Office of Career Services

Career Opportunities

This page is an up-to-date resource for full and part-time job searching, career placement and research for current students and alumni. We only post information and links we know to be accurate and useful. Students are encouraged to use these pages for regional job hunting, research fields of work, and supplement conversations with their advisors concerning internships and job placements. 

Recently Posted Jobs (more information on these openings available from our office)

Quick Links to Regional Newspapers / Databases

• Middlesboro Daily News classifieds
• Middlesboro area job postings
• Claiborne Progress classifieds
• Knoxville News-Sentinel classifieds
• Lexington Herald-Leader classifieds
• Johnson City Press classifieds
• Bristol Herald jobs
• Gatlinburg area jobs
• Morristown Citizen-Tribune jobs
• Asheville, NC, Classifieds
• Nashville Classifieds

Databases & Popular Search Sites

• State of Kentucky job vacancies, listed with KY Personnel Cabinet
• Tennessee State applications @ www.state.tn.us/personnel
• Kentucky Office of Employment & Training searches / resume posting, Cathy Owens, 248.2792
• Jobsight with Bell-Whitley (KY) Community Action: http://www.bell-whitley.org/pages/job-site.htm
• USAjobs federal site - lists all current federal jobs
• Federal Government Jobs database
• Career Builder searches
• Simply Hired searches
• Indeed.com searches
• Help Wanted (TN) database
• The Job Network online recruitment classified ads
• Hospitality jobs at www.hcareers.com
• Affirmative Action Register at http://www.aarjobs.com
• Tennessee Nursing Jobs database
• Campus RN, Tennessee Edition database
• Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-2011
• Occupational Information Network Online
• Green Careers

Jobs in Higher Education

• Lincoln Memorial University careers
• TICUA member schools job announcements
• Chronicle of Higher Education job listings
• HigherEd Jobs.com
• Academic Career Network/jobs with over one hundred northeast colleges and universities
• Southeast KY Community & Tech College
• Appalachian State University, Boone, NC jobs
• ETSU jobs
• University of Tennessee jobs
• Northern Kentucky University jobs
  

   

Placement / Assistance Services

• One Wire Finance Career Management (free to students)

• The Liberal Arts Advantage - For Business (Blog)

• Kentucky Office of Employment and Training (Middlesboro)

• The Job Shop (London, Somerset, Corbin)

• Internships Searches

  • Tennessee Legislative Internship Program

  • Governor's Office internships

  • Tennessee Careers Now Internships

  • Tennessee Career Centers Job Searches

  • TVA internships

  • Mental Health America Internship

CAREER LINKS BY MAJOR / FIELD

The Arts (Fine & Performing)

• National Gallery of Art
• Arts Hub
• Art Resource
• Museum Jobs Online

Athletic Training

• National Athletic Trainers' Association
• College Athletic Trainers' Society
• AthleticTrainer.com  
• Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers' Society
• Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association
• Tennessee Athletic Trainers' Society
• ExerciseJobs.com

Biology

• Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation jobs
• U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• A Lifetime with Science from the American Institute of Biological Sciences
• Careers in Biology - Web-Links from Emporia State University
• Careers in Biochemistry and Microbiology from the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology
• Careers in the Environment Field
• Bio Online Career Center  
• American Society of Microbiology Science Careers
• PhDs.org
• Careers in Science and Engineering
• American Academy of Forensic Sciences
• Healthcare Career Resource Center
• Careers in Marine Science

Business

• Careers in Business
• Careers in Marketing
• Business Entrepreneur
• Institute of CPAs
• Careers in Retailing
• National Retail Federation
• Alchemetric Solutions, Inc
• Air Evac Lifeteam
• Organizational Trainer/Presenter Vendor opportunities with CareerTrack
• DeRoyal Careers

Child Development / Social Services

• East Tennessee Human Resource Agency (ETHRA)
• American Association of Family and Consumer Service
• National Childcare Information Center
• Council for the Accreditation of Counseling Related Educational Programs
• National Board of Certified Counselors
• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
• Social Work and Social Service Jobs Online

Chemistry

• The Scientist's Employment Network
• Jobs in the Pharmaceutical Field
• Jobs in the Environmental Field
• Science Jobs

Communication Arts

• Communications Roundtable
• TV Job Broadcast Employment Service
• www.journalismjobs.com
• WVLT News career opportunities
• WYMT/WKYT News career opportunities

Computer Information Systems

• Information for Knoxville Utilities Board careers (KUB)

Counseling/Mental Health Services

• Cherokee Health Systems jobs
• Cumberland River Comp Care
• East Tennessee Human Resource Agency (ETHRA)
• Mental Health America Internships

Criminal Justice/Law-related

• Gatlinburg Police Department
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection career site
• American Academy of Forensic Sciences
• Department of Homeland Security positions
• Central Intelligence careers

Economics

• National Association for Business Economics
• Careers in Business
• Wall Street Journal
• Wall Street Journal Career Listings

Public Education (P-K/12)

• Bell County, KY, public schools jobs
• Claiborne County, TN, public schools jobs
• Lee County, VA, public schools jobs
• Campbell County, TN, public schools jobs
• Harlan County, KY, public schools
• Knox County, TN, public schools
• National Education Association
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
• Recruiting New Teachers
• Teaching Jobs
• Teachers-Teachers.com
• American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

English

• Florida library jobs
• Glossary of Writing Career
• Society for Technical Communication
• National Council for Teachers of English
• A career with HarperCollins Book Publishing
• Footprints Recruiting is the world's largest ESL employment agency. Our mission is simple - place great teachers in great teaching opportunities (China, South Korea, Taiwan).

Environmental Sciences

• Green Careers Guide

• Cyber-Sierra Natural Resources Job Search

• Orion Online

• Environmental Careers Online

• Environmental Career.com

• Environmental Jobs and Careers

• The Student Conservation Association

• TN Youth Conservation Corps summer jobs

• US Environmental Protection Agency
• Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation jobs

Public Health

• hospital.com
• Air Evac Lifeteam
• East Tennessee Human Resource Agency (ETHRA) career opportunities
• Cherokee Health Systems

Higher Education

• Careers with LMU - Your Alma Mater! 
• Work Study at LMU
• LMU Scholarships and Grants
• Academic Career Network/jobs with over one hundred northeast colleges and universities
• Kentucky Community & Technical College System careers
• Appalachian State University, Boone, NC jobs

Information Literacy / Librarianship

• Library jobs
• American Library Association job listings

History

• American Historical Association
• Job Guide for Humanities and History
• American Association of Museums jobs
• Park Ranger position at Cumberland Gap National Park
• American Historical Association job listings
• Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation jobs
• Museum Employment Resource Center
• Library jobs
• Museum Jobs at www.museumjobs.co

Law

• East Tennessee Human Resource Agency (ETHRA) career opportunities
• Law Jobs at www.lawjobs.com

Mathematics

• American Mathematical Society
• Be An Actuary
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Medical Technology

• Inverness Medical Innovations
• Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute
• American Association for Clinical Chemistry
• American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
• American Society for Clinical Pathologists
• American Association of Blood Banks
• Knoxville Lab or ZLB Plasma careers
• LifeNet Health, organ donation and tissue banking services, careers

Nursing

• St. Mary's Regional Health Centers job listings
• Cherokee Health Systems
• Sunbridge Healthcare Group employment
• Air Evac Lifeteam http://www.lifeteam.net/CareerCenter/positions.aspx
• Baptist Hospital job listings
• The Promise of Nursing Scholarship (NSNA)
• Honor Society of Nursing
• National Student Nurses' Association
• Nursing World
• Nursing Net

Careers Nursing
Search Thousands of Entry Level Jobs, Externships, & Scholarship Opportunities on CampusRN.

Psychology

• Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Inc.
• American Psychological Association
• Community Psychology Net
• Social Psychology Network
• Encyclopedia of Psychology
• American Board of Forensic Psychology

Public Service/Government

• Highlander Research & Education Center, New Market, TN internship
• Community Impacting Volunteer Jobs www.igc.org/jobs.html
• Consider the incredible opportunities of the Peace Corps
• State of Kentucky jobs, listed with KY Personnel Cabinet
• State of Tennessee Careers NOW Program, earn money, college credit, and experience
• Defense Intelligence Scholars Program
• East Tennessee Human Resource Agency (ETHRA) career opportunities
• Jobs with the United Nations
• MercyCorps jobs
• Disaster Relief agencies listing
  

Social Work

• Social Worker Online
• Council on Social Work Education
• Nonprofit Organizations and Jobs
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy
• National Board of Certified Counselors
• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
• American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work
• American Public Human Services Association
• Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, Inc.
• Association for Community Organizations and Social Administration
• Association of Oncology Social Work
• Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education
• National Association of Forensic Social Work
• North American Association of Christians in Social Work
• Rural Social Work Caucus
• Social Work p.r.n.
East Tennessee Human Resource Agency (ETHRA) career opportunities
• Cherokee Health Systems
• State of Kentucky jobs, listed with KY Personnel Cabinet
• Social Work careers by state

Veterinary Technology

• Career Listings in Veterinary Technology
• Association of Veterinary Technician Educators

 

Office of Career Services
Larry Thacker, MEd
Lincoln Memorial University
Room 317, Student Center
6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway
Harrogate, TN 37752
423 869 6433
larry.thacker@lmunet.edu