Guide to Careers
Career Choices | Career Smarts | Employment FindersClass-Specific Links
Databases & Indexes
- Vocational Biographies
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Information on a variety of careers: basic salaries, education requirements, job responsibilities, future trends, and related careers.
- eLibrary (includes Occupational Outlook Handbook)
- Vocational Career Collection
- Business Source Premier
- Academic Search Complete
- TIP: Select Choose Databases to combine Business Source Complete and Academic Search Complete for more articles.
- InfoTrac Newspapers
- College Source
- 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.
Career Choices
- 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.
- Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
- 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.
- 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)...
- 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.
- Career Exploration
- A wealth of links to career information, job descriptions, schools, and tutorials
- Online Personality Tests
- Fun tests to see how you relate to others and traits that suggest types of jobs you might enjoy doing.
- Working in the 21st Century
- Career Builder Network
- Career Development Manual
- Self assessment, occupational research, setting objectives, employment contacts, resumes, interviewing, and long-range planning. Step-by-step career planning information: career quiz, setting career objectives, trends, interview tips, networking, resumes, cover letters, and on the job success.
- Career Overviews
- Career Infonet
- Information on various careers, salaries, trends, employer locators, and state profiles.
- Career Planning
- Links to career tests, career trends, financial help...
- Careers & Majors
- Economic Research Institute: Codes, Laws, Salaries, Benefits, Careers...
- Employment Spot
- Links to best cities, best jobs, and salary comparisons. Includes career information on popular careers: aviation, arts, business, communications, computers, education, engineering, finance, government, health care, law, math, service, social services, and telecom. Includes links to temporary, internships, freelance, voluntary and seasonal jobs.
- Exploring Occupations
- Links to hundreds of occupations: links to professional organizations, trends, job responsibilities...
- Dept of Labor: EEOC, Hiring, Wages, Affirmative Action, Employment Statistics, Unemployment Insurance, Benefits...
- Job Hunter's Bible (Supplement to What Color is Your Parachute?)
- 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.
- Knowledge Hound How-to's: Career & Life Skills
- LifeWorks: Health and Medical Career Info
- Includes interviews, pictures, and basic information for more than 100 health related careers. Lists professional associations.
- Mapping Your Future
- Financial planning tips, salary calculators, tips on planning a career, selecting and paying for school.
- O'Net Online
- OSH Net: Occupational Safety Information
- Princeton Review: So you want to get a Career...
- Vault
- Career information, featured industry job trends, salary wizard, company research, interview tips, resume review and job search survival guide.
- Calculators: Salary Comparisons, Expensive of Living Calculators...
- Links from the University of Texas: Salary Information
- Salary Data Links (WSJ)
Career Smarts
- Dressing for a Job Interview (video)
- Jobs & Job Training
- Sample resumes, application letters, interview questions, tips on dressing for interviews, how to look for a job (scroll down the page and click on Jobs and Job Training)...
- Web Feet Career Guide: How to Interview, Salaries... Career Info
- Sample Business Letters
- I-resign.com
- CareerLab
- Career Magazine
- Creative Job Search Success
- Look below the book information for links that include tips on resumes, cover letters, applications, interviewing, job success skills.
- Hard@Work
- 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
- Occupations that Require Licenses
- Links to agencies to contact concerning licenses. Searchable by state, occupation, or by agency.
- Resume Place
- ThingaMaJob: Job Locators & Advice for Tech Workers
- Clarifying and Applying Personal Values
- Checklist for Personal Values
- Great Place to Work Model
Employment Finders
- Finding a Career Club
- Texas Workforce Commission Job Tracer
- Dallas Morning News Employment Section
- Dallas: Job Directory
- Where to Search: Job Locator
- Links to jobs by zip code, Career InfoNet, Career One Stop, Job Bank, and Service Locator. Job links for employers and job seekers, resume tips, salary calculators, job trends by state... Includes links to financial aid for schools.
- Summer Jobs
- Search for seasonal jobs or post a resume.
- Brass Ring
- Search engines to jobs and articles about various careers, career tips, and company information.
- Career Builder
- Career Jet
- Careers via the Wall Street Journal
- Links to a job search engine, career news articles, career tips, salary wizard, and hr issues.
- Dice
- High-tech job search engine.
- Employment911
- Meta-search 35 different job-search sites.
- FedWorld Federal Job Announcement Search
- FlipDog
- Searches corporate web sites for job listings.
- Hot Jobs
- Job search engine: searchable by keyword, location and company.
- InterJob Mega-Search links
- Links to major job search engines and directories.
- Jobs from Monster.com
- Job search engine for those seeking full-time, part-time, temp/contract, and student jobs. Also provides general career tips.
- Net Temps
- 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.
- Seasonal Employment
- Vault
- Job search engine, career information, salary wizard, and company research.
- WebFeet
- Job search directory, career information, salary wizard, and company research.
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