Links and Web Resources for Job Searchers and Entrepreneurs

Workforce Information

• Mass Stats: The Massachusetts Division of Career Services resource on the type of jobs in each of the Commonwealth's Geographic Areas. Great for researching companies in your area!
• Massachusetts Unemployment Statistics: Find out what the unemployment rate is for each city in Massachusetts.
• The Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth's MassFACTS: Demographics, Statistics, & Research Findings About Massachusetts. Lots of Great information about the demographics of the Commonwealth here!
• Salary.com: Information on salary ranges for all sorts of jobs in different locations around the US.

Researching Careers

• O*NET Online is the Occupational Information Network's online resource for connecting skills and occupations. The Skills Search is especially good for those who are trying to figure out possible fields to research.

Networking

• LinkedIn.com: A source to network to people through people you already know.
• Craigslist: Boston: Endless ways of connecting with people in Greater Boston.

Entrepreneurship

• Start Up Nation: A resource for people starting up a new business.
• SCORE Boston is the US Small Business Adminstration's organization to team up retired executives with new entrepreneurs in Boston. There are chapters all over the country, and they can be found at the SCORE National Website.
• The Society of Professional Consultants is a New England-based, non-profit association of independent consultants.
• New England Women Business Owners is the leading and largest Organization for Women Business Owners in New England.

Business Resources for Small Businesses

• The Business Network International's Massachusetts Chapter is a business networking and referral organization with chapters all over the country.
• Anglin Photography does great photography for all occasions. He did the photos of Ken that you see on this site.

Computer and Internet Resources for Small Businesses

• Beverly Woods Web Design and Domain Hosting hosts my domains and has excellent service at a great price!
• Cleverdot.com has really cheap prices for registering domain names.
• Free Conference allows for free conference call services for Businesses, Organizations and Individuals.
• If you're looking to do online surveys, two of the biggest names are Zoomerang and SurveyMonkey.
• Yellow Mug Software has some really good shareware and freeware programs for basic graphics manipulation. It's all Macintosh, and very intuitive!
• If you're looking to do email marketing, you'll probably want to check out Constant Contact.
• The JavaScript Source is an excellent JavaScript resource with tons of "cut and paste" JavaScript examples for your Web pages. All for free!
• PageResource.com is a Web Development Tutorial and Information Site. A good place to start if you want to start learning how to program webpages in HTML.
• Not sure how to match up colors? Go to Visibone.com for some great resources, both free and for sale.
• For a Great Report on how to optimize your site for web traffic, download Sean McPheat's Guide to Getting a Top Rank in Google
• To get photos that are free for use for web pages (such as the ones I've used on this site) go to BigFoto.com

Quality of Life Issues

• Take Back Your Time: s a major U.S./Canadian initiative to challenge the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling and time famine that now threatens our health, our families and relationships, our communities and our environment. October 24th Is Take Back Your Time Day!
• The Human Rights Campaign's resource on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Workplace Issues.

Miscellaneous Resources

• Peer Resources: Resources on the Coaching Industry