Researching Employers

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Business & Industry

• Chambers of Commerce:
  1. Metro South Chamber of Commerce (MA)
  2. Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce
  3. South Shore Chamber of Commerce
  4. Taunton Chamber of Commerce
  5. Cranberry Country Chamber of Commerce
• Hoover's Online "The Ultimate Source for Company Information"
• South Shore Women's Business Network
  
• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

Federal, State & Local Government

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts Home Page
  Information includes:
  1. Hierarchical map of Mass. government
  2. Government Services listing by subject (i.e. Business/Economy, Children, Disabilities, Education/Art, Environment, Social Services, Recreation, and more...
• State of Maine Home Page
• State of Vermont Home Page
• State of New Hampshire Home Page
• State of Rhode Island Home Page
• State of Connecticut Home Page
• Official Government Websites - A Library of Congress Internet Resource Page providing links to all areas of the federal government.
• HRS Federal Job Search - This site searches and downloads federal vacancy announcements nightly from federal agencies. Users can register by occupations, locations and salary ranges.
• Call To Serve
• USAJOBS - The U.S. Government's official site for jobs and employment information provided by the United States Office of Personnel Management.
• USASearch

Health & Hospitals

• HospitalLink.com - A national listing of Hospitals and health centers arranged by state.

Nonprofit Organizations

• GuideStar: The Donor's Guide to the Nonprofit Universe: This is a great site to locate the hard to find nonprofits in any geographic location. Searches may be done by name, keyword, focus and location. The database provides information on address, contact information, number of employees and volunteers, revenue and program areas.
• BUNAC: A non-profit organization that sponsors a number of work/travel programs to destinations around the world.

School Systems

• American School Directory - Find vital school information on all 108,000 K-12 schools in America.  View calendars, menus, contact information, wish lists and even student artwork.
• National Public School and School District Locator - Information on public schools and school districts in the United States.
• Yahoo K - 12 Search
• Massachusetts Department of Education, School District Profiles
• Vermont Department of Education

Private School Resources

• NAIS - National Association of Independent Schools
• ABS - Schools online, presented by the Association of Boarding Schools
• AMS - Listings of American Montessori Society Accredited Schools

Yellow Pages

• Interactive Yellow Pages
• Internet Yellow Pages

Search Engines

If you are unable to find the information you're looking for through the above links, try doing a WWW search using these search engines:

Last Modified: October 24, 2011