Books in the College Library Career Collection

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Wisconsin JobBank
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Books & Databases in Campus Libraries

MadCat --Books and magazines on Wisconsin or Madison jobs can be found in MadCat, the UW-Madison Library Catalog. Copy and paste the following sample searches into the MadCat search box.

Use a BASIC search and select SUBJECT BROWSE
Sample SUBJECT BROWSE searches:

vocational guidance wisconsin directories
job hunting wisconsin

To find the most current books, enter your search. When the results list displays, click on the arrow in the SORT AGAIN box and select DATE (NEWEST FIRST).

More hints for searching MadCat are available at: Using MadCat to Find Information on Careers

Campus Resources

Academic Personnel Office -- Lists faculty, academic, administrative, and graduate assistant positions available at UW-Madison.

Classified Personnel Office -- Lists civil service job openings including technical, blue collar, and professional positions. Also offers links to "Wisconsin State Government Opportunities."

Student Job Center -- lists part-time, limited term employment (LTE) and summer job openings on-campus and off-campus with private and public employers.

Office of Human Resources -- Provides information on job openings at the UW-Madison, including faculty, professional, nonprofessional, and student positions.

Internet Sites

Newspaper Employment Listings

Madison.com Jobs -- Madison Newspapers, Inc -- "Jobs in Classifieds" link searches for classified advertisements in the Wisconsin State Journal and the Capital Times as well as other local newspapers. Select "Employment Wizard" to search additional newspapers such as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Wisconsin State Journal -- 1901 Fish Hatchery Rd., Madison, WI 53713,
Telephone: (608) 252-6200 -- job information from Madison.com

Capital Times -- 1901 Fish Hatchery Rd., Madison, WI 53713
Telephone: (608) 252-6200 -- job information from Madison.com

Services: In addition to the Sunday classified advertisements, Madison Newspapers, Inc. distributes Work for You! every Tuesday in the single copy sales locations of the Wisconsin State Journal and the Capital Times.

Madison Isthmus -- 101 King Street Madison, WI 53703, Telephone: (608) 251-5627 -- select "Jobs" under the "Classifieds" section for job postings.

Government Employment

City of Madison Human Resource Dept. -- City-County Bldg., Room 501, 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Madison, WI 53703, Telephone: (608) 266-4615, Recorded jobs line: (608) 266-6500 -- job services include current job openings with the City of Madison.

Dane County Employee Relations Division -- City-County Bldg., Room 418, 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Madison, WI 53703, Telephone: (608) 266-4125, Recorded jobs line: (608) 266-4123 -- select "Current County Job Listings" for a list of job openings within the county government system.

WiscJobs-- lists current job openings in the Wisconsin State government and guidelines for applying for positions in the state government.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management -- 175 West Jackson, Room 530 Chicago, IL 60604, Telephone: (312) 353-6189 -- information on federal civil service positions in the Madison area.

Fedworld Federal Jobs -- US federal job announcements organized by state.

Federal Jobs Digest -- a commercial source of federal job information provided by Breakthrough Publications, Inc.

Job Services

JobNet Wisconsin Job Service -- Dept. of Workforce Development -- 1819 Aberg Ave., Suite C Madison, WI 53704, Telephone: (608) 242-4900 -- full and part-time job opportunities in Madison and elsewhere in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Employment & Training Service -- Dept. of Workforce Development, 1819 Aberg Ave., Suite C Madison, WI 53704, Telephone: (608) 242-4900 -- lists job fairs and events, job banks, job centers and more.

Employment in Wisconsin -- Wisconsin.gov -- lists government and private sector jobs in Wisconsin. The site also contains a printable listing of jobs for teachers.

Dane County Job Center -- 1819 Aberg Ave. Madison, WI 53704, Telephone: (608) 242-7400 -- employment related information about Dane county with links to job opportunities, services, and rideshare programs.

DANEnet -- 6314 Odana Rd. Madison, WI 53719, Telephone: (608) 274-3107 -- select Employment/Commerce for job listings.

Other Madison Resources

Madison Business Internet Guide -- links to employment services and web sites for local businesses.

Madison Mall -- links to web sites for local businesses.

Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce -- 615 East Washington Ave. Madison, WI 53703 Telephone: (608) 256-8348 -- the "Madison Links" section has information and links to many organizations in Madison.

Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation -- 217 S. Hamilton Madison, WI 53703 Telephone: (608) 257-7409 -- assists women entrepreneurs with a variety of services to operate and enlarge their businesses.

Jobs & Career Subject Guide -- Madison Public Library -- 201 W. Mifflin Street Madison, WI 53703 Telephone: (608) 266-6300 -- links about Madison, Wisconsin, and national job information.

More Job Resources

WISCareers -- The Job Seeking section includes 110,000 Wisconsin employers. You can narrow your search to the Madison area. This site is provided by the UW-Madison School of Education Center on Education and Work.

Wisconsin Jobs and Careers -- Careers.org -- Scroll down page to view links to a variety of employers.

Wisconsin Job Network -- Variety of employers and lots of job searching information.  Jobs searchable by the whole state or by specific city.

SocialService.Com -- Lists job openings in the non-profit sector.

Monster.Com -- Search jobs in the Madison area.