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Sources for General Information on the Current Economy

• Wall Street Journal’s Career Journal
• Barron's
• Business Week
• The Economist
• Dow Jones
• The Conference Board
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• January, 2009 Fortune Magazine list of the top 100 companies to work for that are hiring
• How the Economy Will Affect Academic Hiring and University Life, notes from a talk by two Penn deans

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• CAPS
• Career Discovery webpages

Networking

• ASAE’s Professional Associations Directory
• Scholarly Societies Project
• PACNet
• LinkedIn

Resources for Researching Trends in Different Industries

• Career Services Web site Links
• Attend Workshops, Career Fairs and Information Sessions on campus (Career Services Calendar)
• Industry Web sites and trade magazines (Career Services Library)
• PRNewswire & Businesswire for press releases and current company information
• Idealist (for Nonprofit jobs)
• USAJOBS (for government jobs)
• E-Scholar (fellowship information)
• Professional Association Web sites, such as the MLA’s

Job Hunting Strategies

• PennLink
• Listservs (Career Services lists by dept.)
• The Versatile PhD

Have a Plan B

• Career Services Appointments and Walk Ins: Call (215) 898-7530
• Chronicle of Higher Education article “Devising a Plan B”

Dealing with Stress in the Job Search

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Rejection, Resilience, Renaissance - From the Chronicle of Higher Education

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