National: A large jobs database is America's Job Bank, a joint project of the U.S. Department of Labor and state employment agencies. Local: Use NY and Rochester job databases to locate jobs in the area. You can submit resumes that will be available to potential employers. Students: A database available to college students is RITJobZone. Guide: See JobWeb: Employment Centers on the Net for a thorough guide to many different types of job listing sites. Try MonsterTrak and JobHunt.org as well.

1. Traditional classified ads (in newspapers) and Web classified ad services provided by Yahoo! and others. National: Use CareerBuilder to search the combined ad listings of major U.S. newspapers. Local: To focus your search on a particular city, look at the online version of that city's newspaper. Use Yahoo! Newspapers to find newspaper sites easily. You can find the Democrat and Chronicle newspaper.
   
   
2. Web sites of companies, organizations, governments (such as the State of NY) often list job openings.If you know of particular companies that you want to work for, check their Web sites for employment opportunities.
   
   
3. Check out the following sites:
   
   

   NY State Department Job Bank

   RIT CareerZone

   RIT Student Employment Office

5B: Applying For A Job

• Monster.com: Career Center includes advice on resumes, cover letters, interviewing as well as discussion boards and some useful interactive tools:
  • Try the Virtual Interview if you want to practice.
    
  • Use the Major to Career Converter if you're not sure what types of jobs you may be qualified for
    
    
• 200 Free Cover Letters for Job Hunters offers sample letters for most job hunting situations.
• JobWeb: Job Search Guides will lead you to other sites on resumes, letter writing and interviewing techniques.
  
  
• English Works! Resumes, Cover Letters and Follow up Letters Samples When you get to this page, click on Writing and then Business English.