I am currently putting together a Job Finding Club at Conestoga College, and I am reading What Color Is Your Parachute? by Richard Bolles (2007) for the first time. I'm really enjoying it! He offers some great statistics that I think most job seekers can benefit from.
The book is a more in-depth resource, but his website offers some great things too:
http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/
Most especially, I like Mr. Bolles' outline (throughout his book and website) of what the Internet can and cannot be counted on for. I see it relied on far too much, in a wide range of settings and by a wide range of job seekers. Only 20% of available work makes job boards, and that work is often the easy-to-fill (entry level) and hard-to-fill (executive) jobs. The mid-range stuff is usually hidden, filled through internal candidates or through connections. (Why hire a stranger when you can hire someone who is known? That's much safer.) So don't just use the job boards - use the internet to make connections with people via Usenet, chat areas, discussion boards, etc!
Overall, the site offers a nice selection of resources with descriptions of what each site offers - very helpful!
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