Networking Groups:

The Breakfast Club, (executives and sr. management) meets every other Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. (free) 
Prudential offices, Suite 140, conference room, Five Centerpointe Drive; Lake Oswego, OR
No website and check with Andrew Beach at abeach@pru-nw.com before attending. 

Executive Net, (executives) meets monthly with date changing at 7:30 a.m. (free)
Pathways/IO Partners Inc., 317 SW Alder Suite 1120, Portland, OR
Check with Jean Walker at jwalker@oipartners.net before attending

High Tech Job Search Group meets Wednesday and Friday 9:30-11:00 (free & public)
Capital Career Center, 18624 NW Walker Road – Rm 1522, Beaverton, OR
Website: www.workforceallianceonline.org.  Yahoo group.  

Job Finders Support Group (all people looking for their next role) - Friday at noon (free & public)
Capitol Hill Library, 10723 SW Capitol Highway, Beaverton, OR
Website:  www.jobfinderssupport.com/support_group.htm.  No Yahoo group.  

PortlandConnect (business owners, professional and job networking in one) using LinkedIn and living in the greater Portland area. They meet at different locations.  Join Yahoo group “PortlandConnect” for notices of network meetings.  Yahoo group: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/PortlandConnect/

Welldiggers (professional and networking) meets first Thursday each month at 7:30 a.m. (fee $5.00 with coffee/etc.).  Buffalo Gap Saloon and Eatery 6835 SW Macadam Portland, OR 97219
No website.  Yahoo group: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/AllWelldiggers/

General Role Lists:
America’s Jobs Bank:  http://www.americasjobbank.com/
Career Builder:  http://www.careerbuilder.com/
Career Journal (Wall Street Journal):  http://careers.wsj.com
Craig list Portland:  http://portland.craigslist.org/
Hot jobs:  http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/
Job Dango: http://www.jobdango.com/
Monster:  http://www.monster.com/
One Stop:  http://www.1stop.org/
Oregon State (link to iMatch): http://www.employment.oregon.gov/ and http://www.emp.state.or.us/jobs/
Oregon Live.com:  http://www.oregonlive.com/jobs/
Portland Job Finder:  http://www.pdxguide.com/jobs/
Top job sites (rates job sites):  http://www.topjobsites.com/
Vault (job lists, tips and links to research):  www.vault.com
Workforce Development:  http://www.1stop.org/
Yahoo Jobs:  http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/

Networking Event Calendars:
American Marketing Association:  http://www.ama-pdx.org/ or http://www.ama-pdx.org/jobboard3.html
Association for Corporate Growth (Portland): http://www.acg.org/portland/
Biznik (business focus, Portland Community):  http://biznik.com/signup
The Boss Group (business owners strategic solutions) Vancouver, WA.  Meets at different locations in Vancouver. Contact Steve Erickson coordinator 360-992-7995.
Business Journal of Portland: http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/event/
Calagator (list of events): http://calagator.org/events
City Club of  Portland:  http://www.pdxcityclub.org/
Northwest Entrepreneur Network: http://www.nwen.org/
Oregonian Business Calendar: http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/business/1114855677326240.xml?oregonian?fnbc&coll=7
Oregon Business Council:  http://www.orbusinesscouncil.org/
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network:  http://www.oen.org/events/
Oregon Start Ups (networking and calendar):  http://www.oregonstartups.com/networking_groups.html
Software Association of Oregon:  http://www.sao.org/
Portland Business Accelerator:  http://www.portlandaccelerator.com/index.asp?f=events
Portland Chamber of Commerce, www.pdxchamber.org
Portland Business Alliance (Chamber of Commerce Portland): http://portlandorassoc.weblinkconnect.com/cwt/External/WCPages/WCEvents/EventsStartPage.aspx?OE=True
Portland Human Resources Management Assn: www.pdxhr.org
Portland (PDX) Mind Share:  www.pdxmindshare.com
Portland State School of Business:  http://www.sba.pdx.edu/glance/school/eventscalendar.html#dec
Professionally Speaking: Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. (RSVP for events)
Project Management  Institute (PMI):  http://www.pmi-portland.org/
Young Professionals of Portland (YPOP) (open to all ages): http://www.youngprofessionalsofportland.com/ypop/

Other Networking Groups:
Career Coach:  www.careermanagementcoaching.com	
Chief Executive Forum: contact Rene’ Fritz, renef@ceforum.com
Computer Human Interaction Forum of Oregon:  http://www.acm.org/chapters/chifoo/	
Internet Professionals Northwest:   http://www.ipn.org	
Meridian Technology Group, Inc:  www.meridiangroup.com
OCIABC, Business Communicators:  www.ociabc.org/jobbank/index 	
Oregon Excellence (quality awards to firms):
http://www.oregonexcellence.org/
Oregon Grad Institute/Center for Prof Dev:  http://www.cpd.ogi.edu/			
PDX Business calendar site:  http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/	
Society for Technical Communications Willamette Valley:   http://www.stcwvc.org/	
Society for Information Management (members and guests): http://www.simnet.org/

Master Role Hunting (looks at number of sites with lists):
Career Mole:  http://www.careermole.com/
Gadball.com: http://www.gadball.com/
*Indeed.com:  http://www.indeed.com/
Local Job Board:  http://oregon.localjobboard.com
*Simply Hired:  http://www.simplyhired.com/

Electrical, Computer and Other Engineering Roles:
AEA, American Electronics Association (membership for key events):
www.aeanet.org/public/councils/index.html
Electric Net Online:  http://www.electricnet.com/content/homepage/
Engineering Jobs:  http://www.engineeringjobs.com/
Fiber Optics Online:  http://www.fiberopticsonline.com/
Information Technology Association of America:  http://www.itaa.org
Photonics Online:  http://www.photonicsonline.com/
Premises Networks:  http://www.premisesnetworks.com/
RF Global Net:  http://www.rfglobalnet.com/
Today’s Engineer (good articles):  http://www.todaysengineer.org/archive/career.asp
Wireless Design Online:  http://www.wirelessdesignonline.com/
Wireless Networks Online:  http://www.wirelessnetworksonline.com/

Environmental, Green, and Natural Resources Roles: 
American Fisheries Society: http://www. fisheries.org  
Energy:  http://www.verticalnet.com/
Environmental Career.com:  http://environmentalcareer.com/
Environmental Education: http://eelink.net
Environmental Jobs and Careers:  http://www.ejobs.org/
Green Drink (networking first Tuesday):  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/portlandgreendrinks/
Hydro Carbon Online:  http://www.hydrocarbononline.com/
Job Reservoir - Water and Wastewater Jobs:  http://www.jobreservoir.com/
Natural Step Framework network:  http://www.ortns.org/
Naturalist Network: http://www.environetwork.com/
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance:  www.nwalliance.org
Oil and Gas Online:  http://www.oilandgasonline.com/
Orion:  http://www.oriononline.org/pages/ogn/services/ICS/ogninternships.html
Strategic Economic Development Corporation (SEDCOR): http://www.sedcor.com/
Sign up for e-newsletter containing job opportunities: www.4sos.org
Society for Conservation Biology: http://conbio.net/jobs/
Society of Environmental Toxicology (SETAC):  http://www.setac.org/
Solid Waste:  http://www.solidwaste.com/
The Environmental Careers Organization:  http://www.eco.org/
Power Online:  http://www.poweronline.com/
Pollution Online:  http://www.pollutiononline.com/
Public Works:  http://www.publicworks.com/
Universities Water Information Network:
http://www.uwin.siu.edu/announce/jobs/
Water Online:  http://www.wateronline.com/

Regional Arts & Culture Roles:
Council Art Jobs:  http://www.racc.org/resources/_ANJobs.php
Americans for the Arts- Job Bank: http://www.americansforthearts.org/e_services/jbank/jbank.asp
Artcareer Network: http://www.artcareer.net
Artjob: http://www.ArtJob.org
Artist Trust (WA): http://www.artisttrust.org/
Backstagejobs: http://www.backstagejobs.com
CraigsList: http://portland.craigslist.org/med/
Creative Hotline: http://www.creativehotlist.com
Cultural Commons: http://www.culturalcommons.org/
Fine Art Directory: http://www.art-online.com
Global Art Jobs: http://www.globalartjobs.com/about_us.html
Museum Employment Resource Center (MERC): http://www.museum-employment.com/
National Art Education Association (NAEA)- art teacher job openings (nationally): http://www.naea-reston.org/
National Writers Union Job Hotline: http://www.nwu.org/hotline/
Opportunity Knocks (for Non-Profit jobs): http://opportunityknocks.org
Oregon Film and Video Office: for film and production jobs in Oregon: http://www.oregonfilm.org
Sunoasis Jobs: http://www.sunoasis.com
Visual Nation:  http://www.visualnation.com/arts/artjobs.html 

Information Technology Roles:
Brain Buzz (network engineers, developers, etc.):  http://jobs.brainbuzz.com/
Brass Ring (IT and tech):  http://www.brassring.com
CIO level jobs:  http://jobs.cio.com/
*Computer Jobs:  http://www.computerjobs.com/
Computer Work:  http://www.computerwork.com/
C++ Jobs:  http://www.cplusplusjobs.com/
Data Base Jobs:  http://www.databasejobs.com/
Developers Net:  http://www.developers.net/
Dice:  http://dice.com/
EBug (B2B & Internet commerce):  http://www.ebug.com/ 
Internet and IT Networking:  http://internet.com/
Internet World http://www.headhunter.net/Custom/CBJump.htm?lr=cbpt_it&siteID=itPT
IT Careers.com (IT professionals):  http://itcareers.careercast.com/texis/js
Jobs for Programmers:  http://www.prgjobs.com/
Nation jobs in computer field:  http://www.nationjob.com/computers/
Monster:  http://www.monster.com/
Tech Jobs:  http://www.computerjobs.com/homepage.aspx
Visual Basic Jobs:  http://www.visualbasicjobs.com/
Visual Basic Association, www.pdxvbug.com
Web programming jobs:  http://www.webprogrammingjobs.com/

Finance Roles:
Bloomberg:  http://www.bloomberg.com/
Brokerage Consultants, Inc:  http://www.brokerageconsultants.com/
Careers in Business:  http://www.careers-in-business.com/
Career Mosaic:  http://www.careermosaic.com/cm/accounting/accounting2.html
Financial Career:  http://www.fincareer.com/
Financial Executives Networking Group:  http://www.pdxfeng.com/
Jobs in the Money:  http://www.jobsinthemoney.com/
Search Up:  http://www.searchup.com/finance/

Legal, Paralegal, Enforcement and Investigation:
911 Hot Jobs: http://www.911hotjobs.com
American Alliance of Paralegals Inc.:  http://www.aapipara.org/Jobbank.htm
American Bar Association Career Corner:  http://www.abanet.org/lsd/jobopp.html
Association of Corporate Counsel:  http://jobs.acca.com/search/browse/
Attorney Jobs: http://www.attorneyjobs.com
Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (Employment and Links):  http://www.calea.org
Cop Career: http://www.copcareer.com
Corrections Connection: http://www.corrections.com
Counsel.net: http://counsel.net/jobs/
Federal Law Clerk Information System, https://lawclerks.ao.uscourts.gov
International Association of Crime Analysts:  http://www.iaca.net/JobOps.asp
International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training:  http://www.iadlest.org
Int'l. Paralegal Mgmt. Assoc.:  http://www.paralegalmanagement.org/ipma/
Jail.net: http://www.jail.net
Jobs4Police: http://www.jobs4police.com
Law Enforcement Recruiting Directory: http://www.officer.com/recruiting/index.htm
Law Enforcement Jobs:  http://www.lawenforcementjob.com
Lawyers Weekly Jobs: http://www.lawyersweeklyjobs.com
Legal Employment: http://www.legalemploy.com
National Para Legal Assoc.:  http://www.nationalparalegal.org/
National Federation of Paralegal Assoc.:  http://www.paralegals.org/
Official Directory of State Patrol & State Police:  http://www.statetroopersdirectory.com
Oregon Careers in Correction: http://www.doc.state.or.us  
Oregon Courts, Oregon Justice Dept.:  http://www.ojd.state.or.us/Personnel/JobPost.nsf/All?OpenView&Count=100
Oregon Law Firms - Statewide Database: http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/employers?areatype=04&stfips=41&areacode=01000000&action=code&nothing=&name=541110&key=Continue
Oregon Paralegal Assoc.:  http://www.oregonparalegals.org/news.php
Oregon State Bar:  http://osbar.legalstaff.com/
Police Jobs:  http://www.policejobs.com
US District Court/Oregon Employment Opportunities: http://www.ord.uscourts.gov/emp/jobs.html
For private security firms:  http://www.pcc.edu/staff/index.cfm/1035,9154,30,html

Security Networking Roles:
Computer Related Investigations Management & Education (CRIME): http://lists.jammed.com/crime/
CRIME home page:  http://crime.zotconsulting.com/slides/osu-ethics/text22.htm
Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Portland chapter:  http://www.issa-portland.org/
ISSA Portland Oregon Yahoo Groups:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ISSA-Portland-OR/
ISSA National: http://www.issa.org/
Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA):  http://www.isaca-oregon.org/
Information Technology Association Of America (ITAA): http://www.itaa.org/news/pr/chron.cfm
InfraGard: http://www.infraguard.net/
RAINS and Oregon Regional Alliance for Information and Network Security:  
http://www.oregonrains.org/

Medical, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology Role Sites:
All is Well Medical Staffing - www.allswell.net
American Assoc of Medical Assistants - http://www.aama-ntl.org
Bioresearch Online:  http://www.bioresearchonline.com/
Drug Discovery Online:  http://www.drugdiscoveryonline.com/
Healthcare Information and Management systems Society (HIMSS):  http://www.himss.org/ASP/index.asp
Health Jobs USA - www.absolutelyhealthcare.com or www.healthjobsusa.com
Indian Health Service – www.ihs.gov
LabForce Staffing - http://www.labforceservices.com/staffing.htm
Laboratory Network:  http://www.laboratorynetwork.com/
Maxim Health Care Services - http://www.maximhealthcare.com/
Medical Design:  http://www.medicaldesignonline.com/
Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland - http://www.msmp.org/
Onward Healthcare - http://www.onwardhealthcare.com/index.aspx
Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (OAHHS):  http://www.oahhs.org/
Oregon Bioscience Association (OBA): http://www.oregonbio.org/
Thera Tech Staffing - http://www.theratechstaffing.com/
Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association:  http://www.wabio.com/
Women’s Health Assoc. Inc. – www.whallc.com/about/jobs.htm
For local list of hospitals and clinics: http://www.pcc.edu/staff/index.cfm/1035,9155,30,html

Senior (over 50) Networking Roles:
Dinosaur Exchange (international): http://Dinosaur-Exchange.com
Jobs for Seniors.com:  http://www.jobsforseniors.com/  
Employment Network for Retired Government Experts: http://enrge.us/
Senior Job Bank:  http://seniorjobbank.com/
Seniors 4 Hire:  http://seniors4hire.org/
Your Encore:  http://www.YourEncore.com/ 

Temp and Temp to Hire:
Net Temps:  http://www.net-temps.com/

Human Resource and Training Roles:
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD): http://www.astd.org/astd/careers/job_bank
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) (Cascadia Chapter):  http://www.astdcascadia.org/jobs/job_listings.html
HR Consultants: HR Guide to Internet Resources from HR-Guide.Com:  http://www.hr-guide.com/data/009.htm
International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI):
http://www.brainhunter.com/CareerSite/ISPI/ISPICareerSite.htm
Lake Washington Human Resources Association:
http://www.lwhra.org/wasamasnhr/careers.nsf/home?Openform
NHRMA – HR Development for the Northwest:  http://www.nhrma.org/default.asp?page=8&show=1
Organization Development Network (Must purchase a subscription to use job bank):
http://jobs.odnetwork.org/c/login/login.cfm?site_id=110&status=arrive&t=2
Portland Human Resources Management Association:  http://phrma.hrdpt.com/cgi-bin/a/searchjobs_quick.cgi
Portland Industrial & Organizational Psychology Association (PIOPA): http://www.shapeconsulting.com/piopa/?events
Salem SHRM:  http://www.shrmsalem.org/jobbank.html
Seattle SHRM:  http://www.shrm-seattle.com/job-bank.html
Society of Human Resources Management:  http://jobs.shrm.org/jobseekerx/

Lists of Public Sector Roles:
CascadeLink:  www.cascadelink.org  (city, county and state government jobs)
General Services Administration (GSA): https://jobs1.quickhire.com/scripts/gsa.exe/runuserinfo?Haveusedbefore=5
Federal Jobs:  http://www.usajobs.org
Metro: http://www.metro-region.org/pssp.cfm?ProgServID=21
Oregon job list:  http://www.oregonjob.org
City of Portland:  http://www.ci.portland.or.us/jobs/
USA Jobs (federal positions):  http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/

Nonprofit Organizational Roles:
CNRG - Community Nonprofit Resources Group: http://www.cnrg-portland.org/
Craigslist:  http://portland.craigslist.org/npo/
Employment Spot: http://www.employmentspot.com/features/nonprofit.htm
GuideStar.org:  http://www.guidestar.org/
Idea List.org (state by state listing): http://www.idealist.org/if/as/Job
Involved:  www.oregonnonprofitassociation.org
The Performance Center (Sr. mgmt to assist with org. changes):  http://www.performancecenter.org/
Technical Assistance for Community Services (TACS):  http://www.tacs.org/index.asp

Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations Pros Roles:
American Advertising Federation (US) and American Marketing 
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Media Life Magazine’s classifieds (US):
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Multimedia Association:  http://www.oregon.org/
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Product Development and Management Association Job Bank (US):
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Portland Advertising Federation: http://www.portlandadfed.com/
Public Relations Society of America: http://www.prsa-portland.org/
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Research Info’s Market Research Employment Center (US and Worldwide): 
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Management and Business Roles:
Careers in Business:  http://www.careers-in-business.com/
Career Mosaic:  http://www.careermosaic.com/cm/accounting/accounting2.html
ExecuNet (local office - fee based):  http://www.execunet.com/
Mosaic Blueprint (roles over $100K):  http://www.mosaicblueprint.com/
Portland Chamber of Commerce:  www.pdxchamber.org
Society for Human Resources Management:  www.shrm.org
UpLadder (fee based):  http://up.theladders.com/

Summer or Intern Positions: 
Business Education Compact (BEC):  http://www.becpdx.org/
Comp jobs:  http://www.campjobs.com
Great Summer jobs:  http://www.greatsummerjobs.com
Idea List:  http://www.idealist.org
Intern jobs:  http://www.internjobs.com
Internships:  http://www.internships.wetfeet.com
Overseas jobs:  http://www.overseasjobs.com
Resort jobs:  http://www.resortjobs.com
Rising Star Internship:  http://www.rsinternships.com/rshome.htm
Summer jobs:  http://www.summerjobs.com

Interviewing tips:
Abounding Careers:  http://www.aboundingcareers.com/ (undergoing update)
Career Info Net:  www.acinet.org/acinet (click on “Career Resource Library”)
Net Temps:  http://www.net-temps.com/adcgi/banner.cgi?ref=crnews&ch=1458&id=crs_1458
Wall Street Journal:  www.careerjournal.com

Military support websites:
Department of Labor:  www.CareerOneStop.org/military
Matches job seekers with active security clearances:  www.ClearanceJobs.com
Post resume for firms looking for former military:  www.DestingGroup.com
Department of Defense:  www.DoDTransPortal.dod.mil
Companies looking to recruit former military:  www.OperationHeroForHire.com
Single source for transition:  www.TAOnline.com
Caters to separated or transitioning military:  www.VetJobs.com

Free Training:
Baycongroup.com:  www.baycongroup.com
Capital Career Center (job workshops):  http://www.workforceallianceonline.org/calendar_wfa.html
Docmail:  http://www.docmail.com/learn/Word.htm
HP online training:  http://hplearningcenter.com/ or http://www.learningcenter.com/?mcID=em15
Learn That:  http://www.learnthat.com/courses/computer/
Linux training site:  http://www.linux.org
Lunch & Learn through the Multnomah County Library:
http://www.multcolib.org/events/brownbag.html
Massachusetts Institute of Technology online training:
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
Mentor Graphics:  http://www.mentor.com/es/dwp/
Microsoft software for training (free - limited):  http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx
Multnomah County Library computer classes:
http://events.multcolib.org/events/cfml/index.cfm?action=1101&CategoryID=10
OGI training courses (note free training):  http://www.cpd.ogi.edu/shoplist_1.asp
OHSU Brain Awareness:
http://www.oregonbrains.org/outreach/baw/events/index.shtml
Tigard Library (hands-on):    http://www.ci.tigard.or.us/library/programs_events/computer_classes.asp
Tutorials: www.baycongroup.com  Click on “software tutorials” 
      (Word, Excel, RealPlayer, Paint Shop Pro, Flash 5)
University of Texas:  http://web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh/index.cfm
W3 Schools:  http://www.w3schools.com/

Information about Oregon firms:
Oregon firm information and location maps: http://www.switchboard.com/bin/cgidir.dll?MEM=221&S=OR&C=Acumed&x=7&y=3
Oregon business:  http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/OlmisZine
Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division:  http://www.filinginoregon.com/
Oregon state OLMIS system (future growth by industry and position):  http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/OlmisZine

Salary Analysis:
Best Jobs USA (job leads, salary surveys and more):  www.bestjobsusa.com
Calculator for salary, relocation and cost of living by area:  http://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html
ACCRA -The Council for Community and Economic Research: http://www.coli.org/
Greythorn salary index:  http://www.greythornsalaryindex.com/
GM Ryan salary and moving calculators:  http://www.gmryan.com/candidates/relocation.htm
Monster salary tool:  http://promotions.monster.com/salary/
Pay Scale salary report: http://www.payscale.com/?src=G33x
Oregon Employment (OLMIS) Wages&Income:  http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/OlmisZine
The Riley Guide:  http://www.rileyguide.com/salguides.html
Salary.com (fee based): www.salary.com
Salary Expert:  http://www.salaryexpert.com/
U.S. Department of Labor: http://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm
Wall Street Journal (salary search):  www.careerjournal.com

Social On-Line Networking Groups and Tools:
Ecademy®:  http://www.ecademy.com
Facebook®: http://en-us.facebook.com/
Konnects®:  http://www.konnects.com/index.jsp
LinkedIn®: https://www.linkedin.com/home
Plaxo:  http://www.plaxo.com/
Real Contacts:  http://jobs.realcontacts.com/home.asp
Spoke®:  http://www.spoke.com/
Twitter®:  http://twitter.com/
UNYK®:  http://www.unyk.com/

Networking with People:
Business Network International (BNI):  www.bni-oregon.com
Executive Officer's Club: http://www.eocnw.com/
Networking Opportunities:  http://www.stcwvc.org/galley/0203/b7.htm
Portland Speed Networking: http://www.portlandspeednetworking.com/
PRO (Professional Resource Organization): http://oregonpro.com/
Ryze Business Networking:  http://www.ryze.com/index.php?
Take the Lead: http://www.itakethelead.org/
Toastmasters International:  www.toastmasters.org

Volunteer Resources:
Community Non-Profit Resource Group (CNRG):  http://www.cnrg-portland.org/

Career Support:
Career Tips newsletter (email):  CareerTipsAndAdvise-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Networking sites with list of other Groups:
Great info site with group links (The US Group is no longer meeting)
http://www.geocities.com/theusgroup/index.htm

Self Assessment Tools:
Bowling Green State University, Career Center (self assessment and career assessments):  
http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/career/students/index.html
Career Planning and self-assessment:  http://jobs.esc.state.nc.us/soicc/planning/c1.htm
Career link Inventory:  http://www.mpc.edu/cl/climain.htm
Career research, job search, skills:  http://www.olmis.org
Enneagram Institute:  http://www.enneagraminstitute.com/
Human Performance Institute (HPI):  http://www.poweroffullengagement.com/assessment_profile.html
Keirsey Temperament:  http://www.keirsey.com/
Live Career (career testing):  http://www.livecareer.com/default.asp?lp=TG6A&cobrand=CLEAR
Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential (MAPP):  http://www.assessment.com
Myers Briggs instrument:  http://www.humanmetrics.com
Personality type: http://www.personalitytype.com/
Transferable skills survey:  http://www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/car/self/career_transfer_survey.html
University of Waterloo Career Center:  http://www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca/step1.asp
US Department of the Interior Career Manager:  http://www.doi.gov/octc/index.html

Resume writing:
4 Step Resume:  www.15min-resume.com
How to create Winning Resumes:  www.eresumewriting.com
Job Web:  http://www.jobweb.com/resumes%5Finterviews/
Quintessential Careers:  http://www.quintcareers.com/
http://www.jobweb.com/Resumes_Interviews/enelow-r.html
Resume Redux (hiring manger view):  http://www.resumeredux.com/
Riley Guide (cover letters and resume info):  http://www.rileyguide.com/
Smart Career Moves Resume Generator:  http://www.careersonline.com.au/smartmoves.resumegenerator.html

Job Fairs:
Career Builder job fairs:  http://www.careerbuilder.com/Jobposter/CareerFairs/
City of Portland job fair:  http://www.portlandonline.com/bhr
Hire Quest (sales and marketing) career fair:  http://www.hirequest.com/can_fair_index.html
Jammin 95.5 annual career fair (annual in spring):  http://jamminfm.com/ArDisplay.aspx?ID=48614&SecID=23
National Career Fairs:  http://www.nationalcareerfairs.com/index.php?p=career_fair_details&id=624
Nonprofit Career Fairs (Portland):   http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/CareerFair/Viewer/default?career-fair-id=102
Oregon Employment Dept.: http://egov.oregon.gov/DAS/STJOBS/fairs.shtml
Pacific NW Tech Career Fairs (Portland & Seattle):  http://www.pacificnwtech.org/
Portland Community College:  http://www.pcc.edu/resources/careers/fairs/cascade/
Urban League of Portland (annual):  http://www.ulpdx.org/events/2003/ulop_career_conn.html
Westside Job & Career Fair:  http://www.westsidelink.com

Informational Interviewing:
State of Oregon:  http://egov.oregon.gov/DAS/HR/docs/train/InfoInt.pdf
Wall Street Journal:  www.careerjournal.com

Gender Based networks:
The Business Journal of Portland:  http://portland.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/portland/content/localsites/

Life Tools:
Personal mission & vision:  http://www.lifetoolsforwomen.com/p/write-mission-vision.htm
Vision statement:  http://www.timethoughts.com/goalsetting/vision-statements.htm
Business mission & vision:  http://www.sideroad.com/Business_Communication/mission-and-vision-statement.html
CEO mission and vision:  http://www.refresher.com/!recipe.html

Software tools:
Job Tabs (helps manage your candidacy):  www.jobtabs.com

Transition Books:
The 50 Most Asked Questions from the Newly Unemployed,  by Cleon Cox 
Become Who You Were Born to Be,  by Brian Souza
Don’t Get a Job, Get a Life,  by Erik Vonk
Never Eat Alone,   by Keith Ferrazzi 
Networking: Insiders’ Strategies for Tapping the Hidden Market Where Most Jobs Are Found,  by Douglas B. Richardson (out of print)
Pathfinder:  How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success,  by Nicholas Lore
Want A Better Fantastic Job?  by Pam Gross and Peter Paskill
What Color Is Your Parachute 2006,  by Richard Bolles
Winning the Job Race: Pathways Through Transition,  By Jack Heyden and Scott Kane

Starting and Growing Your Own Business/Role:
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network:  http://www.oen.org/events/
Oregon Start Ups (have a weekly event calendar):  http://oregonstartups.com/events.html
Oregon Technology Business Incubator (OTBC): http://entrepreneur.meetup.com/1041/calendar/
Small Business website:  http://smallbusinessadvocate.com/
Self Employed Creative Professionals:  http://www.selfemployedcreatives.org/events.htm
Starve Ups:  http://www.starveups.com/starveups/

Personal and Business Cards:
VistaPrint (keep an eye our for free upgrades, pay shipping):  http://www.vistaprint.com/
Iprint (low cost):  http://www.iprint.com