Careers

• Career Exploration Links (from the Career & Educational Guidance Library at the University of California, Berkeley)
• Center for Health Careers - Career Exploration Occupational Bulletin (from the Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania)
• Exploring Occupations: Getting You Started on Your Career Path! (from the University of Manitoba Counselling Service)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook (from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates (from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics) occupational categories, descriptions, and wage information at national, state, and metropolitan area level (e.g., greater Houston).
• O*NET OnLine - occupational information database (from the U.S. Department of Labor)
• Career Careers (from Princeton Review, the national test preparation company)
• Profession-Specific Salary Surveys (from JobSmart, a service of the Bay Area Library and Information System in Oakland, California)
• The Salary Calculator™ allows you to compare your current salary with income needed to match it in various other cities (depending on the cost of living in those cities)
• U.S. News Online Career Guide (from the U.S. News and World Report weekly news magazine)

• American Almanac of Jobs and Salaries (REF HD8038 .U5 A68 2000-01)
• Becoming the Best Me: 10 Career and Character Education Essentials (HF5382.7 .O76 2004)
• The Career Guide: D & B Employment Opportunities Directory (REF HF5382.5 U5 D8 2003)
• Careers in the Environment (GE60 .F37 1995 )
• College Grad Job Hunter: Insider Techniques and Tactics for Finding a Top-Paying Entry Level Job (HF5382.7 .K78 1998)
• College Majors and Careers (REF HF5382.5 U5 D8 2003)
• Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You through the Secrets of Personality Type (BF698.9 .O3 T54 1995)
• The Etiquette Advantage in Business (HF5382.7 .P68 1999)
• The Ex-Offender’s Job Search Companion (HF5382.7 .L67 1997b)
• Get That Job (HF5382.7 .G48 2002)
• Health Care Job Explosion! : High Growth Health Care Careers and Job Locator (R690 .D36 2001)
• Help Wanted: Tales from the First Job Front (HF5382.7 L484 2000)
• The Houston Job Bank (REF HF5382.5.U6 T46 2004)
• How to Prepare for an Interview (HF5382.7 H698 1996)
• Internships (REF L901 .P4 2004)
• Love Your Work and Success Will Follow: A Practical Guide to Achieving Total Career Satisfaction (HF5381 H516 1996)
• Networking Skills That Will Get You the Job You Want (HF5382.7 .K5 1999)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook (REF HF5381 A1036) see also Internet edition
• The Value-Added Employee: 31 Competencies to Make Yourself Irresistible to Any Company (HF5381 C784 2002)
• Welcome to the Real World: You’ve Got an Education, Now Get a Life! (HF5382.7 K734 1997)
• What Color Is Your Parachute? (HF5382.7 .B64 2004)
• What Employers Really Want: The Insider’s Guide to Getting a Job (HF5382.7 .H39 1998)

(Create a free account for netLibrary anywhere on campus from the Library Online Databases page, and then access these books through the Online Databases page from campus, home or work)

• 101 great answers to the toughest job search problems, 1995 (online)
• Can you start tomorrow? Finding jobs in today's tough market , 2003 (online)
• Dynamite cover letters and other great job search letters, 1998 (online)
• Great jobs for business majors, 1996 (online)
• If you're clueless about getting a great job and want to know more, 1998 (online)
• The insider's guide to getting the job and the best offer, 2002 (online)
• Internet Jobs!: the Complete Guide to Finding the Hottest Internet Jobs, 2000 (online)
• The job hunting guide transitioning from college to career , 2003 (online)
• Job search secrets, 1998 (online)
• Networking for novices, 1998 (online)
• Opportunities in engineering careers , 2003 (online)
• Opportunities in . . . (Series) *many other titles available in print and online through netLibrary
• Princeton Management Consultants guide to your next job, 2003 (online)
• Targeting the job you want, 2000 (online)
• Your first job, 1996 (online)

• Career Changes
• Career Development
• Occupations
• Professions
• Vocational Guidance
• Vocational Guidance for Women

For information on specific careers, enter the job field name and "vocational guidance" (e.g., nursing vocational guidance) in a Subject Keyword search.

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