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Career Research & Development

Below you'll find various websites with information on careers, as well as links to useful sites to help you navigate out in the "real world."

• ACT
  An independent, not-for-profit organization providing over 100 assessment, research, information, and program management services in education and workforce development.
  
  
• Career Advice
  Tips on hunting for jobs, writing resumes and letters, interviewing, starting a new job, developing a career, and more. From monster.com.
  
  
• CareerBuilder.com
  "The largest job search, employment & careers site."
  
  
• CareerOneStop.com
  "Your source for employment information and inspiration." Explore careers, find salary information, and many other tools for job seekers, students, businesses, and career professionals. Sponsored by the U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
  
  
• Careers After College
  Provides information about various careers. From the Princeton Review.
  
  
• College & Careers
  From The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition. Provides resources for applying to college and tools for starting a career.
  
  
• Majors & Careers Central
  Offers profiles on several college majors and career opportunities.
  
  
• Washington DC Area Jobs & Careers
  Search for jobs, post resumes, get advice. Plus tips on how to write a resume, write a cover letter, interview, get your first job, and more. From the washingtonpost.com.

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• Better Business Bureau
  Provides information about numerous businesses. The BBB is "an unbiased organization that sets and upholds high standards for fair and honest business behavior. Businesses that earn BBB accredited business status contractually agree and adhere to the organization’s high standards of ethical business behavior."
  
  
• Consumer World
  Offers links to numerous online consumer resources.
  
  
• Census Bureau
  Official website of the U.S. Census Bureau. Includes information on People & Households, Business & Industry, Geography, and more.
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission
  Official website.
  
  
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  Official website of the FDA, part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

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• Crimes of Persuasion
  "In-depth fraud coverage" for a variety of crimes based on the art of conning people, such as pyramid schemes, telemarketing scams, bank fraud, investment scams, Internet fraud, fax and e-mail fraud, check kiting, chain letters, organized crime, the Nigerian Advanced Fee Fraud, money laundering, and more. An online companion to a book of the same title.
  
  
• Frauds & Scams
  Discussion of employment fraud in the form of secret shopper job postings. Describes how "reshipper" and "cashier's check" cons have been reworked into secret shopper pitches, as well as the traditional secret shopper con, in which individuals are defrauded in the "value of their payments for goods (training materials) or services (certificates or listing in databases of available secret shoppers)." Also provides tips for avoiding secret shopper scams. From Snopes.com.
  
  
• Internal Revenue Service
  A collection of fact sheets on tax fraud topics, including corporate fraud, money laundering, abusive tax return preparers, nonfiler enforcement, employment tax, and other specific tax "schemes, scams and cons." Provides statistical data, examples of tax fraud cases, and information about tax fraud in industries and professions such as construction, automotive sales, and health care. From the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation unit.
  
  
• Looks too Good to be True
  Contains background information and alerts about Internet scams and fraud, including identity theft, hacking, phishing, spam, spyware, job scams, Ponzi and pyramid schemes, online auctions, sweepstakes and lotteries, and counterfeit payments. Includes a FAQ, victims' stories, a fraud risk test, and links to places to file a complaint about online fraud.
  
  
• Quatloos
  Provides information on banking, insurance, tax, and off-shore, and multi-level marketing scams. Features documents related to tax protester cases, the Nigerian Scam, and the Omega Trust and Trading bank debenture scam. Also includes information on how to report suspected frauds.
  
  
• Teen Consumer Scrapbook
  Designed by teens, for teens, to help you become an educated consumer, as well as giving you somewhere to turn if you have questions or get ripped off. Offers information on tattoos, credit cards, return policies, health clubs, scholarship scams, car stereos, modeling agencies, music clubs, calling cards, and Internet scams.
  
  
• Work-at-Home Schemes
  Provides descriptions of common work-at-home scams and typical advertisements for these scams, including assembly work at home, chain letters, envelope stuffing, multi-level marketing, online business, and processing medical insurance claims. Includes tips for avoiding fraud, signs of work-at-home scammers, and tips about what to do if you become a victim of a work-at-home scheme. From the Better Business Bureau (BBB).

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• Resumes, Cover Letters, and Job Interviews
  Find advice and samples for resumes, letters (cover letters, thank you notes, inquiry letters), and interviews. From CareerOneStop.com.

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