Career Resource URLs
ADVERTISING AND OTHER MARKETING COMMUNICATION CAREERS
http://www.jobsourcenetwork.com/advert.html
http://www.jobsourcenetwork.com/sales.html
These two pages provide links to job and career sites, publications, and associations for
the advertising industry and sales/marketing industry, respectively.
http://adage.com/dataplace/SALARY_SURVEY.html
Want the bottom line? Ad Age’s annual salary survey lists average incomes for
advertising personnel by job title, gender, agency size and region. Survey results back
to 1996 are included.
http://www.arfsite.org/Webpages/PrimaryPages/careercorner.htm
Designed to help research professionals improve their knowledge of hiring practices in
the industry, the Advertising Research Foundation’s article repository is also helpful to
people trying to get their foot in the advertising/marketing research door. The Career
Corner also lists open marketing research positions.
http://www.commarts.com/career/index.html
Developed by Communication Arts, this site provides job listings, conference/seminar
listings, articles on freelancing and legal issues, and “career links” to job banks and
recruiters.
http://www.martex.co.uk/prcareerdevelopment/index.htm
This public relations career development guide is a joint offering from the Public
Relations Consultants Association and the Institute of Public Relations. It is designed to
help PR professionals from newbies to old-timers assess their PR skill level and
determine what experience and training are needed to progress to the next career
stage.
http://www.prsa.org/resume2.html
This site provides an overview of what a career in public relations entails, a “reading
room” of job-hunt articles, and job listings. Visitors are also allowed to post resumes for
viewing by Public Relations Society of America members.
http://www.roundtable.org/career-1.html
In addition to job-hunting and resume references, the Communications Roundtable
posts available marketing communication positions on this site.
GENERAL CAREER INFORMATION
http://careers.wsj.com
This resource from the Wall Street Journal provides job-hunting articles, hints and tips;
salary and relocation guides; and online career counseling in addition to job postings for
various industries.
http://www.careerpathsonline.com
The interactive 10 Step Career Planning Guide included on this site is designed to help
you discover your talents and “sculpt” a fulfilling career.
http://www.experiencenetwork.com
Experience Network provides Industry Snapshots that include trends, culture and pros
and cons for about 25 different industries, and how to get into them.
http://www.hoovers.com/career/0,1334,10,00.html
In addition to providing a career-planning site, Hoovers Online allows you to research
employers and search a job bank powered by Monster.com.
http://www.review.com/career
This is a comprehensive career site, including a short version of the Birkman Method
Career Style questionnaire to help you find careers that fit your personality, plus hints
and tips on writing cover letters and resumes.
http://www.wetfeet.com
Insider Guides with industry overviews and facts, Company Q&A’s and profiles of
industry professionals make this site a tremendous resource for career research. Career
management and self-assessment tools are also included to help you “get your feet
wet”.
LETTERS, RESUMES, AND INTERVIEWS
http://www.careerlab.com
CareerLab’s Cover Letter Library offers sample letters covering every aspect of the job
hunt. The site also includes tips and articles about career management in its Career
Advisor section.
http://www.job-interview.net
This site provides tips and techniques for interview success, as well as sample
questions and a mock interview for practice.
http://www.kaplan.com/career/
Developed by Kaplan Educational Centers, this site provides everything from
procedures for selecting a career to articles and tips on resume and cover letter writing
to an online mock interview to test your skill.
Most of the associations listed in the Association URLs section [link to it!] also have pages
within their sites that list job postings for association members. These are a good place to start
for “function-specific” job openings within the advertising industry (i.e. PR jobs, account
planning jobs, market research jobs, etc).