

CareerOneStop - See the Explore Careers section - find out about a career with information on a specific state, also gives LOTS of links to additional resources

Pew Research Center-- research on journalism, technology and media, politics. Good for reports on the state of those professions.

Associations 

• Union of International Associations - Links to international organizations
• National Association of Science Writers - National professional and networking organization dedicated to the advancement of science writing
• American Society of Jounalists and Authors - Society aimed at helping freelance writers advance their careers
• Society of Profesional Journalists - Nation’s most broad journalism-specific organization
• National Press Club - The leading professional organization for journalists
• The Children's Book Guild - The Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C. is a professional organization that serves the community by promoting high standards in children's literature and encouraging the love of good books.
• American Association of Advertising Agents Career Center
• Electronic Literature Organization - Organization founded to facilitate and promote the writing, publishing, and reading of literature in electronic media.
• National Council of Teachers of English - A professional association of teachers of literacy, language arts, and English
• National Resume Writers Association - National non-profit organization for professional resume writers
• National Writers Union - The National Writers Union is the trade union for freelance and contract writers: journalists, book authors, business and technical writers, web content providers, and poets.
• Poets & Writers - National non-profit organization serving creative writers
• Writers Guild of America, West - A labor union for writers of TV, movies, animation,documentaries, news programs, and new media.

Professional Publications 

• Writer's Digest 
• The Writer 
• Poets and Writers 
• Writer's Weekly

Education-portal
"Your guide to undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees, career education and online degree programs." Search-able by discipline.

Gradschools.com
Graduate school directory, listed by subject.

CollegeSource
A handy tool for finding out information on a variety of colleges, CollegeSource allows you to look at past and present course catalogs from over 34,500 2-year and 4-year colleges, and graduate schools from all over the world.

Atlantic article (8/2007) about grad. programs in creative writing 

• O*NET OnLine - Occupational Information Network; see the Find Occupations section
• What can I do with a major in...?
• WetFeet - "Helping you make smarter career decisions"
• About.com ~ Career Planning and Job Searching  includesHow to Make a Career Choice
• Occupational Outlook Quarterly
• Black Collegian - the career site for students of color
• Indeed.com general jobs posting site 
• Career Jet
• CareerOverview
• College Grad Job Hunter - see the Career Information section
• Illinois Career Resource Network - see the Career Information System
• IM Diversity Career Center - includes areas for different groups, such as African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic American, Native American and women
• Job Star Central - work on your resume, cover letter, find career guides, salary info

Other Job Resources

• Illinois Skills Match 
• Job Central - national labor exchange
• Chicago Tribune Job Ads - Good source for Chicago area jobs
• The Write Jobs - Job listings for journalists, editors, and writers
• Monster.com - Popular employment website
• Vault - Job listing site
• Mediabistro - Communications/media job listings
• JobBankUSA - Venerable web-based job site