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Websites/Internet Resources
We sort websites by these categories:
Arch. | Landscape Arch. | Planning | Urban Design | Academia | Real Estate | Design | Digital Media | Complementary Careers | Environment | Opportunities Abroad | Contract Work | General | Salary

Architecture Related Sites

A-Matter.com: The global online medium for contemporary architecture.
(http://www.a-matter.com)

About.com: Links to other web sites with job listings in Architecture and Building.
(http://architecture.about.com/arts/architecture/cs/architecturejobs/index.htm)

AEC Job Bank: Search for Architecture and Construction related jobs.
(http://www.aecjobbank.com/)

AEC Workforce: Learn about news in Architecture and Construction. Search for Architecture and Construction related jobs.
(http://www.aecworkforce.com)

AIA Jobs
: AIA career section of the website
(http://aia.jobcontrolcenter.com/)


AIA: The American Institute of Architects has an extensive Career Resources section which includes a list over 800 long of AIA Member Firms on the Web and links to their sites; an Internet version of ProFile's firm database; an opportunity to post your resume; a searchable job board; and other career-related subjects tailored specifically to the design fields.
(http://www.aia.org/)


AIAS: The American Institute of Architecture Students includes information about internships, accreditation and national meetings, as well as a bulletin board of student correspondence.
(http://www.aiasnatl.org)

Akropolis: Information for Architects, Interior designers, Landscape Architects, with headline news, a bookstore and other resources.
(http://www.akropolis.net/)

Akropolis: Information for Interior designers.
(http://www.asid.org/career_center/interior_design_career/index.asp)

ArchCareers.orgt: The website will take you through a detailed outline of graduating with an accredited professional degree in architecture, the "experience" or internship component of becoming an architect, and finally, the exam -- the Architect Registration Examination (A.R.E.). In addition, Architecture Careers provides resources such as interviews with working architects, links to valuable websites including architecture programs and the collateral organizations, a suggested reading list, and an opportunity to ask questions on the process of becoming an architect.
(http://www.archcareers.org)

ArchitectsOnline: This site is the Boston-based resource for and about architects, interior designers and landscape architects.
(http://www.architectsonline.com)

ArchitectsUSA: Architects USA is an Internet directory of over 30,000 architecture firms in the United States of America, covering a wide range: from urban design and planning to furniture design. Their database of listings is derived from the Yellow Pages and information sent by architects.
(http://www.architectsusa.com)

ArchRecord: A forum for architects with topics: "design", "work", "live", "talk".
(http://www.archrecord_construction.com)

Archinect.com:
(http://www.Archinect.com)

ArchVoices: is an independent, monthly email newsletter compiled by interns, for aspiring and young architects. To subscribe, send an email to archvoices-subscribe@egroups.com For more information or to view past issues, please visit their site.
(http://www.archvoices.org/)

BSA: The Boston Society of Architects site includes a Classified section and a guide to consultants and contractors, as well as information about how to join the BSA.
(http://www.architects.org)

Canadian Professional Associations: A list of professional organizations in Canada.
(http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/cio-dpi/index_e.asp)

CFA: Consulting for Architects has a CAD training program and provides job placement for designers, temporary and full-time. They also have a list of job openings for which interested applicants may directly apply, otherwise you may submit your resume to them and be put on a list of designers for hire.
(http://www.cons4arch.com)

Construction Web Links:
(http://www.constructionweblinks.com)

Cyburbia: Has a resource directory on employment and careers in architecture. Explore this site for dozens of links to job openings in various cities around the country, organized alphabetically by city name. The Planning and Architecture Internet Resource Center can also be found on this site, and includes such features as architecture and planning resource directories, an online 'zine about the built environment, and job postings.
(http://www.cyburbia.org)

Design Build Institute of America: A professional organization with many events and resources.
(http://www.dbia.org/)

Intern Development Program: Information on frequently asked questions, IDP state Coordinators, and a discussion group for intern issues.
(http://www.e-architect.com/career/idp/idpinfo.asp)

Intern Development Program- NCARB: Information on IDP from NCARB
(http://www.ncarb.org/idp/)

InsideArch: Get "the inside scoop" on firms from other interns on this site.
(http://www.InsideArch.org)

NCARB: The National Council of Architectural Registration Board provides information on architectural registration exams.
(http://www.ncarb.org)

NAAB: National Architectural Accredidation Board has information on accredidation.
(http://www.naab.org)

National Organization of Minority Architects: NOMA has a discussion group for members and other people interested in discussing issues related to architecture--specifically various minority

Construction Job Store: A real estate job bank, including listings of jobs in construction.
(http://www.constructionjobstore.com)

National Trust for Historic Preservation: Learn more about the National Trust, their travel programs, law and public policy and news in historical preservation.
(http://www.nthp.org)

Profile: Search for many AIA member firms on this site- a great tool!
(http://www.cmdfirstsource.com/profile/index.asp)

Entablature: Site for Architecture firm listings and other news- including listings of firms around the world.

Landscape Architecture Related Sites

ASLA: The American Society of Landscape Architects has a list of job openings and will allow you to post your resume on their site. It also includes information regarding membership, news and events in the field, as well as a link to other landscape architecture related sites.
(http://www.asla.org/)

Canadian Society of Landscape Architects:The site is currently under construction, but they do have some employment listings available at this time (11/28/00).
(http://www.csla.ca/eng/)

Landscape Design On-Line: This site "aims to provide the most informative and up-to-date information for landscape architects, architects, planners, ecologists, horticulturists, and all those interested in improving the physical environment in which they live or work." Includes information regarding competitions, jobs, news and events.
(http://www.landscape.co.uk)

Planning Related Sites

ACSP: Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning posts jobs in planning research and education, conference information, and a guide to city and regional planning and planning education.
(http://www.acsp.org/)

APA: The American Planning Association web site is extensive. You will also find information on becoming a certified planner, consultant services for employers and job seekers, as well as information on careers in planning.
(http://www.planning.org)

CaliJobs: Site with job listings for California government jobs. You may also sign up for email notification of jobs.
(http://www.caljobs.ca.gov/)

CHAPA: Citizens' Housing and Planning Association is the non-profit umbrella organization for affordable housing and community development activities throughout Mass. It is the only statewide group that represents all interests in the housing field.
(http://www.chapa.org)

Cyburbia: Has a resource directory on employment and careers in planning. Explore this site for dozens of links to job openings in various cities around the country, organized alphabetically by city name. The Planning and Architecture Internet Resource Center can also be found on this site, and includes such features as architecture and planning resource directories, an online 'zine about the built environment, and job postings.
(http://www.cyburbia.org)

Federal Jobs: This site allows you to sign up to have job opportunities emailed to you.
(http://www.hrsjobs.com/)

Careers In Government: A listing of government jobs.
(http://www.careersingovernment.com)

Government Jobs
(http://www.GOVJOBS.com/)

Jobs for Planners: Links to internet and journal job banks and other career resources.
(http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/jobs.html)

Jobs Fed.com

(http://www.jobsfed.com/)

Planetizen
Planning & Development News, Jobs, & Events. (http://www.planetizen.com/)

Mass. APA: The Massachusetts Chapter of the APA has the APA monthly newsletter available as a PDF file for download and other resources for planners.
(http://www.massapa.org)

Planners Network: (http://www.plannersnetwork.org)

Private Practice Division: The Private Practice Division of the American Planning Association represents planning professionals in the private sector. The Division sponsors projects, issues a quarterly newsletter, and sponsors National APA Conference sessions. Has a helpful list of links.
(http://www.privatepracticeplanning.org)

State.Gov: A listing of state agencies.
(http://www.state.gov)

ULI: The Urban Land Institute's extensive website includes a bookstore with hundreds of specialized titles, as well as--under "resources"--weblinks re: housing, retail, and over 75 links to real estate and planning sites.
(http://www.uli.org)

Urban Planning Job Links: Job types are distributed into categories.
(http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/7442/jobs.html)

Urban Design Related Sites

Rudi.net:Has news on Urban Design Projects, featured practices and projects, profiles of Designers, and other resources.
(http://www.rudi.net/)

Real Estate Related Sites

AREUEA: The American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association web site includes information about conferences, membership, real estate economics, and links to some job-related sites.
(http://www.areuea.org)

http://www.globest.com: News on real estate related deals, job listings.

Real Estate Job Store: A real estate job bank, including listings of jobs in real estate.
(http://www.realestatejobstore.com)

Mortgage Job Store: A real estate job bank, including listings of jobs in mortgage brokering.
(http://www.mortgagejobstore.com)

International Council of Shopping Centers: A real estate job bank, including listings of jobs in mortgage brokering.
(http://www.icsc.org)

CoreNet Global: A professional association for corporate real estate executives. Formerly the "International Development Research Council" and "NACORE."
(http://www.sitenet.com/idrcnet)

National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
(http://www.naiop.org)

National Multi Housing Council
(http://www.nmhc.org)

National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) (http://www.nareit.com/)

Pension Real Estate Association (PREA)
(http://www.prea.org/)

Real Estate Investment Advisory Council (REIAC)
(http://www.reiac.org/)

SelectLeaders: The Real Estate Career Connection
SelectLeaders is a professional development partner of the Urban Land
Institute in an initiative to help develop the next generation of real
estate talent.
(http://www.selectleaders.com)

Design Related Sites

AIGA: American Institute of Graphic Arts
(http://www.aiga.org)

DCAUL: Design Center for American Urban Landscape.
(http://www.cala.umn.edu/design_center/dcaul.html)

Design Exchange: has links to other design related sites.
(http://www.dx.org/)

Design Job Search: A site with job listings, a large firm database, "career profiles" of a typical design and architecture professional (including salary information). Parts of this site require the user to login, but membership appears to be free.
(http://www.designjobsearch.com)

Digital Media Related Sites

Boston Graphic Design Firms: A list of Graphic Design firms in Boston.
http://www.greatwriting.com/firms.html

CommArts.com: Asite with links to job postings for Digital Media.
(http://www.commarts.com/)

Information Technology Association Of America: Professional Organization for IT professionals.
(http://www.itaa.org/)

Computerworld info: Information for the Technology world- mostly IT related.
(http://www.computerworld.com/careertopics/careers/)

Academia Related Sites

APA- JobMart: The American Planning Association web site.
(http://www.planning.org)

Academic 360: A great resource for people looking for information on academic jobs.
(http://www.academic360.com)

Academic Careers:
(http://www.academiccareers.com/Applicants.htm)

HigherEdJobs: Academic job opportunities.
(http://www.higheredjobs.com/)

Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP):
Job listings for academic positions in planning
(http://www.acsp.org/)

Architectural Record: Sizeable listing of jobs both academic and non-academic.
(http://www.architecturalrecord.com)

Environment Related web sites

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers: Links to job sites-not only for ag jobs.
(http://www.asabe.org/)

Outdoor Action Guide to Environmental Careers: Info on wilderness/outdoor environmental jobs.
(http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/careeroe.html)

Cyber-Sierra: Resource conservation and related fields.
(http://www.cyber-sierra.com/nrjobs/)

Eco.org: Biology and ecology jobs.
(http://www.eco.org/)

Env. Careers World Job Bank : Biology and ecology jobs.
(http://environmental-jobs.com/jobs.htm)

Env. Careers Bulletin : Positions by discipline and location.
(http://www.eceajobs.com)

Water Resources: Information and job listings for water resource positions
(http://www.ucowr.siu.edu/)

Ubiquity Env. Careers: Career info and job listings
(http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~envjobs/)

Second Nature: Dedicated to accelerating a process of transformation in higher education to make sustainability an integral part of institutions and to help expand their efforts to make human activity sustainable.
(http://www.secondnature.org )

Student Conservation Association: Internships and jobs.
(http://www.sca-inc.org)

CoolWorks Jobs in National Parks, Preserves, Monuments, etc.
(http://www.coolworks.com/showme/natprk.htm)

CoolWorks: Jobs in State Parks
(http://www.coolworks.com/showme/stpark.htm)

University of Denver: Numerous links at our web site for careers in Environmental areas.
(http://www.du.edu/career)

Opportunities Abroad

Entablature: Site for Architecture firm listings and other news- including listings of firms around the world.

RIBA: an online searchable directory of firms abroad, especially in London.
(http://www.ribafind.org/startuk.asp)

Idealist.org: an project of the group "Action without Borders" with a Career Center and info on nonprofit jobs.
(http://www.idealist.org/)

Embassy.org: A way to contact embassys for information on working and traveling abroad.
(http://www.embassy.org)

Eurograduate: contains an up-to-date listing Careers Database featuring thousands of Graduate Opportunities across Europe. There�s also expert advice on Career Planning and how to make job applications in other countries.
(http://www.eurograduate.com/)

Homefair: The International Salary Calculator.
(http://www.homefair.com/calc/intsalcalc.html)

The Landscape Institute is the Chartered Institute in the UK for Landscape Architects. Includes a directory of UK Landscape Arch firms.
(http://www.l-i.org.uk/)



Complementary Careers

Animation World Network: Resources for those interested in animation.
(http://www2.awn.com/career/)

Architecture Magazines: A list of Architecture magazines, for those interested in writing about architecture.
(http://www.theo.tu-cottbus.de/Wolke/deu/db/Architekturzeitschriften.html)

Artist Resource: Job-hunting Advice for Designers, Artists, and Illustrators.
(http://www.artistresource.org/jobhunt.htm#Careers)

Disney: Information on careers with Disney.
(http://disney.go.com/DisneyCareers/)

Contract Work (Temporary Project Based Work)

A-Matter
(http://www.a-matter.com/eng/projects/pr00-0-x.asp)

Archipro: Contract Work in Florida.
(http://www.archipro.com/)

Consulting For Architects: Placement opportunities in Boston, New York and Chicago.
(http://www.cons4arch.com/)

Dakota CAD: CAD and design temp/contract work
(http://www.dakotaCAD.com)

Emergejobs: temporary and permanent employment with benefits
(http://www.emergejobs.com)

General Career Related Sites

About.com: Learn about when it is best to relocate for a job.
(http://careerplanning.about.com/cs/relocating/index.htm)

About.com: Look under their jobsearch section for their "Successful Online Searching: Using Job Databases" for helpful hints on online job searching.
(http://jobsearch.about.com/)

Best Places.net: Sperling's Best Places offers 3,000 City Profiles;a Cost of Living and Salary Calculator; a tool thatlets you describe your ideal place to live and compares your preferences with a database of hundreds of cities, and presents you with rankings for your further investigation.
(http://www.bestplaces.net/)

Coroflot.com
: Good resource for MDES students looking for career opportunities.
(http://www.coroflot.com)

Career Key: A fun, quick, and often very helpful test from Lawrence K. Jones, PhD of North Carolina State University.It will help you to learn about the job duties, pay, training requirements of the occupations you identify on this test.

Careerweb: Offers job search and career management advice as well as "The Career Doctor" for help with employment and work issues.
(http://www.careerweb.com)

CareerPath.com: Has the largest number of job listings on the Internet. You may search the want ads from newspapers around the country, submit your resume, and read employer profiles. Under the heading "Career Resources" you will find tips on resume writing and interviewing, as well as a bibliography of career-related books.
(http://www.careerpath.com)

Eurograduate.com Links to jobs and Career planning tools for Europe.
(http://www.eurograduate.com)

Homefair: The International Salary Calculator.
(http://www.homefair.com/calc/intsalcalc)

Homefair: Cost of living comparisions in different locations.

Loeb Library Career Info: Loeb Library has many resources available as well. This links to their Career pathfinder page, with links to directories for design fields, books on Careers in Design Fields and more.
(http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/loeb_library/pathfinders/jobinfo.html)

Monster.com: Monsterboard.com has both job and Career information.
(http://www.monster.com/)

Job.com: Lists jobs by field and location.
(http://www.job.com/)

Top Margin Resumes: An Australian Career advice site.
(http://www.topmargin.com/) (http://www.xe.net/ucc)

100 Hot Jobs: An index referring the user to dozens of career-related sites.
(http://www.100hot.com)


Salary Related Sites


Bureau of Labor Statistics: Is the US government's survey of many different occupations including design and beyond.
Universal Currency Converter: Can help convert currency from different countries to US dollars, or other currency. Good for overseas salary comparison.

Salary Survey Information

The Riley Guide: Offers links to salary surveys, job listings, and career tools.
(http://www.dbm.com/)

Salaries Review.com: The AICPA has authorized ERI as an Affinity Program Provider as they supply its members with salary and cost of living norms for over 4,000 positions in 7,200 worldwide locations, along with other compensation, benefit, and demographic related data. This website will allow an individual to obtain a one time wage and salary report for a job position or a one time cost-of-living report for a location. An individual may also purchase multiple reports for those specified criteria.
(http://www.salariesreview.com)

Salary.com: Compensation information online.
(http://www.salary.com)

JobOptions.com: Salary info -go to "Career Tools" then "Salary Information"
(http://www.joboptions.com)

QuintCareers: Has listing of great salary negotiation resources
(http://www.quintcareers.com/salary_negotiation.html)

Jobstar.com: Salary info from the California Jobstar page.
(http://www.jobstar.org/tools/salary/index.htm)

QuintCareers : Responding to requests for salary requirements or salary histories: strategies and suggestions.
(http://www.quintcareers.com/salary_histories_requirements.html)

Researching Companies Online
:
(http://home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/index.html)

Salary Negotiation: Salary negotiation resources from Jack Chapman, author of How to Make $1,000 a Minute
(http://www.salarynegotiations.com/)

ERI: ERI serves over 5,000 corporate clients as a compensation and benefits research outsource. Each year we receive thousands of inquiries requesting information useful for a college student's career planning The result of which (saving us the time of answering calls, but also educating future managers) has been the creation of a free help site at
(http://www.erieri.com/)

Email us at career@gsd.harvard.edu