Job Resources
Form Downloads
- Coming Soon
Career Center (includes Crossroads Career Network information)
Recommended Websites
Job Testing
- Career Direct - Contact Us for group discount opportunity
- Career Key - Job matching based on personality
- Rocket Career - Job matching based on interests, likes, and dislikes
- Queendom - Job matching based on self assessment of likes, interests, etc.
- Life Career - Job matching based on variety of issues including likes, interests, skills, level of job satisfaction, etc. (NOTE: you can "skip" or click "no thank" on the ads)
Networking
- Linked-In - our personal favorite!
- Networking For Professionals
- Go NetWork STL
- Bounce Back St. Louis
Information resources
- Public libararies
- Professional Associations
- Your Alma Mater
Pay Rates (be sure to read the fine print on these sites)
- Payscale.com
- Monster.salary.com
- Salaryexpert.com
- Jobstar.org
- Collegegrad.com
- BLS for St. Louis Metropolitan area; pay data by occupation
- Missouri Specific Data for pay wages (cursor down and select your county)
- Service Contract Act provides minimum wages to be paid to employees working government contracts by geographic location
Utility Assistance
- Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
- Home Energy Savings Tips
- Save water, money, and energy
- Public Water Conservation
- 30 Hot Tips for Using Energy Wisely
- Laclede Gas Customer Assistance Programs
- 10 Ways to Stay Cool, Save Energy
Recommended Reading
Practical application of Godly Wisdom
- "Discover What You're Best At" by Linda Gale
- "Success God's Way" by Charles Stanley
- "If You Want to Walk on the Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat" by John Ortberg
- "Walking Wisely" by Charles Stanley
Dressing appropriately
- "Dress for Success" by John T Molloy
- "Dress Casually for Success..For Men" by Mark Weber and the Van Heusen Creative Design Group
Balancing work & rest / time management
- "Finding Rest When the Work is Never Done" by Patrick Klingaman
- "The Overload Syndrome" by Richard Swenson
- "Margin" by Richard Swenson
Guidance for leaders
- "Jesus - CEO" by Laurie Bush Jones
- "Business by the Book" by Larry Burkett
General workplace do/don't
- "Workplace Clues for the Clueless" from Promise Press
- "What NOT to Do at Work" by Linda J. Bean
Giving ownership of your things to God
- "God & Your Stuff" by Wesley K. Willmer
Coping with worry
- "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff...and it's all small stuff" by Richard Carlson
Recognising the devil's traps
- "Landmines in the Path of the Believer" by Charles Stanley
Job Search
- "The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search" by Orville
