The 10-Step Plan to Career Change - presents a 10-step process to help you decide if a career change is right for you and how to manage a change successfully.
How to Change Careers - a series of articles from YahooHotJobs! to help you decide if a career change is right for you and manage the change.
Identifying Your Skill Set - Offers advice for employees searching for new work. (Library Card required)
Nine Tips for Starting Out or Over - Tips for preparing to start out (or over) in a new career.
Jump Start Your Career Change - Offers strategies for making a career change if you know what you want to do.
Resume Dilemma: Career Change - offers resume writing tips for career changers
When Changing Careers, Highlight Transferable Skills - offers resume writing tips
The 100-day plan for the rest of US: Why C-level execs aren't the only ones who should plan their first months in a new position - presents job change advice for IT professionals (Library card required)
Lining Up That Second Career Takes Focus; Moving to a new field can be fulfilling. Here's how to do it. - Covers six key steps to planning your next career. (Library card required)
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Employment Guide's Love Your Career Job Fair | Tuesday, February 10, 2009 | 10:00 am - 3:00 PM | Toyota Center
Houston South Career Fair | Thursday, February 12, 2009 | 11:00 am - 2:00 pm | Hilton Houston Hobby Airport
Houston North Career Fair | Tuesday, March 10, 2009 | 11:00 am - 2:00 pm | Sheraton, North Houston
CareerBuilder Career Fair | Thursday, March 19, 2009 | 10:00 am - 3:00 pm | Westin Galleria
Texas Job Fair | Tuesday, March 31, 2009 | 10:00 am - 3:00 pm | Texas Southern University, Health & PE Building
- CareerPlanning.about.com - Covers all aspects of career development
Career Change - Yahoo!HotJobs
SBA Assessment Tool - Are you Ready to Start a Business?
Career Planning & Job Search Resources for Veterans and Transitioning Service Members
Career Advice for Career Changers from Monster
Career Change Advice from Monster.com
Career Change Center (CareerOveriew.com) - Career change tips and resources
The Career Key - offers expert help with career choices, created by a professional career counselor
Rockport Institute - career advice and resources from professional career counselors
WSJ.com - Career Strategies - career planning and job hunting articles
Find a Job: Houston Employers - a list of Houston area companies from HPL's Research page
Career Interest Center (USAJOBS.gov)
OSCAR - career assessment/exploration tool created by the Texas Workforce Commission & Career Development Resources (TWC/CDR)
Corporate Gray - a job listing and job fair site for transitioning and former military personnel
CareerOINK - career exploration and job search site produced by JIST Publishing