History as a Career

Academic Advice and Career Counseling Resources

• Academic Advising Resources on the Internet (University of Texas)
• Occupational Outlook Handbooks (Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis depository)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Occupational Employment Statistics (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Career Guide (NetGuide)
• College Is Possible (Coalition of America's Colleges and Universities

Using the Internet for Job Hunting

• What Color is Your Parachute: Job Hunting Online (D. Bolles)
• The Riley Guide: Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet
• Job Search and Employmnet Opportunities: Best Bets from the Net (Univ. of Michigan)
• Top 100 Electronic Recruiters

Conducting a Job Search

• Guidebooks for Job Searches
• Career Resource Homepage (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
• Catapult
• National On-Line Job Services
• Online Career Center
• Jobweb--National Association of Colleges and Employers
• Career Magazine
• Employment Resources
• Jobs, Internship and Other Helpful Links (Muhlenberg College)
• NAPA Employment Opportunities (National Alumni Placement Association)

Looking for Specific Jobs

• U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration
• Careers.wsj.com (Wall Street Journal)
• Employment Search Engines (Beaucoup!)
• Yahoo Employment search
• Internet Employment Resources
• 1st Steps in the Hunt: A Web Guide to the Job Search
• America's Job Bank
• CareerBuilder
• Excite Careers Network Job Listings
• Jobtrak: The Nation's Leading Job Listing Service
• Recruiting-links.com (SkillSearch Corporation)
• CareerPath (employment ads from six major newspapers)
• Classifieds2000: The Internet Classifieds (check under Employment)
• The Monster Board job search site
• NationJob Online Jobs Database
• JobNet (West Georgia College)
• Job/Internship Vacancies Via the Internet Listings (Univ. of Buffalo, SUNY)
• CareerMosaic
• College Grad Job Hunter Web Site (Quantum Leap Publishing)
• College Employment Links (Video+Resumes, Staunton, VA)
• Tripod's Resume Builder
• Extreme Resume Drop (The Main Quad)
• Internet Press Job Center
• Interactive Employment Network (E-Span)
• 4Work
• career.com (computer-related jobs)
• Virtual Job Fair (computer oriented jobs)

Job Opportunities in Ohio

Federal Job Opportunities (U.S. Government)

• Federal Job Information in Tennessee
• USA Jobs [federal job ppportunities] (U.S. Office of Personnel Management)
• Federal Jobs Digest
• Jobs, Labor, and Management (FedWorld)
• Government Vacancy Listings (Univ. of Buffalo, SUNY)
• WINGS [Web Interactive Network of Government Services] (U.S. Postal Service)
• Government Information Xchange
• Recruitment for U.S. State Department

Preparing Professional Portfolios for K-12 Teaching Jobs

• Education in Tennessee (Official State of Tennessee site)
• Tennessee Department of Education
• Office of Teacher Licensing (Tennessee Department of Education)
• Earning a Tennessee Teacher Licencse (Tennessee Department of Education)
• The PRAXIS Series: Assessments for Beginning Teachers (ETSnet)
• Web Pages for Tennessee Schools (TN Department of Education)
• International WWW Schools Registry (Web 66)
• [Tennessee, USA] International WWW Schools Registry (Web 66)
• American School Directory: The Internet Guide to All 106,000 K-12 Schools
• K-12 Teaching Positions (Troops to Teachers)
• The Educational Vacancies Website [education jobs in the United Kingdom] (Alexander Adverstising International, United Kingdom)
• Developing a Professional Portfolio (U. of Wisc., River Falls)
• Professional Employment Portfolio (Career Services, Ball State University)
• Assmebling and Presenting Your Professional Portfolio (Univ. of Northern Iowa)
• Designing Portfolios for Change (overview of book)
• Sample Portfolio of Robert L. Culpepper, Jr.
• International WWW Schools Registry (Web 66)
• [Tennessee, USA] International WWW Schools Registry (Web 66)
• Education Week on the WEB
• The History of Education (University of Nijmegen, Netherlands)

Applying to Law School

• Princeton Review online
• Law School Admission Test (LSAT) Guide
• Law School Admission Test (LSAT) Information
• Law lists (Lynonette Louis-Jacques, U. of Chicago)
• Law lists on the Internet
• Lawlinks
• FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library

History Department(s) Meta Sites

• National Research Council Graduate Program Rankings
• Rankings of Graduate Programs in the United States (U.S. News and World Report)
• 1998 Rankings of History Graduate Programs in the United States

(U.S. News and World Report)
• Directory of History Departments and Organizations (American Historical Association)
• Center for History and New Media (George Mason University)
• History Departments Around the World (CHNM, George Mason Univ.)
• WWW Pages of History Departments
• History Research Sources on the Internet (Australian National U.)
• Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada
• History Gophers (Univ. of Southern California)

Applying for Graduate Study in History

• Princeton Review online
• Getting In: An Applicant's Guide to Graduate School Admissions (D. Burrell, H-Net)
• Resources for Graduate Study in History
• H-Grad Web Site (Michigan State Univ.)
• Grad-Link (H-Grad)
• National Research Council Graduate Program Rankings
• Rankings of Graduate Programs in the United States (U.S. News and World Report)
• 1998 Rankings of Ph.D. History Programs in the United States (U.S. News and World Report)
• 1995 Rankings of History Graduate Programs in the United States

(U.S. News and World Report)
• Edition XII (International Guide to Graduate Programs)
• Peterson's Education Center
• ETS Net: Educational Testing Service [GRE Information]
• Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) OnLine
• Educational Testing Service (GRE Information)
• Newsgroups with Information about Graduate School
• History Graduate Student Association (Indiana Univ.)
• History Graduate Student Association (Univ. of Maryland)
• National Association of Graduate-Professional Students
• National Association of Graduate-Professional Students
• The Association for Support of Graduate Students
• Workplace: The Journal for Academic Labor

(Graduate Student Caucus, Modern Language Association)
• How to Be a Good Graduate Student (M. desJardins, Indiana Univ.)
• Handbook for Teaching Assistants (History, Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara)
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissetations
• University Microfilms, Inc. (dissertation search and ordering services)
• soc.college.grad newsgroup
• soc.college.gradinfo newsgroup
• soc.college.teaching-asst newsgroup

Seeking Jobs in the History Profession

• Why Study History?
• Why Become a Historian (American Historical Association-sponsored essays)
• Check AHA Perspectives Online for articles on Ph.D. Programs, Jobs, and Salaries
• Linguafranca: The Review of Academic Life (check under JobTracks)
• Directory of History Departments and Organizations (American Historical Association)
• Grad-Link (H-Net)
• The Chronicle of Higher Education Career Network
• Academe This Week: Job Openings in History (Chronicle of Higher Education)
• H-Net Job Guide
• OAH Jobs Online (Organization of American Historians)
• 1998 AHA Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA, January 8-11, 1998
• The AHA's Annual Job Register (American Historical Association)
• National Association of Graduate and Professional Students
• NAGPS Internet Job Bank (National Association of Graduate and Professional Students)
• Jobs in Higher Education (Univ. of Texas)
• Teaching at an Independent School, C. Todd Stephenson, Ph.D.
• Academic Employment Network (Portland, Maine)
• College Employment Links (Video+Resumes, Staunton, VA)
• Job Listings (Education Week on the WEB)
• A Yellow Wood: Diverging Career Pathways for Humanities Ph.D.'s

(V. Willoughby, University of California at Santa Barbara)

College Teaching

• Teaching in the Community Colleges List (TCC-L)
• Mailing list information for adjunct faculty
• Teaching American history mailing list
• National Teaching & Learning Forum
• Journal on Excellence in College Teaching (Miami University)
• Teaching History: A Journal of Methods
• H-TEACH Web Site (Michigan State Univ.)
• H-TEACH (History teaching mailing list archives)
• H-SURVEY Web Site (Michigan State Univ.)
• H-SURVEY (History survey courses mailing list archives)
• Teaching History: A Journal of Methods
• Information about H-HISTMAJOR, H-Net list on the Undergraduate History Major