Job Seeker Resources
National
Job Banks
America's Job Bank
Visit our site and see how we can help you find the job that's right for you. Thousands of new jobs are posted daily by employers searching for someone like you.
America's Service Locator
Employers and job seekers can find the services they need at a convenient Career One-Stop Center.
Avue Central
Avue Central is a federal employment service provided absolutely free to the public. It’s the fastest and easiest way to find and apply for federal employment. Avue Central offers completely private, safe, and secure access to thousands of federal jobs worldwide.
BestJobsUSA
Site operated by Recourse Communications, the largest publisher of recruitment advertising in the United States.
BilingualCareer
BilingualCareer.com is an employment search site that specializes in matching qualified multilingual professionals with satisfying careers in all industries.
CareerBuilder
Local and national job postings.
Hire Health
BioPharmaceutical career site.
Senior Job Bank
Free service for people over age 50 looking for full-time, part-time, temporary or volunteer work.
Thingamajob
Thingamajob is a free online employment resource provided by the Allegis Group, parent company to some of the world's largest staffing companies including Aerotek, TEKsystems, and Mentor 4, Inc. Thingamajob helps the Allegis Group family of staffing companies recruit the best talent, people just like you, for positions with Fortune 1000 companies.
WATeach – Washington Center for Teaching Careers
WATeach is a one-stop information and referral recruitment center for individuals who may be interested in a teaching career. WATeach offers a variety of informational and advisor-assisted services to prospective teachers.
Temporary and Seasonal Job Banks
About Jobs
Jobs for students, recent graduates, expatriates and adventure seekers.
Accounttemps
Temporary staffing service specializing in accounting and financial positions.
Cool Works
Cool Works® is about you finding a seasonal job or career in some of the greatest places on Earth.
Express Personnel Services
Providing jobs, staffing solutions and franchise opportunities through a network of over 400 locations worldwide.
JobMonkey
JobMonkey features employers from all around the world, from fishing boats to cruise lines and casinos.
Kelly Services
The Kelly Career Network™ provides opportunities in more than 40 industries, from the office, to the tech site, to the law firm and beyond.
Manpower Professional
Source for employment opportunities and workforce management services.
Office Team
Administrative staffing positions.
Research Tools
America's Career InfoNet
Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and the most extensive career resource library online.
Career Journal
The Wall Street Journal's site for job searching executives.
Career Voyages
Career information from the Department of Labor.
College Opportunities Online
Presents data on institution prices, financial aid, enrollment, and type of programs that are offered by the institution. Designed to help college students, future students, and their parents understand the differences between colleges and how much it costs to attend college.
eResumes
Resumes and resume writing services including free sample resumes and professional resume examples, resume cover letters, templates and formats. All the resume help and tips you will need to create, make, write, post and send professional resumes and cover letters.
Government Benefits
GovBenefits.gov is a free, confidential pre-screening tool to help you identify resources that may be available to you.
Government Loans
Gateway to Federal loan information, brought to you by the U.S. government.
Federal Financial Aid
Free application for Federal Student Aid, provided by the U.S. Department of Education.
Job-Hunt.org
The purpose of the Job-Hunt.Org Web site is to provide the most comprehensive listing of useful Internet-accessible job-search resources and services on the Web, in a format which is most useful to job seekers
Occupational Outlook Handbook
A nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
O*NET Online
Research careers and their training requirements or enter your skills to find appropriate jobs in this database of occupational information.
Assessment Tools
Career Test and Personal Profile
The career test involves answering several pages of simple but carefully-constructed questions about yourself. Upon completion of the career quiz, you are taken directly to your free FPYC Personal Profile.
Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential (MAPP)
Free sample assessment to discover your strengths, your styles for communications, learning and leadership. See what career is best for you.
Temperament Sorter II
AdvisorTeam's Temperament Sorter is the leading personality assessment tool available online. Created to help you gain new understanding of your traits, motivations, and behaviors, the Temperament Sorter analyzes one particular aspect of personality: temperament. (Also known as the Kiersey Character Sorter.)
Virtual Diagnostics
This site is designed to help individuals and communities develop themselves, their relationships, and their futures. Offers a number of diagnostics and survey tools designed to identify an individual's and group's (teams, communities, etc) strengths and developmental needs. All diagnostics are provided FREE of charge.
Free Email Accounts
Military
The US Armed Forces offer training and money for school in exchange for service to our country. Check out the official sites for more info:
Statewide
Community Resources
No Wrong Door
A quick and easy web navigation tool for people needing information about social and health services provided by Washington State.
Unemployment Insurance
Washington State's online "unemployment office," presented by the Employment Security Department's Unemployment Insurance (UI) Division.
Job Banks and Listings
Washington State Department of Personnel
Official listing of job openings with the State of Washington.
WorkSource Washington
Career Path Services is a local WorkSource Affiliate Site. You can find jobs posted by our staff for employers on the WorkSource job board, as well as jobs posted by employers themselves or by WorkSource staff. Please be sure to follow the instructions on each job order for how to apply for the specific position.
Research Tools
Governor's Committee on Disability Issues and Employment
Washington State Skill Standards
What do workers need to know and be able to do to succeed in today's workplace? And how do we know when workers are performing well? This site is designed to provide information about Washington's Skill Standards projects, link industry partners with schools and colleges, inform individuals about Skill Standards, and link Washington with national efforts.
Where Are You Going?
This guide, created by the Washington Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, provides information on more than 320 occupations in Washington State, and on various schools and training programs, financial aid, and related services.
WOIS/The Career Information System
A private, nonprofit organization that researches and distributes information about Washington careers, schools and training programs to schools, career counselors, libraries and other agencies.
Workforce Explorer Washington
Washington State's source for useful economic information to help you make informed decisions as you plan your career. Includes assessments to help you identify career fields.
Spokane
Community Resources
Spokane Community Resource Directory
Complete listing of services and types of assistance available in Spokane, including childcare, clothing, food, transportation, healthcare, housing, utilities and more. Created by the Institute for Extended Learning.
Spokane Housing Authority
The Spokane Housing Authority is dedicated to increasing safe, affordable housing and providing opportunities for persons experiencing barriers to housing in Spokane, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Lincoln and Whitman counties.
SNEDA - Spokane Neighborhood Economic Development Alliance
A neighborhood-based, nonprofit organization that aims to help small businesses improve their profitability and create jobs. Includes resources for self-employment.
WorkSource Spokane
WorkSource Spokane's web site of job seeker and employer resources available in Spokane County.
Job Banks and Local Employers
Career Path Services list of Employers
Spokesman-Review Online Classifieds
SpokesmanReview.com, an online service of The Spokesman-Review, is the premier site for local, regional and national news and advertising information.
WorkSource Spokane's list of local employers and job banks
Career Path Services is a WorkSource Affiliate - be sure to check out WorkSource Spokane's resources as well.
Youth Synergy
Free community job board for young adults.
Training
Apollo College
Training for medical, dental and health careers.
Community Colleges of Spokane
Includes Spokane Community College, Spokane Falls Community College and the Institute for Extended Learning. More than 90 professional/technical programs are offered at SCC and SFCC varying in length from one quarter to two years.
Construction and Industrial Workforce Development Center (CIWDC)
The CIWDC is a state licensed private vocational school operated by the Inland Northwest AGC to provide the best possible training available in the industrial and construction industries.
Humanix
Humanix is the largest full-service staffing and training service in the Inland Northwest.
Interface Computer School
Interface Computer School offers cutting edge training in a variety of career areas (check out the Training Programs section), and all programs lead to several industry certifications. The school is also fully accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET), a national accrediting agency listed by the U.S. Secretary of Education.
New Horizons Computer Learning Centers
New Horizons offers Classroom Learning, "classrooms on the Web", or self-paced Online Anytime Learning.
Northwest Laborers Training Trust
Provides state-of-the-art construction training in the Northwest, from concrete placement to hazardous waste removal.
Quest Integration
Headquartered in Post Fall, ID, Quest Integration offers regional training on topics related to engineering, including CAD, CAM, FEA and PDM solutions.
Spokane Area Professional-Technical Skills Center
A cooperative of the Central Valley, Cheney, Deer Park, East Valley, Mead, Medical Lake, Nine Mile Falls, Spokane, and West Valley School Districts, the Skills Center offers junior and senior-level high school students the opportunity to attend Career & Technical Education courses that are not available at their high schools.
Western States Engineers Training Institute
The mission of Western States Engineers Training Institute is to provide innovative up-to-date technical training to supply employers of the industrial and construction industries with the highest quality workforce possible.
Additional training providers can be found using Washington State's Eligible Training Provider List online system.
Regional
Idaho Commerce and Labor
Government site of resources available in Idaho, similar to those offered by the WorkSource system in Washington.
Jobdango
Jobdango, a Portland, Oregon based company, serves the needs of Pacific Northwest people-whether you are a job seeker looking for that perfect job, or an employer looking for that perfect employee, Jobdango provides the service to connect the two.
North Idaho College (NIC)
Founded in 1933, North Idaho College is a comprehensive community college providing a wide array of academic, professional-technical, and workforce training programs.
Colville
Community Resources
Colville Statesman-Examiner
Northeast Washington's largest community newspaper.
Rural Resources
Rural Resources Community Action is part of a network of 1000 Community Action Agencies that serve low-income families and individuals throughout the United States. Services are offered in Ferry, Pend Oreille and Stevens Counties of Northeast Washington state.
Spokane Housing Authority
The Spokane Housing Authority is dedicated to increasing safe, affordable housing and providing opportunities for persons experiencing barriers to housing in Spokane, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Lincoln and Whitman counties.
Omak
Community Resources
Okanogan Behavioral Healthcare
Provides quality behavioral health services to persons of all ages, cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
Okanogan County Resource Directory
Guide to services available in Okanogan County provided by Room One, a non-profit health education and human resource center promoting health and well-being for people of all ages.
Omak Chronicle
Online version of the newspaper serving Okanogan County since 1910.
WorkSource Okanogan
WorkSource web site of job seeker and business resources available in Okanogan County.
Tri-Cities
Community Resources
Tri-Cities Community Services Directory
Listing of services available in the Tri-Cities area, provided by Washington State University's Tri-Cities branch.
Tri-Cities Herald
Newspaper serving Kennewick, Pasco and Richland, WA.
Tri-Cities Works/WorkSource Columbia Basin
WorkSource Columbia Basin's web site of job seeker and employer resources available in Benton and Franklin counties.