Guide to Careers
Career Choices | Career Smarts | Employment FindersClass-Specific Links
Databases
- Ferguson's Career Guidance Center (Tutorial
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- Information on hundreds of careers: basic salaries, education requirements, job responsibilities, future trends, and related careers.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Information on a variety of careers: basic salaries, education requirements, job responsibilities, future trends, and related careers. For best results, click the pull-down menu and select Occuptional Outlook Handbook.
- College Source
- Looking for a college? Want to find out what colleges offer a degree you are interested in? Search for colleges by school name, career choice, state, private/public, or price range. Includes the college catalog and a link to the school website.
- eLibrary Curriculum (includes Occupational Outlook Handbook) (Tutorial)
- Student Research Center (search multiple databases)
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Career Choices: What Do I Want to Do?
- College Career and Life Planning
- Lots of useful career planning and college choice information. Includes how much more money you can make with a college degree (Get Motivated), career possibilties, major to career converters, how to apply for financial aid and scholarships... how to determine what you good at, job hunting (resumes, interview skills)...
- O'Net Online
Salary Information
- Texas Industry Profiles
- Click on OCCUPATIONAL CLUSTERS > OCCUPATIONAL PROFILES. Create a profile. Includes information on salaries, growth potential, qualifications and skills required for each occupation.
- Salary Expert
- Select career and metropolitan area to locate salary ranges and job descriptions.
- Salary Wizard
- Extensive list of careers, searchable by zip code. Includes a high, low and average salary for the occupation within the specific zip code.
- Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
Picking a College
- College Insight
- Allows comparisons of over 5,000 colleges. Provides basic information on each college. Covers basic information on financial aid.
- Adventures in Education: Links to Preparing for Higher Education
- Information on: setting career goals, finding and applying to schools, financial aid, and getting a job.
- IPEDS College Navigator: enrollments, cost, financial aid offered
- Web U. S. Higher Education (UT/Austin)
- All About Community Colleges
- Peterson's Education & Career Center
Exploring Different Careers Beyond the Databases
- Career Exploration
- A wealth of links to career information, job descriptions, schools, and tutorials
- Career Overviews
- Information on different kinds of careers.
- Career Infonet
- Information on various careers, salaries, trends, employer locators, and state profiles.
- Career Voyages
- Information about the fastest growing occupations, skills and education required, job openings by area, wages, licensing requirements - plus growth rates for numerous occupations.
- Vault
- Career information, featured industry job trends, salary wizard, company research, interview tips, resume review and job search survival guide.
Career Smarts
- Dressing for a Job Interview (video)
- Sample Business Letters
- I-resign.com
- CareerLab: Sample Cover Letters
- Job Hunter's Bible
- Includes information on how to determine what you would enjoying doing, links to online job sources, websites where you can post your resume, salary calculators, and a jobhunter's FAQ.
- Job Hunting on the Internet
- Best sources of job information: how to search for jobs on the Internet and job sites.
- Occupations that Require Licenses
- Links to agencies to contact concerning licenses. Searchable by state, occupation, or by agency
- eResumes
Employment Finders
- CareerOneStop
- Dept. of Labor site that offers information on careers and job opportunities. Organized into the following areas: explore careers, salaries, job search, resumes, places for help.
- Texas Workforce Commission Job Tracer
- Career Builder
- Monster.com Jobs
- Job search engine for those seeking full-time, part-time, temp/contract, and student jobs. Also provides general career tips.
- Riley Guide: Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet
- Links to the best of job search resources on the Web. This includes links to how to prepare for a job search, how to do a resume, researching industries and potential employers, how to do a job search, interviewing, and salary wizards
- Job Search for a Career
- Employment Spot
- 4hb.com
The best guide to resources is a librarian who can help you in using the catalog, databases and the Web. A librarian can also assist you in selecting materials appropriate for your needs. Please ask at any service desk for information or assistance!
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