Advice Personnel

salary.com: The Career Resource section has a variety of simple tools to help you understand your, salary and compensation package. For example; the benefits calcultor helps you to compare your total compensation to an industry average; the job assessor can help you to compare two job opportunities. Some information is free, detailed reports must be bought.
The Riley Guide: The Riley Guide is a portal and resource for job hunting. The Riley guide is a directory of web sites chosen for their usefulness in helping you in your job search.
Hoover’s: Basic company and industry information is available for free. Detailed reports require a paid subscription. This is a good place to start your indepth review of a company or industry.

Do not overlook government resources.

U.S. Department of Labor Career Guide: The Career Guide gives the big picture for United States jobs and industries. The career guide tells you which occupations are in the industry, what training is needed and advancement opportunities, the earnings, expected job prospects, and working conditions for that job. From the page, there is a link to the job market in each state, and a section gives basic information about job search techniques.
U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook: The Occupational Outlook Handbook gives a description of each job, describing the training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, and working conditions.

The New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan Library: The Mid-Manhattan library has free workshops and other resources to help you in your career planning, resume writing, and your job search.
The New York Public Library Science Industry and Business Library: The focus of this library is on helping small business have access to business information. This doesn't mean this resource may not be valuable to you in your job search or in advancing your career.
The Brooklyn Public Library Business Library: This is another business library with resources for job search and career information and advancement. There is an open shelf of industry journals available to help you keep up on the latest industry news.