If it is time for you to start looking for a new job, try looking to the 'Net for a source of good advice, job listings and places to submit your resume.

To start, you may need to analyze what your interest and skills are. For that, go to College Board Online and select Career Search. This is not just for students entering the workforce, it can also be for workers looking to change locations or change careers.

After you select criteria, you are matched with jobs that closely resemble the types of employment that you would most likely be compatible. Once that is determined, it is time to start looking for that ideal job.

One site you shouldn't miss is America's Job Bank, funded by Unemployment Insurance taxes paid by employers. This site was created and is maintained by the public Employment Service, "...a state operated program which provides labor exchange service to employers and job seekers through a network of 1800 offices throughout the United States."

Search America's Job Bank for a job using a menu of occupations, keywords, or various occupational codes. Or stop by CareerMosaic.

Here you can search listings that employers have posted to this site or search the USENET's ".jobs.offered" job listings from regional and occupational newsgroups. Additionally, you can post your own resume online for prospective employers to view.

According to its Web site, CareerPath.Com "[lists] more than 350,000 new jobs on the Internet every month, and is updated daily by newspapers across the U.S." At this site you can search newspaper help wanted and even see the actual scanned advertisement (with formatting, graphics and all) for each successful search. As a warning though, this site can be very slow searching for what you want.

No employment Web site listing would be complete without the self-proclaimed "#1 career hub on the Web," The Monster Board. This site is fascinating, informative, useful and slow. Too many graphics slow this site down quite a bit, but it is well worth the wait. Here, too, you can search for job listings and submit your own electronic resumes.

Once you have decided where to submit your electronic resume, learn how with Rebecca Smith's eResumes and Resources. You can learn the differences between traditional paper resumes, Web page resumes and electronic keyword resumes. The later is used for submitting to online resume databases like The Monster Board to be searched by employers. Also included is a list of national and international sites to submit your resume to for free or fee. Don't submit any online resumes until you have studied eResumes and Resources.

Once you have gotten a call (or e-mail) for an interview from a perspective employer, take some time to evaluate the difference in costs of living between where you currently are and the new potential homestead. For this, try the Homebuyer's Fair salary calculator and relocation calculator. The salary calculator tells you how much more or less you need to make at your new location to equal your present pay at your current location.

Getting or changing jobs can be a seemingly daunting task, but using the Internet's resources may make the process quicker and more satisfying in the end.