AARP Featured Employers
This AARP Foundation program helps job seekers find jobs with companies that appreciate mature workers.

America's Career InfoNet
Your information source for smart career decisions. Users can find wage and employment trends, occupational requirements, state-by-state labor markets, millions of employer contacts, and more.

America's Job Bank
The biggest and busiest job market in cyberspace. Job seekers can post their resume where thousands of employers search every day, search for job openings automatically, and find their dream job fast. Employers can post job listings in the nation's largest online labor exchange, create customized job orders, and search resumes automatically to find the right people fast.

America's Service Locator
Directs customers to a range of services available in their area: unemployment benefits, job training, youth programs, seminars, education opportunities, disabled or older worker programs and much more.

Bureau of Economic Research – at Marist College
The Bureau of Economic Research produces periodic research analyses of the regional economy.

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
BLS is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor.

The Career & Education Center
The Career and Education Center is your source for quality courses and programs from the nation's leading colleges and universities.

Career OneStop
In line with the Department of Labor’s vision for America's Labor Market Information System, Career OneStop, is a collection of electronic tools, operating as a federal-state partnership, and funded by grants to states.

Dutchess County Children's Services Council
A public-private partnership made up of 100 people from youth service agencies and all walks of life who work together to improve the quality of life for Dutchess County's children, youth, and families.

Dutchess County Economic Development Corporation - DCEDC
DCEDC as a business-led economic development corporation links private and public leaders in a coordinated economic development program, which strives to stimulate business investment, employment diversification and additional tax ratables.

Dutchess County Online - the official portal to Dutchess County, New York

Dutchess County Workforce Housing Coalition - WHC
The Dutchess County Workforce Housing Coalition is a collaboration of Business, Government and Community groups who seek to create housing opportunities, focusing on workers in Dutchess County with varying needs and incomes.

Dutchess Works – Dutchess County’s One Stop Center
Dutchess Works is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing a one-stop resource for employment in Dutchess County, NY. We offer skilled, pre-screened workers for employers. For job seekers they offer access to preparation, training, employment and employment advancement. No fee is charged for our services.

Greater Southern Dutchess Chamber of Commerce
Their work revolves around and depends upon building and strengthening relationships. They also collaborate with local schools, organizations, and businesses to provide innovative, effective education and career development programs for young people and for professionals.

Hudson Valley Workforce and Industry Data
Department of Labor's regionalized workforce and data information that helps both businesses and jobseekers make informed choices by providing a better understanding of current labor market conditions

Jerome Levy Institute of Bard College
The Institute is independent of any political or other affiliation, and encourages diversity of opinion in the examination of economic policy issues while striving to transform ideological arguments into informed debate.

National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA)
The NASWA is the national organization of state administrators of unemployment insurance, employment and training services, and labor market information programs in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
The mission of NASWA is to strengthen the National Workforce Development System through advocacy, liaison and information exchange.

National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB)
NAWB represents business-led Workforce Boards that plan and oversee state and local workforce development and job training programs.

National Innovation Initiative (NII)
Brings together America’s top minds on innovation, sharpens our understanding of changes in the innovation process and how they can be harnessed for economic growth and advocates a strategic, actionable agenda to make the United States the most fertile and attractive environment for innovation.

New York Association of Training and Employment Professionals (NYATEP)
The New York Association of Training and Employment Professionals (NYATEP) is the organization that promotes, enhances, and serves the interests of local workforce investment agencies and system partners in New York State. NYATEP represents the thirty-three Workforce Investment Areas who administer the federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) programs, as well as other federal, State and local workforce development initiatives across New York State.

New York State CareerZone
The CareerZone website brings together multiple sources of career and labor market information to make career exploration and planning for the future a little easier. Students can explore occupations, Jobseekers can use skills checklist to explore jobs and view up-to-date job postings in America's Job Bank and educators can explore the lesson plan database.

New York State Department of Labor
The New York State Department of Labor is New York State’s primary advocate for job creation and economic growth through workforce development. The Department of Labor serves as the State’s principal source for labor market information and offers a variety of services designed to help businesses find workers and people find jobs.

New York State Eligible Training Providers List (NYS-ETPL)
The New York State Eligible Training Provider List was established in compliance with Title 1 of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. The purpose of the ETPL is to present a broad and diverse selection of training choices to support employment goals of individuals. Inclusion on the NYS-ETPL, in itself, does not guarantee that WIA funds are available for enrollment in an eligible offering.

New York State Loves Business – New Attitudes, New Opportunities, New York Their mission is to provide the highest level of assistance and service to businesses in order to encourage economic investment and prosperity in New York State.

National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB)
NAWB represents business-led Workforce Boards that plan and oversee state and local workforce development and job training programs.

Poughkeepsie Area Chamber of Commerce
This private business membership association is comprised of both large and small businesses, as well as private individuals. It is independent of national and local Chambers, but supports their missions and goals. Although the Chamber is not a government agency, it works to foster a healthy relationship between government and the business community.

State Agencies Prepare for the Impact of An Aging New York
A white paper discussion: Preparing for demographic change is a formidable and risky task, as predicting the future is not clear-cut.  New York State is undertaking this task.  The efforts presented in this paper represent the best efforts of New York State government agencies to predict the changes within their missions in the hope of effectively serving older New Yorkers and a more diverse New York in the future.

The State of Working New York 2003
The Fiscal Policy Institute reports on the State of Working in New York 2003: Unbalanced Regional economies through Expansion and Recession.

U.S. Department of Labor

Workforce New York

WorkforceUSA.net
A site designed for the day-to-day needs of workforce development practitioners in community-based organizations, community colleges, private firms, employer associations, unions, economic development organizations, One Stop Career Centers, Workforce Investment Boards and elsewhere.

Links for Teens

Vee's Tips & Hints Column

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PT Job & Career Exploration Sites

 America's Career InfoNet: This is a resource for making informed career decisions. COOL FEATURE: Download video clips about careers, industries, industry groups, abilities, and more.

The Career Key: This is a free service to help you with career choices, career changes, and career planning, job search, and choosing a college major or training program. COOL FEATURE: A free professional career test to measure your skills, abilities, values, interests, and personality. Identify promising jobs and get accurate information about them.  

Career Voyages: Take control of your educational journey and explore career options and find out about high growth jobs and their wages. COOL FEATURES: The site delivers information geared specifically for student exploration but also offers the information with an in depth look at each industry.

New York State CareerZone: This is a free, career exploration and planning system designed especially for New York State students.  COOL FEATURES: Offers assessment tools a password-protected portfolio and detailed job requirements for hundreds of careers.

The Occupational Outlook Handbook: This 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.

Read About.com's Job Search for Teens article. Topics covered include labor laws and working papers, finding a job, and useful links for finding your first part-time job.

Search for a job at SnagAJob.com It lists more than 50,000 part-time and hourly jobs in all industries across the country, or visit About.com's list of Teen Job Sites.