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Resources for Students: Occupations & Careers
An excellent way to begin your search for career information is to check the resources provided by the U.S. Department of Labor: the Occupational Outlook Handbook and America's Career InfoNet's Resource Library.
Occupational information includes the nature of the work, the entry requirements, the rewards and benefits, and the outlook for the future. If your career interests are linked to a particular industry, such as travel and tourism or food service, you might want to check Industry and Company section too.
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Licensed Resources (databases) |
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost Web) - Search this database for articles on careers, job markets and industries.
Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost Web)- This database of business publications offers career, industry and company information.
Lexis-Nexis Academic
- Quick News Search
- Business
- Business News
- Industry and Market News - News from over 25 industries.
Search LexisNexis for career, industry and job market information. The Business section offers searching in specialized business publications and the Industry and Market News offers a look into trade publications by field.
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center - This database is designed for career exploration. It provides complete job descriptions, industry overviews, information on educational opportunities, and professional organizations.
LearningExpress
- Job and Career Help Center
This database offers information on planning a job search, writing resumes and cover letters, and interviewing skills. It also offers test preparation for some civil service positions.
Wall St. Journal - Search this newspaper for career and industry information as well as the latest company news.
Business and Company Resource Center - This database offers company profiles and news, as well as articles on industries and careers.
| Internet/Web Resources (unlicensed) |
America's Career Infonet - This website offers career and industry information from both a local and national perspective. Site includes lists of fastest growing job titles, skills assessment tools, and videos about careers.
Career Guide to Industries - This growing collection of industry profiles provides information on job opportunities by industry, employment outlook, earnings and working conditions.
Career Resources -This website offers articles on careers, resume writing guides, salary information and career aptitude tests.
Career Voyages - On this site you can explore career options, assess your interests, view videos about various jobs and learn how to get the education and training you need.
CareerOneStop - Career resources and workforce information, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
DiversityInc. Careers - This site offers job searching and information on top companies for diversity.
EmploymentGuide.com - This site offers career advice, job fair listings, summer employment opportunities and job searching.
Federal Jobs Digest - This publication lists all current federal government job openings. Job titles can be searched by location and field of choice.
Hoover's Online - Hoover's offers company profiles and information about executives. It can also help create lists of companies in an area by type of company.
Job Hunting and Career Information - This links to a list of career and job hunting resources compiled by the Library into a research guide.
JobHuntersBible.com - This online version of the book What Color is Your Parachute offers advise on career exploration and job searching.
JobAccess - This organization works with companies, government and non-profits to employ people with disabilities.Offers job searching and information on the Americans With Disabilities Act.
JobStar California - This site offers "How To' information on resumes, searching the job market and finding salary information.
Military Career Guide Online - Information on over 4,000 military career is offered.
Networked Librarian Job Search Guide - This guide offers links to resources about careers, industries, job banks and general job searching.
O Net Online (Occupation Information Network) - This online version of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles gives descriptions of careers by job titles or families of related positions. It also offers a "Skills Search" section to help match skills with related job titles.
Occupational Outlook Handbook - This Department of Labor resource gives job profiles that include descriptions of the nature of the work, required education and skills, salary ranges and forecasts about job growth in the new few years.
The Princeton Review - This site offers both career and education information. Students can learn about colleges, programs and scholarship opportunities as well as explore career options.
The Riley Guide - This guide is one of the most complete listings of resources relating to career information and job opportunities. All the resources are arranged by categories that include information on preparing a job search, resume writing, salaries, interviewing and actual job listings.
Careers & Jobs: Resources by Demographics (Macalester College career Development Center) - This collection of links includes resources for African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, Native Americans, women and other minorities.
Streaming Futures - This collection of interview videos is arranged by job categories and include prominent people from many fields.
University of California, Berkeley, University Health Services Career Exploration Links - This collection of resources is arranged by career fields. Selecting a field brings up information on specific job titles.
University of Manitoba, Counseling Service - This resource offers over 240 occupational resource files to help with career exploration.
Wetfeet.com - Site offers free access to materials on job hunting strategies, resume writing, and interviewing. Other sections may be fee based.
Magazines and Journals
Career Journal - This online journal is sponsored by the Wall Street Journal. It features articles on careers and job markets such as Europe and Asia.
Occupational Outlook Quarterly - This monthly update information found in the Occupational Outlook Annual and features articles on current growth careers.
Internet Career Connection - Includes job searching and career exploration information as well as information on internships, industry profiles and "Jobs of the future."
Working Mother - This journal site features articles, and sections on "100 Best Companies," "Best Companies for Women of Color" and more.
Other Resources
Following is a list of some of the books on this topic available in the library. You can find more books in the library stacks under these general call numbers:
HF 5381, HF 5382, HF 5382.5
You can also find more books by searching the library catalog, CUNY+, using the keywords below:
Vocational guidance
Occupations
Vocational interests
Professions
To find books on specific careers, search using keywords "careers" and the career name: careers and health care, careers and business, careers and computers.
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The big book of jobs / the editors of VGM Career Horizons; The job-seekers guide by Barbara SpencerHawk.Lincolnwood, IL: VGM Career Horizons, 2005-06.
REF HF 5382.5 .U5 B54 2005-06
Careers and occupations: Looking to the future. Wylie, TX: Information Plus, 2002.
REF HF 5382.5 .U5 C373 2002 (Ask at reference desk)
Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance /edited by Andrew Morkes. Chicago: Ferguson Publishing Company, 2003.
REF HF 5381 .E2 2003
Guide for occupational exploration /compiled by J. Michael Farr, LaVerne L. Ludden, Laurence Shatkin. Indianapolis, IN: Jist Works, c2001.
REF HF 5382.5 .U5 G83
Occupational outlook handbook / U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Washington, D.C.: The Bureau; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
REF HF 5381 .A1 036 (Ask for most recent edition at reserves desk)
Professional careers sourcebook: where to find help planning careers that require college or technical degrees /Amy Darga, project editor. Detroit: Gale Group, c2002.
REF HF 5382.5 U5 P76 2002
The top 100 fastest growing careers for the 21st century. Chicago, [Ill.] : Ferguson Pub., c2001.
REF 5382 .T59 2001
VGM's careers encyclopedia / the editors of VGM Career Books.Chicago: VGM Career Books, 2002.
REF HF 5382.5 .U5 C337 2002
Vocational careers sourcebook. Detroit: Gale Research, 2002.
REF HF 5382.5 .U5 V62 2002
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