Career Starting Points
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2020 by Call Number: HF 5383 .B56 2019ISBN: 9781984856579Publication Date: 2019In today's challenging job-market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. Recent grads facing a shifting economic landscape, workers laid off mid-career, and people searching for an inspiring work-life change all look to career guru Richard N. Bolles for support, encouragement, and advice on which job-hunt strategies work--and which don't. This revised edition combines classic elements like the famed Flower Exercise with updated tips on social media and search tactics. Bolles demystifies the entire job-search process, from writing resumes to interviewing to networking, expertly guiding job-hunters toward their dream job.
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance, 16th Edition. by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781438141589Publication Date: 2015Each article offers detailed career information, sidebars, and other user-friendly features, including a new Career Ladder, which shows common career paths for each profession, and new sections, such as Unions and Associations and Tips for Entry.
Graduate Program Application Tracker
- Graduate Program Application TrackerSpreadsheet for tracking graduate program application deadlines and other material needed for the application process.
- My Grad School Apps TrackerPowerScore provides a Google Sheets version and a Microsoft Excel version of spreadsheets to track your graduate school applications. PowerScore provides additional tips on applying for grad school.
English Language & Literature Graduate Programs
- Doctoral Programs by the Numbers - English Language & Literature - compiled by the Chronicle of Higher Education
- Career Resources - Modern Language Association (MLA)
- Best Graduate English Programs - U.S. News & World Report
Graduate School Overview Sites
- Graduate School Tips & Advice (ThoughtCo.com)Several articles were written by Tara Kuther, who holds a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Fordham University. She is a published author and Professor of Psychology at Western Connecticut State University. She has taught courses at the undergraduate and graduate level at Lehman College, CUNY, Iona College, Fordham University, and Teachers College, Columbia University.
- GradSchools.comDirectory of graduate programs that can be narrowed by subject, program format, program level, and location.
- Peterson'sProvides a wealth of information. Includes a step-by-step timeline in applying for graduate programs, and more.